Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
I would think it appropriate to send an e-mail to people that will be retired as a charter member before they are removed. To be fair, they should've been warned they were on the list to be axed before the vote. (Maybe they already were?) I'm not trying to excuse anyone's lack of involvement, but I think it is important to remember that we are all busy and we don't want to take ourselves to seriously. Landon On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:33 AM, George R. C. Silva georger.si...@gmail.com wrote: Em quarta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2011 04:19:55, Venkatesh Raghavan escreveu: Daniel and All, Thanks for you hard work as CRO, Daniel. Could you also let us know what was the percentage of voting. My congratulations to all the new Charter Members and many thanks for all nominees for their participation. May be time to find out charter members who have abstained for Charter Member elections over the last two elections and consider a retirement policy for Charter Members. Best Venka On 2011/11/30 14:17, Daniel Morissette wrote: OSGeo Community, I am ready to announce the results of the 2011 Charter Member Election. • Note that we had a tie for the 20th slot, so I decided to welcome 21 new charter members for this year instead of 20 since that still fits within the limits of 20% new charter members set by the board at the 2011-09-17 board meeting (i.e. 20% of 104 = 20.8) • The new charter members for 2011 are (in alphabetical order): • Bob Basques • Brian Case • Eric Lemoine • Even Rouault • G.Hanumantha Rao • Gabriel Roldán • Jachym Cepicky • Lluís Vicens • Luca Delucchi • Maning Sambale • Margherita Di Leo • Martin Daly • Martin Landa • Massimo Di Stefano • Nicolas Bozon • Sanghee Shin • Stephen Woodbridge • Suchith Anand • Tim Sutton • Xianfeng Song • Yoicihi Kayama Those results are published in the wiki at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2011#Final_Status:_2011-11-29 I will leave it up to our board secretary to update the official members database and we the official list on the website should also be updated soon (http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members) A warm welcome to our new charter members, and thank you to all candidates who didn't make it… it was a matter of only a few votes, so maybe next year? Daniel Morissette (OSGeo CRO, 2011) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Congratulations to all new charter members! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
I would suggest that on the contrary, being a Charter Member does come with responsibility -- it may be minimal but is critically important. All that is required is voting for new Charter Members and voting for the Board. Assuming, reasonable efforts have been made to be in touch with Charter Members, I think it's actually important to purge those who don't take this responsibility seriously. I would suggest it's a necessary part of preserving the integrity of the organization. Keep in mind, for many OSGeo is not just a past-time - it's a vested part of our institutions, businesses, and people. Dave On 2011-12-02, at 11:23 AM, Landon Blake wrote: I would think it appropriate to send an e-mail to people that will be retired as a charter member before they are removed. To be fair, they should've been warned they were on the list to be axed before the vote. (Maybe they already were?) I'm not trying to excuse anyone's lack of involvement, but I think it is important to remember that we are all busy and we don't want to take ourselves to seriously. Landon On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 4:33 AM, George R. C. Silva georger.si...@gmail.com wrote: Em quarta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2011 04:19:55, Venkatesh Raghavan escreveu: Daniel and All, Thanks for you hard work as CRO, Daniel. Could you also let us know what was the percentage of voting. My congratulations to all the new Charter Members and many thanks for all nominees for their participation. May be time to find out charter members who have abstained for Charter Member elections over the last two elections and consider a retirement policy for Charter Members. Best Venka On 2011/11/30 14:17, Daniel Morissette wrote: OSGeo Community, I am ready to announce the results of the 2011 Charter Member Election. • Note that we had a tie for the 20th slot, so I decided to welcome 21 new charter members for this year instead of 20 since that still fits within the limits of 20% new charter members set by the board at the 2011-09-17 board meeting (i.e. 20% of 104 = 20.8) • The new charter members for 2011 are (in alphabetical order): • Bob Basques • Brian Case • Eric Lemoine • Even Rouault • G.Hanumantha Rao • Gabriel Roldán • Jachym Cepicky • Lluís Vicens • Luca Delucchi • Maning Sambale • Margherita Di Leo • Martin Daly • Martin Landa • Massimo Di Stefano • Nicolas Bozon • Sanghee Shin • Stephen Woodbridge • Suchith Anand • Tim Sutton • Xianfeng Song • Yoicihi Kayama Those results are published in the wiki at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2011#Final_Status:_2011-11-29 I will leave it up to our board secretary to update the official members database and we the official list on the website should also be updated soon (http://www.osgeo.org/charter_members) A warm welcome to our new charter members, and thank you to all candidates who didn't make it… it was a matter of only a few votes, so maybe next year? Daniel Morissette (OSGeo CRO, 2011) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss Congratulations to all new charter members! ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
On Dec 2, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Dave McIlhagga wrote: I would suggest that on the contrary, being a Charter Member does come with responsibility -- it may be minimal but is critically important. All that is required is voting for new Charter Members and voting for the Board. .. I agree with Dave. There is really not much that I do as a Charter Member that I couldn't do as joe-schmoe-at-large, and since voting is the only thing that I can do as a Charter Member, I better do that little bit with a sense of responsibility... else, dismantle the whole Charter Member thing and let's just get back to doing what we do as ordinary folks. And, in the end, all that matters is what we do. That merits saying again -- being a Charter Member is no bees-knees. Anyone who is *not* a Charter Member is just as equally valuable as anyone who is one. In the end, all that matters is what we contribute to the cause through our actions no matter what position we hold, even if it is no position at all. -- Puneet Kishor___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Total Open Station 0.3 released!
Total Open Station 0.3 was released today! What is Total Open Station? Total Open Station (TOPS for friends) is a free software program for downloading and processing data from total station devices. If you don't know what a total station is, please read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_station to get an idea. The task of managing survey data is usually done by proprietary, dedicated and Windows™-only software, but TOPS is different by nature, because: * it is free software released under the GNU GPLv3 license; * it works on any operating system, including some mobile platforms (OpenMoko); * it is designed to support as many devices and formats as possible, all within the same program, opposed to having one program per device. Total Open Station is available as a Python source install for GNU/Linux and other UNIX systems (possibly including Mac OSX, feedback welcome), and as a binary installer for Microsoft Windows. Downloads and install instructions at http://tops.iosa.it/installing.html TOPS 0.3 is our first official release, and already has support for different input formats (there are lots of them out there). More formats will be supported in next releases, and user feedback is essential. Total Open Station is developed within the IOSA Project, and is written in Python. The website and documentation is at http://tops.iosa.it/ if you want to find out how to contribute or read more detailed documentation. Ciao, Stefano ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Open Source track for Geospatial World Forum 2012
osgeo-discuss, Are there any OSGeo types heading to Geospatial World Forum? If so, would you be interested in manning an OSGeo booth if we were able to secure one? If we can get a few interested people, then we could approach the organisors to see if they can organise a booth for us. On 3/12/2011 2:44 AM, megha datta wrote: Dear Cameron, Apologies for the late response, as I was in midst of many things. What I understood from your previous email is that you would supply us the DVDs, which we need to distribute to all delegates through the literature kit. We would not be able to coordinate and sponsor the printing the DVD. In case you plan to purchase a booth space at the conference, which I can help you with, then you can use that space to distribute the DVD. Feel free to revert to me in case of any queries or concerns. I will be pleased to assist you. Kind regards, Megha -Original Message- From: Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.com To: Megha Datta megha.da...@gisdevelopment.net Cc: 'Seven (aka Arnulf)' se...@arnulf.us, 'Annu Negi' annu.n...@gisdevelopment.net, 'conference' conference_...@lists.osgeo.org, 'Aditya Chopra' aditya.cho...@gisdevelopment.net, 'marketing' market...@lists.osgeo.org Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 16:02:41 +1100 Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Re: [Board] Fwd: RE: Open Source track for Geospatial World Forum 2012 Megha, What we can commit to is creating an ISO image for the DVD, which is up to date, and of excellent quality (being developed by close to 100 volunteers). What we would expect from the conference is: * Someone on the ground who can coordinate printing and delivery of DVDs. (We can tell you how). * Budget to cover the print costs, at ~ $2 per DVD (depending on size of print run). This is usually factored into the conference budget costs. * Is this something that you can help coordinate? * You also have the option of handing out the DVD to all delegates, or handing them out from an OSGeo booth or similar. (These DVDs are usually the most sought after item from the OSGeo booths that I have manned in the past). On 22/11/2011 5:10 PM, Megha Datta wrote: Dear Cameron, We welcome the idea of having a DVD of 50 Open Source software's in GWF delegate kit. I will send you details of the address you need to send the DVDs to at a later date. Regards, Megha -Original Message- From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com] Sent: 20 November 2011 05:12 To: Seven (aka Arnulf) Cc: Megha Datta; 'Annu Negi'; conference; 'Aditya Chopra'; marketing Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Conf] Re: [Board] Fwd: RE: Open Source track for Geospatial World Forum 2012 Hello Megha, I strongly encourage you to consider incorporating the OSGeo-Live DVD [1] into your conference. The DVD contains close to 50 Geospatial Open Source packages, pre-installed and ready to run with test data, along with consistent 1 page project overviews and quickstarts. Many spatial conferences and workshops hand out this DVD (or USB) to all attendees. Maybe you would like to do the same? We also have a presentation of all these applications which can be used as a basis for a high level overview of the breadth of available Geospatial Open Source. [2] Is this of interest? [1] http://live.osgeo.org [2] https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/livedvd/promo/trunk/en/presentation/ On 18/11/2011 4:00 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dear Megha, yes, please include OSGeo as a seminar partner. We will make sure that it will be announced on our mailing list once we have a link to point to. Can you please give us a link to your identification, logo, etc.? Please use this OSGeo logo: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Logo Also available in vector format: http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/marketing/logo/svg/OSGeo_logo.svg?format =raw I am not sure whether we will be able to substantially help you in organizing the papers, this depends a lot on how many we receive. In general we do this via an online voting system where all abstracts are open for public scrutiny and people can allocate points for their level of interrest. After this pre-sorting a program committee looks into the submissions and organizes them into a coherent list. I am forwarding this both to the OSGeo Conference and Education committees - maybe this is an action that might get them interested. During the last board meeting it was decided that I should be your primary contact and will then include whoever else might be helpful.
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Post-process DGPS software?
There is also a group of GPS pros over on the foss-gps list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ in case you still need a hand :) - Original message - On 12/02/2011 12:58 PM, Charles Schweik wrote: Hi all, Is there any open source software to do post-process differential correction of GPS data, similar to Trimble's Pathfinder software? Thanks in advance, Charlie Schweik http://www.rtklib.com/ But if you're using Trimble's you first have to find a way to convert ssf files to Rinex. Enjoy, Alex ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Post-process DGPS software?
Hello Charles, There is also the GoGPS software available for open source differential correction of GPS data. It was origanaly developed in MATLAB, and then ported to Java. By the way, it can also be WPS enabled using the ZOO-Project server. It is available on sourceforge here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gogps/develop They also have a website, but down for maintenance at the moment (some more info docs available there) www.gogps-project.org Best, Nick 2011/12/2 Tyler Mitchell tmitch...@osgeo.org ** There is also a group of GPS pros over on the foss-gps list: http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/ in case you still need a hand :) - Original message - On 12/02/2011 12:58 PM, Charles Schweik wrote: Hi all, Is there any open source software to do post-process differential correction of GPS data, similar to Trimble's Pathfinder software? Thanks in advance, Charlie Schweik http://www.rtklib.com/ But if you're using Trimble's you first have to find a way to convert ssf files to Rinex. Enjoy, Alex ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
Nicolas: This is a great idea. Could you please start by stubbing out a wiki page for this, and then others can add onto it? -mpg From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of nicolas bozon Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 6:56 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results Hello all, As a fresh new charter member, i was precisely wondering if some guidelines for charter membership were available somewhere. I was about to ask in fact, when this thread came up. I knew that voting was one of the duties, but thought that some others may exist. According to me, charter members should also dynamise and promote their respective (and/or prefered) local chapter as much as possible. That would be nice if some experienced charter members could start such guidelines on the wiki or elsewhere where a kind of brainstorming could occur on that topic. My 2 cents Thanks Nick 2011/12/3 Mateusz Łoskot mate...@loskot.net On 2 December 2011 16:30, Dave McIlhagga dmcilha...@dmsolutions.ca wrote: I would suggest that on the contrary, being a Charter Member does come with responsibility -- it may be minimal but is critically important. All that is required is voting for new Charter Members and voting for the Board. Assuming, reasonable efforts have been made to be in touch with Charter Members, I think it's actually important to purge those who don't take this responsibility seriously. I would suggest it's a necessary part of preserving the integrity of the organization. Keep in mind, for many OSGeo is not just a past-time - it's a vested part of our institutions, businesses, and people. I support Dave's opinion here. OSGeo has no resources for mothering its Charter Members. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results
Michael, all Done - The page was created here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_charter_member_page_instruction Thanks to all experienced members to add their thoughts there ! Best, Nick 2011/12/3 Michael P. Gerlek m...@flaxen.com Nicolas: ** ** This is a great idea. Could you please start by stubbing out a wiki page for this, and then others can add onto it? ** ** -mpg ** ** ** ** ** ** *From:* discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *nicolas bozon *Sent:* Friday, December 02, 2011 6:56 PM *To:* OSGeo Discussions *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2011 Charter Member Election Results ** ** Hello all, As a fresh new charter member, i was precisely wondering if some guidelines for charter membership were available somewhere. I was about to ask in fact, when this thread came up. I knew that voting was one of the duties, but thought that some others may exist. According to me, charter members should also dynamise and promote their respective (and/or prefered) local chapter as much as possible. That would be nice if some experienced charter members could start such guidelines on the wiki or elsewhere where a kind of brainstorming could occur on that topic. My 2 cents Thanks Nick 2011/12/3 Mateusz Łoskot mate...@loskot.net On 2 December 2011 16:30, Dave McIlhagga dmcilha...@dmsolutions.ca wrote: I would suggest that on the contrary, being a Charter Member does come with responsibility -- it may be minimal but is critically important. All that is required is voting for new Charter Members and voting for the Board. Assuming, reasonable efforts have been made to be in touch with Charter Members, I think it's actually important to purge those who don't take this responsibility seriously. I would suggest it's a necessary part of preserving the integrity of the organization. Keep in mind, for many OSGeo is not just a past-time - it's a vested part of our institutions, businesses, and people. I support Dave's opinion here. OSGeo has no resources for mothering its Charter Members. Best regards, -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Member of ACCU, http://accu.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ** ** ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
