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\title{Australia / New Zealand Chapter}
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\item Contact name: \textbf{Bruce Bannerman}
\item Website: \footnotesize{\url{http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Aust-NZ} }
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\section{Key Accomplishments}
\subsection{FOSS4G-2009}
FOSS4G-2009 dominated AustNZ activities for 2009. We had a strong team of local volunteers from Australia and New Zealand as well as from the International OSGeo family.

We were excited to see our international colleagues travel to Sydney for the event and to introduce FOSS4G to the Australian community.

There was definitely an exciting vibe in the air, and there has been much follow up interest from within Australia.

It was a surreal experience for a number of the Local Organising Committee who had been dealing via phone and email on a daily basis for two years to finally meet face to face at the Sydney Convention Centre.

Local contributions were made to the Arramagong Live DVD which was provided to all delegates at the conference.\footnote{Arramagong Live DVD: \url{http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Quick_Start}}

\subsection{OSGeo-AustNZ List}
We now have \textbf{123} subscribers to the OSGeo-AustNZ mailing list.

This number includes a few people who have multiple email addresses subscribed.

\subsection{Victorian Government Inquiry into Improving Access to Victorian Public Sector Information and Data}
Bruce Bannerman and Cameron Shorter prepared a submission for Australia's Victorian Government's Parliamentary Inquiry into Improving Access to Victorian Public Sector Information and Data on behalf of OSGeo-AustNZ in August 2008. 

The Inquiry released its final report,\footnote{Inquiry final report:  \url{http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/edic/inquiries/access_to_PSI/final_report.html}} citing the OSGeo-AustNZ submission at a number of places. The report was very favourable towards open access to data. 

\subsection{Presence at conferences}
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\item  2009-06, Canberra -- Autodesk Australia (thanks Milton) kindly allowed OSGeo-AustNZ to share their stand at the successful Spatial@Gov conference. Cameron Shorter presented on Geospatial Open Source.
\item  2009-08  Brisbane -- Lightening presentation on Open Source (and Lisasoft) by Jody Garnett to the CRCSI, and distribution of 250 Arramagong GIS Live DVDs to delegates.
\item  2009-10, Sydney -- Tyler allowed us to share the OSGeo booth at FOSS4G-2009. \url{http://2009.foss4g.org}
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\section{Areas for Improvement}
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\item  We have still not incorporated as a legal entity.
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This needs to be addressed. There is some debate and a few ideas, but little effort to step forward and help move things forward.

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\item  Most of the work by the local chapter is still being done by a few key people. We need to find a way to encourage more involvement.
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\section{Outlook for 2010}
There is a lot of momentum building for the use of open source spatial software in the Australian and New Zealand regions.

Local groups are starting to self organise and hold regular get togethers, e.g.:
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\item  Melbourne Pub Nights; and
\item  Brisbane user get togethers.
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It is anticipated that these could evolve in a number of ways:

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\item  Regular show and tell events where organisations hold regular site visits to see what their peers are doing with FOSS4G;
\item  Code Sprints to Introduce FOSS4G (aka Developer Advocacy). This was an idea initiated by Jody Garnett at the latest Melbourne Pub Night; and
\item  General FOSS4G Advocacy.
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