[Talk-nz] [talk-au] Local Chapter

Andrew Harvey andrew.harvey4 at gmail.com
Sat May 18 05:48:09 UTC 2019


Hi All,

As my role on the OSGeo Oceania board I've been drafting up OSGeo
Oceania's application to become an OSMF Local Chapter, at the moment
the application is still in the works but any comments are most
welcome.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GAMY_pLAUMXe-PjJhQ4C4Eqvn2rq9xEt2mse3WexNxg/


On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 10:02, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Maritjn, thank you, that would be much appreciated!
>
> Andrew Harvey is on our Board and will likely want to be involved in this as well, I imagine. There has been some talk about an OSM sub-committee of sorts, I suppose this will come in due course but thought it might become relevant to this discussion.
>
> Re: timing - I'd think we'd be keen to gain local chapter status as soon as possible after we form an entity (targeting end April), so perhaps we can aim to make a submission to OSMF in early May? This would likely help us build up the SotM part of FOSS4G SotM Oceania...
>
> Cheers
> John
>
> On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 08:07, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org> wrote:
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>> John — I used to be OSMF secretary and have guided multiple local groups through the OSMF LC application process. I am no longer on the board but know the current secretary, and am happy to help with the process if needed.
>>
>> Martijn
>>
>> On Mar 4, 2019, at 8:41 PM, John Bryant <johnwbryant at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Hi Graeme, thanks a lot for bringing it up, it's a good opportunity to share a work-in-progress.
>>
>> Yes, there is work going on right now, and apologies for not making it more widely known... we're scrambling a bit to pull together both this and the 2019 conference, trying to get a number of balls rolling at once.
>>
>> The committee that organised FOSS4G SotM Oceania in November is in the process of doing the legwork to form an entity. Right now, we are pulling together a draft recommendation that we'll share with the community for feedback. Aiming to have this draft complete by the 15th, and then open it up to the community for a two week consultation period. Presuming that leads to a recommendation to form an entity, we should have something in place by the end of April.
>>
>> Forming local chapters of OSMF and OSGeo is one of the key reasons to do this - also it will make it a lot easier to manage funds and sign contracts when organising community events like the conference.
>>
>> Again, sorry for the lack of communication - we definitely intend to grow this organisation, the immediate priority is to build a strong foundation, and to do this we need to communicate. Hopefully we can catch our breath shortly here and re-prioritise the engagement of the community. In the meantime, what kinds of activities would you see a local chapter of OSMF undertaking?
>>
>> Cheers
>> John
>>
>> On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 13:08, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefitz1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> There was mention late last year of setting up a local Chapter
>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2018-December/012227.html, but haven't heard anything further since?
>>>
>>> Just been doing some random browsing & found this
>>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/Australia, which discussed the same thing back in 2010.
>>>
>>> Is any of that info still relevant?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Graeme
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