Agreed, that is where it was listed in the slides. On the website GSOC it is under initiatives :)
I love seeing a balance, initiatives provided a great oppeetunity for members who cannot commit to an ongoing committee. On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 1:01 AM Margherita Di Leo <direg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jody, > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > [...] >> > > >> Initiatives: >> >> - Website/rebranding - temporary initiative >> - OSGeo-Live >> >> >> - OSGeo European >> >> *[...]* >> > >> Committees: >> >> - United Nations Committee >> - GeoForAll >> - Conference Committee >> - OpenGeoScience Committee >> - Marketing Committee >> - Incubation Committee >> - GSoC - is this a committee or initiative? >> >> > GSoC is surely no committee: the "members" are not stable, volunteer > mentors change from one year to another, there is no "less active" members > as sometimes happens in committees; there is no much voting, admins are > responsible for administrative stuff, mentors are responsible for their own > mentoring activity; etc. I think the definition of initiative suits better. > I'm not sure about the actual definition in use in OSGeo, but if OSGeo-Live > is an initiative, I see similarities with GSoC: cross-project initiative, > aiming at outreach and growing projects. > > Thank you > > > -- > Margherita Di Leo > -- -- Jody Garnett
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