On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Suchith Anand < suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
> Thanks Jeff. > > Though we had lots of discussions afterwards and continuing on this , we > couldnt find any solution till now. So this might be a good opportunity to > modify the Incubation's "labs" term, to something like "Community Projects" > to avoid confusion if that is acceptable to Vaclav, Jachym and others. Many > thanks. > > Well, I'm not particularly fond of "Community Projects" as a name. Even mature FOSS projects are community projects in one way or the other. Unfortunately, I don't have other suggestion. Vaclav > Suchith > > ________________________________________ > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] > On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna [jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com] > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 2:26 PM > To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure > > (we are approaching 2 full years that this "labs" naming has been an > issue and discussed[1]) > > Today, knowing how ingrained the term 'lab' is in the GeoForAll > education network, maybe Jachym is correct that it is a good time to > modify the Incubation's "labs" term, to something like "Community > Projects". > > [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2013-June/000134.html > > -jeff > > > > > On 2015-03-03 3:42 AM, Suchith Anand wrote: > > Vaclav, > > > > Please accept my sincere apologies as it was my mistake that i did not > think on this when we started the ICA-OSGeo Labs initiative (so many > things were going on at that time!). > > > > In universities, we generally use the "Labs" term to refer to > infrastructure/people/facilities for a particular subject. For example > Botany Lab, Robotics Lab etc. And we wanted to make sure there is a > dedicated Open Source Geospatial Lab in universities worldwide (which > includes bringing together people from various disciplines, infrastructure > (the physical space) and facilities to make this happen. Also it is easier > to make use of the same terminology/structure of "Labs" which is widely > used in the university environment to get academics start the initiative in > their respective universities (also it is easier for them to convince their > higher management on a structure that is known to them than reinvent a new > term for this) . > > > > So it will very helpful for us if you can make use of new > "OSGeo-projects" and metioned star (or similar) rating system for the > incubation as then there is no confusion in the future. Many thanks for > your consideration. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Suchith > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] > On Behalf Of Jachym Cepicky [jachym.cepi...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 7:27 AM > > To: Vaclav Petras > > Cc: OSGeo Discussions; incuba...@lists.osgeo.org > > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure > > > > Vašku, > > > > just side note: yes, whith the new "Labs" initiative "OSGeo-Labs" have > to change their name. > > > > My idea would rather be to get rid of current OSGeo- "labs" and > "projects" and start with new "OSGeo-projects" and metioned star (or > similar) rating system. > > > > Than for current OSGeo-Labs "OSGeo-project level 1" would make it (or > similar) > > > > Jachym > > > > po 2. 3. 2015 v 18:33 odesílatel Vaclav Petras <wenzesl...@gmail.com > <mailto:wenzesl...@gmail.com>> napsal: > > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Jachym Cepicky < > jachym.cepi...@gmail.com<mailto:jachym.cepi...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > former "OSGeo Labs" (now it has no name is slowly forgotten in past, but > you can find more at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs) > > > > Hi Jachym, > > > > do you think that with the renewal you can replace the name "OSGeo Labs" > by something else? Now we have also ISPRS-ICA-OSGeo Research and > Educational laboratories which might be often shortened to OSGeo Labs, > although I prefer OSGeoRELs for writing. The mainling list is > ica-osgeo-labs. Put perhaps it is not such an issue since the term "Geo for > All" (http://www.geoforall.org/) is now used more and more (well, the > linked website as OSGeo Labs in the title element). > > > > Thanks for taking this into consideration, > > Vaclav > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. If you have received this > message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. > > Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this > message or in any attachment. 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