Why is there this sudden need to point out things like this? This is
the part that makes my heart drop. (and the underlying meaning of the
subject of this email) Instead of pointing out issues, maybe those
making these noises can spend that time on the marketing committee, or
tackling on the membership issue.
I personally have no problem with LocationTech, in fact I agree they
play a very important role for businesses. I do have a problem however
with pointing out problems with OSGeo and our baby, FOSS4G; instead of
pointing out problems, I feel those same people could be diving into
helping OSGeo grow and pick up the ball themselves.
-jeff
On 2014-09-15 2:56 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
Why is this not true? I think you are misinterpreting here Jeff.
Membership in OSGeo is a single person. Yes this person can belong to a company
or run their own company, but membership is still personal.
Bart
Sent from my iPhone
On 15 sep. 2014, at 19:45, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
On 2014-09-15 1:22 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
the members in OSGeo are individuals and the members in
Eclipse/LocationTech are businesses
Daniel this statement is not true, regarding OSGeo. OSGeo members are made up
of all walks of life, and many are running private businesses all around the
world. I have visited their organizations/offices myself in my FOSS4G travels
throughout the years.
However I cannot change how you feel.
This part is unfortunate, these strong statements made publicly, which I feel
are made to divide our community.
Let me reinforce: our OSGeo community and our FOSS4G events (of all sizes) are
geared for everyone and anyone, with no sole focus on one type of community.
And as the President of OSGeo, I am happy to represent all of the members, of
any kind :)
-jeff
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