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> > People can and do participate in both OSGeo & LocationTech all the > time. This is a good thing. It absolutely isn't a zero sum > scenario. The mutually reinforce each other rather than detract > from one another. > I think there is a big difference in how the participation is organized: With OSGeo you become a member like this: http://www.osgeo.org/Membershi p And with LT it works like this: https://www.locationtech.org/content/become-member and details in here: https://www.locationtech.org/charter You could now argue, that participation is not membership. That's right. But then look at who you participate for in case of LT : https://www.locationtech.org/members There is a big "Strategic" at the topic, so to me this means, that they have a lot to say. And there is a guest sections, which it likely the opposite. I don't need to explain, who paid their dollars to become a strategic member. For them the annual fee is nothing in their overall budget. The funny thing is, that both (OSGeo and LT) have a "Nondiscrimination Statement" on their website: OSGeo: "The Foundation is open to all members of the geospatial community. We do not discriminate based on age, gender, race, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, or disability." LT: "We are committed to making participation in the LocationTech community a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of level of experience, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, personal appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, age, religion or analogous grounds." I think you forgot "economic discrimination"! For me, whether I would be able to pay for a membership or not, it makes it a very easy decision, where I want to contribute my volunteer time for. Sorry, if this slightly moved the thread into a different direction. I just wanted to agree with Andrea, that LT doesn't have the same goals in some way: it clearly focuses on the economic strong members of the organization. Best regards, Daniel PS: you will also recognize from the members, that LT is not a diverse organization in terms nationalities. Well, you could argue, that IBM, Oracle and Google are operating globally ;-) - -- Georepublic UG & Georepublic Japan eMail: daniel.ka...@georepublic.de Web: https://georepublic.info -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQEcBAEBCAAGBQJWSQVEAAoJEHjh5kk/zBG09qAH/ih/Dw0EPTePboROuR/nH+Oj oj3SWCkcZsacgG/WmvnGtBUU5hkikz9D/jDHYqD78Goaes6IpcxZQIvsP0R5KfEG GSagqRXhJfEkC9dZr9d1RMWtR50t7TzUixCfJ1vubYkY7pg5ARUIYgMQ1OnL6H+t DZS/Z/KEv1M7mWTkei+MHEzgKHzhNGnDFydbruMJyhr8hu8gI3MDD1Clfu9wxfVI fgdqwZ9mU2X5gKwWwTGp6ZumzTpSbXGP86qmhubkQCEZonkRKaDb8ascH4l5teQL //NaMXpgU8XCkdjt8ImCBdKjjjfUOc2dXFM52JZz6Z51j/73a6lF1Ijb2fSOQYw= =tDh+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss