[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-NA 2019 CFP Closes Next Week

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Hi Folks,

Wanted to post a reminder that the Call for Proposals for FOSS4G North
America 2019 Closes next week.

FOSS4G-NA 2019 will be held in San Diego, California April 15-18, and
this year marks a return to a more grass-roots type event with a local
organizing committee that is working hard to keep the event accessible
to everyone with low-cost admission and opportunities for volunteers.

Submit your talk and workshop proposals here
https://www.papercall.io/fossa4gna2019

Register Here https://ti.to/foss4g-na-2019/foss4g-na-2019-san-diego

We look forward to seeing you in San Diego in April!

Jeff (co-chair)
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: María Arias de Reyna

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Very happy to second this nomination. Maria is an incredible asset to
the OSGeo community and would make an amazing Director for the
foundation.

On Fri, Sep 29, 2017 at 10:05 AM, Jeff McKenna
 wrote:
> Forwarding nomination of María Arias de Reyna by Jeff McKenna. The Board
> Nominations page has been updated:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017
>
> (note that this was originally submitted 2017-09-27 but I waited, to try to
> avoid being both the CRO sending to Discuss list, and the one who submitted
> the nomination. So I'm happy to finally share my nomination ha!)
>
> -Jeff & Vasile
> CRO 2017 Elections
>
>
>  Forwarded Message 
>
> Name: María Arias de Reyna
> Country of Residence: Spain
>
> It is my pleasure and honour to nominate María Arias de Reyna[1] for the
> Board of Directors of OSGeo. You may remember that I nominated María last
> year for the Board, but since then she has gone on to give several great
> keynote talks at various events around the world, bringing much-needed
> discussions of diversity and sharing to the forefront of events.
>
> María is well known in the OSGeo community for her relentless efforts as a
> core contributor for the GeoNetwork project, and for her longtime
> contributions to the SIG Libre conference (the Spanish FOSS4G). Locally she
> is very active through the OSGeo microchapter network Geoinquietos, and more
> recently also through the Spanish national geomatics association, AESIG. She
> works for GeoCat providing SDI solutions all over the world.
>
> So you can see, María is a leader locally, nationally, and internationally.
> You can often find her live-tweeting[2] at every FOSS4G event, and sharing
> her passion for all things OSGeo. I see in her a very strong voice, full of
> youthful energy and passion, and a true leader that is absolutely ready for
> the global spotlight.
>
> Please show your support for María, and help to bring her passion to the
> Board of the OSGeo foundation.
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Delawen
> [2] https://twitter.com/delawen/
>
> -jeff
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proprietary GIS on our OSGeo website

[Jeffrey Johnson]

We have that kind of page here
http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/about/migrate-open-source-gis/ ... The
link was removed from the hero area when Steve Feldman changed this in
Boston, so there is no content there now.

Are we not willing to even mention the names of these proprietary
products for fear of 'promoting' them? Or do we want to present the
user coming from outside our community some context about which open
source projects are an analogue or replacement for the proprietary
products they are already familiar with? Thats the real question in my
mind.

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:01 AM, Angelos Tzotsos  wrote:
> Thank you Daniel,
> +1
>
>
> On 09/21/2017 06:45 PM, Daniel Kastl wrote:
>
> I think "Switch2osm" is a very good example how to help migrating to
> non-proprietary tools: https://switch2osm.org/
> I quickly went through their site and as far as I could see, competitor
> names only appear in case studies.
> Maybe we could have "switch2foss" in a similar way.
>
> It's a very good idea to help new users to find open alternatives to the
> proprietary software they're using right now.
> I agree with many here, that this doesn't require to provide links to them.
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) <
> gert-...@osgeo.nl> wrote:
>
> As a regular user of proprietary GIS software (ArcGIS, FME, Oracle Spatial
> etcetera) I can assure that it is very valuable to have some sort of
> guidance in the diversity of the FOSS landscape.
>
> I agree that "similar proprietary products" isn't the right label.
> However, instead of the proposed "migratte from" (which sound like a
> complete migration plan) I'd suggest the label "comparable proprietary
> software".
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Gert-Jan
>
>
>
> María Arias de Reyna schreef op 21-09-2017 8:30:
>
> On 20 September 2017 at 02:41, Helmut Kudrnovsky  wrote:
>
> Dear OSGeo community
>
> I want to bring you a discussion on a github ticket about linking to
> "similar proprietary products" [1] to your attention.
>
> My comment there:
>
> "I support and concur with Venka that the item "Similar Proprietary
> Products" should be removed. There isn't only one proprietary GIS
> software
> out there, there are several others. IMHO such comparisons may be part
> of
> e.g. a reviewed scientific paper/elaboration, where our OSGeo projects
> - if
> they want to - may link to. I see no added value for OSGeo to serve
> such
> links. As already elsewhere mentioned by me, reciprocity is the key if
> such
> items are listed, but I can't see this happen. "
>
> I'm pretty much convinced that more effort to help our OSGeo projects
> improving on every level (e.g. documentation, reach out, testing, etc)
> is
> the key rather than linking to proprietary software. One of such
> opportunities may be the upcoming Google Code In (GCI) 2017 e.g. to
> produce
> nice screenshots for documentation, produce some fancy videos etc.
> based on
> tiny little tasks for students aged 13 to 17. A good invest in the
> young who
> will be our OSGeo's future.
>
> Kind regards
> Helmut
> OSGeo charter member
>
> [1] https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/100
> [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2017-September/
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> Hi,
>
> On my opinion, it makes sense to show relation between propietary and
> free and open software. Just because we want to people to migrate to
> free and open source software, so it is good if they can search for
> the software they are currently using to know what software will they
> use. It makes sense, it makes life easier on migrations.
>
> Said this, I prefer the "Migrate from" label much better. And sure, no
> link to the product, just the name. Why would we need a link? If they
> don't know what that software is, the information is useless to them.
> If they already know what that software is, the information is
> redundant. So having a name is fine, having a link is nonsense.
>
> Is "Migrate from" label aggresive? Not at all. We are OsGeo, we are
> promoting FLOSS. Promoting FLOSS means we are encouraging people to
> move from propietary to open. That is our philosophy, that is our
> motto. If propietary software feels bad because we follow our goals...
> well, then maybe they should stop promoting their own software too
> because that makes me feel bad.
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: OSGeo Charter Member Nomination for Ben Lewis

[Jeffrey Johnson]

+1 for Ben. We have worked with him and his team at the Center for
Geographic Analysis as part of the GeoNode project for several years
and they have contributed greatly to the development of that project.

On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 5:16 AM, Simone Dalmasso
 wrote:
> A big +1 for Ben.
>
> Il giorno sab 9 set 2017 alle 11:56 Vasile Craciunescu
>  ha scritto:
>>
>> Forwarding Ben Lewis nomination by Andy Anderson. The 2017 member
>> nominations list was updated [1].
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Vasile & Jeff
>> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
>>
>>
>>  Forwarded Message 
>> Subject: OSGeo Charter Member Nomination for Ben Lewis
>> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 03:13:47 +
>> From: Andy Anderson 
>> To: c...@osgeo.org 
>> CC: Lewis, Benjamin 
>>
>> I would like to nominate Ben Lewis for charter membership.
>>
>> Ben is system architect and project manager of Harvard WorldMap [1], an
>> open-source infrastructure to support collaborative research around
>> geospatial information.  Ben is also leading a team to build an
>> open-source global registry of web map services (Harvard Hypermap [2])
>> and another to develop the Billion Object Platform [3], which supports
>> interactive exploration of billions of spatio-temporal things. As a
>> member of the Boston Local Organizing Committee and the Program
>> Subcommittee, Ben helped put together the International FOSS4G 2017
>> conference this August.
>>
>> [1] http://worldmap.harvard.edu/
>> [2]
>>
>> http://www.gis.harvard.edu/publications/harvard-hypermap-open-source-framework-making-world’s-geospatial-information-more
>> [3]
>>
>> http://www.gis.harvard.edu/services/project-consultation/project-resume/billion-object-platform-bop
>>
>> — Andy Anderson
>>
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Stephen Mather

[Jeffrey Johnson]

+1 on this nomination for sure. Stephen has been doing alot of
community outreach at workshops and trainings for several years now
and is a very valuable member of our community.

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 8:57 AM, Jeff McKenna
 wrote:
> Forwarding Stephen Mather nomination by Kristin Bott. The 2017 member
> nominations list was updated [1].
>
> Best regards,
> Vasile & Jeff
> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
>
>
>  Forwarded Message 
>
>
> Nominee: Stephen Mather - USA
>
> Stephen has likely been most recently visible within the OSGeo community as
> the founder and an ongoing contributor to OpenDroneMap -- for which he
> received supportive grant funding in 2016; on which he has given numerous
> workshops, presentations, and trainings since its development; and through
> which he has partnered with a number of people and agencies to use
> geospatial technologies for humanitarian efforts and other applications in
> education, governmental work, and more.
>
> Through mentoring within and beyond his professional role, Stephen
> encourages the development of geospatial skills in a variety of folk, and
> has recently served as a both mentor and a teacher in cooperative programs
> in Musanze, Rwanda in addition to partnering with students at the State
> University Zanzibar and the University of Rwanda on geospatial projects.
>
> Stephen is very active in outreach efforts; the last three years have
> included workshops and presentations all over the globe on open source
> geospatial software and systems (with a notable concentration on drone
> systems/remote sensing applications) -- events include FOSS4G
> (2017,2015,2014), State of the Map Africa (2017), FOSS4G Africa (2017),
> State of the Map US (2016).
>
> Technically, Stephen brings a wide range of expertise in across GIS
> packages/protocols/libraries, remote sensing, and variety of programming
> languages/libraries and is one of the co-authors of the PostGIS Cookbook.
>
> I believe that with a combination of strong technical skills and a
> dedication to outreach/education in diverse communities, Stephen has brought
> a great deal to the OSGeo community for years, and will continue to do so.
>
> -Kristin Bott
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter member nomination for Alessio Fabiani

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Wholeheartedly support Alessio's nomination +1 ... another person I
just assumed was already a member. He has been very instrumental in
the growth of the geonode community in the last years and now is a
very key contributor to our project.

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 4:55 AM, Vasile Craciunescu
 wrote:
> Forwarding Alessio Fabiani nomination by Jody Garnett. The 2017 member
> nominations list was updated [1].
>
> Best regards,
> Vasile & Jeff
> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
>
>
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject:Charter member nomination for Alessio Fabiani
> Date:   Thu, 7 Sep 2017 22:18:54 -0700
> From:   Jody Garnett 
> To: Chief Returning Officer 
>
>
>
> It is my honour to nominate Alessio Fabiani as a leader of the GeoServer
> community; indeed Alessio has served as a member of the project steering
> committee since its formation
>  in 2006. Alessio is a
> fixture at foss4g events with presentations and workshops. His reach extends
> beyond GeoServer, earning commit privilege on the GeoNode project in 2015.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter member nomination: Sean Gillies

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Indeed, strong +1 from my end too. Thanks for your ongoing leadership Sean!

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 7:06 PM, Tom Kralidis  wrote:
>
> Strongly seconded. To add, Sean's valuable contributions also include
> early days of MapServer Python (MapScript) support.
>
>
> ..Tom
>
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2017, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>
>> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 02:29:17 +0300
>> From: Vasile Craciunescu 
>> To: OSGeo Discussions 
>> Cc: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer 
>> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter member nomination: Sean Gillies
>>
>>
>> Forwarding Sean Gillies nomination by Sara Safavi. The 2017 member
>> nominations list will be updated ASAP [1].
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Vasile & Jeff
>> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
>>
>>
>>  Forwarded Message 
>> Subject:Charter member nomination: Sean Gillies
>> Date:   Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:11:39 -0500
>> From:   Sara Safavi 
>> To: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer 
>>
>>
>> I would like to nominate Sean Gillies for OSGeo Charter Membership. I feel
>> Sean's substantial contributions to our community speak for themselves, but
>> a quick summary: Sean is the creator of the Fiona & Rasterio Python
>> libraries, as well as one of the main authors of the GeoJSON spec. Without
>> Sean's work many of us would be crying over our keyboards every day!
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination of Rob Emanuele as OSGeo Charter Member

[Jeffrey Johnson]

+1 for Rob's nomination.

On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Even Rouault
 wrote:
> On mercredi 30 août 2017 18:33:02 CEST Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>
>> Forwarding Rob Emanuele nomination by Doug Newcomb. The 2017 member
>
>> nominations list will be updated ASAP [1].
>
>
>
> I second this nomination
>
>
>
> Even
>
>
>
>>
>
>> Best regards,
>
>> Vasile & Jeff
>
>> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>
>>
>
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>  Forwarded Message 
>
>> Subject: Nomination of Rob Emanuele as OSGeo Charter Member
>
>> Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 12:16:53 -0400
>
>> From: Doug Newcomb 
>
>> To: c...@osgeo.org
>
>>
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> Name: Rob Emanuele
>
>>
>
>> Based on my positive experience working with Rob to organize the 2016
>
>> FOSS4GNA Conference and for his continuing work in open source
>
>> geospatial software I would like to nominate Rob Emanuele  to be an
>
>> OSGeo Charter member.
>
>>
>
>>
>
>> Doug Newcomb
>
>> OSGeo Charter member
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Flickr OSGeo group admins wanted

[Jeffrey Johnson]

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 8:25 AM, Mateusz Loskot  wrote:
> On 28 August 2017 at 17:07, Jody Garnett  wrote:
>> Happy to help.
>
> You're in. Thanks.
>
>> I had considered using google photos more now that yahoo has sold. Flickr
>> has received a couple improvements recently but we should keep an eye on it
>> (both for usability but also respecting the CC-by-A license on our photos).
>
> I don't mind a change, if anyone wants to lead one.
>
> I have never used Google Photos, so I have no idea if it can aggregate
> photos from numerous users as Flickr group does.

Dont believe it has the same sort of feature at all.

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Flickr OSGeo group admins wanted

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Happy to help and to 'represent' the marketing committee here.

On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 6:09 AM, Mateusz Loskot  wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> There are two 'official' OSGeo groups on Flickr:
>
> OSGeo [1] (the community)
> FOSS4G [2] (the conference)
>
> Both have been there for very long time now.
>
> While the FOSS4G group is maintained by 7 admin members,
> I am the only admin of the OSGeo group.
>
> If anyone wants to join me as OSGeo group admin,
> please let me know (include your Flickr username).
>
> There is not much/nothing to do most of the time,
> but multiple admins will prevent the potential bus factor
> and will help to answer join requests.
>
> [1] https://www.flickr.com/groups/osgeo/
> [2] https://www.flickr.com/groups/foss4g/
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter member nominations period

[Jeffrey Johnson]

I was wondering thesamething

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Sara Safavi  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Has the window to nominate new charter members opened? I see some noms are
> starting to go out, and I have a few to put forward myself this year - but
> as I hadn't seen the CRO's announcement yet here on discuss I wanted to make
> sure I didn't jump the gun. It's quite possible I missed the announcement
> though, thus my question now.
>
> Thanks!
> Sara
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] website rebranding feedback on discuss email list

[Jeffrey Johnson]

We are more thinking how we present the regional groupings of GeoForAll
labs on the main site rather than doing away with the wiki.

On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 10:54 Helena Mitasova <hmit...@ncsu.edu> wrote:

> Jeff, Sergion,
>
> I suggest that these stay on wiki.
>
> Sergio - osgeo wiki is not going away and we will be using wiki for
> organizing.
> I will  keep the wiki members table to keep track of who was invited and
> only active members
> will be listed on the website.
>
> This is how we handle the MoU as well - all MoUs go on wiki first for
> discussion before they are signed.
>
> So the short answer is - keep the wiki page for organizing and make any
> updates you (or others) need to make there.
>
> Jody has a better idea what was moved from wiki to website and other way
> around but the wiki stays.
>
> Helena
>
>
>
> On Aug 23, 2017, at 11:11 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We have talked about where to put these kinds of pages, but haven't come
> up with a plan yet. Ideas welcome.
>
> On Wed, Aug 23, 2017 at 07:43 SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <
> sergio.acostayl...@mtop.gub.uy> wrote:
>
>> Hi. How are these pages (
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoForAll_Iberoam%C3%A9rica​) going to be
>> included in the new website? (First: are they going to be included at
>> all?) We need to make changes in it and we don't know if we can make them
>> now or wait for having them inside the new one.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>> Sergio Acosta y Lara
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>> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
>> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
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>> Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
>> *Enviado:* lunes, 21 de agosto de 2017 20:33
>> *Para:* OSGeo Discussions
>> *Asunto:* [OSGeo-Discuss] website rebranding feedback on discuss email
>> list
>>
>>
>> I hope it is okay having these website/rebranding discussion on discuss -
>> while it is a key activity for our foundation we do not wish to be in the
>> way :)
>>
>> Please take feedback to the issue tracker:
>> https://github.com/osgeo/osgeo/issues
>>
>> Keep in mind:
>>
>>- If you have a constructive idea to add into the mix, and are
>>uncomfortable using discuss, please add it to the issue tracker directly.
>>- If you have a good idea that on one of these email discussion
>>please, take a moment to add it to the issue tracker.
>>- There are a few section of the website still to be written/migrated.
>>
>> We will not be able to revisit every design decision, but if you have a
>> question please speak up.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who worked on adding content to the website at the
>> foss4g code sprint, and everyone who has contributed to the issue tracker
>> already.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal for the listing of projects in our new web site

[Jeffrey Johnson]

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 01:58 Andrea Aime 
wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Polimi  wrote:
>
>> 1) in my opinion the size matters and it is not in se something negative
>> to be a small startup or company instead of a big one. Anyway, as JeffJ
>> said, if somebody is alienated we can skip it. We have just to better
>> discuss this 'if'.
>>
>
> Just sharing my two cents...
>
> From a project/community standpoint one wants to put front and center the
> people, companies and
> organizations that are the lifeblood of the community, those that are
> contributing code, documentation,
> advocating and helping users. Personally I'd keep it as a primary
> classifier, failing to do so might divert
> financial resources from the parts of the community that deserve and need
> it the most.
>
> From the standpoint of an organization looking for a provider, size may
> also be important, a larger company
> typically has a better financial footing (mandatory in certain types of
> contracts), and possibly a more diversified experience
> among its ranks. Also, it might happen that the customer is looking for a
> certain experience with the provider
> (e.g, matching or getting closer to its own size, or looking for the more
> industrial vs the more "boutique"
> approach).
> So... what about reporting the size of the company among the other
> information, even if it is
> not the primary classifier? The size could be reported as classes to
> lessen the chore of maintaing such
> information (e.g, "1-5", "5-20", "20-50", "50+", just thinking out loud
> here)
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It's easy enough to change the classes to these numbers.



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal for the listing of projects in our new web site

[Jeffrey Johnson]

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 01:27 Polimi <maria.brove...@polimi.it> wrote:

> Thank you all for your proposals and discussion. I' m currently in
> holidays and therefore I want just to propose some short comments.
> 1) in my opinion the size matters and it is not in se something negative
> to be a small startup or company instead of a big one. Anyway, as JeffJ
> said, if somebody is alienated we can skip it. We have just to better
> discuss this 'if'.
> 2) sometimes university labs are ALSO providing services. Shall we
> consider this option and leave the possibility to the labs that are doing
> so to be listed also here?
>

This is something we had not quite thought of. Seems a Geo for all lab
should be able to choose to be cross listed as a service provider and also
be listed in a project page. But quite sure how to accomplish this, but
it's something we should implement. I'll file an issue.

3) using 'organisations' is a good idea, or at least I don't have a better
> one. Let us see if somebody suggests something different.
>

Here we also start to head toward treating all organizations the same in
the CMS and just indicating what type(s) they are to show in the
appropriate place. This would take some rethinking of the site, but may
make most sense long term.

Thanks again, above all JeffJ!
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> Il giorno 22 ago 2017, alle ore 02:09, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com>
> ha scritto:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I think we are talking about several different issues here. Let me try
> to summarize.
>
> 1) JeffM is suggesting that we should *not* ask Service Providers what
> size they are in terms of number of employees to avoid 'alienating'
> them. I'm not sure I see how any would be alienated, but I dont think
> this piece of data is all that important anyway. I think we originally
> conceived of it to be able to separate out individual consultants and
> small companies from larger ones. I know in my experience when looking
> for a service provider, often I am specifically looking for small ones
> or individual consultants because Im not interested in dealing with
> big organizations. In any case, this service provider section should
> be open to any and all organizations (from one person consultancies to
> large organizations) that want to provide services for hire on OSGeo
> or other open source geospatial projects. Its not that important to
> *me* that we collect what size they are, but it may be useful to
> others to know what size they are when looking for help.
>
> 2) JeffM is proposing we ask for the organization *type* here instead
> of size and be inclusive of other types of organizations than just
> companies. Im all for being as inclusive as we can, but this section
> of the site was specifically intended as a place where one could find
> organizations or individual consultants *for hire* to work on/with the
> projects. As Jody mentions, there are lots of NGOs and government orgs
> who would like to be listed somewhere on our site, but are NOT looking
> for work. The converse is also true, there are lots of NGOs and and
> perhaps even government agencies who are willing to do work for hire
> and would like to be listed here as a service provider.
>
> 3) as mentioned in 2) it would be nice to have a place on our site to
> list organizations that are NOT looking for work, nor are a GeoForAll
> Lab, nor (yet) a sponsor or a partner (with a formal MOU). Perhaps
> they are important contributors to a project and would like to be
> listed somewhere. CSIRO comes to mind as an example. I think we DO
> need to think of perhaps a new content type to capture these and
> classify them appropriately and let them link to the projects they
> contribute to, resources they may have created etc. Perhaps just an
> 'Organizations' sec

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal for the listing of projects in our new web site

[Jeffrey Johnson]

In fact this should be implemented. Not sure how we overlooked this. Jachym
can you file an issue for this?

On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 00:37 Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepi...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Eh, new idea just came to my mind: What about adding possibility to assign
> people to service providers (companies in general) as we can assign to
> projects? After all, it's all about people, isn't it?
>
> Again, maybe it is in cotradiction with some principle, I'm missing
>
> J
>
> út 22. 8. 2017 v 2:58 odesílatel Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com>
> napsal:
>
>> Note the news section is intended for news related to a specific
>> service provider. Its *not* doing this now, so its unclear.
>>
>> Can you file an issue about the search. Agree this should work for a
>> project name here.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Jachym Cepicky
>> <jachym.cepi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > hi,
>> >
>> > yes for me (OpenGeoLabs) it works as it is now - we are listed, we have
>> > links to projects we can support, there is logo, picture, web page,
>> once it
>> > works, we are gonna be on the map, what could I possibly ask for more?
>> (if
>> > the graphics around "News" will be made more clear)
>> >
>> > side note: maybe adding note, that if you are searching for specifing
>> > service provider related to project, you should go to project page and
>> find
>> > the service providers there, since search "geoserver" does not return
>> any
>> > result at this page
>> >
>> > J
>> >
>> >
>> > út 22. 8. 2017 v 1:24 odesílatel Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
>> > napsal:
>> >>
>> >> Jeff have you heard from any small companies that feel alienated? For
>> many
>> >> being a small company gives them a chance to offer personal service. I
>> do
>> >> not want to make assumptions if we can help it.
>> >>
>> >> My feedback was actually focused on the site design, partnership &
>> friend
>> >> relationships are appropriate for government and NGOs, geoforall labs
>> are
>> >> the appropriate relationship for education and science etc. If that is
>> clear
>> >> we can return to the earlier discussion - specifically about service
>> >> provider size. (we should also be sure to capture this discussion on
>> the
>> >> issue tracker so it can actually inform the review of the website).
>> >>
>> >> Many of these decisions already took place during the earlier wireframe
>> >> stage of the project (by contributors who stepped up to the marketing
>> >> committee). We already went back to the drawing table on some of the
>> key
>> >> decisions during wire framing and initial website design.
>> >>
>> >> To clearly set expectations - we will not have a chance to revisit each
>> >> and every decision due to limitations on time/budget. It is hard
>> though,
>> >> because it is much easier to care about a website when it is pretty
>> and we
>> >> can all see it :)
>> >>
>> >> My initial message to Jachym was trying to confirm that the
>> organization
>> >> size worked for opengeolabs (simply because this was already a
>> decision that
>> >> had been revisited once).
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:09 PM Jeff McKenna
>> >> <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi Jody,
>> >>>
>> >>> By alienating the smaller OSGeo companies in our new website, I don't
>> >>> see a benefit to OSGeo at all.  Let us please all sizes of OSGeo
>> >>> companies, small and big.
>> >>>
>> >>> Yes this is tricky, for sure, even your initial message to Jachym
>> shows
>> >>> a lot of what it could be like, if OSGeo suddenly distinguishes size.
>> >>> Let's avoid this totally, I believe.
>> >>>
>> >>> I am open to other suggestions to the wording as well.
>> >>>
>> >>> Tricky!  :)
>> >>>
>> >>> -jeff
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 2017-08-21 6:53 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>> >>> > I already changed it from number to the size thing.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > This

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal for the listing of projects in our new web site

[Jeffrey Johnson]

JeffM,

It seems you are making a leap from asking service providers how big they
are to this alienating them or somehow excluding ones of a certain size
(big or small it's not clear). Can you explain the thoughts behind your
argument here? I think the rest of us are saying that everyone should be
included and that being small is often a strength.

Thanks everyone for speaking up!

Jeff


On Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 02:06 andrea antonello 
wrote:

> As member of a mini-micro-company, I will also add my 2 cents.
>
> [...]
> > From the standpoint of an organization looking for a provider, size may
> also
> > be important, a larger company
> > typically has a better financial footing (mandatory in certain types of
> > contracts), and possibly a more diversified experience
> > among its ranks. Also, it might happen that the customer is looking for a
> > certain experience with the provider
> > (e.g, matching or getting closer to its own size, or looking for the more
> > industrial vs the more "boutique"
> > approach).
> > So... what about reporting the size of the company among the other
> > information, even if it is
> > not the primary classifier? The size could be reported as classes to
> lessen
> > the chore of maintaing such
> > information (e.g, "1-5", "5-20", "20-50", "50+", just thinking out loud
> > here)
>
> I agree with Andrea. I do not feel alienated due to the size of my
> company. In fact many times the size is a choice and it might even be
> a positive factor for certain scenarios.
>
> I like the classes approach proposed here.
>
> Cheers,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Listing of projects at OSGeo web site: NASA WorldWind

[Jeffrey Johnson]

We can work on the content from here and cut & paste from the public
site. At least the listing is there now.

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
<patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> wrote:
> Jeffrey,
> I'm sure it needs work, this is not my bailiwick.
> Thanks for your concern and your help.
> Open source is the only way this world can come together.
> With plenty of room for value-added being well paid for.
> Without the ^commons^ of open source for core technology,
> we will never know the wonders of mutual benefit,
> via the proverbial wheel that need not be re-created.
> -Patrick
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Jeffrey Johnson [mailto:ortel...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 8:42 PM
> To: Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
> Cc: Jody Garnett; OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Listing of projects at OSGeo web site: NASA 
> WorldWind
>
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/esa-nasa-worldwind/ is up now.
> Thanks Patrick!
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:03 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) 
> <patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> wrote:
>> Jody,
>>
>> Not sure how to interpret your guidance. We’ve had our sleeves rolled
>> up and been pitching in without stop for as long as open source
>> virtual globes have existed. And I think ESA-NASA WorldWind is a bit
>> beyond incubation, we are more of a breeder farm for geospatial apps.
>> I am very sure there is a lot I need to better appreciate about open
>> source geospatial criteria. But please know that we, ESA and NASA, are
>> sincerely doing everything we can to deeply support the principles of OSGEO.
>>
>> -Patrick
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Jody Garnett [mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 7:45 PM
>> To: Jeffrey Johnson; Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
>> Cc: OSGeo Discussions
>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Listing of projects at OSGeo web site:
>> NASA WorldWind
>>
>>
>>
>> We also made a call for projects on this discussion list.
>>
>>
>> Patrick it would be great if you can list world wind on the website.
>> You are of course welcome to apply as an community project or to enter
>> the incubation program.
>>
>> As a volunteer driven organization we do not have the idea of
>> grandfathering in. We expect grandfathers to roll up their sleeves and pitch 
>> in.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:29 PM Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Patrick, you are welcome to include it. I can send you a login if you like.
>>
>> We made an open call on the projects list, but it seems many people
>> are not on this list.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
>> <patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> wrote:
>>> It appears that one of the original open source geospatial projects,
>>> well preceding OSGeo, and a project dedicated from its inception 15
>>> years ago to the principles and mission of OSGeo, does not seem to
>>> qualify as an OSGeo project, as much as we would care to be. Couldn't find 
>>> it on the website.
>>>
>>> Would have been nice to have been included, maybe as one 'grandfathered'
>>> in.
>>>
>>> NASA WorldWind (Java, Android and Web) is here for no less, and
>>> remains so for the OSGeo world community.
>>>
>>> -Patrick
>>> patrick.ho...@nasa.gov
>>> Project Manager
>>> https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
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[Jeffrey Johnson]

http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/esa-nasa-worldwind/ is up now.
Thanks Patrick!

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 8:03 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
<patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> wrote:
> Jody,
>
> Not sure how to interpret your guidance. We’ve had our sleeves rolled up and
> been pitching in without stop for as long as open source virtual globes have
> existed. And I think ESA-NASA WorldWind is a bit beyond incubation, we are
> more of a breeder farm for geospatial apps. I am very sure there is a lot I
> need to better appreciate about open source geospatial criteria. But please
> know that we, ESA and NASA, are sincerely doing everything we can to deeply
> support the principles of OSGEO.
>
> -Patrick
>
>
>
> From: Jody Garnett [mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 7:45 PM
> To: Jeffrey Johnson; Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
> Cc: OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Listing of projects at OSGeo web site: NASA
> WorldWind
>
>
>
> We also made a call for projects on this discussion list.
>
>
> Patrick it would be great if you can list world wind on the website. You are
> of course welcome to apply as an community project or to enter the
> incubation program.
>
> As a volunteer driven organization we do not have the idea of grandfathering
> in. We expect grandfathers to roll up their sleeves and pitch in.
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:29 PM Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Patrick, you are welcome to include it. I can send you a login if you like.
>
> We made an open call on the projects list, but it seems many people
> are not on this list.
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
> <patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> wrote:
>> It appears that one of the original open source geospatial projects, well
>> preceding OSGeo, and a project dedicated from its inception 15 years ago to
>> the principles and mission of OSGeo, does not seem to qualify as an OSGeo
>> project, as much as we would care to be. Couldn't find it on the website.
>>
>> Would have been nice to have been included, maybe as one 'grandfathered'
>> in.
>>
>> NASA WorldWind (Java, Android and Web) is here for no less, and remains so
>> for the OSGeo world community.
>>
>> -Patrick
>> patrick.ho...@nasa.gov
>> Project Manager
>> https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
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[Jeffrey Johnson]

Patrick, you are welcome to include it. I can send you a login if you like.

We made an open call on the projects list, but it seems many people
are not on this list.

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 6:23 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
 wrote:
> It appears that one of the original open source geospatial projects, well 
> preceding OSGeo, and a project dedicated from its inception 15 years ago to 
> the principles and mission of OSGeo, does not seem to qualify as an OSGeo 
> project, as much as we would care to be. Couldn't find it on the website.
>
> Would have been nice to have been included, maybe as one 'grandfathered' in.
>
> NASA WorldWind (Java, Android and Web) is here for no less, and remains so 
> for the OSGeo world community.
>
> -Patrick
> patrick.ho...@nasa.gov
> Project Manager
> https://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov/
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal for the listing of projects in our new web site

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Note the news section is intended for news related to a specific
service provider. Its *not* doing this now, so its unclear.

Can you file an issue about the search. Agree this should work for a
project name here.

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 5:17 PM, Jachym Cepicky
 wrote:
> hi,
>
> yes for me (OpenGeoLabs) it works as it is now - we are listed, we have
> links to projects we can support, there is logo, picture, web page, once it
> works, we are gonna be on the map, what could I possibly ask for more?  (if
> the graphics around "News" will be made more clear)
>
> side note: maybe adding note, that if you are searching for specifing
> service provider related to project, you should go to project page and find
> the service providers there, since search "geoserver" does not return any
> result at this page
>
> J
>
>
> út 22. 8. 2017 v 1:24 odesílatel Jody Garnett 
> napsal:
>>
>> Jeff have you heard from any small companies that feel alienated? For many
>> being a small company gives them a chance to offer personal service. I do
>> not want to make assumptions if we can help it.
>>
>> My feedback was actually focused on the site design, partnership & friend
>> relationships are appropriate for government and NGOs, geoforall labs are
>> the appropriate relationship for education and science etc. If that is clear
>> we can return to the earlier discussion - specifically about service
>> provider size. (we should also be sure to capture this discussion on the
>> issue tracker so it can actually inform the review of the website).
>>
>> Many of these decisions already took place during the earlier wireframe
>> stage of the project (by contributors who stepped up to the marketing
>> committee). We already went back to the drawing table on some of the key
>> decisions during wire framing and initial website design.
>>
>> To clearly set expectations - we will not have a chance to revisit each
>> and every decision due to limitations on time/budget. It is hard though,
>> because it is much easier to care about a website when it is pretty and we
>> can all see it :)
>>
>> My initial message to Jachym was trying to confirm that the organization
>> size worked for opengeolabs (simply because this was already a decision that
>> had been revisited once).
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:09 PM Jeff McKenna
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jody,
>>>
>>> By alienating the smaller OSGeo companies in our new website, I don't
>>> see a benefit to OSGeo at all.  Let us please all sizes of OSGeo
>>> companies, small and big.
>>>
>>> Yes this is tricky, for sure, even your initial message to Jachym shows
>>> a lot of what it could be like, if OSGeo suddenly distinguishes size.
>>> Let's avoid this totally, I believe.
>>>
>>> I am open to other suggestions to the wording as well.
>>>
>>> Tricky!  :)
>>>
>>> -jeff
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2017-08-21 6:53 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>> > I already changed it from number to the size thing.
>>> >
>>> > This list was for support providers (since the website is about
>>> > outreach
>>> > looks at projects, local chapters and service providers).
>>> >
>>> > GeoForAll labs and academic / research outreach are in slightly
>>> > different spot (we could cross link). See
>>> > http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/geo-for-all-labs/
>>> >
>>> > I do not think public:government, NGO/non-profit would like to be
>>> > contacted for commercial support :) That said they can be listed in our
>>> > site as partners and friends. Sort order is given to groups with a
>>> > defined relationship with OSGeo (such as ISPRS, LocationTech,...). See
>>> > http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/partners/
>>> >
>>> > Recognizing service providers on our website in this way is a new thing
>>> > - I hope it works out :)
>>> >
>>> > This design is full of difficult decisions thanks for contributing to
>>> > the discussion (and content).
>>> >
>>> > On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 3:30 PM Jeff McKenna
>>> > >
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > Hi Jachym,
>>> >
>>> > Yes I agree, it is a slippery slope that once we/OSGeo decide that
>>> > size
>>> > is an important part of our organization (as you know, many other
>>> > organizations separate their membership by size), it opens up so
>>> > many
>>> > other challenges.  For that reason, I spoke up here to suggest that
>>> > we
>>> > avoid all that, by suggesting 4 options to cover that.
>>> >
>>> > Indeed my proposal does include all organizations, purposely.
>>> > OSGeo is
>>> > built on that, and has done an amazing job in creating a thriving
>>> > community.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks for listening Jachym,
>>> >
>>> > -jeff
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 2017-08-21 6:17 PM, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>>> >  > Hi Jeff (all)
>>> >  >
>>> >  > currently, the page is listing "service providers"  - it's
>>> > project
>>> >  

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] website rebranding feedback on discuss email list

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Lets bring this up with the vendor at our meeting on wednesday.

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is that date going to be okay with our contract Jeffrey?
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 21 August 2017 at 17:14, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Also, please feel free to contact me if you would like a login and
>> have not been given one yet. Again note these will be migrated to
>> OSGeo LDAP accounts once we move the site to production. They are
>> temporary during this content collection Phase.
>>
>> It has been suggested we have a freeze date so we can review the
>> content as is and make some key design decisions. I think Sunday the
>> 27th would be a good day for this. Let me know if there are any
>> objections to that. If not, We can go ahead and lock the site from
>> further edits and continue to discuss issues here or on in the issues.
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > I hope it is okay having these website/rebranding discussion on discuss
>> > -
>> > while it is a key activity for our foundation we do not wish to be in
>> > the
>> > way :)
>> >
>> > Please take feedback to the issue tracker:
>> > https://github.com/osgeo/osgeo/issues
>> >
>> > Keep in mind:
>> >
>> > If you have a constructive idea to add into the mix, and are
>> > uncomfortable
>> > using discuss, please add it to the issue tracker directly.
>> > If you have a good idea that on one of these email discussion please,
>> > take a
>> > moment to add it to the issue tracker.
>> > There are a few section of the website still to be written/migrated.
>> >
>> > We will not be able to revisit every design decision, but if you have a
>> > question please speak up.
>> >
>> > Thanks to everyone who worked on adding content to the website at the
>> > foss4g
>> > code sprint, and everyone who has contributed to the issue tracker
>> > already.
>> > --
>> > Jody Garnett
>> >
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] website rebranding feedback on discuss email list

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Also, please feel free to contact me if you would like a login and
have not been given one yet. Again note these will be migrated to
OSGeo LDAP accounts once we move the site to production. They are
temporary during this content collection Phase.

It has been suggested we have a freeze date so we can review the
content as is and make some key design decisions. I think Sunday the
27th would be a good day for this. Let me know if there are any
objections to that. If not, We can go ahead and lock the site from
further edits and continue to discuss issues here or on in the issues.

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:33 PM, Jody Garnett  wrote:
>
> I hope it is okay having these website/rebranding discussion on discuss -
> while it is a key activity for our foundation we do not wish to be in the
> way :)
>
> Please take feedback to the issue tracker:
> https://github.com/osgeo/osgeo/issues
>
> Keep in mind:
>
> If you have a constructive idea to add into the mix, and are uncomfortable
> using discuss, please add it to the issue tracker directly.
> If you have a good idea that on one of these email discussion please, take a
> moment to add it to the issue tracker.
> There are a few section of the website still to be written/migrated.
>
> We will not be able to revisit every design decision, but if you have a
> question please speak up.
>
> Thanks to everyone who worked on adding content to the website at the foss4g
> code sprint, and everyone who has contributed to the issue tracker already.
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
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> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal for the listing of projects in our new web site

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Hi All,

I think we are talking about several different issues here. Let me try
to summarize.

1) JeffM is suggesting that we should *not* ask Service Providers what
size they are in terms of number of employees to avoid 'alienating'
them. I'm not sure I see how any would be alienated, but I dont think
this piece of data is all that important anyway. I think we originally
conceived of it to be able to separate out individual consultants and
small companies from larger ones. I know in my experience when looking
for a service provider, often I am specifically looking for small ones
or individual consultants because Im not interested in dealing with
big organizations. In any case, this service provider section should
be open to any and all organizations (from one person consultancies to
large organizations) that want to provide services for hire on OSGeo
or other open source geospatial projects. Its not that important to
*me* that we collect what size they are, but it may be useful to
others to know what size they are when looking for help.

2) JeffM is proposing we ask for the organization *type* here instead
of size and be inclusive of other types of organizations than just
companies. Im all for being as inclusive as we can, but this section
of the site was specifically intended as a place where one could find
organizations or individual consultants *for hire* to work on/with the
projects. As Jody mentions, there are lots of NGOs and government orgs
who would like to be listed somewhere on our site, but are NOT looking
for work. The converse is also true, there are lots of NGOs and and
perhaps even government agencies who are willing to do work for hire
and would like to be listed here as a service provider.

3) as mentioned in 2) it would be nice to have a place on our site to
list organizations that are NOT looking for work, nor are a GeoForAll
Lab, nor (yet) a sponsor or a partner (with a formal MOU). Perhaps
they are important contributors to a project and would like to be
listed somewhere. CSIRO comes to mind as an example. I think we DO
need to think of perhaps a new content type to capture these and
classify them appropriately and let them link to the projects they
contribute to, resources they may have created etc. Perhaps just an
'Organizations' section that is much like the 'Service Providers' and
GeoForAll labs, but is listed separately under Community, I can think
of a lot of organizations who would be interested to be listed here.

Hoping we can all agree on what we are talking about here and find a
solution. I really want to find a place for *every* member of our
community big or small to show off their work and make sure its linked
to other content types (projects, resources, news etc) appropriately.
This is of course a bit hard because we have such a diverse group of
stakeholders, but Im confident we can work through it.

Jachym, just making sure you are happy with how OpenGeoLabs is currently listed?

Kurt Menke if you are on this list, I intended to move Birds Eye GIS
from being listed as a GeoForAll Lab to being a Service Provider and
realize I got interrupted in the middle of doing it on Saturday and
now its simply deleted. Ill reach out to you personally to make sure
you get re-added in the right place.

Also, I realize
http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/geo-for-all-labs/attivarti-org/ is
another example of an organization that probably belongs in a new
section as described in 3)

Jeff

On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:23 PM, Jody Garnett  wrote:
> Jeff have you heard from any small companies that feel alienated? For many
> being a small company gives them a chance to offer personal service. I do
> not want to make assumptions if we can help it.
>
> My feedback was actually focused on the site design, partnership & friend
> relationships are appropriate for government and NGOs, geoforall labs are
> the appropriate relationship for education and science etc. If that is clear
> we can return to the earlier discussion - specifically about service
> provider size. (we should also be sure to capture this discussion on the
> issue tracker so it can actually inform the review of the website).
>
> Many of these decisions already took place during the earlier wireframe
> stage of the project (by contributors who stepped up to the marketing
> committee). We already went back to the drawing table on some of the key
> decisions during wire framing and initial website design.
>
> To clearly set expectations - we will not have a chance to revisit each and
> every decision due to limitations on time/budget. It is hard though, because
> it is much easier to care about a website when it is pretty and we can all
> see it :)
>
> My initial message to Jachym was trying to confirm that the organization
> size worked for opengeolabs (simply because this was already a decision that
> had been revisited once).
>
> On Mon, Aug 21, 2017 at 4:09 PM Jeff McKenna 
> 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Non-precise framing can hurt the community

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Please keep asking questions. It's healthy and how we (try to) arrive at
consensus.

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 17:13 Helmut Kudrnovsky  wrote:

> Dear Venka, Dear Helena, Dear Marc, Dear OSGeo Community,
>
> I'm some kind of surprised about the reactions and long threads about my
> question yesterday.
>
> Just back from a long walk along a nice alpine river where I had time to
> contemplate about it. Therefore it will be a personal and some kind of
> philosophical note.
>
> In my personal, cultural and scientific background I was educated that
> asking questions isn't anything bad.
>
> * Asking questions regarding things I'm interested in, to learn more about
> it ...
> * Asking questions regarding things I'm interested in, I'm involved, and
> where I have some kind of responsibility, to take care that it evolves in a
> sustainable way ...
>
> citing [1]:
>
> "The third category is Charter Member. Individuals in this category have
> the same rights as the above Member category, but with two important
> differences. Firstly, individuals in this category are not self-selected,
> but rather must be voted into this category by the other Charter Members.
> Secondly, individuals in this category have the right to vote in elections
> for other Charter Members, and for Board Members.
>
> These two factors are intended to maintain the integrity of the
> Foundation election processes -- and by extension the integrity of the
> Foundation itself. We use the term "Charter" Member to explicitly indicate
> that these members are responsible for upholding the "charter" of the
> Foundation."
>
> As I'm honoured to be elected an OSGeo charter member, this is a high
> motivation for me to volunteer e.g. this year as OSGeo GSoC admin, to have
> fun within the GRASS community and to promote OSGeo and free and open
> source GIS whenever I have a chance to do so... and from time to time it
> encourages me to ask questions about OSGeo's evolution. So here we are now
> ...
>
> Community and communication  both have the same latin word stem:
> communis.
>
> I like OSGeo's do-ocracy :-) ... but also I think it's now time to
> rephrase the open source mantra to "communicate often, communicate early"
> :-) ... that OSGeo is able to evolve in a sustainable way!
>
> Kind regards
> Helmut
>
> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/Membership
>
> Gesendet: Freitag, 18. August 2017 um 21:15 Uhr
> Von: "Marc Vloemans" 
> An: "Sandro Santilli" 
> Cc: "Helmut Kudrnovsky" , "OSGeo Discussions" <
> discuss@lists.osgeo.org>
> Betreff: Re: Non-precise framing can hurt the community
> @Helmut et all,
>
> Thanks for another opportunity to give the community more insights in what
> LocationTech (the Eclipse Industry Working Group for spatially aware
> software) entails and how it relates to OSGeo!
>
> We help co-develop and co-promote OSGeo projects in general (including
> GPL-projects!) through
> - sponsoring codesprints (e.g. Here in Boston tomorrow) and
> - co-organising events (e.g. codesprints and Foss4g North Amerika)
>
> Kind regards,
> Marc Vloemans
>
>
> > Op 18 aug. 2017 om 12:53 heeft Marc Vloemans 
> het volgende geschreven:
> >
> > Dear Sandro,
> >
> > We (Eclipse Foundation -LocationTech) are 'not against it' ! I repeat;
> not againstdid I mention 'not'?
> >
> > GPL is approved by OSI, just like the EPL. We are on the same team. The
> word 'against' suggests we are at odds with each other over this. Which we
> are not, never have been and never will be.
> >
> > Our members (businesses, academia, NGO's) work with/on projects that
> incorporate various licenses. Individual choices depend on 'the right tools
> for the job'. Developers work on projects and in communities that encompass
> a wide spectrum of licenses.
> > End-users (the ones that fund so many of open spatial projects)
> determine and decide which tools will suit their purposes. And they love
> our community's versatility to meet their demands. Thus furthering the
> overall success of open spatial IT in the world.
> > The present full spectrum of projects provides a compelling,
> comprehensive storyline as is demonstrated by an increasing number of
> implementations. Worldwide, across industry verticals, profits,
> non-profits, etc etc.
> >
> > Hope this clarifies and let's together move forward!
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Marc Vloemans
> >
> >
> >>> Op 18 aug. 2017 om 11:25 heeft Sandro Santilli  het
> volgende geschreven:
> >>>
> >>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 09:19:52PM +0200, Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Will locationtech also promote OSGeo projects?
> >>
> >> This is an interesting question, especially as LocationTech is
> >> against GPL-licensed projects (like GRASS, QGIS, PostGIS)
> >>
> >> --strk;
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Note the LocationTech badge is not showing correctly

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Just for clarity and background. We announced the project form on discuss
and imported the results/submissions of that form. There hasn't been any
process other than that up to now.

For the record, I'm very much in favor of a "big tent" approach. If a
software had an OSI approved license and deals with geospatial data, I
believe it should have "some" place on our site. This is the approach that
FOSS4G takes and I believe it is very successful for that very reason.

I think we can pretty easily establish a set of criteria that can be used
to make this determination. Whatever approach we take, we should be very
clear what the criteria are.

Glad to be having this discussion.

Jeff

On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 11:43 Massimiliano Cannata <
massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:

> And istSOS :-)
>
> Il 18 ago 2017 5:25 PM, "Sandro Santilli"  ha scritto:
>
>> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 09:19:52PM +0200, Helmut Kudrnovsky wrote:
>>
>> > Will locationtech also promote OSGeo projects?
>>
>> This is an interesting question, especially as LocationTech is
>> against GPL-licensed projects (like GRASS, QGIS, PostGIS)
>>
>> --strk;
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] @OSGeo Booth in Boston

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Ill be around to help friday!

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 2:53 AM, Marc Vloemans  wrote:
> Dear Boston-attendees,
>
> We are still Looking for people who want to spend some time at our booth: 
> answering questions of visitors etc.
>
> Especially for the Friday breaks, but also in between.
>
> And you could also use the opportunity to connect with old And new friends!
>
> Your help And time is much appreciated.
>
> Thanks And hope to see you,
> Marc
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Note the LocationTech badge is not showing correctly ... and there is
still an open discussion about which badge to use for projects in
incubation.

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 4:52 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bingo. 1) is fixed. http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/ ...
> Hopefully they can add the default filter tomorrow.
>
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just got off the phone with the vendor. They are going to do 2 things ASAP.
>>
>> 1) Add the badge. Its actually there, but is not showing for some reason.
>> 2) Add a filter in the megamenu for the type of project, and have the
>> OSGeo filter checked initially so ONLY OSGeo projects are showing for
>> now.
>>
>> From here we can discuss the path forward.
>>
>> I encourage all of you to try the "Choose a Project" wizard ... with
>> the understanding that its not all working yet ... but we *really*
>> want to get this part right and funnel people new to OSGeo right at
>> this Wizard to help them find what they need.
>>
>> Feel free to file new issues in GitHub. Angelos will take care of
>> filing one about how to sort appropriately.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:00 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I'm not sure at all, but it was a suggestion.
>>>
>>> Can someone open a ticket on the github so we can have a discussion there.
>>>
>>> There are 2 issues.
>>>
>>> 1) We need to be able to identify which are OSGeo incubated projects
>>> vs others. This is a technical issue that will get solved quickly (see
>>> my previous mail with links)
>>> 2) We need a way to sort/order/rank projects when many are displayed.
>>> This is a philosophical decision we will have to make as a group and
>>> then implement technically.
>>>
>>> I have no pre-conceptions as to what we should do for 2), but I would
>>> like us to do it with as big of a pool of projects as possible. It
>>> makes sense to me to carefully go through ALL the workshops and
>>> presentations from FOSS4G and make sure *every* project represented in
>>> this set has a corresponding presence on the site. This is what I mean
>>> by Big Tent thinking.
>>>
>>> Happy to be having this discussion ... it means no-one is so bothered
>>> by the stretched logos etc ... and assume that will get fixed :)
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:52 AM, María Arias de Reyna
>>> <delawen+os...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Are you sure ordering by rank is a good idea (whatever the rank is)?
>>>> That leaves small projects behind...
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I should also point out that it has been suggested that we have a way
>>>>> to 'rank' projects in these pages somehow that indicates their
>>>>> popularity ... for instance when we have a page of all OSGeo projects
>>>>> like the one linked below. Perhaps we can use the number of GitHub
>>>>> stars or some objective metric to accomplish this?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/mapping-and-cartography/desktop-mapping/
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, we have alot of work to do to make the "Choose a Project" wizard
>>>>> work properly, but its one part of the site that is *very* important
>>>>> to us. Please keep an eye on this section and we encourage feedback
>>>>> ... but understand its not working to our satisfaction yet either.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Moritz Lennert
>>>>>> <mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> wrote:
>>>>>>> On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with
>>>>>>>> the vendor today.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent
>>>>>>>> responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in
>>>>>>>> myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project
>>>>>>>> wizard. What do we do about projects

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Bingo. 1) is fixed. http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/ ...
Hopefully they can add the default filter tomorrow.

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just got off the phone with the vendor. They are going to do 2 things ASAP.
>
> 1) Add the badge. Its actually there, but is not showing for some reason.
> 2) Add a filter in the megamenu for the type of project, and have the
> OSGeo filter checked initially so ONLY OSGeo projects are showing for
> now.
>
> From here we can discuss the path forward.
>
> I encourage all of you to try the "Choose a Project" wizard ... with
> the understanding that its not all working yet ... but we *really*
> want to get this part right and funnel people new to OSGeo right at
> this Wizard to help them find what they need.
>
> Feel free to file new issues in GitHub. Angelos will take care of
> filing one about how to sort appropriately.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:00 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm not sure at all, but it was a suggestion.
>>
>> Can someone open a ticket on the github so we can have a discussion there.
>>
>> There are 2 issues.
>>
>> 1) We need to be able to identify which are OSGeo incubated projects
>> vs others. This is a technical issue that will get solved quickly (see
>> my previous mail with links)
>> 2) We need a way to sort/order/rank projects when many are displayed.
>> This is a philosophical decision we will have to make as a group and
>> then implement technically.
>>
>> I have no pre-conceptions as to what we should do for 2), but I would
>> like us to do it with as big of a pool of projects as possible. It
>> makes sense to me to carefully go through ALL the workshops and
>> presentations from FOSS4G and make sure *every* project represented in
>> this set has a corresponding presence on the site. This is what I mean
>> by Big Tent thinking.
>>
>> Happy to be having this discussion ... it means no-one is so bothered
>> by the stretched logos etc ... and assume that will get fixed :)
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:52 AM, María Arias de Reyna
>> <delawen+os...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Are you sure ordering by rank is a good idea (whatever the rank is)?
>>> That leaves small projects behind...
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> I should also point out that it has been suggested that we have a way
>>>> to 'rank' projects in these pages somehow that indicates their
>>>> popularity ... for instance when we have a page of all OSGeo projects
>>>> like the one linked below. Perhaps we can use the number of GitHub
>>>> stars or some objective metric to accomplish this?
>>>>
>>>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/mapping-and-cartography/desktop-mapping/
>>>>
>>>> Also, we have alot of work to do to make the "Choose a Project" wizard
>>>> work properly, but its one part of the site that is *very* important
>>>> to us. Please keep an eye on this section and we encourage feedback
>>>> ... but understand its not working to our satisfaction yet either.
>>>>
>>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Moritz Lennert
>>>>> <mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> wrote:
>>>>>> On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with
>>>>>>> the vendor today.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent
>>>>>>> responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in
>>>>>>> myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project
>>>>>>> wizard. What do we do about projects that have simply atrophied, but
>>>>>>> are still considered OSGeo projects?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I *really* want us to adopt the mantra of "Bigger tent, more
>>>>>>> people/groups/projects under it" ... Small tent thinking wont get us
>>>>>>> very far.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm not sure that I've read a lot of small tent thinking. Most comments 
>>>>>> were
>>>>>>

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Just got off the phone with the vendor. They are going to do 2 things ASAP.

1) Add the badge. Its actually there, but is not showing for some reason.
2) Add a filter in the megamenu for the type of project, and have the
OSGeo filter checked initially so ONLY OSGeo projects are showing for
now.

From here we can discuss the path forward.

I encourage all of you to try the "Choose a Project" wizard ... with
the understanding that its not all working yet ... but we *really*
want to get this part right and funnel people new to OSGeo right at
this Wizard to help them find what they need.

Feel free to file new issues in GitHub. Angelos will take care of
filing one about how to sort appropriately.



On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:00 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure at all, but it was a suggestion.
>
> Can someone open a ticket on the github so we can have a discussion there.
>
> There are 2 issues.
>
> 1) We need to be able to identify which are OSGeo incubated projects
> vs others. This is a technical issue that will get solved quickly (see
> my previous mail with links)
> 2) We need a way to sort/order/rank projects when many are displayed.
> This is a philosophical decision we will have to make as a group and
> then implement technically.
>
> I have no pre-conceptions as to what we should do for 2), but I would
> like us to do it with as big of a pool of projects as possible. It
> makes sense to me to carefully go through ALL the workshops and
> presentations from FOSS4G and make sure *every* project represented in
> this set has a corresponding presence on the site. This is what I mean
> by Big Tent thinking.
>
> Happy to be having this discussion ... it means no-one is so bothered
> by the stretched logos etc ... and assume that will get fixed :)
>
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:52 AM, María Arias de Reyna
> <delawen+os...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Are you sure ordering by rank is a good idea (whatever the rank is)?
>> That leaves small projects behind...
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I should also point out that it has been suggested that we have a way
>>> to 'rank' projects in these pages somehow that indicates their
>>> popularity ... for instance when we have a page of all OSGeo projects
>>> like the one linked below. Perhaps we can use the number of GitHub
>>> stars or some objective metric to accomplish this?
>>>
>>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/mapping-and-cartography/desktop-mapping/
>>>
>>> Also, we have alot of work to do to make the "Choose a Project" wizard
>>> work properly, but its one part of the site that is *very* important
>>> to us. Please keep an eye on this section and we encourage feedback
>>> ... but understand its not working to our satisfaction yet either.
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Moritz Lennert
>>>> <mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> wrote:
>>>>> On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with
>>>>>> the vendor today.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent
>>>>>> responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in
>>>>>> myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project
>>>>>> wizard. What do we do about projects that have simply atrophied, but
>>>>>> are still considered OSGeo projects?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I *really* want us to adopt the mantra of "Bigger tent, more
>>>>>> people/groups/projects under it" ... Small tent thinking wont get us
>>>>>> very far.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not sure that I've read a lot of small tent thinking. Most comments 
>>>>> were
>>>>> about priorities in the way projects are displayed on the OSGeo website, 
>>>>> not
>>>>> about excluding non-OSGeo (understood here as projects that have not
>>>>> undergone a formal process to be labeled) projects from the website.
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree that the current website does not correspond to what I would 
>>>>> expect.
>>>>> I also am guilty of not having reacted earlier (although you have to admit
>>>>> that the actual form of the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

[Jeffrey Johnson]

I'm not sure at all, but it was a suggestion.

Can someone open a ticket on the github so we can have a discussion there.

There are 2 issues.

1) We need to be able to identify which are OSGeo incubated projects
vs others. This is a technical issue that will get solved quickly (see
my previous mail with links)
2) We need a way to sort/order/rank projects when many are displayed.
This is a philosophical decision we will have to make as a group and
then implement technically.

I have no pre-conceptions as to what we should do for 2), but I would
like us to do it with as big of a pool of projects as possible. It
makes sense to me to carefully go through ALL the workshops and
presentations from FOSS4G and make sure *every* project represented in
this set has a corresponding presence on the site. This is what I mean
by Big Tent thinking.

Happy to be having this discussion ... it means no-one is so bothered
by the stretched logos etc ... and assume that will get fixed :)

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:52 AM, María Arias de Reyna
<delawen+os...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Are you sure ordering by rank is a good idea (whatever the rank is)?
> That leaves small projects behind...
>
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 3:51 PM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I should also point out that it has been suggested that we have a way
>> to 'rank' projects in these pages somehow that indicates their
>> popularity ... for instance when we have a page of all OSGeo projects
>> like the one linked below. Perhaps we can use the number of GitHub
>> stars or some objective metric to accomplish this?
>>
>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/mapping-and-cartography/desktop-mapping/
>>
>> Also, we have alot of work to do to make the "Choose a Project" wizard
>> work properly, but its one part of the site that is *very* important
>> to us. Please keep an eye on this section and we encourage feedback
>> ... but understand its not working to our satisfaction yet either.
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Moritz Lennert
>>> <mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> wrote:
>>>> On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with
>>>>> the vendor today.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent
>>>>> responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in
>>>>> myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project
>>>>> wizard. What do we do about projects that have simply atrophied, but
>>>>> are still considered OSGeo projects?
>>>>>
>>>>> I *really* want us to adopt the mantra of "Bigger tent, more
>>>>> people/groups/projects under it" ... Small tent thinking wont get us
>>>>> very far.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure that I've read a lot of small tent thinking. Most comments 
>>>> were
>>>> about priorities in the way projects are displayed on the OSGeo website, 
>>>> not
>>>> about excluding non-OSGeo (understood here as projects that have not
>>>> undergone a formal process to be labeled) projects from the website.
>>>>
>>>> I agree that the current website does not correspond to what I would 
>>>> expect.
>>>> I also am guilty of not having reacted earlier (although you have to admit
>>>> that the actual form of the website with actual project descriptions has
>>>> only been available to us in the last days). I personally would also plead
>>>> for highlighting OSGeo projects more than what the current form does.
>>>
>>> Again, this is the very first item on the list for our meeting in 15
>>> minutes with the vendor.
>>>
>>> One technical thing to note. For some reason the 'cards' on the
>>> homepage do NOT yet show the badge for the type of project, but the
>>> final pages of the Choose a project Wizard do. Check these 2 pages to
>>> see what I mean.
>>>
>>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/
>>> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/publish/content-management/
>>>
>>> Note the latter has the badge in the upper right corner.
>>>
>>> We will get these badges on the main projects pages ASAP today and
>>> that should help further the conversation.
>>>
>>>
>>>> This does not diminish in any way my profound respect and awe in front of
>>>> what the team has been able to pull off. I think the reactions on the list
>>>> just show how important this work is for everyone !
>>>>
>>>> Moritz
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[Jeffrey Johnson]

I should also point out that it has been suggested that we have a way
to 'rank' projects in these pages somehow that indicates their
popularity ... for instance when we have a page of all OSGeo projects
like the one linked below. Perhaps we can use the number of GitHub
stars or some objective metric to accomplish this?

http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/mapping-and-cartography/desktop-mapping/

Also, we have alot of work to do to make the "Choose a Project" wizard
work properly, but its one part of the site that is *very* important
to us. Please keep an eye on this section and we encourage feedback
... but understand its not working to our satisfaction yet either.

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:47 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:43 AM, Moritz Lennert
> <mlenn...@club.worldonline.be> wrote:
>> On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>>>
>>> Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with
>>> the vendor today.
>>>
>>> There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent
>>> responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in
>>> myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project
>>> wizard. What do we do about projects that have simply atrophied, but
>>> are still considered OSGeo projects?
>>>
>>> I *really* want us to adopt the mantra of "Bigger tent, more
>>> people/groups/projects under it" ... Small tent thinking wont get us
>>> very far.
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure that I've read a lot of small tent thinking. Most comments were
>> about priorities in the way projects are displayed on the OSGeo website, not
>> about excluding non-OSGeo (understood here as projects that have not
>> undergone a formal process to be labeled) projects from the website.
>>
>> I agree that the current website does not correspond to what I would expect.
>> I also am guilty of not having reacted earlier (although you have to admit
>> that the actual form of the website with actual project descriptions has
>> only been available to us in the last days). I personally would also plead
>> for highlighting OSGeo projects more than what the current form does.
>
> Again, this is the very first item on the list for our meeting in 15
> minutes with the vendor.
>
> One technical thing to note. For some reason the 'cards' on the
> homepage do NOT yet show the badge for the type of project, but the
> final pages of the Choose a project Wizard do. Check these 2 pages to
> see what I mean.
>
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/choose-a-project/publish/content-management/
>
> Note the latter has the badge in the upper right corner.
>
> We will get these badges on the main projects pages ASAP today and
> that should help further the conversation.
>
>
>> This does not diminish in any way my profound respect and awe in front of
>> what the team has been able to pull off. I think the reactions on the list
>> just show how important this work is for everyone !
>>
>> Moritz
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Helmut,

We appreciate the gratitude. We've worked really hard on this site and
want it to be something we can all be super proud of.

We also, appreciate your concerns, indeed its now the very first item
on the Agenda with our vendor today. I will report back in a few hours
with our intended course of action.

As for a freezing period. I think we can/should do a freeze *after*
FOSS4G but before we go live (intended for the end of the month, but
that may be ambitious now).

We also need to consider other areas of the site. For instance, we
have some entities registered as GeoForAll Labs which do not belong
there and also several Resources that could do with some review. So,
rest assured we are considering ALL of these things now and will
continue engaging the community for feedback along the way.

Thanks to everyone for speaking up. Again, lets focus on having a big
tent with as many people/groups/projects under it as can fit (and when
we run out of space, build an even bigger tent!). In my opinion, this
is why FOSS4G is such a successful event ... as everyone is welcome to
present their work and engage the community regardless whether its a
project in its infancy, or using some long established project that is
only now being adapted to Geospatial.

Hope to see many of you saturday and we can discuss all these things in person.

Have a great FOSS4G! Ill be in on Thursday for the Gala.

Jeff

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:36 AM, Helmut Kudrnovsky  wrote:
> Dear Marc,
>
> that I'm not misunderstood, I highly appreciate the very hard work for the 
> website redesign and rebranding!! And as already mentioned in an earlier mail 
> by me, I understand that the redesign is in beta.
>
> Citing Angelos in this thread:
>
> "I also think that we need to be *very careful* on how we will list the 
> projects in our new web site."
>
> That was my intention to start this discussion.
>
> As I'm already volunteering amongst others as OSGeo`s GSoC admin this year, 
> see my first post as food for thought for improvement and input for the 
> process; that is what my time permits ...
>
> Maxi's suggestions of a freezing period sounds good.
>
> Kind regards
> Helmut
>
>
>
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. August 2017 um 14:42 Uhr
> Von: "Marc Vloemans" 
> An: "Maria Antonia Brovelli" 
> Cc: "Helena Mitasova" , "Paulo van Breugel" 
> , "OSGeo Discussions" , 
> "Helmut Kudrnovsky" 
> Betreff: Gentle reminder reg: [OSGeo-Discuss] Project selection on the new 
> website draft
>
> Dear all,
>
> I feel that the "tail is wagging the dog" as they say. And we are on the 
> brink of pushing valuable volunteers too far. Again.
>
> Your feed back on the website is needed, welcomed and enlisted, but please be 
> it combined with some actionable way to go forward and a helping hand. The 
> site is still in full progress,  if one looks behind the scenes; there is a 
> really massive content creation thrust going on, the visitor journey 
> experience is enhanced on a daily basis, a multitude of tweaks in progress 
> and . the FOSS4Paris and Foss4gBoston preparations had to be done too.
>
> It is not the the Marketing Committee that has to fix anything regarding 
> projects and policy related issues here.
> Jody and many others have had to make decisions - lacking input on various 
> occasions- in good faith. Often lacking clear direction and decisions and 
> actual support. This inefficiency has often resulted in rework and loss of 
> volunteer time. The Committee is fully aware that there are still iterations 
> to be done. Up till now they have done something extraordinary, unparalleled 
> in recent OSGeo years. Some slack is in good order.
>
> By the way. The projects that are listed have all an OSI approved license. 
> That has sufficed in the past. Let the free vs open discussion rest till a 
> later date (if it needs to be conducted at all). Subdivisions of projects can 
> be done in various ways: pleasing everyone in our community is a holy grail.
>
> And again. Please be aware that there is a finite number of volunteer hours 
> in a volunteer day.
>
> Kind regards,
> Marc Vloemans
>
> Op 16 aug. 2017 om 07:37 heeft Maria Antonia Brovelli 
>  het volgende 
> geschreven:
>
>
> I agree completely with Helena. It has to be fixed with the highest priority.
> Have a good day,
> Maria
>
>
>
> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies[http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies]
>
>
> 
> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)" 
> 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with
the vendor today.

There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent
responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in
myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project
wizard. What do we do about projects that have simply atrophied, but
are still considered OSGeo projects?

I *really* want us to adopt the mantra of "Bigger tent, more
people/groups/projects under it" ... Small tent thinking wont get us
very far.

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:22 AM, Marc Vloemans  wrote:
> Thanks Maxi,
>
> Freeze time will indeed give us time to assemble all feedback, discuss and
> prioritise for further improvements.
> I was not even aware of the holiday season ;-) Enjoy!
>
> Kind regards,
> Marc Vloemans
>
>
> Op 16 aug. 2017 om 09:10 heeft Massimiliano Cannata
>  het volgende geschreven:
>
> Marc
> I agree, great and huge work was done.
> Maybe a freezing period before of any public release/presentation would be
> good?
>
> We're not in a hurry...
> With more time review and discussion can run smoothly?
>
> Also, We're in the middle of the holiday season and also vacation time is
> limited :-) to answer and check contents...
>
> Great work done
>
> Maxi
>
>
> Best
> Maxi
>
> Il 16 ago 2017 2:42 PM, "Marc Vloemans"  ha
> scritto:
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I feel that the "tail is wagging the dog" as they say. And we are on the
>> brink of pushing valuable volunteers too far. Again.
>>
>> Your feed back on the website is needed, welcomed and enlisted, but please
>> be it combined with some actionable way to go forward and a helping hand.
>> The site is still in full progress,  if one looks behind the scenes; there
>> is a really massive content creation thrust going on, the visitor journey
>> experience is enhanced on a daily basis, a multitude of tweaks in progress
>> and . the FOSS4Paris and Foss4gBoston preparations had to be done too.
>>
>> It is not the the Marketing Committee that has to fix anything regarding
>> projects and policy related issues here.
>> Jody and many others have had to make decisions - lacking input on various
>> occasions- in good faith. Often lacking clear direction and decisions and
>> actual support. This inefficiency has often resulted in rework and loss of
>> volunteer time. The Committee is fully aware that there are still iterations
>> to be done. Up till now they have done something extraordinary, unparalleled
>> in recent OSGeo years. Some slack is in good order.
>>
>> By the way. The projects that are listed have all an OSI approved license.
>> That has sufficed in the past. Let the free vs open discussion rest till a
>> later date (if it needs to be conducted at all). Subdivisions of projects
>> can be done in various ways: pleasing everyone in our community is a holy
>> grail.
>>
>> And again. Please be aware that there is a finite number of volunteer
>> hours in a volunteer day.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Marc Vloemans
>>
>>
>> Op 16 aug. 2017 om 07:37 heeft Maria Antonia Brovelli
>>  het volgende geschreven:
>>
>> I agree completely with Helena. It has to be fixed with the highest
>> priority.
>>
>> Have a good day,
>>
>> Maria
>>
>>
>>
>> Pay attention to this Special Issue and see if it is of interest by you:
>>
>>
>> http://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijgi/special_issues/Geospatial_Big_Data_Urban_Studies
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>> Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli
>> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
>> Politecnico di Milano
>>
>> ISPRS WG IV/4 "Collaborative crowdsourced cloud mapping (C3M)"
>> http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors of
>> OSGeo; GeoForAll Advisory Board; NASA WorldWind Europa Challenge; SIFET
>> Advisory Board
>>
>>
>> UN-GGIM Academic Network Deputy Chair, UN-GGIM Italy, UN OpenGIS
>> Initiative (Chair of the Capacity Building WG)
>>
>>
>> Sol Katz Award 2015
>>
>>
>>
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>>
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob. +39-328-0023867,  maria.brove...@polimi.it
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 
>> Da: Discuss  per conto di Helena Mitasova
>> 
>> 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).
>>
>> 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Project selection on the new website draft

[Jeffrey Johnson]

The intention is to let any open source geospatial project be listed, bug
feature OSGeo projects. Jody probably has a better explanation of this than
I do.

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 14:54 Helmut Kudrnovsky  wrote:

> Hi,
>
> thanks to all for the effort to bring up the new website!
>
> [taken from: [OSGeo-Discuss] final call friday - for software projects on
> beta website
>  https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2017-August/035410.html]
>
> >Thank you to everyone who responded!
> >
> >You can see the results here:
> >
> >   - http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/
>
> Looking at the link above, there are project listed like:
>
> * LERC: https://esri.github.io/lerc/
> * Terraformer: http://terraformer.io/
> * Koop: http://koopjs.github.io/
> * GeoWave: http://locationtech.github.io/geowave/
>
> which none of them I'm able to find on the OSGeo entry point at:
> http://www.osgeo.org/.
>
> How is this selection of project listed in the new OSGeo site done? Only
> OSGeo project? Also non-OSGeo projects?
>
> Thanks for the clarification.
>
> Kind regards
> Helmut
>
> OSGeo charter member
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[Jeffrey Johnson]

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 12:45 PM,   wrote:
> It’s a nice website, but not without errors: I am very sure I did not put in 
> the form that the location of our Dutch Chapter is Basel, Switzerland!

https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/22

> BTW, there was no form entry for chapter logo, so how come some of them do 
> have their logo, and others an generic sgeo logo...?

Probably these edited their entry manually in the CMS. Can you send
any logos that should be added for your chapter?

> Also the filters do not work, or at least not correctly (in this LC page as 
> well as in the GeoForAll pages)...

https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/45
https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/44

Feel free to file more, probably not all of them will get dealt with
immediately. Its a work in progress, our priority is content right
now.

>
> --
> Barend Köbben
>
>
> On 14/08/2017, 17:39, "Discuss on behalf of Jody Garnett" 
>  wrote:
>
> Thank you to everyone who responded!
>
>
> You can see the results here:
>
> * http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/local-chapters/
> * http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/resources/
>
>
> If you encounter a difficulty with how the website works please check the 
> issue tracker  to see if it has been 
> reported (if so add a comment) or report it yourself.
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 9 August 2017 at 16:16, Jody Garnett
>  wrote:
>
> Looks like I screwed up and did not send out the form for local chapters 
> to fill in (so we are going to have a scramble).
>
>
> Can I ask local chapters to fill in their contact details and location in 
> the following form by friday to be listed in the beta website.
>
>
> Data collection forms:
>
> * Local Chapter 
> * Resources 
>
>
> A reminder that the Resources form is available to share any local 
> promotional material or translated information sheets you would like to share.
>
>
>
> I also invite you to review the updated style guide on
>
> github  
> for examples of local chapter branding.
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] final call friday - list local chapter in time for foss4g

[Jeffrey Johnson]

OSGeo LDAP accounts are NOT connected yet. Bob, Ill send you a login separately.

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 10:27 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
<bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
> That was quick, I’m locked out.
>
> Do I need to make a new account, or does/should my current OSGeo login work?
>
> bobb
>
>
>
>
> On Aug 14, 2017, at 10:49 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Also, I have started adding users and letting them update their own
> profiles. You can see these here
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/community/members/ (note paging doesnt
> seem to work on this page https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/38).
>
> If you would like to setup an account and update your profile and link
> it to the projects you work on etc, please contact me off list. NOTE:
> ALL accounts will be migrated to use the OSGeo LDAP in the future.
> These accounts are only temporary while we work on gathering content.
>
> Thanks to everyone who contributed! Really looking forward to reaching
> critical mass with this new site.
>
> On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Thank you to everyone who responded!
>
> You can see the results here:
>
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/local-chapters/
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/resources/
>
> If you encounter a difficulty with how the website works please check the
> issue tracker to see if it has been reported (if so add a comment) or report
> it yourself.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 9 August 2017 at 16:16, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Looks like I screwed up and did not send out the form for local chapters
> to fill in (so we are going to have a scramble).
>
> Can I ask local chapters to fill in their contact details and location in
> the following form by friday to be listed in the beta website.
>
> Data collection forms:
>
> Local Chapter
> Resources
>
> A reminder that the Resources form is available to share any local
> promotional material or translated information sheets you would like to
> share.
>
> I also invite you to review the updated style guide on github for examples
> of local chapter branding.
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] final call friday - list local chapter in time for foss4g

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Also, I have started adding users and letting them update their own
profiles. You can see these here
http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/community/members/ (note paging doesnt
seem to work on this page https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/38).

If you would like to setup an account and update your profile and link
it to the projects you work on etc, please contact me off list. NOTE:
ALL accounts will be migrated to use the OSGeo LDAP in the future.
These accounts are only temporary while we work on gathering content.

Thanks to everyone who contributed! Really looking forward to reaching
critical mass with this new site.

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 8:39 AM, Jody Garnett  wrote:
> Thank you to everyone who responded!
>
> You can see the results here:
>
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/local-chapters/
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/resources/
>
> If you encounter a difficulty with how the website works please check the
> issue tracker to see if it has been reported (if so add a comment) or report
> it yourself.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 9 August 2017 at 16:16, Jody Garnett  wrote:
>>
>> Looks like I screwed up and did not send out the form for local chapters
>> to fill in (so we are going to have a scramble).
>>
>> Can I ask local chapters to fill in their contact details and location in
>> the following form by friday to be listed in the beta website.
>>
>> Data collection forms:
>>
>> Local Chapter
>> Resources
>>
>> A reminder that the Resources form is available to share any local
>> promotional material or translated information sheets you would like to
>> share.
>>
>> I also invite you to review the updated style guide on github for examples
>> of local chapter branding.
>> --
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>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] final call friday - for software projects on beta website

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Also, I have started adding users and letting them update their own
profiles. You can see these here
http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/community/members/ (note paging doesnt
seem to work on this page https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/38).

If you would like to setup an account and update your profile and link
it to the projects you work on etc, please contact me off list. NOTE:
ALL accounts will be migrated to use the OSGeo LDAP in the future.
These accounts are only temporary while we work on gathering content.

Thanks to everyone who contributed! Really looking forward to reaching
critical mass with this new site.

On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 8:37 AM, Jody Garnett  wrote:
> Thank you to everyone who responded!
>
> You can see the results here:
>
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/service-providers/
> http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/resources/
>
> I especially love the mix of individuals and firms for the service providers
> - great to the faces of those making a living as part of our community.
>
> If you encounter a difficulty with how the website works please check the
> issue tracker to see if it has been reported (if so add a comment) or report
> it yourself. .
>
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 9 August 2017 at 14:26, Jody Garnett  wrote:
>>
>> Final call for projects to fill in information for the beta website,
>> please have content in by Friday August 9th for inclusion in the beta
>> website as shown at foss4g next week.
>>
>> The data collection forms are here:
>>
>> Software Projects
>> Service Providers
>> Resources
>>
>> If you have already provided your content - thank you. Please review the
>> result online osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects. We can make any corrections
>> needed if you stop by the OSGeo booth.
>>
>> A reminder that this website is open to all open source spatial projects,
>> so if your project is spatial please fill in the form to be listed.
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo website/rebranding May Update

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Note that it wasn't really specified in the EOI/RFP, but we should be
able to use Wordpress forms for alot of these things and other places
we need to collect structured data. I'm not really opposed to using
anything that makes our lives easier, but we should take care to make
sure we are keeping a copy of these collected data outside of single
vendors walled garden.

On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 9:10 AM, Sandro Santilli  wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 03:10:39PM +0100, Steven Feldman wrote:
>> Puzzled
>>
>> We accept sponsorship from Google, we mentor students and are listed for 
>> their Summer of Code but using a Google Form to easily collect data should 
>> be avoided.
>>
>> Is it official OSGeo policy to not use Google tools?
>
> No, it's my personal invite to avoid vendor lockin, which is one of
> the reasons why people in this community prefer free software over
> proprietary counterparts.
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Where to hire a FOSS4G freelane developer?

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Thats the idea.

Note, We are looking at structured ways to store Project information
such that it can be surfaced in the website and elsewhere (osgeolive,
print etc), but allow the project teams to update it via version
control. See this about.yml specification for more details on what we
are thinking https://github.com/18F/about_yml ... I think we can come
up with something similar for the service providers. We do something
sort of like this for GeoNode already
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/GeoNode/geonode.github.com/master/providers/providers.geojson

Note: The entire new website is going to be setup the way you
describe, such that when on a particular project page, the list of
providers (and resources etc etc) will be displayed in the page
drawing from a source of structured data. We are going to try to make
this as easy to maintain as possible.

One thing we hadn't really thought too much about was how to deal with
individual consultants vs firms. As someone who has done alot of
individual consulting, Ill make sure we account for this in our work
going forward.

Should be able to share some wireframes of this in the next few weeks
for discussion. Watch the marketing list, but Ill try to remember to
come back and post here too.

Jeff

On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 7:40 AM, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)
<bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I brought this thought up a while back, just bringing it up again, any
> chance of there being some sort of API calling (Search) system put into
> place for the Providors list?  I always thought that is awas a good thing to
> have a registry of providers, but the list should be set up so that Project
> admins can link to the registry as an API call and automagically keep an
> updated list available in their particular project web pages for their
> product (as well as related products).
>
> bobb
>
>
>
> On May 11, 2017, at 9:15 AM, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We (marketing committee) are baking this kind of thing into the new
> website quite prominently. That doesn't help you now, but its coming.
>
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 7:04 AM, Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
> <luis.de.so...@protonmail.ch> wrote:
>
> Thank you all the replies.
>
> Perhaps the portfolio page should be more visible in the home page; or
> perhaps with a more explicit name.
>
> Cheers.
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Where to hire a FOSS4G freelane developer?

[Jeffrey Johnson]

We (marketing committee) are baking this kind of thing into the new
website quite prominently. That doesn't help you now, but its coming.

On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 7:04 AM, Luí­s Moreira de Sousa
 wrote:
> Thank you all the replies.
>
> Perhaps the portfolio page should be more visible in the home page; or
> perhaps with a more explicit name.
>
> Cheers.
>
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> Im Grund 6
> CH-8600 Dübendorf
> Switzerland
>
> Phone: +41 (0)79 812 62 65
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> URL: https://sites.google.com/site/luismoreiradesousa
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] website/rebranding april update

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Hi All,

We can share the initial cut of the branding process. It is available
as a PDF here.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1D61nG9ZgtbdmpmcTh4SnBYMFU/view?usp=sharing

Feel free to comment here or on the marketing list. We will go through
a few sets of revisions with the vendor.

Jeff

On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:16 PM, Jody Garnett  wrote:
> Quick status update from the webstie/rebranding initiative for April:
>
> We have started to see rough wireframes of the approach used for the
> website. To make these wireframes more realistic we are going through an
> "visitor journey" exercise (which is where your representatives from
> geoforall and local chapters are key).
> We received the first breakdown of new branding this week, and are providing
> feedback on the proposed logos/colors.
>
> A big thanks to Marc, Jeffrey and the GetInteractive team for efficiency in
> April, cutting this work down to size for the rest of the team.
>
> We would like to welcome some new volunteers:
>
> Peter Mooney - has joined to provide an academic perspective, making sure
> the website/rebranding supports the work we do with GeoForAll. Please give
> him your support as we work against some tight deadlines. I also understand
> that Peter will be providing a perspective from OSGeo local chapters.
> Phillip Davis - has volunteered and started to review. Philip we are waiting
> on you to sign up to the marketing list and introduce yourself.
> Harrison Grundy - is taking on communication with our system administration
> committee. This week he is looking at LDAP so that our members can see the
> website beta prior to release.
>
> As many know this is an expensive undertaking for our organization. We would
> like to thank GetCat, Boundless and other sponsors for enabling this OSGeo
> activity financially.
>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Branding & Marketing Project is *kicked off*!

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Hi Folks,

After completing the EOI/RFP process last month, the marketing
committee has finally kicked off our project [1] with the selected
vendor Get Interactive [2].

The minutes from our kickoff meeting yesterday can be found here [3],
and more background information, including the documents that describe
the scope of the project can be found here [1]

In summary, this project will produce 3 sets of output; 1) An updated
set of branding for our organization and its sub-brands which will be
delivered as a standard online organizational brand style guide. 2) A
new website theme and foundational content which will be heavily
oriented toward on-boarding new users and guiding them toward an
appropriate set of software for their needs. The new website will
provide a home for sub-brands (OSGeo-live, GeoForAll, Local Chapters
etc) that wish to use the overall theme and structure 3) A set of
digital templates and collateral for print marketing materials that
will be able to be customized and used by local chapters and GeoForAll
labs or for general outreach. The gory details for each of these
components can be found in the EOI document [4].

We will be working with SAC on standing up the new site and
distributing these materials and our goal is to have the new site live
before FOSS4G in Boston and to be ready to onboard content
contributors (YOU!!).

We have a representative from SAC (Harrison Grundy) who has joined our
project team and are specifically looking for someone to join from the
GeoForAll initiative as well as someone to represent the interests of
the local chapters projects. We really invite *anyone* from the
community to help us manage this project, so if you are available to
fill these roles, please join the marketing list and speak up!

Our committee will be providing regular updates to this list
approximately once a month and there will be ample opportunity for you
to provide feedback as we move through the process. Please speak up!,
but lets all work very hard to be constructive and look toward the
larger goal of presenting OSGeo, our projects and initiatives
professionally, clearly and most of all in a way that is easily
accessible to the large number of GIS users out there who may not yet
be familiar with open source and are looking to us as their Open
Source Compass.

Happy to answer any questions about the process or deliverables here
or on the marketing list. We are extremely excited to finally be able
to update our brand and external facing presence. We look forward to
your input and participation!

Jeffrey Johnson (on behalf of the Marketing Committee)

[1] http://www.osgeo.org/marketing/rebranding.html
[2] https://www.getinteractive.nl/
[3] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/2017-April/003471.html
[4] 
http://www.osgeo.org/sites/osgeo.org/files/Page/OSGeoBrandingMarketingWebsiteEOI.pdf
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Board of Directors elections results

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Jorge,

Thank you so much for running a smooth and successful election!

Jeff

On Sat, Oct 8, 2016 at 4:35 AM, Jorge Sanz <js...@osgeo.org> wrote:

> Hi all, I've updated the election results wiki page with the detailed
> results
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_2016_Results
>
> Pasting here too:
> Detailed results
>
>- Membership: 312
>- Valid votes: 246
>- Not finished votes: 6
>- Not voted: 60
>
> NameCount
> Maria Antonia Brovelli 164
> Vasile Craciunescu 122
> Michael Smith 117
> Angelos Tzotsos 111
> Dirk Frigne 93
> Jeffrey Johnson 92
> María Arias de Reyna 92
> Massimiliano Cannata 79
> Nicolas Bozon 70
> Mark Vloemans 45
>
> Let me know if you need more details I can share.
>
> Best regards
>
>
> On 7 October 2016 at 11:13, Jorge Sanz <js...@osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> On 7 October 2016 at 10:55, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting
>> OSGeo.nl <gert-...@osgeo.nl> wrote:
>> > Hi CRO,
>> >
>> >
>> > Being a supporter of open gorvernment, of open data in general, and
>> election data in special, I was wondering whether the complete voting
>> results will be published.
>> > Apart from that, given the fact that in previous years the runner-up
>> was added to the Board (Dirk as substitute for Jeff, one year ago) I think
>> it makes sense to at least announce who is the runner-up in this years
>> election.
>> >
>> >
>> > Kind regards (from one of the 78.8% who did take the opportunity to
>> cast a vote)
>> >
>> >
>> > Gert-Jan
>> >
>> >
>>
>> Hi Gert-Jan
>>
>> Yes as I said on my mail I will put all my stuff in place on the wiki
>> with  (detailed results included) but i need a bit of time for this,
>> basically to arrive to the weekend :-)
>>
>> Cheers!
>>
>> --
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>> http://www.osgeo.org
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jorge_Sanz
>>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Board of Directors elections results

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Congrats to the new Board and thanks to everyone who voted for me.

Looking forward to seeing whats next for OSGeo.

On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 1:59 AM, Jorge Sanz  wrote:
> Dear OSGeo community,
>
> These are the results from the 2016 elections[1] for the 4 open
> seats[2]  of the OSGeo Board of Directors. The results in alphabetical
> order are:
>
> * Angelos Tzotsos
> * Maria Antonia Brovelli
> * Michael Smith
> * Vasile Craciunescu
>
> Thanks to all candidates to oging through the elections process.
> Election figures are:
>
> * 78.8% participation (246 of 312)
> * 6 incomplete responses
> * 60 members not opened the voting
>
> There were no scores to arbitrate. Thank you all who voted!!
>
> The complete resulting Board for 2016/2017 is:
>
> * Angelos Tzotsos
> * Anita Graser
> * Helena Mitasova
> * Jody Garnett
> * Maria Antonia Brovelli
> * Michael Smith
> * Sanghee Shin
> * Vasile Craciunescu
> * Venkatesh Raghavan
>
> Maybe it's my impression but is not the most diverse Board we've had?
> Anyway, I will update the wiki pages for the Board of Directors ASAP.
>
> Please congratulate the new OSGeo Directors!
>
> A warm thank you for the outgoing Directors Maxi and Dirk for all your
> efforts for the Foundation, looking forward to keep seeing your hard
> work for the community in many other fronts.
>
> My job as CRO is almost finished now, I will update the wiki with the
> detailed results[3] as soon as possible. I want to give a big thank
> you to everyone for your cooperation but specially to Jeff McKenna for
> his always close look to all my actions fixing small issues and taking
> care of the job when I was absent. I will open a separate thread for a
> couple of discussions about this process and also a small
> retrospective and lessons learnt.
>
> Kind regards
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2016
> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2016
> [3] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_2016_Results
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Candidate Statement for Jeffrey Johnson

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Yeah, just realizing time is really tight now. Perhaps we just keep it
as an idea for next year?

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 7:01 AM, María Arias de Reyna <dela...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think it is a bit difficult at this point,  but if you can find a way, I'm
> in.
>
>
> El 26 sept. 2016 15:53, "Jorge Sanz" <js...@osgeo.org> escribió:
>>
>> On 25 September 2016 at 20:46, Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > IRC would be easiest, but a little less 'real-time'. I'd be happy to
>> > participate anywhere/any time we could reach a critical mass of
>> > participants both from the candidates and community.
>> >
>> > On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Sandro Santilli <s...@kbt.io> wrote:
>> >> On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 08:59:05AM -0700, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Happy to answer any questions here or via other channels. Can we have
>> >>> a hangout 'debate'? :)
>> >>
>> >> If you do, please use a free software alternative, not "hangout".
>> >> Here's one: https://meet.jit.si/osgeo
>> >>
>> >> Or even better (requires less resources to partecipate):
>> >>   irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo
>> >>   also accessible (same place) as:
>> >>   https://webchat.freenode.net/#osgeo
>> >>   or
>> >>   https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/#osgeo
>> >>
>> >> --strk;
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>>
>> HI,
>>
>> I can help on organizing this, no problem.
>>
>> But we need support from the rest of the candidates, since it wasn't
>> planned and can be challenging with the different timezones but since
>> it's just US/Europe, it's doable.
>>
>> What other candidates think? Personally I'm fine with the nominations
>> + manifestos but if you think an open discussion is worth I'm glad to
>> do it ASAP.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Candidate Statement for Jeffrey Johnson

[Jeffrey Johnson]

IRC would be easiest, but a little less 'real-time'. I'd be happy to
participate anywhere/any time we could reach a critical mass of
participants both from the candidates and community.

On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 11:04 AM, Sandro Santilli <s...@kbt.io> wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 08:59:05AM -0700, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
>
>> Happy to answer any questions here or via other channels. Can we have
>> a hangout 'debate'? :)
>
> If you do, please use a free software alternative, not "hangout".
> Here's one: https://meet.jit.si/osgeo
>
> Or even better (requires less resources to partecipate):
>   irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo
>   also accessible (same place) as:
>   https://webchat.freenode.net/#osgeo
>   or
>   https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/#osgeo
>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Candidate Statement for Jeffrey Johnson

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Hi All,

I've posted my Campaign Statement on the wiki here
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2016_Candidate_Manifestos#Jeffrey_Johnson

Happy to answer any questions here or via other channels. Can we have
a hangout 'debate'? :)

I agree with previous statements noting the strength of *all* the
candidates this year which reflects very well on our organization. All
of the candidates would make great board members. If my vision
resonates with you, I would kindly ask for your vote.

Looking forward to whats next for OSGeo!

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Nomination for OSGeo Board: Marc Vloemans

[Jeffrey Johnson]

+1 on this nomination. I've only had the pleasure of interacting with
Marc recently in Bonn, but I believe he is the exact kind of person we
need to take OSGeo to the next level with a clear, focused and well
executed marketing strategy.

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 8:40 AM, Jeff McKenna
 wrote:
> Forwarding Marc Vloemans nomination for the Board of Directors by Gert-Jan
> van der Weijden.
>
> - on behalf of
>   CRO 2016
>
>
>  Forwarded Message 
>
> I would like to nominate Marc Vloemans for the Board of Directors of the
> OSGeo.org foundation.
>
> I know Marc now for approximately 10 years. The first years simply as
> fellow-Dutchmen working in spatial IT in The Netherlands. But since Marc
> joined the Board of Directors of the Dutch Local Chapter "OSgeo.nl" in 2015,
> and since we both were members of the Local Organizing Committee of FOSS4G
> in Bonn this year, I have worked with Marc more closely than ever before.
>
> I guess a  lot of you (the participants of FOSS4G) can't have missed Marc
> since he was the central person in manning the OSGeo.org booth at FOSS4G.
>
> He has a broad management experience in "spreading the open source word" in
> both commercial and public organizations, not just in Europe but also in
> other continents. But his organizational experience is not tied to just our
> well-known FOSS4G ecosystem.
>
> Therefore I think Marc can build bridges to other organisations and
> ecosystems, and thus bring OSgeo.org a step further in its maturity.
>
> And besides that, I know Marc as someone you can have a good beer/talk &
> laugh with!
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marc_Vloemans
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Gert-Jan
>
>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Nominations reminder and campaign proposal

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Im also an 'interested party' and would definitely like an extra week
to prepare answers to the simple question that Nikos proposes, but
also think its a good idea if we replicate the Candidate Manifesto
page for 2016 and all of us write something there. Jorge can you setup
the stub?

On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 6:56 AM, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
 wrote:
> I agree with Jorge's suggestion (actually Gert-Jan's)
>
> Sergio Acosta y Lara
> Departamento de Geomática
> Dirección Nacional de Topografía
> Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
> URUGUAY
> (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330
>
> 
> De: Discuss  en nombre de Nikos Alexandris 
> 
> Enviado: viernes, 16 de setiembre de 2016 3:39
> Para: Jorge Sanz
> Cc: OSGeo Discussions
> Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Nominations reminder and campaign 
> proposal
>
> Jorge Sanz:
>
>>Dear OSGeo community and charter members
>>
>>This is a reminder that there's still some days for nominations to the
>>Board of Directors elections. We have already nine great candidates,
>>including all the present Board members running for re-election. Take
>>a look at [1] for an overview of the nominations and support
>>expressions. Maybe there's a candidate that is worth your support or
>>someone special that you think should run to join our Board?
>>
>>The other point of this email is to follow up with Gert-Jan
>>proposal[2] to put a week between the nominations period and the
>>actual voting to let candidates to express their intentions for their
>>term.
>>
>>I'm inclined to accept it because I think is a good idea and no one
>>has opposed but also because next week I'll be out of the office for
>>the GEOSTAT course first here in Spain (20/21) and SoTM in Brussels
>>(22/26) later and I'll be pretty busy.
>>
>>What do you think? Looking forward for your opinions.
>
> In my humble view, both as an OSGeo charter member and GRASS-GIS' CRO 
> (recently experienced the
> role for the new PSC election), I can only recommend to allow or even ask, in
> some way, all candidates to support their candidacy publicly.
>
> For the next GRASS-GIS' PSC election, I support what came out of a related
> thread, in a post by Micha Silver (see
> https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/PSC/Election2016#Aftertheelection):
>
> request (which, I know, is rather a bit strict) candidates to feedback the 
> community by answering to
> the very question (slightly altered)
>
> "What should the community expect from my membership?"
>
> Kindest regards, Nikos
>
>
>>All the best
>>Jorge
>>CRO 2016
>>
>>[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2016
>>[2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2016-September/016606.html
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board elections: campaign week?

[Jeffrey Johnson]

+1 if felt pretty rushed last year.

On Saturday, September 10, 2016, Jorge Sanz  wrote:

> Hi Gert-Jan thanks for the reminder :-)
>
> Candidates are encouraged to start, as you say, campaigning anytime. I
> already mentioned on the nominations announce that'd be great to see
> candidates sharing their ideas for their term on this list.
>
> I'm open to allow an extra week between nominations and voting, or
> extending the voting for two weeks, if there's positive feedback about this
> idea and our Board does not see any good reason to not delay a week the
> results.
>
> All the best
> --
> Jorge Sanz
>
> Sent from my phone, excuse my brevity.
>
> El 10 sept. 2016 18:43, "Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl" <
> gert-...@osgeo.nl >
> escribió:
>
>> Hi all (and especially our elections organizer)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Reading the schedule for the board elections I was wondering if there is
>> a "campaign week" foreseen.
>>
>> By 20 September the final list of nominees (until now: 5 for 4 seats)
>> will be announced, and the elections start immediately after that.
>>
>> I'd rather see a week or so to be used have a lively discussion with the
>> candidates on what we (voters ,candidates, others) regard as important
>> items & actions for the OSGeo foundations in general, and role of the Board
>> in particular.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kind regards from a registered voter,
>>
>>
>>
>> Gert-Jan
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Board Nomination for Angelos Tzotsos

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Im also definitely +1 on this nomination. Angelos is a HUGE asset for
OSGeo and certainly has the right set of skills to represent the
community on the board.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 12:43 PM, Jorge Sanz  wrote:
> Forwarding Angelos Tzotsos nomination to the board of directors by Jeff
> McKenna
>
> Best,
> Jorge
> CRO 2016
>
> -- Mensaje reenviado --
> De: "Jeff McKenna" 
> Fecha: 8 sept. 2016 19:22
> Asunto: Board nomination for Angelos Tzotsos
> Para: 
> Cc: "Angelos Tzotsos" 
>
>> name: Angelos Tzotsos
>> e-mail: tzot...@gmail.com
>> country: Greece
>>
>> It is my pleasure and honour to nominate Angelos Tzotsos for the OSGeo
>> Board of Directors.  As most of the community knows, Angelos is extremely
>> dedicated, and passionately does whatever he can do help with all things
>> OSGeo.  It is hard to list all of his activities, but he is most known as
>> the chair of the OSGeo-Live team, as well as being a project steering
>> committee member for the pycsw and ZOO-Project communities; Angelos is very
>> active in many other OSGeo communities[1]. He is a senior researcher at the
>> National Technical University of Athens, but you can see his smile at FOSS4G
>> events all around the world.  Angelos is very easy going, approachable, and
>> brings a get-things-done mentality; I feel strongly that he will do a great
>> job representing the OSGeo community at the highest level.  Please welcome
>> Angelos to the Board of Directors.
>>
>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Angelos_Tzotsos
>>
>>
>> -Jeff McKenna
>> President Emeritus, OSGeo
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Board Nomination for Michael Smith

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Very much +1 on this nomination. Michael, thanks for being willing to
stay on and continue the great work with the finances.

On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 12:10 PM, Andrea Ross  wrote:
> Third, or +1. Can't say enough positive things about Mike. It's so great
> he's willing to run again.
>
> Andrea
>
> On September 8, 2016 2:46:17 PM EDT, Daniel Morissette
>  wrote:
>>
>> I second Mike's nomination. Mike has done a great job taking over the
>> Treasurer duties as well as representing OSGeo at various events, and we
>> are very fortunate that he is willing to stand for re-election and
>> continue to serve.
>>
>> Daniel
>>
>>
>> On 2016-09-08 2:41 PM, Jorge Sanz wrote:
>>>
>>>  Forwarding Michael Smith nomination to the board of directors by Stephan
>>> Meißl.
>>>
>>>  Best,
>>>  Jorge
>>>  CRO 2016
>>>
>>>
>>>  -- Forwarded message --
>>>  From: Stephan Meißl 
>>>  Date: 7 September 2016 at 10:52
>>>  Subject: Nomination of Michael Smith as board member
>>>  To: OSGeo CRO 
>>>  Cc: Michael Smith 
>>>
>>>
>>>  -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
>>>  Hash: SHA1
>>>
>>>  Hi
>>> there,
>>>
>>>  I'd like to nominate Michael Smith from the US as board member.
>>>
>>>  Mike works as Physical Scientist with the Remote Sensing GIS Center of
>>>  Expertise at the Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory of the US
>>>  Army Corps of Engineers. He has been a long time power user, supporter,
>>>  and contributor of MapServer, GDAL/OGR, and other OSGeo projects. He is
>>>  a member of the MapServer as well as the PDAL PSC. He is a FOSS4G
>>>  regular and hasn't missed a single one since the 2003 MapServer Users
>>>  Meeting as far as I know. Mike is the present OSGeo treasurer and has
>>>  already served on the board for the last couple of years. I believe he
>>>  is really doing a great job representing OSGeo and he is a perfect
>>>  candidate to continue serving on the board. See his user page for more
>>>  information: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Michael_Smith
>>>
>>>  cu
>>>
>>> Stephan
>>>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [GeoNode-users] GeoNode (and GIS) software usability survey

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Hi Folks,

Cross posting from geonode-users. The GeoNode community is working
with a User Research team on improving Usability and Experience in
GeoNode. The survey linked below is fairly generic about use of GIS
software in general, so if you could take some time to fill it out, we
would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks,

Jeff


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Date: Fri, May 6, 2016 at 11:24 AM
Subject: [GeoNode-users] GeoNode (and GIS) software usability survey
To: geonode-us...@lists.osgeo.org


Good morning,
Help GeoNode understand how you use it and GIS software.


Take the survey: http://bitly.com/usablegis
Be interviewed: http://bitly.com/GISinterview


To improve GeoNode we are researching its usability; comparing it to
other GIS software; and prototyping what-if scenarios. Over the next
two months we will be interviewing GeoNode users across the globe in a
variety of roles.

We are also conducting a survey to get broad feedback on typical areas
of GIS software—we really want to know if some tools are more
appropriate for desktop or online GIS; why things are used, and what
we can eliminate.

Thank you for your time and help with this.

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] PostgreSQL

[Jeffrey Johnson]

I've used these many times.

http://workshops.boundlessgeo.com/postgis-intro/
http://workshops.boundlessgeo.com/postgis-spatialdbtips/


On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:54 AM, Maria Brovelli
 wrote:
> Dear All
> is there nobody who has a course about PostreSQL to be put in the list of UN
> training material (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UNTraining) ? Is there nobody
> who has suggestions about where to find an excellent course?
> Thanks!
> Best regards!
> Maria
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Short course series on 'Open Science goes Geo'

[Jeffrey Johnson]

This looks really great. Thanks for sharing Suchith!

shameless-plug

A startup that I am involved with won a Horizon 2020 grant this round
using open source geospatial tools including Glob3Mobile
http://www.glob3mobile.com/

http://hungarytoday.hu/news/hungarian-developed-smart-glasses-app-pilots-wins-substantial-eu-funding-37158

/shameless-plug

On Tue, May 19, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Suchith Anand
suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk wrote:
 These recordings and slides from Open Science goes Geo' short courses at 
 European Geosciences Union conference in Vienna  http://www.egu2015.eu/  
 might be of wider interest. Thanks for Martin for sharing this.

 Especially the Winning Horizon 2020 with Open Science session  is really 
 good as it will help our colleagues to get an extra edge in preparing the 
 highly competitive H2020 bids in all evaluvation criteria. Even a half point 
 advantage is critical in winning H2020 :)

 It is amazing to see the rapid rise of Openness in GeoSciences. I also would 
 like to thank Peter Löwe and other co-organisors for again organising the 
 excellent EGU OSGeo Townhall meeting [1] and for thier help in sharing 
 OSGeo/GeoForAll ideas to the wider EGU and academic community.

 Best wishes,

 Suchith

 [1] http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/session/19197
 
 From: open-science [open-science-boun...@lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Martin 
 Hammitzsch [martin.hammitz...@gmail.com]
 Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 3:01 PM
 To: open-scie...@lists.okfn.org
 Subject: [open-science] Short course series on 'Open Science goe Geo'

 Hi everyone,

 In April we ran a short course series named 'Open Science goes Geo' at
 a conference in Vienna (http://www.egu2015.eu/). The short course
 series looks at what is possible nowadays and what is ready for
 application especially in geosciences. The speakers present solutions
 and introduce networks. In case you are interested please find the
 recording and slides of the different parts at following locations.

 Open Science goes Geo - Part I: Research Data
 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17624 (slides)
 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQpA_m5ywchIaryAdWuW1cjKaONoXaAc
 (recordings)

 Open Science goes Geo - Part II: Scientific Software
 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17625 (slides)
 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQpA_m5ywcjVbuNBPXFMnDm-Wu-9NjSU
 (recordings)

 Open Science goes Geo - Part III: Beyond Data and Software
 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17626 (slides)
 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhQpA_m5ywcgtFBvX6Ua5HFmpe0EfQixG
 (recordings)

 At YouTube these three parts are complemented with 'Part IV: Winning
 Horizon 2020 with Open Science' and 'Part V: Additions'.

 Hope it is of interest.

 Cheers,
 Martin


 PS - Retweets are welcome :
 https://twitter.com/mrtnhmtz/status/66927591067648
 https://twitter.com/mrtnhmtz/status/595513270418710528
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Foss4g2013] Your weekly dose of FOSS4G 2013 News

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Hi Jo et al,

I'm curious what (if any) current thinking there is on some joint
activities with the State of the Map conference attendees. Its a bit sad
that these events are so far apart temporally yet close spatially, but I
think there will be a pretty significant overlap and it makes sense (to me
at least) to try and do some activities together. I've personally been
preparing a set of workshops that includes a set of modules on using OSM
data with FOSS4G tools and I think this kind of thing is really powerful
and something we should be explicitly promoting some how.

Jeff Johnson
OpenGeo

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 For those that haven't already spotted this on twitter (cue big
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 31st May, and there's a limited number of the on-site hotel rooms, so get
 in quick! See http://2013.foss4g.org/registration/ for all you need to
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 http://2013.foss4g.org/map/travel/ but if you need any help then just
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 The call for presentations and workshops is also open- at
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 and our free hackathon on the 16th and 17th September is also up on
 eventbrite http://hackathonfoss4g2013-es2005.eventbrite.com/?rank=1

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [mil-oss] Fwd: Open source GIS in military or defense sector?

[Jeffrey Johnson]

Cross posting. Miles is right, there is plenty of info out there. Let
us know if you cant find what you are looking for.

On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Miles Fidelman
mfidel...@meetinghouse.net wrote:
 Jeffrey Johnson wrote:

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 Date: Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 9:18 AM
 Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open source GIS in military or defense sector?
 To: Discuss@lists.osgeo.org Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org


 Hi,

 I'm looking for cases, policies on open source GIS adoptions in
 military sectors. I heard that there was something about this in last
 year's GeoInt conference.

 Anybody could help me out on this?

 Search the list archives - this seems to be asked, and answered about every
 6 months.

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