On Sat, 1 Jun 2019 at 20:08, John Bryant <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Re: geographic extent, one of the definitions we've been using for other > purposes (eg conference travel grants) is the UN geoscheme for Oceania: > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_geoscheme_for_Oceania > Interesting bit I just noticed off that map / list ... Sub-regions are A-NZ, Micro-, Mela- & Polynesia, none of which include Hawaii, but Honolulu is listed as one of the largest cities? I think we would definitely be stepping on toes if we tried to pinch Hawaii! :-) (although I don't know how Guam, New Caledonia etc would work - as mentioned, Oceania or US & France? I can see that there is a New Caledonia mailing list, but no separate list for Hawaii or any of the other Pacific nations.) But I personally agree that we need to reach out and canvass any local > communities that may exist, for their thoughts. We do have some reach via > existing OSGeo community, mailing lists, travel grant program, and other > networks. > > After putting in our best effort, if there are countries where there is no > feedback, are we in a position to form a regional chapter including those > countries, under the assumption that we aren't stepping on any toes? > I would think we'd be OK, as long as we can show that we've made the effort? & if, some years down the track, "Palau" (picking a name at random) wanted to form it's own chapter, I would think we would then offer them every assistance possible :-) Thanks Graeme
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