I agree. This issue has to be fixed. Angelos
On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Venkatesh Raghavan < ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote: > On 8/16/2017 8:37 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli wrote: > > I agree completely with Helena. It has to be fixed with the highest priority. > > Same here. > > Venka > > ..... > > ________________________________ > Da: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> > <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Helena Mitasova > <hmit...@ncsu.edu> <hmit...@ncsu.edu> > Inviato: mercoledì 16 agosto 2017 13:29 > A: Paulo van Breugel > Cc: OSGeo Discussions; Helmut Kudrnovsky > Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Project selection on the new website draft > > Jody, I have to go so I don't have time to write more but this needs to be > fixed instantly to avoid massive backlash against the new website. After so > much effort it would be heartbreaking to have a negative reaction just > because we would be perceived as providing advertising platform for projects > which are not really free and open source (I guess we will hear more about > this from Stallman tomorrow). > > Helena > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:21 AM, Paulo van Breugel > <p.vanbreu...@gmail.com<mailto:p.vanbreu...@gmail.com> > <p.vanbreu...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > On 8/16/17 9:32 AM, Jody Garnett wrote: > We could ask the OSGeo live project what procedure they use, at the moment we > have asked on the disc...@osgeo.org<mailto:disc...@osgeo.org> > <disc...@osgeo.org> mailing list for open source projects to fill in a google > form so we would have content to try out the website with. > > There is a very clear distinguishing of OSGeo projects on the website: > > a) Sort order is OSGeo projects > OSGeo Community > Other > b) Only OSGeo projects are available from the menu directly, > c) When listed OSGeo Projects, and OSGeo Community projects are badged with > the appropriate logo > > > When I use the link http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/ directly, I am > seeing the page with all projects, with projects in what seems to be random > order (and with some of the OSGEO projects, like GRASS, on the last page). > Only when I click on 'projects' in the menu am I presented with the projects > grouped in Osgeo projects, osgeo community, others. Wouldn't it be preferable > to use that page as landing page when using the link > http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/ directly? > > > This is going to be an interesting week collecting feedback when lots of the > website is not working as designed quite yet (examples tagging and sorting). > To be fair the vast majority of project descriptions were entered last > weekend so this is our first chance to try things out with actual content :) > > > > -- > Jody Garnett > > On 16 August 2017 at 02:36, Helmut Kudrnovsky > <hel...@web.de<mailto:hel...@web.de> <hel...@web.de>> wrote: > > > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. August 2017 um 06:28 Uhr > Von: "Jody Garnett" > Betreff: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Project selection on the new website draft > > Not sure it is much of an explanation - our vision as a group is to empower > everyone with geospatial - and there is a lot of open source >spatial to > promote. > > By the same vision live.osgeo.org<http://live.osgeo.org> > <http://live.osgeo.org>[http://live.osgeo.org] includes all kinds of projects > :) > > The key idea is to help people new to our world to go through the choose a > project pages and discover projects that meet their needs. > > The website is a beta, we now have enough projects to test out these ideas > and see what issues we can find. There is a meeting tomorrow >with the > vendor that should be productive (a hands on training > session[https://wiki.osgeo.org > /wiki/FOSS4G_2017_Code_Sprint#Website_Training] for any one attending foss4g). > > > I'm following the new website and branding process a little bit by the > mailing lists. > > is there anywhere a documented discussion or a documented and approved > decision about how the project selection to be listed on the OSGeo website is > done? I can't find anyone. > > To be inclusive is one side; not to distinguish OSGeo projects from other > software projects from other initatives (e.g. locationtech) or GIS vendors > without any supplement words in the OSGeo website, I'm feeling unconformable > with it. > > Kind regards > Helmut > > OSGeo charter member > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing listdisc...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > <Discuss@lists.osgeo.org>https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing listdisc...@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > <Discuss@lists.osgeo.org>https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > -- > Helena Mitasova > Professor > Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences > North Carolina State University > 1125 Jordan Hall > NCSU Box 8208 > Raleigh, NC > 27695-8208http://www4.ncsu.edu/~hmitaso/http://geospatial.ncsu.edu/ > > email: hmit...@ncsu.edu<mailto:hmit...@ncsu.edu> <hmit...@ncsu.edu> > ph: 919-513-1327 <(919)%20513-1327> (no voicemail) > fax 919 515-7802 <(919)%20515-7802> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing > listDiscuss@lists.osgeo.orghttps://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Angelos Tzotsos, PhD OSGeo Charter Member http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
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