Hi Tony I reached out to a cartography society in 2018 and was more or less rebuffed.
Never hurts to try again though! Maybe a different name on the outreach is all it needs... Adam On Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 13:36 Tony Batistich via Oceania < oceania@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: > 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 < > oceania@lists.osgeo.org> 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 >> foss4g-ocea...@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Oceania mailing list >> Oceania@lists.osgeo.org >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania >> > _______________________________________________ > Oceania mailing list > Oceania@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/oceania >
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