[talk-au] Local Chapter

[Graeme Fitzpatrick]

On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 at 20:08, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Re: geographic extent, one of the definitions we've been using for other
> purposes (eg conference travel grants) is the UN geoscheme for Oceania:
>
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Oceania
>

Interesting bit I just noticed off that map / list ...

Sub-regions are A-NZ, Micro-, Mela- & Polynesia, none of which include
Hawaii, but Honolulu is listed as one of the largest cities?

I think we would definitely be stepping on toes if we tried to pinch
Hawaii! :-) (although I don't know how Guam, New Caledonia etc would work -
as mentioned, Oceania or US & France? I can see that there is a New
Caledonia mailing list, but no separate list for Hawaii or any of the other
Pacific nations.)

But I personally agree that we need to reach out and canvass any local
> communities that may exist, for their thoughts. We do have some reach via
> existing OSGeo community, mailing lists, travel grant program, and other
> networks.
>
> After putting in our best effort, if there are countries where there is no
> feedback, are we in a position to form a regional chapter including those
> countries, under the assumption that we aren't stepping on any toes?
>

I would think we'd be OK, as long as we can show that we've made the effort?

& if, some years down the track, "Palau" (picking a name at random) wanted
to form it's own chapter, I would think we would then offer them every
assistance possible :-)

Thanks

Graeme
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