OSGeo Oceania

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Women in Geospatial Breakfast and Workshop Registration Open
We have tickets now on sale for the Women in Geospatial breakfast. You don’t need to be a woman to come, and the venue we’re hoping to reserve is very close to the conference venue, so you have no excuse but to come along and support our wonderful women. https://ti.to/osgeo-oceania/foss4g-sotm-oceania-2024/with/women-in-geospatial-breakfast
and you can register for the workshops here: https://ti.to/osgeo-oceania/foss4g-sotm-oceania-2024-workshops
The program committee is working hard now to get the program together. We’ll have more information and a draft program ready soon.
For now, a quick reminder of our wonderful keynote presenters:
Brianna Pagan, from USA, who works at NASA
Lanieta Rokotuiwakaya, from Fiji, who works at GHD
Kate Fickas, from USA, who works at Esri
Andrea Jalandoni, from Australia, who works at Griffith University.
These four women represent diverse backgrounds, a range of focus areas in their professional lives and all are passionate about communities and open geospatial. We know they’ll bring some great ideas to our conference and we're grateful to them all for accepting our invitation.
Image below is Lani speaking at last year's Women in Geospatial Breakfast in Auckland.

The OSGeo Oceania board wish all OpenStreetMappers a very happy twentieth birthday of openstreetmap.org and from humble beginnings of the first street being mapped*, it has grown and now has over ten million editors! You can read more about the history at https://birthday20.openstreetmap.org/ and if you are not an editor, perhaps checkout your area to see if it needs improving. Party like it's 2004 OSMers!
* Did the editor receive a disconnected highway validation error ;) ?

🌏 Calling for an OSMF Oceania Representative 2024/25!

Attention OSM community in Oceania! The OSGeo Oceania board is looking for nominations for the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF) Oceania representative for the upcoming ~11 months. This volunteer position is perfect for a committed OSM enthusiast. Details below. Nominations close on Friday, July 26th. Interested? Feel free to reach out for more information and consider applying! 🗳️
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Call for papers and workshops: 1 week to go
The program committee has received a stack of presentation proposals already indicating that the Conference is on the radar! The closing date for submissions is Monday 15th July, and there will be no extensions!
Submit your presentation or workshop here: https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-sotm-oceania-2024/cfp

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If you are still thinking about coming to the 2024 Conference in Hobart, Tasmania but will need some financial help getting there - you need to get your skates on to write your application as travel grant submissions close on the 30th of June. Find out more about the travel grant program here: https://2024.foss4g-oceania.org/ #/attend/travel-grant-program

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The End of the Financial Year is fast approaching and you may have funds in a project budget that need to be spent! Why not consider a request for a Conference Registration or even Sponsorship.
Early bird registrations are open until the 16th of August. After that, the full price tickets are available until the 4th of October and after that, they go up in cost again. Please register early, as it helps us plan for catering for the conference, the ice breaker and for the dinner.
https://ti.to/osgeo-oceania/foss4g-sotm-oceania-2024

Call for papers & workshops: one month to go
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There is just one month to go for our call for proposals. There are half-day workshops, presentation slots and lightning talks available.
The deadline is Monday July 15, but please don’t wait until the last minute!
Submit your presentation or workshop here: https://talks.osgeo.org/foss4g-sotm-oceania-2024/cfp

Results of Community Vote for our 2024 Conference Logo
So the votes are in and we have a winner! The logo below which was designed by Cholena Smart from Perth in Western Australia and received the most votes from you all. Thank you to all those who took the time to submit a logo, it was pretty close in the end, but there can only be one winner.
You will see the logo (and several variants) appearing now in communications as the conference in Hobart, Tasmania approaches. It will help us inform our style and we feel it really helps us represent our Oceania community of islands here in the South Pacific.

Celebrating Epic Geogeeks Meetup in Perth!

Perth's Geogeeks gathering was a hit! Talks covered reproducible workflows, drone data processing, and bushfire management. Thanks to OSGeo Oceania for the pizza fuel and to everyone for making the event special. Keep advancing geospatial tech and community collaboration! 🌟

For more photos and info about the day: https://osgeo-oceania.org/2024/04/11/geogeeks-meetup/
You can apply for a grant here: https://osgeo-oceania.org/funding/

Here's to many more epic Geogeeks meetups in the future!
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Empowering Timor-Leste's Youth in Geospatial Technology

G-SIG Timor-Leste hosted a dynamic QGIS training, uniting students, professionals, and officials in Dili. Thanks to all who participated! Special gratitude to OSGeo Oceania and The Open Mapping Hub – Asia Pacific for their support. Stay tuned for more opportunities to learn and grow with us! 🌟

For more photos and info about the day: https://osgeo-oceania.org/2024/04/17/qgis-training-2/
You can apply for a grant here: https://osgeo-oceania.org/funding/

Empowering Kiribati Women in Mapping🇰🇮

KWIM hosted an OSM training in Kiribati, empowering women to lead sessions in Betio village. Thanks to OSGeo Oceania's support, covering costs, the event succeeded. This collaboration promotes gender inclusivity in mapping, fostering development and resilience. Kudos to KWIM for their dedication. Together, we're shaping a brighter future for Kiribati. 🌟

For more photos and info about the day: https://osgeo-oceania.org/2024/04/20/osm-training-in-kiribati/

You can apply for a grant here: https://osgeo-oceania.org/funding/

Community Vote for our conference logo
Please help us choose a logo and an influence for our conference's style. Voting closes at midnight, Friday the 24th of May.

You'll need to log in, but only so that we can ensure that everyone only has one vote. We don't store your information. Thank you to those who submitted a design, there’s a fantastic selection to choose from!
Vote for your favourite logo here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeCsbgnntbKKW6stWLii8E1XuFu7zsD-Yb0R6FtYiqtKrhVsg/viewform

Tickets are now on sale for the FOSS4G SotM Oceania Conference to be held in Hobart, Tasmania from 5 to 8 November, 2024
Our registration page is now up and running so you can book your tickets to attend here: https://ti.to/osgeo-oceania/foss4g-sotm-oceania-2024

More congratulations are in order, our Travel Grant recipient and amazing woman in GIS Lanieta Rokotuiwakaya Livia and our incredible Em Hain are two of the Leaders of the year in the Open Mapping Women Awards 2024!

Congratulations to our two Grant Commitee members Carrol Chan and Elisa Pi Puccioni for this amazing achievement!

Hakseok (congratulations) to the G - SIG Timor-Leste team!

Dear Oceania open geospatial community,

We (the OSGeo Oceania Board) are revitalising the Communications Working Group (the "CWG"), and we need several volunteers to join us and help with tasks like:
..providing technical support..writing, proofreading, and delivering content..managing our web, social media, instant messaging, and other channels..guiding strategy and developing policy

Why is this important?
OSGeo Oceania's purpose is to support the regional open geospatial community. We're a big beautiful community spread across a huge geography, so communication is absolutely critical to delivering this mission! To stay connected, we need to communicate with each other, and OSGeo Oceania can play a role in this. By joining the CWG, you will have the opportunity to make a direct impact and drive engagement across Oceania, helping us all stay connected.

OK, I'm interested, what do I do?

Great! Please get in touch ASAP at [email protected] and let us know! Do you have something specific you want to do? Can only do a couple of hours here and there? No problem, tell us what works for you.

Whether you want to become an active member of the CWG, or just drop in occasionally to proofread, we appreciate any contribution. Many hands make light work and we will try to find something you can do to help.

That said, we would very much like to invite passionate individuals to join the CWG and help us make this aspect of our organisation shine. Some time in the next few weeks, we'll meet to discuss next steps, and we'd love to see you there!


John Bryant & Ewen Hill
Communications Working Group,
OSGeo Oceania

Exciting news from our friends in Timor-Leste!

Tetun bellow!👇
Exciting news for this week!!🙌
Our association has secured a small grant from OSGeo Oceania for OpenStreetMap activities and QGIS development in Timor-Leste.
Would you like to know and explore more about OpenStreetMap and FOSS4G?...
This week, we're starting our initiatives with OpenStreetMap activities supported by OSGeo Oceania.
In the upcoming workshop, we would like to focus on "OSM Mapping Party," we want to enhancing participants and our members' knowledge about OpenStreetMap usage and contributing data to this platform for mapping in Timor-Leste.
In the first stage of this workshop, we will include with enthusiastic mappers who have participated our course earlier this year.

TETUN
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Anunsua diak ba Semana nee!!
Assosiasaun hetan fundo ki'ik husi OSGeo Oceania ba dezenvolvimentu atividade OpenStreetMap no QGIS iha Timor-Leste.
Ita boot hakarak hatene no explora kona ba no ?...
Semana ida nee ami sei hahu hikas ami nia atividade OpenStreetMap nebe suporta maximu husi OSGeo Oceania nian.
Iha workshop nebe ami sei hala'o nee, hanesan "OSM Mapping Party" nebe ami sei foku atu hasa'e koñesimentu partisipante no membru sira nia koñesimentk kona ba utilizasaun OpenStreetMap no kontribuisaun dadus ba iha Plataforma ida nee ba mapamentu Timor-Leste nian.
Iha workshop ba etapa dahuluk ida nee, ami sei hamutuk ho enthusiastic mapper sira nebe tuir ona ami nia kursu durante inisiu tinan ida nee.

Openstreetmap Timor-Leste

Some great news from our grantees!
The Geogeeks OSM contingent are enthusiastic this year, so they've had an OSM mapping day already! Seven people came, including a new-to-OSM couple who've recently moved to the area and wanted to get to know the place via mapping some things. That sounded like a pretty great reason to come to a mapping day!
There are some photos here: https://geogeeks.org/2024/0120_osm-fremantle.html
We so looking forward to continuing sponsor their activities for the 2024!

Geogeeks Perth Geogeeks is a Perth meetup group having fun with open geospatial, open source GIS, and OpenStreetMap.We're running a series of meetups and events to bring the Perth community together, and shine a light on what's happening in open geospatial. Think QGIS, PostGIS, OpenStreetMap, geospatial Python, an...

Hi all,
The OSGeo Oceania board had its monthly meeting on 12 Jan and the minutes were finalised last night.
A large portion of the meeting was spent discussing priorities for 2024. With input from board members and the community, we had a list of topics to consider. We spent time working through a couple of these topics, specifically communication and finance, and will work on other topics in future meetings.
There was some brief discussion about the prospect of seeking individual and corporate sponsorship; the board is initially discussing this in Loomio and the discussion will be brought to the community for input.
We will reconvene the comms working group and the finance committee to help drive action in these areas. Please keep an eye out for calls for community participation in the comms working group.
Minutes are here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4eETtcshRvPgPZNEkXCA_laichM2WY0/view?pli=1
As always, input & feedback welcome!

20240112 Board Meeting.pdf

Happy new year everybody!
this coming Friday OsGeo will have the first board meeting of the year and we will be discussing new grant ideas (among other important things). The board has created a brain-dump document with all the ideas and inputs from the community about what to prioritise this year and it will be great if you can have a read and comment here below if you have more suggestions that should be added to the document!
Every task is harder alone than in a group!
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Happy new year everybody!
this coming Friday OsGeo will have the first board meeting of the year and we will be discussing new grant ideas (among other important things). The board has created a brain-dump document with all the ideas and inputs from the community about what to prioritise this year and it will be great if you can have a read and comment here below if you have more suggestions that should be added to the document!
Every task is harder alone than in a group!

2024 Board Objectives.docx

Congratulations to our Grant committee chair Elisa, who's now also OsGeo Oceania chair for 2024!
here's her 5 minutes lighting talk about the Grant Programme at the FOSS4G Oceania 2023 in Auckland:

Elisa Puccioni: OSGeo Oceania Grant Program in 5 minutes Come and learn the news about OSGeo Oceania grants from one of the Grant Committees most enthusiastic member. The grants are open to all community members an...

Hi OSGeo-Oceania Members... Voting closes this Sunday for the new Board of directors and it will take less time than brewing a cup of tea!
Look for the email "Vote now: OSGeo Oceania - 2023 Board of Directors Election" in your inbox. Contact us if you can't find it.

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Our TGP receiver for the Pacific GIS and Remote Sensing Council Conference Joshua Turia presenting now his OS project at the conference for the first time!

A small but mighty TGP group at the PGRSC Conference 2023 in Suva. We had a very tight timeline to organise and run the traveling grant, so we want to thank the Pacific GIS and Remote Sensing Council for all the help and for organizing such a great and interesting conference!
One of our goals for next year is to be able to expand the TGP for more conferences around the Pacific and even abroad, would you like it?

Feeling really happy to be part of this amazing initiative! Well done G-SIG G - SIG Timor-Leste!

Happy GIS day!!! Please let us know how are you celebrating.
Check out https://osgeo-oceania.org/events-calendar/ for your nearest event or perhaps hone your baking skills. Photo stolen from GeoRabble Melbourne in 2022 who are up to GIS fun again today.