Has anyone ever considered combining one of the Oceania, FOSS4G or SoTM conferences with the cartography societies' conferences in Australia or New Zealand? Or are they chalk and cheese?
I can see a crossover in interest and maybe one providing experiences for the other. Tony Batistich On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 2:38 PM Andrew Harvey via Oceania < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > There was a back to back FOSS4G and SotM in 2022 in Firenze, Italy, and > another one proposed for 2023 (that didn't go ahead). > > I don't know when the Call for Venues will be open for SotM 2025 but > previously it's been between March and June the year prior. > > We are certainly overdue for a global SotM conference in this region, and > I would be ecstatic to see it happen. > > -- > Andrew Harvey > > On Fri, 8 Dec 2023, at 4:07 PM, Alex Leith via FOSS4G-Oceania wrote: > > Hey Folks > > A group of us from this year's Auckland conference are interested in > putting a bid together to host the 2025 global FOSS4G event, probably in > conjunction with the global SotM conference. > > The call for proposals is about to be announced, and the letter of intent > is likely to be due by the 8th of January, 2024, which means that we have > to move fairly quickly to take this initial step. The Auckland University > of Technology have already indicated they can provide the venue. > > This is obviously a massive commitment and not something we would enter > into lightly, but I think it would be wonderful to welcome the global open > geospatial community to our corner of the Earth, and I hope that you agree! > > So, the call to action is to get in touch if you'd like to join the > committee that is putting the bid together. > > Please let me know if you'd like to be involved, and we'll work together > to get a letter of intent together. > > Kind regards, > > Alex > > -- > *Alex Leith* > m: +61 419 189 050 > https://auspatious.com > _______________________________________________ > FOSS4G-Oceania mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania > > > _______________________________________________ > Oceania mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania >
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