Jody, > > I have to admit, to me as OSGeo member as developer (+SAC supporter), this > whole thread has not clarified almost nothing. >
Agreed, email is tough for communication, and this conversation has started by looking for differences rather than look at how things are. As much as I appreciate (and carefully read through) all your inputs, that > summary leaves me with even more questions. > I would happy to have a hangout with you if that would help. It may help me sort out how to communicate on this subject :) Putting all the emotional cream whipped so far aside and objectively, > clearly, that it is all about potential, capacity and market share. > I thought it was more about the scope of OSGeo being clarified. Something Cameron is consistently asking board members to provide in the form a vision statement or similar. > OSGeo has proved its potential, it is capable to paddle its own canoe > for a decade or more, via large self-organized community and successful > projects. > This to me is not a given - there is certainly more for OSGeo to do (and a key reason I am taking part). The gap on foss4g organization is well-known, but not of interest to me. I am more focused on projects - and am interested in gvSig having their own association (and QGIS forming their own association). Specifically I am not interested in forming an association for GeoServer and would like to ask OSGeo to take on this role. LocationTech is a fairly new player with huge & rich organization > behind, that has to prove it's capable to secure market share, and its > position. Otherwise, the parent organization will simply shut it down as > any failed project. > A valid concern, but I think three years in LocationTech has moved passed the experiment stage (I believe it was considered a success almost from day one). The budget for each working group is dictated by the members involved, much as OSGeo budget is dictated by our sponsors. -- Jody
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