John — I used to be OSMF secretary and have guided multiple local groups through the OSMF LC application process. I am no longer on the board but know the current secretary, and am happy to help with the process if needed.
Martijn > On Mar 4, 2019, at 8:41 PM, John Bryant <johnwbry...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Graeme, thanks a lot for bringing it up, it's a good opportunity to share > a work-in-progress. > > Yes, there is work going on right now, and apologies for not making it more > widely known... we're scrambling a bit to pull together both this and the > 2019 conference, trying to get a number of balls rolling at once. > > The committee that organised FOSS4G SotM Oceania in November is in the > process of doing the legwork to form an entity. Right now, we are pulling > together a draft recommendation that we'll share with the community for > feedback. Aiming to have this draft complete by the 15th, and then open it up > to the community for a two week consultation period. Presuming that leads to > a recommendation to form an entity, we should have something in place by the > end of April. > > Forming local chapters of OSMF and OSGeo is one of the key reasons to do this > - also it will make it a lot easier to manage funds and sign contracts when > organising community events like the conference. > > Again, sorry for the lack of communication - we definitely intend to grow > this organisation, the immediate priority is to build a strong foundation, > and to do this we need to communicate. Hopefully we can catch our breath > shortly here and re-prioritise the engagement of the community. In the > meantime, what kinds of activities would you see a local chapter of OSMF > undertaking? > > Cheers > John > > On Tue, 5 Mar 2019 at 13:08, Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com > <mailto:graemefi...@gmail.com>> wrote: > There was mention late last year of setting up a local Chapter > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2018-December/012227.html > <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-au/2018-December/012227.html>, > but haven't heard anything further since? > > Just been doing some random browsing & found this > https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/Australia > <https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/Australia>, > which discussed the same thing back in 2010. > > Is any of that info still relevant? > > Thanks > > Graeme > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org <mailto:Talk-au@openstreetmap.org> > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au> > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
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