Re: [talk-au] Considering future Open Geospatial conferences in Oceania

[John Bryant]

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  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
> 
>
> 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
> . We have a very 
> compelling
> case
> 
> 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
>  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 :
>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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[talk-au] Considering future Open Geospatial conferences in Oceania

[John Bryant]

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


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
. We have a very
compelling
case 
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
 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 :
   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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