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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