We need a geowanking just as much as we need a big, international FOSS4G conference. Different ends of the spectrum... And my boss lurks on the list...
-Eric On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 9:01 AM, Andrew Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 12:38 PM, Dan Brickley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wonder whether it is time to take a fresh look at the name of this > > very forum. > > > > If we want the boring/serious/grownup GIS world to take more notice of > > the kinds of things that are discussed around here, having a mailing > > list with a different name would help. > > > > No, the name of this forum is inline with its goals. To be an open, > and semi-tongue-in-cheek venue for people to be free and air crazy > ideas. Geowanking is not meant to be for serious discussions or to get > published as a forum in the NYT. > > There are other, better forums for that - and more importantly are > focused on more specific topics. I feel that serious, > cross-pollinating discussions should happen there. It is up to any of > us to participate in those communities, and if members of those groups > want to "play in the dirt" then they can join Geowankers. > > I say this having done just that - I am now on a number of Geography > lists, OGC meetings, and other "professional" and serious venues and > attempt to keep the appropriate voice and injection of new concepts > there as much as we can be open with our thoughts here. > > Cheers, > Andrew > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > -- -=--=---=----=----=---=--=-=--=---=----=---=--=-=- Eric B. Wolf 720-209-6818 USGS Geographer Center of Excellence in GIScience PhD Student CU-Boulder - Geography
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