Andrew John, Ed et al, The proposal looks good however do we need to discuss the inclusion of Hawaii and perhaps Guam as they may be more appropriate under a US auspices or is it best to use the UN definition that excludes a number of these to be succinctly clear what is in and what is not.
Ewen On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 at 15:37, Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 27 May 2019 at 13:06, Edoardo Neerhut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Simon, you raise a good point! What do you all think is an effective way >> to get this input? Reach out to people we know are active mappers in >> Oceania and see if they would like their country to be represented? >> >> On Sat, 18 May 2019 at 21:18, Andrew Harvey <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> On Sat, 18 May 2019 at 19:12, Simon Poole <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I think my immediate and largest concern if I was reviewing the >>>> application (which I am not) would be: Oceania isn't just about >>>> Australia. >>>> >>> >>> I would expect nothing less from the OSMF. >>> >>> Have OSM communities outside of AUS (and NZ) even been addressed? While >>>> not totally cast in stone, there is an assumption that territorial >>>> chapters are awarded exclusive rights for the territories in question >>>> and I'm fairly sure the application will blow up in a big way if this is >>>> not considered. >>>> >>> > I agree that Simon has raised a very valid point, but, without wishing to > sound rude or condescending in any way, would the various small island > nations have the resources to set up their own Chapters? > > >> I agree. There has been bit of discussion within the OSGeo Oceania >>> committee regarding this. >>> >>> My opinion is we should only include countries where the local OSM >>> community actively voice they want it. >>> >> > Are there even any OSM mappers in some of them? > > Thanks > > Graeme > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia
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