Yes, hear hear for less paperwork. :-) Those wordpressians recently sided with Linux Australia, to make this sort of thing easier:https://www.linux.org.au/news/news/linux-australia-signs-mou-wordpress-community-support-facilitate-wordpress-events-australiMaybe there's some like-minded org that would do something similar?
On Mon, 20 Nov 2017, at 03:36 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Extending to be a greater Free and Open Source for Geospatial (FOSS4G) > and Open Street Map event I think is viable.> Re creating a legal body: I'd > err on trying avoid setting up a legal > body - it creates a bunch of paperwork that your volunteers have to > manage and takes them away from doing useful stuff. Ideally work in > partnership with another legal body, like SSSI, or maybe one of the > sponsor partners, or OSGeo.> I'd err on aiming small which will mean you can > keep the venue costs > down. (Ideally team up with a University or similar who provides > cheap rooms.)> Cheers, Cameron > > On 20/11/17 11:22 am, David Dean wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> I definitely want to get involved, particularly if we can incorporate >> a local OpenStreetMap State Of The Map (OSM SOTM) conference/track to >> go alongside/in partnership with F4G-AUNZ. There is some strong >> interest in the AU OSM community in getting something like this off >> the ground.>> >> If we can incorporate an OSM SOTM track, I would be happy to take >> point on that, as well as any assistance need for the wider F4G-AUNZ >> conference.>> >> I've CC'd this to the OSM Australia Mailing List, so if anyone is >> coming from there, the email thread is below.>> >> (I've also sent this to the QGIS mailing list, but I'm not subscribed >> yet, so I'm not sure if it will go through)>> >> - David >> >> On Mon, 20 Nov 2017 at 09:44 Adam Steer >> <[email protected]> wrote:>>> Hi all >>> >>> Sign me up to help out as well - I’ve been ruminating over the idea >>> of how to re-inspire the AU-NZ community, after having been to a >>> couple of awesome F4G global conferences now.>>> >>> Osgeo seems to be the natural ‘formal group’ - Cameron knows how >>> this might work and will no doubt let me know if I’m barking up the >>> wrong tree. would formalising an ANZ Osgeo chapter be a good path? >>> or fraught with hazard?>>> >>> cheers >>> >>> Adam >>> >>> >>> >>> > On 20 Nov 2017, at 9:05 am, Alex Leith <[email protected]> >>> > wrote:>>> > >>> > Hey folks >>> > >>> > As John said, I'm to get involved and help get something going >>> > for next>>> > year, potentially. >>> > >>> > I think that the QGIS forum showed that there is interest around, >>> > and doing>>> > a FOSS4G-ANZ would be a logical progression into an >>> inclusive >>> > event for a>>> > wider group of geo-folks. >>> > >>> > I think that we need to be aware of the big event in spatial, >>> > Locate, which>>> > is on around April each year, and as such, an event >>> would be best >>> > held in>>> > the last half of the year. And what is unclear to me is >>> what >>> > formal bodies>>> > we could organise an event under, i.e., who can >>> front up cash for >>> > a venue>>> > and take the risk of an event that loses money (this >>> should be >>> > unlikely, but>>> > it's a risk). There is, of course, a lot of >>> discussion around >>> > scale, and>>> > format, but we can work all of that out in time. >>> > >>> > Anyhow, I'm very keen to help out. I've run some smaller >>> > conferences through>>> > the SSSI in Tassie that have had 100+ >>> attendees, and have >>> > recently moved out>>> > of my SSSI volunteering roles and as such I'm >>> ready for the next >>> > thing!>>> > >>> > Kind regards, >>> > >>> > Alex >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Sent from: >>> > >>> http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/OSGeo-Australia-New-Zealand-Local-Chapter-f3721347.html>>> >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > Aust-NZ mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Aust-NZ mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz >> -- >> http://dbdean.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ Aust-NZ mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz> > -- Cameron Shorter Technology Demystifier, Learnosity Open > Technologies Consultant M +61 (0) 419 142 254> > _________________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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