Hi all, forwarding a response from Alyssa Wright (with her permission): Hi! > > I wanted to say that I think it's very important to have an Oceania FoSS4G > / SOTM. The geography is so expansive in both mileage and innovation. There > is so much going on. > > Maybe a bi-annual conference and/or coordination with HOT efforts in > Indonesia would lighten the burden and diversify the funding/attendance/etc. > > And, if it makes a difference, we also have been having trouble finding > hosts for SOTMUS. > > Anyway, I am not sure I can manage joining another email list ;( but I > wanted to share my support for ongoing Oceania events. Let me know what I > can do to help! > > Best, > Alyssa. >
On Thu, 8 Aug 2019 at 11:19, John Bryant <johnwbry...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, please see the following message below: > > “What should we do about upcoming conferences for Free and Open Source > Software for Geospatial (FOSS4G) and State of the Map (SotM) within our > Oceania region?” > > Image by @mapmakerdavid > <https://twitter.com/mapmakerdavid/status/1151068594438123520> > > We didn’t have an answer to this question at the last OSGeo Oceania board > meeting. At the moment, no one is volunteering to chair. No one is backing > a city with commitment, and that is a problem we hope to solve. > > Pertinent is that the international FOSS4G will be held somewhere outside > of Europe or North America in 2021 and a call for a two-page Expression Of > Interest is coming in September > <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2021_Bid_Process>. We have a very > compelling > case > <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/foss4g-oceania/2019-May/001399.html> > for bringing the international community to our region, if we try. > > Are you keen to see FOSS4G & SotM continue in our region? Do you have > ideas about where and how? Would you like to help make it happen? Are you > interested in mentoring or being mentored by a bunch of committed > volunteers who have worked on prior FOSS4G events? If so, why don’t you > talk to us? Come join our email list > <https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss4g-oceania> and introduce > yourself. We particularly want to hear ideas about what we should do about > FOSS4G in the next two years. > > Some history: > > - > > 2009: FOSS4G-International in Sydney. During the global financial > crisis, we had lower attendance than expected, but managed to stay > profitable when similar conferences were losing money. > - > > 2018: FOSS4G SotM Oceania in Melbourne. Exceeded expectations for > size, sponsorship, activities, and engagement. > - > > 2019: FOSS4G SotM Oceania Wellington <https://2019.foss4g-oceania.org/>: > Has already exceeded sponsorship targets and sold out early bird tickets > within a week. > - > > *2020: FOSS4G SotM Oceania: Where?* > - > > *2021: FOSS4G-International Should we bid for it?* > > > We are looking forward to hearing from you, > > John Bryant (OSGeo Oceania president) and Cameron Shorter (scribe). >
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