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Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Polling charter members
From: "Helmut Kudrnovsky" <hellik () web ! de>
Date: 2014-09-18 17:43:02
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<div>I second Jachym and Peter.</div>
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<div>>Peter Baumann:<br/>
><br/>
>HI all,<br/>
><br/>
>As there is a request for Charter Members to chime in, here my 2 cents:<br/>
><br/>
>The issue on hand is highlighting excellently the need for effective and<br/>
>efficient decision procedures based on mandates.<br/>
>OSGeo has but embarked on establishing these, currently discussions are \
driven<br/> >more by gut feeling than by ordered bylaws and procedures. The fact \
that there<br/> >are projects in incubation for 4.5 years [1] and still not done \
underlines this.<br/> ><br/>
>A grassroots mindset is good for gathering people initially, but to exercise<br/>
>impact at large we need efficient, agreed decision structures. With some of \
the<br/> >last posts I see that we are embarking in this direction, and I very \
much<br/> >applaude to that.</div>
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<pre><i>Jachym Cepicky:</i>
>>So, now
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<div>>> we are here, things are happening, we can finally talk to whole<br/>
>> community, because of this IMHO *is* important topic - two big<br/>
>> organisations are trying to find a way, how to cooperate in the future<br/>
>> for better free and open source software for geospatial! This is good.<br/>
>> If for nothing else, then for clarifying OSGeo's position.</div>
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<div>on the horizon I see 3 (already worked on) tasks of the OSGeo foundation:</div>
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<div>(a) service/infrastructure provider for foss4g projects,<br/>
(b) open minded community nucleus of foss4g spirit,<br/>
(c) business support for foss4g</div>
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<div>as OSGeo is happily growing :-) and has reached a "critical" size, \
well reviewed structures are needed to work on all or some of these tasks, alone or \
in cooperation with other organisations ... let's find OSGeo's \
position.</div>
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<div>best</div>
<div>Helmut</div>
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<div>OSGeo: wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Hellik</div>
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-webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">>Peter Baumann:<br/> ><br/>
>HI all,<br/>
><br/>
>As there is a request for Charter Members to chime in, here my 2 cents:<br/>
><br/>
>The issue on hand is highlighting excellently the need for effective and<br/>
>efficient decision procedures based on mandates.<br/>
>OSGeo has but embarked on establishing these, currently discussions are \
driven<br/> >more by gut feeling than by ordered bylaws and procedures. The fact \
that there<br/> >are projects in incubation for 4.5 years [1] and still not done \
underlines this.<br/> ><br/>
>A grassroots mindset is good for gathering people initially, but to exercise<br/>
>impact at large we need efficient, agreed decision structures. With some of \
the<br/> >last posts I see that we are embarking in this direction, and I very \
much<br/> >applaude to that.<br/>
><br/>
>cheers,<br/>
>Peter<br/>
><br/>
>[1] http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeo<br/>
><br/>
><br/>
>On 09/18/2014 09:59 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote:<br/>
>> This ' LocationTech and OSGeo collaboration ', appears to be some \
thing that<br/> >> the OSGeo Charter should involve and motivate opinion etc. \
Those at the helm<br/> >> may pl post a summary of the, 'storey so \
far'.<br/> >><br/>
>><br/>
>> On Thursday, September 18, 2014 2:23 AM, Jachym Cepicky<br/>
>> <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com> wrote:<br/>
>><br/>
>><br/>
>> Just noting,<br/>
>><br/>
>> discussion about relationship between LocationTech and OSGeo is here<br/>
>> since 2012 (IIRC). That many people did not pain attention to it<br/>
>> (actually including myself up to certain time), is not fault of OSGeo<br/>
>> .. or LocationTech.<br/>
>><br/>
>> It's just actually boring topic. We are community of (mostly)<br/>
>> developers and users of FOSS4G (not conference, but software in this<br/>
>> case). This sounds like politics .. who would pay attention? So, now<br/>
>> we are here, things are happening, we can finally talk to whole<br/>
>> community, because of this IMHO *is* important topic - two big<br/>
>> organisations are trying to find a way, how to cooperate in the future<br/>
>> for better free and open source software for geospatial! This is good.<br/>
>> If for nothing else, then for clarifying OSGeo's position.<br/>
>><br/>
>> Jachym
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