Re: [OSGeo Oceania] Geospatial Council of Australia - thoughts?

2023-03-29 Thread Adam Steer
Hi Alex, all In OSGeo we try to find areas of common ground and avoid extractive practice for MoUs, which are long term and take a long time to make (the OGC MoU took 2+ years). So however it is drafted, it needs to ensure that the energy flow is not one way! Off the top of my head: - Geospatial

Re: [OSGeo Oceania] Geospatial Council of Australia - thoughts?

2023-03-29 Thread Alex Leith
Hey Folks Thanks for raising this, Adam. I’ll add it to the next Board meeting for discussion, and will reach out to Paul Digney, who is acting president. Something that we could push for is having our awards (proposed for the next conference) feed into the APSEA awards. I think that might work.

Re: [OSGeo Oceania] Geospatial Council of Australia - thoughts?

2023-03-29 Thread Adam Steer
Hi Emma, Kate Thanks for the support! As a strategic approach I'd personally go straight for board <> board level comms without delay - because honestly FOSS4G tools and OSGeo-championed concepts of open-ness / inclusivity are in every aspect of geostuff, all the areas of practice. (in my opinio

Re: [OSGeo Oceania] Geospatial Council of Australia - thoughts?

2023-03-29 Thread Kate Fairlie
YES! I would love to see this happen (as someone who has been very active in SSSI previously, and not very active in OSgeo). I highly doubt SSSI/GCA has previously reached out. Possibly worthwhile waiting until "areas of practice" chairs are determined (to get a bit of a champion), though could def

Re: [OSGeo Oceania] Geospatial Council of Australia - thoughts?

2023-03-28 Thread Emma Hain
Hey all My thoughts exactly! I think setting up a MOU would be a good step forward. Cheers Em On Wed, Mar 29, 2023, 3:29 PM Adam Steer wrote: > Hey OSGeo Oceania > > The Geospatial Council of Australia formally launched recently - > merging SSSI and SIBA/GITA: https://geospatialcouncil.org.au/ >