[Talk-nz] Show your support of OpenStreetMap in our region: OSMF Application 🗺🌏

[Hugh Barnes]

Thank you Edoardo and others, I'm so pleased this is being set up. 
Excellent introductory email, too. I wish you well and have expressed 
interest.

Hopeless fatigue has set in for me over community engagement in the last 
few years to the point where I'm no longer even motivated to map and 
have let my OSMF membership lapse.

I want to point out that members of the OSM community are quite likely 
motivated by a love of open technologies and, of course, data. Whether 
we consider ourselves "anti-" any one company or not, using Google Forms 
and Google Meet may be a last preference for many. I appreciate the 
convenience these solutions provide. Can you reassure me that you looked 
at more open / less invasive alternatives and that those alternatives 
came up short? (I seem to remember a debate about this on OSMF list in 
last few years.)

There's always one :D

Thanks again.

Cheers

(PS I probably can't make the meeting for scheduling reasons rather than 
the above concern.)

On 19/07/20 6:49 pm, Edoardo Neerhut wrote:
>
> Hi Oceania,
>
>
> *TLDR: Show your support for OpenStreetMap in Oceania by filling in 
> this brief form 
> <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16jnD0aNuiJA2lCi94G_wRye1-arPsqJCbiD__Q_UWlM/edit>, 
> and if you're interested, volunteering to help create an OSM Oceania 
> working group.*
>
>
> The purpose of this email is to gather support and volunteers to 
> establish a local chapter of theOpenStreetMap Foundation 
> <https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Main_Page>(OSMF) in Oceania.OSGeo 
> Oceania <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Oceania>has been supporting the 
> application, and the benefits and objectives of this Local Chapter 
> have been shared with theAustralia 
> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2020-May/013840.html>,New 
> Zealand 
> <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-nz/2020/000197.html>, 
> andOceania 
> <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/oceania/2020-May/002291.html>talklists 
> in earlier emails and on theMaptime Oceania Slack 
> <https://join.slack.com/t/maptimeoceania/shared_invite/enQtNDU3MTU3ODkyMjU2LThiMWU4MjZjNjM0ZWRiMWZlNWE2OTZjYjM0ZTMzZDEwMzc5MTAzN2Q2MzMyZDMzYTMwNjc5NGIxYjY4MDRiMjM>. 
> You can find the local chapter application that wassubmitted to the 
> OSMF here 
> <https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Oceania>.
>
>
> *Application review*
>
> As part of the application review process, the OSMF Board, namely 
> Joost Schouppe and Rory McCann, have already reached out to the 
> community via various channels to gauge the level of community support 
> for the application. While they received positive responses, the 
> response was limited. I think we can do better.
>
>
> *Establishing an OpenStreetMap working group*
>
> One of the concerns raised by the OSMF Board and others is that OSGeo 
> Oceania might not be truly representative of the OSM community. One 
> solution to address this concern is to establish an OSM focused 
> working group made up of representatives from across the region. While 
> I hinted at this in May, I am now formally proposing that we establish 
> a working group.
>
>
> The working group is a good solution because it will allow a wider 
> range of voices from the region, without the requirement that those 
> voices have any affiliation with OSGeo Oceania. At the same time, the 
> working group would be able to benefit from the resources, structure, 
> and conference platform that OSGeo Oceania has already established.
>
>
> *I propose the following:*
>
>
> 1.
>
>     An initial meeting of interested parties at12:00 pm AEST/2pm New
>     Zealand/Fiji time
>     <https://calendar.google.com/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NjJzZ2o5ZjBrNmkzN2s0bmRodG5pdmU5MTQgZW5lZXJodXRAbQ&tmsrc=eneerhut%40gmail.com>this
>     Thursday, July 23rd. The Google Meet link is in the calendar
>     invite. If you're unable to make this time, let me know and I will
>     arrange an additional meeting. Discussion via email is also
>     acceptable.
>
> 2.
>
>     Formal establishment of an OSM working group and nomination of a
>     leader to coordinate these efforts.
>
> 3.
>
>     Notification to OSGeo Oceania that this working group has been
>     established.
>
> 4.
>
>     Notification to the OSMF that this working group has been
>     established and that it will seek to understand and represent
>     stakeholders in Oceania's OSM community.
>
> 5.
>
>     Consultation period where the working group gathers input from
>     throughout the region.
>
> 6.
>
>     Documentation of the working groups first priorities.
>
>
> The OSMF Board can then make a determination on whether to recognise 
> OSGeo Oceania and by extension this working group as the local chapter 
> for OpenStreetMap in Oceania.
>
>
> Thank you for your time and I hope you'll lend your support to this 
> initiative.
>
>
> Edoardo Neerhut
>
>
>
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