Three big, on-going concerns of mine: - How to better do "outreach", specifically to companies (GIS or non-GIS) that either currently don't know much about Open Source or, worse, think that Open Source is buggy, amatuer-ware, or otherwise incompatable with their commercial/profit motives.
- Standards work -- influence, development, compliance accredidation, etc. With particular, but not exclusive, emphasis on OGC. [I'm glad to see this topic come back, good to have other people interested in the issue!] - Funding-- I have learned a lot and now a very different mental model of OSGeo today than I had 12-18 months ago. Nonetheless, some funding is required to better support our activities. How can we best do this? Possibilities include: small number of big corporate donations, large number of small member donations, non-profit style grant monies, ... -mpg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tyler > Mitchell (OSGeo) > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:33 AM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Annual General Meeting > > Hi everyone, > Every year we have our annual conference. Last year we had one half > day set aside for an OSGeo general meeting a day before the > conference began. It worked out very well - especially to start > putting faces to names. > > This year we have the opportunity to do the same. I have a room > booked at the conference centre after the workshops on the first > day. There is currently no fixed agenda, but I started to > put down a > few ideas on the wiki: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/AGM_2007 > > If you are interested in helping organise the event or contribute > ideas, please feel free to help on the wiki or let's discuss it on > this list. > > What would you, as a member of OSGeo, like to have on the agenda? > > Sincerely, > Tyler > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
