Aust-NZ

=Welcome to the home of the Australia/New Zealand chapter of OSGeo=

Mailing List
Our mailing list can be subscribed to at http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/aust-nz

Presence at conferences

 * 2009-11, Sydney [FOSS4G_2009]. The Free and Open Source conference for Geospatial.
 * 2008-03, Brisbane, Queensland Spatial Conference
 * 3 hour workshop on Geospatial Open Source and Mapguide OpenSource
 * OSGeo Stand
 * 2008-03, Perth. WALIS Forum
 * An afternoon thread dedicated to everything "Open". Presentations are available from the website.
 * OSGeo stand
 * Early details at [WALIS stand]
 * 2007-05, Hobart. Spatial Sciences
 * OSGeo stand
 * 2007-01, Sydney. Linux Australia. 1 day stand and lightning talk about OSGeo software

Incorporation

 * 1) In the next month or so we need to get incorporated, probably in Western Australia.

The WA specific requirements can be summarized as: Legislation: WA incorporation legislation

Incorporation Guidelines
 * More than 5 members
 * Intention to apply for incorporation must be advertised between one and three months before the application is made.
 * No residency requirements
 * Keep accounts in such a state that they can be audited and presented to members at AGM
 * Register of members to be kept with residential or postal address.

Committee
As per votes here, the Committee for the Aust-NZ chapter is:
 * Cameron Shorter
 * Bruce Bannerman
 * Brent Wood
 * Tim Bowden
 * Shoib Burq

History
Our original page (which contains our initial plans for an Austalian chapter, can be found at [Old Aust chapter page- outdated]