Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: INSPIRE conference
Dear All, On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Margherita Di Leo direg...@gmail.comwrote: Markus and all, I'd like to remind that our (OSGeo) contribution to the ISPIRE conference will be a poster AND a workshop, which is a good space to present in oral form the contributions from OSGeo towards INSPIRE and get immediate feedback from INSPIRE people. For some reasons, among people who indicated their availability to the workshop, to now only Simone Giannecchini has indicated his availability to actively participate [1]. I fear that if we don't have more active participants, it doesn't make any sense to proceed and we'll have to drop the idea. If you (all of you) intend to participate actively, please give a sign, say in 24 hrs, so that we have time to change the plan. Since I didn't receive any sign from the OSGeo community, I regret to inform you all that I just wrote the organizing committee that we withdraw the workshop proposal. Personally, I think that we have wasted a good occasion. -- Best regards, Margherita DI LEO Postdoctoral Researcher European Commission - DG JRC Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES) Via Fermi, 2749 I-21027 Ispra (VA) - Italy - TP 261 Tel. +39 0332 78 3600 margherita.di-...@jrc.ec.europa.eu Disclaimer: The views expressed are purely those of the writer and may not in any circumstance be regarded as stating an official position of the European Commission. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Inviting regional FOSS4G enthusiasts into the OSGeo Conference Committee
I am happy to provide my perspective too. I definitely have some ideas on what I would do differently if I was starting at the beginning again. David. From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of David William Bitner Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 8:58 AM To: Cameron Shorter Cc: OSGeo Discussions; conference_dev Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Inviting regional FOSS4G enthusiasts into the OSGeo Conference Committee Hey Cameron, As indicated by Jeff, I am recovering after last week's North America event (which went awesome -- I'll provide a wrap up and final financial statement to the board once we close all the books out) but would certainly be willing to make sure our lessons learned get baked into the cookbook and would be willing to work with the conference committee to make sure we collaborate on the booming network of FOSS4G events. David On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.commailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com wrote: Jeff McKenna prodded me to invite someone involved in regional FOSS4G event into the OSGeo Conference Committee, and I'd like to extend that invitation to other regional events around the world. I see our topical question at the moment is working out how to collate our collective knowledge to support future foss4g initiatives, which we can collectively weave into a FOSS4G Cookbook [1]. So if you are interested in FOSS4G regional and global events, please say hello on our conference email list [2] (alive and listening from region). We can then update our current member list [3] [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Cookbook [2] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Solutions Manager Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050tel:%2B61%20%280%292%208570%205050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254tel:%2B61%20%280%29419%20142%20254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.orgmailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- David William Bitner dbSpatial LLC 612-424-9932 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Inviting regional FOSS4G enthusiasts into the OSGeo Conference Committee
Hey Cameron, As indicated by Jeff, I am recovering after last week's North America event (which went awesome -- I'll provide a wrap up and final financial statement to the board once we close all the books out) but would certainly be willing to make sure our lessons learned get baked into the cookbook and would be willing to work with the conference committee to make sure we collaborate on the booming network of FOSS4G events. David On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Cameron Shorter cameron.shor...@gmail.comwrote: Jeff McKenna prodded me to invite someone involved in regional FOSS4G event into the OSGeo Conference Committee, and I'd like to extend that invitation to other regional events around the world. I see our topical question at the moment is working out how to collate our collective knowledge to support future foss4g initiatives, which we can collectively weave into a FOSS4G Cookbook [1]. So if you are interested in FOSS4G regional and global events, please say hello on our conference email list [2] (alive and listening from region). We can then update our current member list [3] [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/**FOSS4G_Cookbookhttp://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_Cookbook [2] http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/conference_**devhttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/conference_dev [3] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/**Conference_Committee#Current_**Membershttp://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members -- Cameron Shorter Geospatial Solutions Manager Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 Think Globally, Fix Locally Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source http://www.lisasoft.com __**_ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/**mailman/listinfo/discusshttp://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- David William Bitner dbSpatial LLC 612-424-9932 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Standards] Fw: [TC-Announce] GeoServices REST API adoption vote - update and motion to withdraw
osgeo-discuss, osgeo-standards, As below, the GeoServices REST API has been withdrawn as a proposed OGC standard, and OGC are looking at ways to improve based upon our collective feedback from OSGeo and OGC members. Thank you to all the people who have voiced their concerns, thank you to those who provided detailed reasoning and analysis, and thank you to the OGC and OGC members who have acknowledged and have started actioning this reasoning. You are contributing toward a better OGC for us all. On 30/05/2013 1:57 PM, Carl Reed wrote: Dear OSGeo Community - Today I sent out an email to the OGC membership regarding the current status of the GeoServices adoption vote. Please see the email below. We appreciate the input provided by the OSGeo community during the voting process. Based on the discussion and comments that occurred during this vote, we will be engaging Members as well as the implementation community in discussions regarding how to evolve and improve the OGC standards setting process. Thanks and regards Carl Reed, PhD CTO OGC *From:* Carl Reed mailto:cr...@opengeospatial.org *Sent:* Wednesday, May 29, 2013 10:11 AM *To:* TC Announce mailto:tc-annou...@lists.opengeospatial.org *Subject:* [TC-Announce] GeoServices REST API adoption vote - update andmotion to withdraw Dear TC - On Tuesday of this week, the GeoServices REST API Standards Working Group (SWG) voted to approve the following recommendation to the TC Voting Members: The GeoServices REST SWG recommends the TC approve withdrawal of the motion to approve the OGC GeoServices REST API documents as an official OGC standard. Moved: Keith Ryden. Second: Clemens Portele. There was no objection to unanimous consent. The following is the reason for requesting the motion to approve the candidate standard be withdrawn: Considering the breath of discussion both internal and external to the OGC process since the vote announcement, the SWG members feel that the vote cannot continue until the many questions raised have been addressed. Issues regarding OGC process, vendor advantage, duplication of capabilities, etc. have now overshadowed technical discussions of the merits of the specification. By withdrawing the OGC GeoServices REST API candidate standard, the necessary discussions regarding OGC process, policy, and position can continue separately. The SWG further discussed the need for OGC Members and staff to debate, clarify and potentially amend a number of policy and procedural issues before the SWG can decide to either disband or to resume technical work on the candidate standard Today or tomorrow the TC Chair (me) will be asking the TC Voting Members to consider the GeoServices REST API SWG recommendation. The motion is: The GeoServices REST API SWG recommends that the GeoServices adoption vote be withdrawn. If there is no objection to unanimous consent in the next 10 calendar days, then the motion is approved. If there are objections, than a two week e-vote will be initiated. Over the coming months there will be opportunities for OGC staff, members and the general public to engage in discussions related to policy and procedures, such as clear statements on openness and interoperability, overlapping standards, backwards compatibility and so forth. The idea is to begin a dialogue as part of the virtual meetings this and next month with a goal to address the issues raised and recommend changes at the upcoming September Frascati meetings. I would like to thank the SWG for all of their hard work on the candidate standard. I would also like to thank everyone who contributed to the conversation. Any questions, please let me know. Regards Carl Reed, PhD CTO and Executive Director Standards Program Open Geospatial Consortium www.opengeospatial.org The OGC: Making Location Count! - This communication, including attachments, is for the exclusive use of addressee and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, copying, disclosure, dissemination or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return email and delete this communication and destroy all copies. The important thing is not to stop questioning. -- Albert Einstein Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -- Helen Keller ___ TC-Announce mailing list tc-annou...@lists.opengeospatial.org This is an auto-subscribe list. All OGC members are required to maintain a subscription to this list. You may change your delivery options in the Email Subscriptions portion of My Account in the OGC Web Portal. https://portal.opengeospatial.org/?m=usersa=viewusertab=3
