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
FOSS4G 2009
Incorporation
- 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
- 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Our original page (which contains our initial plans for an Austalian chapter, can be found at [Old Aust chapter page- outdated]