Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Geospatial devroom at FOSDEM 23

[Massimiliano Cannata via Discuss]

Ciao,
I'm in, let me know what is needed.

Best,
Maxi

Il ven 14 ott 2022, 14:38 Margherita Di Leo via Discuss <
discuss@lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto:

> Dears,
>
> FOSDEM 23 launched the call for devroom at FOSDEM [1], and I would like to
> propose again the geospatial devroom, if I'm not alone in the task. Would
> anyone be willing to be my partner in crime? Note that the deadline is 18
> October.
>
> Thank you in advance!
> Cheers,
>
> madi
>
>
> [1] https://fosdem.org/2023/news/2022-09-29-call_for_devrooms/
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Poll: Change FOSS4G structure to have some continuity of organization and management

[Massimiliano Cannata via Discuss]

Dear Jeroen,
Thanks for your considerations.

I wasn't proposing to extend the evaluation of proposals to the whole
community. I understand a dedicated committee should do this (even though I
believe a part of the evaluation of a proposal could be assigned by votes
of the community, maybe 10%?).

My point is that decisions of changing the organisation of the FOSS4G
cannot be done without the involvement of the whole community. It's not
about changing the evaluation process, it's about deciding for example to
have a fixed location, to completely leave it to an external company, to
pay the committee members to do it, to have it online or in person, to
cancel the global and keep only to local conference...

Another point is that so far there's the assumption that only organizer of
previous FOSS4G have the competence to understand technical matters. That's
quite aleatory and in no other committee there is such an entry barrier...
If you didn't play in NBA you cannot be a good coach? Can a government
self-elect his members? What about innovation, new ideas and other
experiences, or we're just close in our FOSS4G past events experience...
Because only if you run a global conference you have the competence...

Sorry to be long, and this is not personal at all, I just like being
inclusive and have empowered participatory approach..

All the best,
Maxi

Il gio 3 feb 2022, 17:04 Jeroen Ticheler  ha
scritto:

> Hi Maxi,
> Thanks for sharing your view on this. Although I sympathize with the idea
> of a whole community having a say in how conference locations is selected
> and organized, I’m not in favor of the process you propose. Reading LOI’s
> and full proposals takes a lot of time and voting a lot of thought and
> discussion. It really helps to have previous conference organizers on the
> committee as well. At the same time I also think the committee should be
> open to other members (I used to be a member long time ago while I never
> chaired a conference, and I don’t think that mattered honestly).
> Concluding, I think selecting a conference / proposal should be taken care
> of by the committee, not by all charter members or the whole community.
> Maybe the board or the charter members should decide for an elected
> committee similar to what we already do with the board elections.
> Cheers,
> Jeroen
>
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> On 3 Feb 2022, 16:15 +0100, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch>, wrote:
>
> Dear conference community,
> why is the community left out from this decision / discussion?
>
> The FOSS4G conference is a property of OSGeo, and therefore of the
> community as a whole.
> The conference committee has not been elected so cannot decide in
> representation of the community.
>
> As an OPEN community I strongly believe that all the charter members (at
> least) should have a word or vote on such an important decision.
>
> I hope this message is not ignored..
>
> Maxi
>
>
>
> Il giorno gio 3 feb 2022 alle ore 15:04 Eli Adam 
> ha scritto:
>
>> Hi all (particularly voting committee members),
>>
>> The current FOSS4G structure has a new LOC every year starting more or
>> less from scratch (some things like mailing lists and seed money are passed
>> on).  Over the years, many people have commented on the load of work this
>> creates for the LOC, the general inefficiency, the risk, and the burnout.
>>
>> If you consider yourself a voting member of the committee (
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members),
>> please indicate your preference on this.
>>
>> This is an informal poll to see if the conference committee wants to:
>> 1. Keep it the way it is and not change anything
>> 2. Change the FOSS4G organizing structure to something else (discussion
>> of what we change it to can come later if people want to pursue this).
>>
>> As I've expressed several times, I prefer option 2, changing the FOSS4G
>> organizing structure.
>>
>> Thanks for your time and participation.
>>
>> Best regards, Eli
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Poll: Change FOSS4G structure to have some continuity of organization and management

[Massimiliano Cannata via Discuss]

Dear conference community,
why is the community left out from this decision / discussion?

The FOSS4G conference is a property of OSGeo, and therefore of the
community as a whole.
The conference committee has not been elected so cannot decide in
representation of the community.

As an OPEN community I strongly believe that all the charter members (at
least) should have a word or vote on such an important decision.

I hope this message is not ignored..

Maxi



Il giorno gio 3 feb 2022 alle ore 15:04 Eli Adam 
ha scritto:

> Hi all (particularly voting committee members),
>
> The current FOSS4G structure has a new LOC every year starting more or
> less from scratch (some things like mailing lists and seed money are passed
> on).  Over the years, many people have commented on the load of work this
> creates for the LOC, the general inefficiency, the risk, and the burnout.
>
> If you consider yourself a voting member of the committee (
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee#Current_Members), please
> indicate your preference on this.
>
> This is an informal poll to see if the conference committee wants to:
> 1. Keep it the way it is and not change anything
> 2. Change the FOSS4G organizing structure to something else (discussion of
> what we change it to can come later if people want to pursue this).
>
> As I've expressed several times, I prefer option 2, changing the FOSS4G
> organizing structure.
>
> Thanks for your time and participation.
>
> Best regards, Eli
>
>
>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Wiki access

[Massimiliano Cannata via Discuss]

Hi all,
I wanted to edit a page on OSgeo wiki but I got this message:

Your user needs to be merged with an LDAP-backed user.

If you do not yet have an LDAP user, you will need to create one before you
can continue.


Any hint on how to solve it?


Thanks,

maxi

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023

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++1

Il gio 13 gen 2022, 07:46 Jeroen Ticheler via Discuss <
discuss@lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto:

> +1 Very well said Mark!
>
> Jeroen (fellow idiot)
>
> Op 13 jan. 2022 om 03:14 heeft Mark Iliffe via Discuss <
> discuss@lists.osgeo.org> het volgende geschreven:
>
> 
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I would like to start this email with the caveat, statement, and admission
> that "*I am an idiot*" to ensure all are provided with the requisite
> informed context.
>
> The environmental concerns of holding a conference are immense, that we
> would be reticent not to consider. I for one love this planet, as I happen
> to be living on it and I quite like living. Living involves whiskey, dim
> sum and chocolate. In short, I don't want to stop living because I doubt
> those things will be in it.
>
> To tell a story. I cried in an airport on 31 December. I had seen my
> parents for the first time in a long time and was heading back 'home' to
> NYC. I was listening to my very good friend Steven talk to my other good
> friend Ivan on "The Politics of Geo
> ".
> The emotion of hearing Ivan discuss the transitive relationships within the
> nexus of economy, philosophy and geography provided an emotional crescendo
> that I am sure made a few people quite uncomfortable. We are social beings
> and we would be irresponsible not to take our community to where it can
> have the maximum impact. I suspect we, in our own way, have had these
> moments during these very challenging times over the past two years.
>
> Through our work, we provide humanity with the very tools which will
> provide its salvation. For example, through the efforts of FOSS4G in Dar es
> Salaam (which was a privilege to co-chair with Msiliakle) from bringing the
> largest (yet!) number of travel grant awardees to directly supporting an
> FGM charity with resources to combat the horrid practice, we managed to
> achieve something that would have simply been impossible virtually. It is
> with pride that I note that one of our FOSS4G TGP awardees went on to
> Keynote in Argentina. I write this as a past FOSS4G chair because of the
> mentorship of our community. Others will come through our networking and
> will go on to achieve more and drive more than we could have ever imagined.
>
> We must undertake efforts to make sure that there is geographically
> equitable representation to inspire and foster the next generation. We have
> no choice but to do this in person, not due to exacting mental health costs
> on us imposed by our current challenges, but to inspire the next and
> undertake every effort to ensure that all are capable of participating. The
> past two years have demonstrated the hard limit of our virtual world and we
> do not have the time to wait for the next 5 billion to come and join us -
> we must go out to meet them and embrace them where they are, not where we
> are. To me, the question is not the environmental cost of convening a
> FOSS4G, it would be the cost to humanity of not convening one.
>
> But, then again, this is my personal opinion and I am an idiot.
>
> Best,
>
> Mark
>
> On Wed, 12 Jan 2022 at 16:51, Jonathan Moules via Discuss <
> discuss@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> The problem with the social interaction arguments is the massive
>> environmental cost.
>>
>> It's about 22,000 km round trip from either NW USA or West Europe to
>> Buenos Aires, Argentina for example.
>> Depending on the calculator you use, that's about 4 tonnes of CO2 for the
>> round trip. The world target by 2030 is 2.1 tonnes per capita (Page XXV -
>> UN Environment Programme report -
>> https://wedocs.unep.org/xmlui/bitstream/handle/20.500.11822/34426/EGR20.pdf?sequence=1=y
>> 
>> ). So that's about two-person years of CO2 emissions for a ~4 day
>> conference.
>>
>> This is why I ask what actual benefits "networking" provides. It's not
>> part of an anti-social crusade, it's because "business as usual" for us
>> means "our grandparents screwed everything up for us" in a few generations.
>> Jetting around the planet has a real-world cost even if it's one that's
>> invisible to most of us right now.
>>
>> We take our ability to jet around the globe by air for granted but forget
>> that just 90 years ago it was impossible. Literally. The (turbo) jet hadn't
>> been invented. And even today, the vast vast majority (> 90%, probably much
>> higher) of the world's population never fly in a given year (
>> https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/how-much-worlds-population-has-flown-airplane-180957719/
>> 

[OSGeo-Discuss] Academic track deadline (?)

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Hi there, from the submission page [1] it seems the deadline is the
2021-04-03 23:59 while the geoforall page indicates today (30/03/2021) as
deadline.

Can we consider the 3rd April as deadline then?

Cheers,
maxi


[1] https://callforpapers.2021.foss4g.org/foss4g-2021-academic/cfp
[2] https://2021.foss4g.org/call-for-papers/academic.html

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] Colonialism in Open Data and Mapping

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Suchit,
thanks for this mail.
I believe that this should be the new true goal of OSGeo.
Opening Software has been accomplished and maybe OSGeo is no more the
leader in this...
But the true challenge of the 21th century is how can we democratize
digitalization
Should high income big companies continue to collect/buy at low cost the
data from other countries (see particularly low income ones) and sell them
high value and essential services built on their data?

Suchit, I will be glad to contribute if I can...

Cheers,
Maxi




Il giorno ven 26 feb 2021 alle ore 09:25 Suchith Anand <
suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> ha scritto:

>
> Dear colleagues,
>
>
> I came across this webinar from the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. This
> webinar might be of interest for those working in GeoEthics.
>
>
> Details at
> https://www.eventbrite.com/e/colonialism-in-open-data-and-mapping-tickets-141256414739
>
>
> With Big Data platforms using Earth Observation and Geospatial data,  Data
> Colonialism, data feudalism, data extraction raises many ethical
> questions around the rise of digital monopolies and the power imbalance
> that could create and its impact on the global society. It is essential
> that we advance the dialogue on developing ethical principles and solutions
> as a means to help address these issues.
>
>
> This article on Ethical Dimensions of Digital Feudalism in Agriculture at
>
> https://www.godan.info/news/ethical-dimensions-digital-feudalism-agriculture
>
>
>
> In Agriculture domain, GODAN has created an Agriculture Data Code of
> Conduct which might be interest https://www.godan.info/codes
>
>
>
> I welcome all interested to join GODAN Data Rights and Responsible Data
> Working Group at
> https://www.godan.info/pages/data-rights-and-responsible-data-working-group
>
>
> Please share any research publications in this area so I can learn
> more. Thanks.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Geometry check QGIS vs PostGIS

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Hi there,
I have a question on how to reproduce the QGIS "check Geometries" within
PostGIS.
I'm working with multipolygons layers...

So far i got features with issues using for geometry validity check:
 - WHERE NOT ST_IsValid(geom)
and duplicated nodes with:
- WHERE NOT ST_Equals(ST_RemoveRepeatedPoints(geom), geom)

In QGIS there's the possibility to set a tolerance value that I have to
respect in my check and is set to 1E-3.

How can I apply this tolerance level in PostGIS?
I looked at ST_QuantizeCoordinates() but it doesn't seems to me doing the
right job...

Any hints or help is well appreciated...

Best,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo @ GSoC 2021] Call for Projects to Prepare Project Ideas Page for Google Summer of Code 2021

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Hi vicky,
Thanks for the update.

Do you have deadlines/timeline for osgeo to participate in the program?

Best,
Maxi

Il gio 28 gen 2021, 16:37 Vicky Vergara  ha scritto:

> Hello Community
>
> I would like a small summary about the difference between last year and
> this year:
>
> What are the changes for 2021 from 2020?
>
>1. *Smaller project size** - *all students participating in the 2021
>program will be working on a 175 hour project (instead of a 350 hr
>project).
>Reasoning from GSoC administrators:
>
>
>- Currently we are missing out on many wonderful students who could
>never commit to such a huge project and time commitment but would be great
>contributors to your community. This is a significant change as we now are
>no longer strongly encouraging students to focus only on GSoC over their
>summer. Students have many other responsibilities especially during the
>pandemic that make it hard for them to spend 30 hours a week on a project.
>- We realize this is going to require all of you to think about
>smaller projects and update your project ideas.
>
>
>1.
>
>*2 evaluations  (instead of 3)* - There will be an evaluation after 5
>weeks and the final evaluation will take place after the 10th week. We are
>also no longer requiring students complete their first evaluation (though
>we encourage them to do so), so if a student doesn’t complete the first
>evaluation they will not automatically be removed from the program. They
>are still required to complete the final evaluation.
>2.
>
>*Eligibility requirements* - In 2020 there are many ways students are
>learning and we want to acknowledge that so we will be allowing students
>who are 18 years old AND currently enrolled (or accepted into) a
>post-secondary academic program as of May 17, 2021 or have graduated from a
>post-secondary academic program between December 1, 2020 and May 17, 2021
>to apply to the GSoC program.
>
>
>- What this means is that now the program will be open to folks
>participating in a variety of different academic programs, not just
>accredited university programs. This includes licensed coding camps,
>community colleges, and many other programs that may not be accredited yet
>but are post-secondary academic programs.
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Changes (and proposed changes) regarding the Code of Conduct

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n we
> don't fail often.
>
> @Ben - Thanks for sharing World Human Rights day. I'm a long time fan of
> the UNDHR!
>
> Cheers,
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 2018-12-09 12:49, María Arias de Reyna wrote:
>
> Dear OSGeo community,
>
> As you may already know, I have been working for the last months in
> improving our community procedures[1] to make it a safer space. Recent
> events in the community have shown that we have a lot of work ahead.
>
> We all, as OSGeo, must remove the recent bullying and campaigning
> mentality that is unfortunately gradually become a part of our culture.
> Disclosing private data or hinting threats is not helpful and can only make
> our community less comfortable for everyone. We will work on improving
> actions on harmful behavior.
>
> This has been a slow task, but there are some actions taking place:
>
> CoC committee members have become inactive. I volunteered to pick up the
> task and lead a new CoC committee. Right now I am the only CoC member, but
> I am looking for more volunteers. If only, to make sure that if I am
> involved in any CoC incident, someone else can take care of it properly as
> mediator.
>
> I want to change also the way incidents and violations of the CoC are
> reported. I noticed there are reports being done on person and on private
> email, but never through the official channels (which right now is a
> mailing list).To improve this, I will ask the SAC to replace the mailing
> list with an alias and a form on the website. Also, there will be a public
> list of who receives those emails so people reporting incidents will have a
> clear understanding of who is receiving the information and decide to
> contact privately only a subset of the team. Replacing the mailing list by
> an alias that sends the data directly to the inbox of the CoC team is
> important, as sometimes incidents are not reported just because the person
> reporting is scared to leave a trace of the report or is not sure who will
> be reading the report.
>
> Another action I am going to propose is a change on the CoC itself. Our
> community has grown a lot both in diversity and in numbers, and we need a
> strict code of conduct that makes sure marginalized or harrased people is
> always covered by it. We can't rely anymore on just common sense and good
> faith.
>
> Once the new board is settled, I am going to propose to change the current
> CoC for another like the Contributor Covenant[2]. As it is a CoC shared by
> many communities, this has the advantage of receiving the upgrades and
> experience from other communities. As you can see, it fixes some of the
> bugs from our CoC, like the assuming good intent and good faith[3] part
> that made the current CoC useless on most cases. I will propose to add some
> foreword to adapt to specifities for our community, but in my opinion, the
> latest version of the Contributor Covenant is easy to read, simple, and
> cover most of what we need. My hope is that this new CoC can be adapted to
> all OSGeo Projects and Events that don't already have a CoC, so we have
> full OSGeo universe covered by default.
>
> I hope this actions will prove useful in the medium term and we don't have
> to see more members leaving the community. We should remember to be
> empathic and kind. We are all seeking the same goals and we should
> encourage cooperation, not hinder each other. I know that developer
> communities are very used to these bad behaviours, but I'm confident we can
> grow better.
>
> Have a nice day!
> María.
>
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2018-August/011640.html
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: How to retire membership status?

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Astrid,
I have never intended to insinuate that. I consider you an excellent
person, and please excuse me if this was your feeling.

I just wanted to point out that this fact requires to be appropriately
addressed, and since a long time already passed without any feedback, I
have the impression that it could have just been let flown away...

Looking forward for the board to promptly addresse the case and act.

Maxi




Il giorno ven 7 dic 2018, 13:05 Astrid Emde (OSGeo) 
ha scritto:

> Hi Maxi,
>
> my mail was only technical and I also noticed it when I wrote it that I
> did not say anything about the case.
>
> Sara wrote : "...so I'm revisiting this request: please change my
> Charter membership status to "retired".  ...  cc'd board@lists to help
> facilitate the request."
>
> And this was the only thing I focussed on with my answer. It was not my
> intention to be insensitive or ignorant.
>
> Sure we - board - still should discuss the case. It is topic for the
> next board meeting.
>
> Regards,
>
> Astrid
>
>
>
>
> Am 07.12.2018 09:26 schrieb Massimiliano Cannata:
> > Dear Astrid,
> > I think that this request of withdraw together with the public accuses
> > it expresses cannot be simply resolved with a wiki page modification.
> >
> > This call the OSGeo code of conduct committee and the board in its
> > highest function of guarantor of the community to address the accuses
> > and take public position with an official communication.
> >
> > Whether the accuses are true or not I believe this situation is
> > negatively impacting our community brand and trust.
> >
> > This fact cannot pass over silence anymore and therefore I publicly
> > call the board to urgently express and take a position on this.
> >
> > Let's see if this mail worth a response...
> >
> > Regards
> > Maxi
> >
> > Il giorno ven 7 dic 2018, 07:56 Astrid Emde (OSGeo)
> >  ha scritto:
> >
> >> Hello Sara,
> >>
> >> thanls for your email and sorry, that it took a while to work on
> >> your
> >> request.
> >>
> >> You are now listed as retired OSGeo Charter Member at
> >>
> >> https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/ [1]
> >>
> >> I also edited your User page in the wiki and deleted Charter
> >> member:
> >>
> >> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sarasafavi [2]
> >>
> >> If you would like to change more content on your charter member
> >> page you
> >> can do so.
> >>
> >> All the best Astrid
> >>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> -
> >> Astrid Emde
> >> OSGeo Board Member and OSGeo Secretary
> >> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> >> https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/ [3]
> >> astrid_e...@osgeo.org
> >>
> >> Am 04.12.2018 16:54 schrieb Sara:
> >>> Board elections have come & gone and so I'm revisiting this
> >> request:
> >>> please change my Charter membership status to "retired".
> >>>
> >>> Astrid - I've been told you have the ability to modify any
> >> relevant
> >>> "master lists". If this isn't true please feel free to forward
> >> this to
> >>> the right person.
> >>>
> >>> Vicky - similarly, I understand you have the ability to edit the
> >> web
> >>> content at www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/ [4] [1]. If
> >> that's not
> >>> correct either, please feel free to forward as needed.
> >>>
> >>> cc'd board@lists to help facilitate the request.
> >>>
> >>> -- Forwarded message -
> >>> From: SARA 
> >>> Date: Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:00 PM
> >>> Subject: How to retire membership status?
> >>> To: OSGeo Discussions 
> >>>
> >>> Hello community,
> >>>
> >>> Can someone point me at the relevant documentation re: retiring
> >>> current membership status? Specifically, related to Charter
> >>> membership.
> >>>
> >>> I understand the processes to nominate & add new charter members
> >> but
> >>> not clear on how current charter members can retire.
> >>>
> >>> To put it another way: how to edit
> >>> https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/ [1] [2]?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Sara Safavi
> >>>
> >>> Links:
> >>> --
> >>> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/ [4]
> >>> [2] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/ [1]
> >> ___
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> >> bo...@lists.osgeo.org
> >> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board [5]
> >
> >
> > Links:
> > --
> > [1] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
> > [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sarasafavi
> > [3] https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/
> > [4] http://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
> > [5] https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: How to retire membership status?

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Maria,
Thanks for the answers, and yes keep your time to recover from the ASIAN
conference.

I'm a bit surprised you collected opinions talking with the community since
I never heard this topic discussed at FOSS4G ASIA and nobody approached me
too (which I understand is irrelevant anyway :-D ).

While it's great to improve the community with new processes for the future
I think we cannot leave this situation under silence.

There is always an answer, if CoC doesn't have an answer (what is it for
then?) still an ethical position should be taken officially by the board in
my view

Almost an year passed since the case happened... Time to act ;-)

As always, this is my 0.01 SLR

Maxi



Il giorno ven 7 dic 2018, 11:03 María Arias de Reyna  ha
scritto:

> Dear Maxi,
>
> Things are being done to prevent this kind of situations in the future. I
> was waiting for this past foss4g asia to talk to the community there and
> have a more global perspective (I have now comments from almost every
> continent, missing Oceania, but their conference approach fits with mine).
> Things are slow because all my calls for volunteers to improve have not
> been successful and I wanted to have more cultural views before changing
> anything.
>
> Let me recover from jet lag and rest a bit and I will go back with more
> info about my proposal.
>
> As I already said in other threads about this issue, with current CoC
> there is not much that we can do and although I'm very sad to see Sara
> leave, I hope we can improve the community and get her back someday.
>
> El vie., 7 dic. 2018 9:27, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> escribió:
>
>> Dear Astrid,
>> I think that this request of withdraw together with the public accuses it
>> expresses cannot be simply resolved with a wiki page modification.
>>
>> This call the OSGeo code of conduct committee and the board in its
>> highest function of guarantor of the community to address the accuses and
>> take public position with an official communication.
>>
>> Whether the accuses are true or not I believe this situation is
>> negatively impacting our community brand and trust.
>>
>> This fact cannot pass over silence anymore and therefore I publicly call
>> the board to urgently express and take a position on this.
>>
>> Let's see if this mail worth a response...
>>
>> Regards
>> Maxi
>>
>> Il giorno ven 7 dic 2018, 07:56 Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <
>> astrid_e...@osgeo.org> ha scritto:
>>
>>> Hello Sara,
>>>
>>> thanls for your email and sorry, that it took a while to work on your
>>> request.
>>>
>>> You are now listed as retired OSGeo Charter Member at
>>>
>>> https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
>>>
>>> I also edited your User page in the wiki and deleted Charter member:
>>>
>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sarasafavi
>>>
>>> If you would like to change more content on your charter member page you
>>> can do so.
>>>
>>> All the best Astrid
>>>
>>> ---
>>>
>>>
>>> -
>>> Astrid Emde
>>> OSGeo Board Member and OSGeo Secretary
>>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>> https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/
>>> astrid_e...@osgeo.org
>>>
>>> Am 04.12.2018 16:54 schrieb Sara:
>>> > Board elections have come & gone and so I'm revisiting this request:
>>> > please change my Charter membership status to "retired".
>>> >
>>> > Astrid - I've been told you have the ability to modify any relevant
>>> > "master lists". If this isn't true please feel free to forward this to
>>> > the right person.
>>> >
>>> > Vicky - similarly, I understand you have the ability to edit the web
>>> > content at www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/ [1]. If that's not
>>> > correct either, please feel free to forward as needed.
>>> >
>>> > cc'd board@lists to help facilitate the request.
>>> >
>>> > -- Forwarded message -
>>> > From: SARA 
>>> > Date: Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:00 PM
>>> > Subject: How to retire membership status?
>>> > To: OSGeo Discussions 
>>> >
>>> > Hello community,
>>> >
>>> > Can someone point me at the relevant documentation re: retiring
>>> > current membership status? Specifically, related to Charter
>>> > membership.
>>

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: How to retire membership status?

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Astrid,
I think that this request of withdraw together with the public accuses it
expresses cannot be simply resolved with a wiki page modification.

This call the OSGeo code of conduct committee and the board in its highest
function of guarantor of the community to address the accuses and take
public position with an official communication.

Whether the accuses are true or not I believe this situation is negatively
impacting our community brand and trust.

This fact cannot pass over silence anymore and therefore I publicly call
the board to urgently express and take a position on this.

Let's see if this mail worth a response...

Regards
Maxi

Il giorno ven 7 dic 2018, 07:56 Astrid Emde (OSGeo) 
ha scritto:

> Hello Sara,
>
> thanls for your email and sorry, that it took a while to work on your
> request.
>
> You are now listed as retired OSGeo Charter Member at
>
> https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
>
> I also edited your User page in the wiki and deleted Charter member:
>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Sarasafavi
>
> If you would like to change more content on your charter member page you
> can do so.
>
> All the best Astrid
>
> ---
>
>
> -
> Astrid Emde
> OSGeo Board Member and OSGeo Secretary
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
> https://www.osgeo.org/member/astrid-emde/
> astrid_e...@osgeo.org
>
> Am 04.12.2018 16:54 schrieb Sara:
> > Board elections have come & gone and so I'm revisiting this request:
> > please change my Charter membership status to "retired".
> >
> > Astrid - I've been told you have the ability to modify any relevant
> > "master lists". If this isn't true please feel free to forward this to
> > the right person.
> >
> > Vicky - similarly, I understand you have the ability to edit the web
> > content at www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/ [1]. If that's not
> > correct either, please feel free to forward as needed.
> >
> > cc'd board@lists to help facilitate the request.
> >
> > -- Forwarded message -
> > From: SARA 
> > Date: Tue, Jun 19, 2018 at 12:00 PM
> > Subject: How to retire membership status?
> > To: OSGeo Discussions 
> >
> > Hello community,
> >
> > Can someone point me at the relevant documentation re: retiring
> > current membership status? Specifically, related to Charter
> > membership.
> >
> > I understand the processes to nominate & add new charter members but
> > not clear on how current charter members can retire.
> >
> > To put it another way: how to edit
> > https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/ [2]?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Sara Safavi
> >
> > Links:
> > --
> > [1] http://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
> > [2] https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job offer in Lugano, Switzerland

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Thanks Jeff for pointing me to it ;-)

Cheers

Il mer 17 ott 2018, 16:18 Jeff McKenna  ha
scritto:

> Hey Maxi, there is also a dedicated OSGeo mailing list for these job
> postings: subscribe at https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 2018-10-16 6:20 PM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> > Sorry for cross posting,
> > Geomatic division at SUPSI is looking for a young Web developer for
> > supporting international research projects implementation.
> >
> > University: SUPSI - IST
> > Location: Ticino, Switzerland
> > Duration: 3 years;
> > Position: research assistant;
> > Sector: geo-informatics
> > Deadline for submissions: 19 Oct 2018
> >
> > More details here:
> >
> > ITA:
> http://www.supsi.ch/home/supsi/lavora-con-noi/2018-10-19-bando554.html
> >
> > ENG:
> >
> http://www.supsi.ch/home/dms/supsi/docs/supsi/offerte-lavoro/2018/554_Research_assistant_in_Geo-informatics.pdf
> >
> >
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Job offer in Lugano, Switzerland

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Sorry for cross posting,
Geomatic division at SUPSI is looking for a young Web developer for
supporting international research projects implementation.

University: SUPSI - IST
Location: Ticino, Switzerland
Duration: 3 years;
Position: research assistant;
Sector: geo-informatics
Deadline for submissions: 19 Oct 2018

More details here:

ITA: http://www.supsi.ch/home/supsi/lavora-con-noi/2018-10-19-bando554.html

ENG:
http://www.supsi.ch/home/dms/supsi/docs/supsi/offerte-lavoro/2018/554_Research_assistant_in_Geo-informatics.pdf
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter members list

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Vicky all',
I have only surname listed and cannot find where the login link is.

Can you point me to it so that I can insert my info?

Thanks
Maxi

Il ven 29 giu 2018, 02:13 Jody Garnett  ha scritto:

> Do you have an OSGeo userid Luigi? The same one used for trac ...
>
> For details see earlier in this thread:
>
> *For the ones that had never logged into the OSGeo webapge*
> *Note that the wiki login & the osgeo login are different, this last one
> is an LDAP login*
>
> *Click on login,*
> *fill your (LDAP) login and password*
>
>
> *if you dont have an LDAP account: https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/create
> *
> *you will need a mantra.*
>
> *To change your OSGeo password, go to:  https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/edit
> *
>
> *If you forgot your password, go to https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/reset
> *
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2018 at 14:58, Luigi Pirelli  wrote:
>
>> "There is no user registered with that email address."
>>
>> using my email address... something has been lost during creation of the
>> new site? should I've to register again?
>>
>> Luigi Pirelli
>>
>>
>> **
>> * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli
>> * Stackexchange: http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19667/luigi-pirelli
>> * GitHub: https://github.com/luipir
>> * Mastering QGIS 2nd Edition:
>> *
>> https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-intelligence/mastering-qgis-second-edition
>> * Hire me: http://goo.gl/BYRQKg
>>
>> **
>>
>>
>> On Sun, 10 Jun 2018 at 05:31, Vicky Vergara  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> ​Dear OSGeo charter members​
>>>
>>> During the past two weeks, I worked to have an automatic generated
>>> charter member's page (using the database capabilities of wordpress) and
>>> the automatically generated board members.
>>>
>>> ** About "Board"  page
>>> https://www.osgeo.org/about/board/
>>>
>>> I am using the "location" field and for some it still empty.
>>>
>>> ** About "Charter member" page
>>>
>>> Now the member type does not have: "board" and "charter member" as
>>> options, Those are now assigned by CRO. (I am helping CRO)
>>>
>>> The old charter members page can be seen here:
>>> http://old.www.osgeo.org/charter_members
>>>
>>> The new charter members page can be seen here:
>>> https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members
>>>
>>> For the ones that are automatically generated (have a link) please
>>> double check that I did not made a mistake by comparing your info with the
>>> info on the old page.
>>>
>>> As you can see, there are 304 charter members that have not registered
>>> to the new website.
>>> We would appreciate if you register to the website, some administrative
>>> tasks will be easier for Board, CRO and SAC when charter members are
>>> registered.
>>>
>>> The information we need for the administrative tasks:
>>> * fill "website" field with link to the OSGeo wiki page you created when
>>> you were nominated.
>>> * Fill your first name and last name & e-mail
>>>
>>> I will update on the weekend the charter members who registered during
>>> the week.
>>> e-mail me if you are already registered and I missed your name.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Vicky Vergara
>>> SAC
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
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>>> Salzmannstraße 44,
>>> 81739 München, Germany
>>>
>>> Vicky Vergara
>>> Operations Research
>>>
>>> eMail: vi...@georepublic.de
>>> Web: https://georepublic.info
>>>
>>> Tel: +49 (089) 4161 7698-1
>>> Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9
>>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How to retire membership status?

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Sara,
I'm sorry for your decision and would like to ask you to reconsider it.
Often voice of few people is not necessarily the expression of the
community.
Nevertheless I fully respect you final decision.

Regards
Maxi

Il mar 19 giu 2018, 19:03 Sara  ha scritto:

> Hello community,
>
> Can someone point me at the relevant documentation re: retiring current
> membership status? Specifically, related to Charter membership.
>
> I understand the processes to nominate & add new charter members but not
> clear on how current charter members can retire.
>
> To put it another way: how to edit
> https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members/?
>
> Thanks,
> Sara Safavi
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Geo4All] XXIVth ISPRS Congress in Nice, France (2020) and OSGeo

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear all,
Im sure the opengeoscience committee of OSGeo will be glad to contribute,
and personally I will.

Thanks for the initiative.

Let me know the next steps required.

Best,
Maxi

Il ven 25 mag 2018, 09:34 Suchith Anand  ha
scritto:

> Thanks Maria, Helena for sharing this excellent opportunity. I have added
> myself as volunteer for this . I think this is a great opportunity for
> OSGeo-France and OSGeo-Europe to have strong presence and activities
> promoting OSGeo . There is huge interest in OSGeo and we need to make use
> of all opportunities. We will aim to have a strong education focus as well
> for this. I request colleagues in GeoForAll in Europe to plan ideas for
> this. This might be a great opportunity to plan to bring together all
> GeoForAll Europe colleagues. As it is in 2020, we got enough time to plan
> this. All ideas welcome.
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
>
>
>
>
> --
> *From:* Discuss  on behalf of Helena
> Mitasova 
> *Sent:* 25 May 2018 02:29
> *To:* discuss osgeo
> *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] XXIVth ISPRS Congress in Nice, France
> (2020) and OSGeo
>
> As a follow up to Maria’s call, as you probably know, we have a MoU
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_ISPRS
> with ISPRS and these kind of activities are good examples of opportunities
> that the MoU covers.
> I have set up a wiki page where you can sign up  if you are interested in
> helping out to organize an OSGeo Pavilion
> and a forum (or several fora) on all things Open-Geo at the ISPRS congress
> in Nice in 2020.
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGEO_at_ISPRS2020
>
> Please sign up on the wiki by June 1 (next Friday) so that we can see how
> much interest there is and we will prepare the answer to ISPRS congress
> organizers based on the interest from the community.
> Here is the congress website again: http://www.isprs2020-nice.com/
>
> Thank you all for supporting this excellent opportunity,
>
> Helena
>
>
> On May 24, 2018, at 4:08 PM, Maria Antonia Brovelli <
> maria.brove...@polimi.it> wrote:
>
> Dear All
> probably many of you know ISPRS (http://www.isprs.org/), which is the
> International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, a Society with
> a long history and which is our partner  for instance in the GeoForAll
> initiative and in the Academic Track of FOSS4G 2018.
> ISPRS has (among the others) also a Technical Commission on Spatial
> Information Science, whose topics are very close to ours. And they are very
> open to collaboration with OSGeo.
> Last year Gerald Fenoy  co-organised  FOSS4G Europe in Paris with a good
> success.
>
> Every four years ISPRS organises a big congress attracting thousand of
> people ( researchers, companies, tecnicians of administrations, etc). In
> 2020 it will be in Nice (France).
>
> http://www.isprs2020-nice.com/
>
> I was contacted by Nicolas Paparotidis (the Director of the Congress) who
> proposed OSGeo to co-organise, in the frame of the Congress, these two
> initiatives:
>
> -  a forum on Geo-Open-Science, Geo-Open-Source and  Geo-Open-Data. The
> motivation of fora is  to encourage strong exchanges between academia,
> institutions, industry, and users on important structuring subjects. The
> program built for the fora must cover all aspects of the theme (integrating
> also policy issues) and not only scientific/tecnical aspects.
>
> - a pavilion,  where to group open-source companies to give them a
> stronger impact during the congress.
>
> The two initiatives are really challenging and therefore, for answering
> positively, we need to have a team of people who are interested in
> collaborating on that. Consider please that there is a great curiosity
> and interest with respect to open source and we have the occasion of
> showing the potential of our technologies in a new context. It is a
> challenge but, if well played, with many opportunities.
>
> Please circulate this news and answer to this call if you are interested.
> We will verify if there are the conditions (i.e. people/energy) for
> accepting this challenge and answer consequently to such an offer.
> Best regards!
> Maria
>
>
> **
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> Politecnico di Milano
>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: OGRS2018 & Open Science Week - Deadline 21st May for Abstrat submission

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Open Source community Member and Open Science friend,

don't miss the opportunity to present your work at the OGRS2018
<http://2018.ogrs-community.org/> conference by submitting your 500 world
abstract: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ogrs2018


Came to Lugano in October and enjoy a full *Open Science Week*:

* 8/10   (Mon):  Build your Open Weather Station (practical workshop)
* 9/10   (Tue):  Open Science good examples (morning) + OGRS2018 (afternoon)
* 10/10 (Wed): FOSS4G workshps (morning) + OGRS2018 (afternoon)
* 11/10 (Thu):  OGRS2018 (morning) + Open Science and research funding
policies (afternoon)
* 12/10 (Fri):Citizen Science & Mapping Party & code sprint

Sorry for cross-posting.


*OGRS is an exchange platform that will offer three days of presentations
and workshops bringing together students, technicians, researchers,
developers and teachers working in different disciplines but with the
common interest of using and developing Open Source Geospatial software in
both research and education, including Open Geospatial data and standards
and Open Science principles.*

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [GRASS-user] Helena Mitasova awarded 2018 Waldo-Tobler GIScience Prize

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Congratulations

Il gio 5 apr 2018, 08:11 Helmut Kudrnovsky  ha scritto:

> forwarding:
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/grass-user/2018-April/078052.html
>
> -
>
> https://gi-science.blogspot.com/2018/04/helena-mitasova-awarded-2018-waldo.html
>
> "The Austrian Academy of Sciences through its Commission for GIScience is
> awarding the GIScience Prize named after Prof Waldo Tobler to a scientist
> having demonstrated outstanding and sustained contributions to the
> discipline worthy of inspiring young scientists in Geoinformatics and
> Geographic Information Science, and having accomplished significant
> advances in research and education.
>
> The received nominations were reviewed and assessed by an external panel of
> peers, who unanimously recommended to award the 2018 prize to Prof Helena
> Mitasova (North Carolina State University)."
> 
>
> congratulations!
>
> kind regards
> Helmut
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship

[Massimiliano Cannata]

I think it depends on how you see Open Source But Stefano you're not
the only one...

Maxi

Il 25 feb 2018 19:49, "Luigi Pirelli"  ha scritto:

> Not the only one... Sorry
>
> On Sunday, 25 February 2018, Dan Little  wrote:
>
>> You are the only one, and serving a very limited perspective.
>>
>> On Feb 25, 2018 08:43, "Stefano Campus"  wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you for your quick reply,  Maria.
>>> This is certainly my mistake, since I had not noticed it.
>>> But apart from that,  am I the only one feeling that this sponsorship is
>>> not exactly 'normal'?
>>>
>>> Stefano
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Il 25/Feb/2018 03:32 PM, "Maria Antonia Brovelli" <
>>> maria.brove...@polimi.it> ha scritto:
>>>
>>> Dear Stefano, this is not a novelty. It happened also in the previous
>>> years (see the websites of the conferences).
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Maria
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> A course worth your attending:
>>> http://sws.cept.ac.in/course-detail/geodata-and-gis-for-natu
>>> ral-and-built-environment-management-S18FT005
>>>
>>> Have a good reading:
>>>
>>> https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2F978-3-319-65633-5.pdf
>>>
>>>
>>> **
>>> *Prof. Maria Antonia Brovelli*
>>> Professor of GIS and Digital Mapping
>>> Politecnico di Milano
>>>
>>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy
>>> 
>>> )
>>>
>>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 <+39%2002%202399%206242> - Mob. +39-328-0023867
>>> <+39%20328%20002%203867>,   maria.brovel
>>> l...@polimi.it
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> Campus 
>>> *Inviato:* domenica 25 febbraio 2018 15:26
>>> *A:* Discuss@lists.osgeo.org
>>> *Oggetto:* [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I see ESRI is one of the sponsor of FOSS4G 2018.
>>> Do the OSGeo Board and Local Committee think it is appropriate?
>>> Our Romans ancestors used to say: 'Pecunia non olet' (money don't smell)
>>> but sometimes...
>>>
>>> Thank you for your reply
>>>
>>> Stefano Campus
>>>
>>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mac & QGIS: low resolution

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Dear Andy
Thank you very much for the support and help. I will try QGIS settings to
improve the looking...

Best
Maxi

Il 10 feb 2018 19:01, "Andy Anderson" <aander...@amherst.edu> ha scritto:

> My MacBook Pro is 2880 x 1800, but I run it at 3/4 of that, 2160 x 1350,
> which is not much higher than your max. I’m running QGIS 2.18.15.
>
> But I see what you mean about the “open in low resolution” option being
> checked, I have that, too. I also see what you mean about the blockiness of
> the text — but it is being antialiased and I don’t really notice it if I
> don’t look too closely. The low-resolution mode also effects the icons, I
> see.
>
> Best I can suggest is to go into QGIS > Preferences… and modify the
> display with these options:
>
> General > Application > Font > Helvetica
> General > Application > Font > Size > 14
> Rendering > Rendering quality > Make lines appear less jagged at the
> expense of some performance
>
> This issue is under discussion with respect to QGIS version 3 development:
>
> https://github.com/qgis/homebrew-qgisdev/issues/5
>
> In older versions it seems to be a limitation that comes with Qt version 4.
>
> — Andy
>
> On Feb 10, 2018, at 11:02 AM, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>
> Hi Andy
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> It is a Mac Book Pro display resolution is 1440*900 by default, rising to
> the max 1920*1200 it is a bit better but still is like text has no
> antialias.
>
> It seems it launch QGIS in low resolution (according to
> application->qgis->right click->obtain information QGIS is opened in low
> resolution. Unfortunately I cannot uncheck this option...
>
>
> Il 10 feb 2018 15:36, "Andy Anderson" <aander...@amherst.edu> ha scritto:
>
> Hi, Maxi,
>
> I don’t have this problem on my Mac. QGIS adapts to the screen resolution
> in use, and current Macs generally have high-resolution screens. What type
> of Mac are you using, and can you look and see what the resolution is that
> you have it set to use? System Preferences > Display.
>
> — Andy
>
> On Feb 10, 2018, at 9:14 AM, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> Since I know you use Mac and QGIS I was wandering if there is a solution
> for low resolution QGIS interface on Mac.
>
> In my Ubuntu is looking great also with 3200*1800 but in Mac is horribly
> pixelized :-)
>
> Monday I will have course with students from visual communication bachelor
> so I already immagine the complaints for pixelized application... :-o
>
> Thanks for any answer
>
> Maxi
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mac & QGIS: low resolution

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Hi Andy
Thanks for the reply.

It is a Mac Book Pro display resolution is 1440*900 by default, rising to
the max 1920*1200 it is a bit better but still is like text has no
antialias.

It seems it launch QGIS in low resolution (according to
application->qgis->right click->obtain information QGIS is opened in low
resolution. Unfortunately I cannot uncheck this option...






Il 10 feb 2018 15:36, "Andy Anderson" <aander...@amherst.edu> ha scritto:

Hi, Maxi,

I don’t have this problem on my Mac. QGIS adapts to the screen resolution
in use, and current Macs generally have high-resolution screens. What type
of Mac are you using, and can you look and see what the resolution is that
you have it set to use? System Preferences > Display.

— Andy

On Feb 10, 2018, at 9:14 AM, Massimiliano Cannata <
massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:



Hi all

Since I know you use Mac and QGIS I was wandering if there is a solution
for low resolution QGIS interface on Mac.

In my Ubuntu is looking great also with 3200*1800 but in Mac is horribly
pixelized :-)

Monday I will have course with students from visual communication bachelor
so I already immagine the complaints for pixelized application... :-o

Thanks for any answer

Maxi


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[OSGeo-Discuss] Mac & QGIS: low resolution

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Hi all

Since I know you use Mac and QGIS I was wandering if there is a solution
for low resolution QGIS interface on Mac.

In my Ubuntu is looking great also with 3200*1800 but in Mac is horribly
pixelized :-)

Monday I will have course with students from visual communication bachelor
so I already immagine the complaints for pixelized application... :-o

Thanks for any answer

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] osgeo logo svg - empty drawing

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Anyway,
I will remove metadata saying it's done with a proprietary software... If
it is legal to remove it...

I wouldn't like OSGeo distribute a shapefile of members location with
metadata saying it's done with arcgis ;-)

Maxi

Il 28 dic 2017 02:16, "Jody Garnett"  ha scritto:

> For more information on the use of the logo (including black and white
> variations) please see the instructions:
>
> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/marketing/
> branding/styleguide-osgeo.pdf
>
> Please the a moment to download the file, the GitHub preview does not
> always display very well. We have a volunteer producing an html version :)
>
> For those interested in open formats please consider helping out in 2018.
> We have asked for help porting some of the designs for business cards and
> correspondence to open document formats for use in libre office.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 27 December 2017 at 07:07, Jorge Sanz  wrote:
>
>> Martin you may prefer to use this one instead of the white version:
>>
>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OSGeo/osgeo/master/marketi
>> ng/branding/logo/osgeo-logo-cmyk.svg
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> On 27 December 2017 at 13:18, andrea antonello <
>> andrea.antone...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Martin,
>>>
>>> > 2017-12-27 8:54 GMT+01:00 andrea antonello >> >:
>>> >>> I am searching for official OSGeo logo in SVG format. I found [1],
>>> but
>>> >>> when I open this file in Inkscape or Firefox I just see empty (white)
>>> >>> drawing. BTW,
>>> >>
>>> >> create a big big rectangle of any color. Put it in background and
>>> >> tada: here it is :-)
>>> >> The logo is white, so you have to place it on a background to see it.
>>> >> But export should work.
>>> >
>>> > thanks for investigation:-) So if you want to put on your website
>>> > OSGeo logo in SVG format than you need to modify it?
>>>
>>> No, that is why it is "hidden". So you export it without modifying it.
>>>
>>> > I am still
>>> > missing the point of hidden logo.
>>>
>>> it is not hidden, it is white (on white background, so it looks
>>> hidden). Look at the file names, there are other ones.
>>>
>>> Ciao,
>>> Andrea
>>>
>>>
>>> >
>>> >>> I was surprised that logo of organization that supports open source
>>> >>> software development is using for promo materials proprietary
>>> >>> software.
>>> >>
>>> >> Well, even if I basically agree, the format is open and accessible.
>>> >
>>> > [...]
>>> >
>>> > Martin
>>> >
>>> > --
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] osgeo logo svg - empty drawing

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Big +1 for having an Open Logo :-)

Il 26 dic 2017 14:24, "Martin Landa"  ha scritto:

> Hi,
>
> I am searching for official OSGeo logo in SVG format. I found [1], but
> when I open this file in Inkscape or Firefox I just see empty (white)
> drawing. BTW,
>
> 
> 
>
> I was surprised that logo of organization that supports open source
> software development is using for promo materials proprietary
> software.
>
> Martin
>
> [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/OSGeo/osgeo/master/
> marketing/branding/logo/osgeo-logo-white.svg
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My feelings about board elections

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear all,
I think that this is democracy.

You were the board and should have thought when in power to change the
election rules, but since you didn't, to me is not fare to rise concerns
just the day after. Asian is just a part of the world, what about missing
Africans, or south Americans or Oceanians in the past board? Was that more
fare then now?

We are global and global is the election, we are just members: one member
one vote. We have no closed doors. If you like, make a proposal and ask
charter members to vote on that.

I regret that Venka, a dear friend, was not elected. Just because it's
Venka, the history and wisdoms of OSGeo and foss4g, not because he's Asian.

Regarding Jeff I think it's time to stop spamming his reputation. Everybody
should respect the person and the people that voted for him!
He also know much more of OSGeo community than you may think...

My 0.01 cent.

Long life to OSGeo.

Maxi







Il 29 ott 2017 3:55 PM, "Maria Antonia Brovelli" 
ha scritto:

> Dear Sanghee
>
> Many thanks for your frank email. I also want to congratulate the new
> friends elected but, at the same time, I share your same  considerations. I
> feel not confortable in a Board that is only, as you correctly pointed out,
> European and North American. That is not becasue I don't like the current
> Board Members. On the opposite, they are wonderful and I love them. But
> there is something wrong if we missed one part of the world which
> before was represented and we have not added any new one.
>
> With respect to point 2 of your mail, I also agree with you. It seems me
> not serious to change ideas every other day. Also in this case, I have
> nothing against Jeff, whose activism, enthusiasm and help is so important
> for all of us, but I can simply say that I would not behave in this way.
>
> Writing this mail was a bit tough and I thank you, Sanghee, for starting
> this discussion (I imagine how difficult it was by you). Sometimes we need
> also to discuss about weak points in the life of the Foundation.
>
> Best regards and love to all of you.
>
> 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
>
>
>
> **
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> Professor of GIS and Remote Sensing
> Politecnico di Milano
>
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> http://www2.isprs.org/commissions/comm4/wg4.html, Board of Directors
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>
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>
>
>
>
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> 
> *Inviato:* domenica 29 ottobre 2017 15:17
> *A:* OSGeo Discussions
> *Oggetto:* [OSGeo-Discuss] My feelings about board elections
>
>
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> First of all I'd like to give my sincere congratulations to newly elected
> board members. Here I want to share some of my feelings around this board
> elections.
>
>
>
> 1. Needless to say all new board members are deserved to win the election.
> However as a whole, now we have all WHITE board of directors only from
> Europe and North America. We've talked about the importance of diversity
> and inclusiveness many times so far, however the reality is like this.
> Please don't get me wrong. I'm not writing this because of my failure in an
> election. Being nominated and encouragement to run the election was just
> great honour to me. For me as Asian, one of most shocking and disappointing
> moment in this election was Venka's failure in an election. Venka has
> contributed so much to Asian community over the last 2 years. His
> contributions and activities reached out not only to Japan but also to
> Thailand, Vietnam, India and sometimes to Korea as well. He also put so
> much efforts organizing FOSS4G Asia this year. And I know as a former board
> member how he restlessly carried out his duty as president of OSGeo. And
> finally he failed! I know he didn't answer to some of quesitons to nominees
> during the election period. Ok, it’s excuse however he and I was being
> tied up with handling a urgent issue in community. Anyway I and other Asian
> friends are so shocked that he was not elected! I bet other Asian members
> share the same feeling. The result gave the clear meaning to Asian
> community, "If Venka can't be a board member of OSGeo, nobody can be
> forever from Asia." I already saw many complaints and discouragement in
> Asian community. I believe regions 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Elections 2017 from the CRO point of view

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Vasile, Thanks.

On the election, I think fair play should not be an option in our
community. I hope we're not loosing respect and ethics... getting closer to
politicians...

I hope 2018 will be the OSGeo year of "open values" and "reach in" to
remember our roots.

Maxi



Il 25 ott 2017 11:06 PM, "María Arias de Reyna" 
ha scritto:

>
>
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 10:54 PM, Anita Graser  wrote:
>
>> Thank you for your summary and assessment of the situation, Vasile!
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 25, 2017 at 9:57 PM, Jody Garnett 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> I am not sure I have collected my own thoughts, in the interests of
>>> meeting your request I would like to ask if the current board members are
>>> available for 14:00 UTC tomorrow.
>>>
>>
>> ​I can't guarantee that I'll be able to make it, but here are my thoughts:
>>
>> 1) +1 Vasile's recommendation "to create a clear rule stating that an
>> accepted nomination cannot be withdraw after the start of the voting
>> period", and therefore
>>
>> 2) +1 the recommendation "not to admit the [withdrawal] request from Jef"
>>
>> 3) +1 "not to start new elections" for the reasons summarized by Vasile
>>
>
>
> Although it is true that this hasn't been very peaceful elections, I am
> against of restarting the elections. If this is a democracy, let us decide
> if we want to vote or not for someone. And if after the elections that
> person feels that there is too much pressure and cannot stand it, then let
> that person resign. And if we make a mistake and vote for someone who is a
> bad choice, well, we will learn and not vote for that person again, right?
> That's the beauty (and the beast) of the democracy. Mistakes can be made,
> but they are not forever.
>
> And this goes also for all the people who did campaign aggresively (public
> and privately) against one of the candidates. It is good to ask about
> things that worry you and to expose what you think it is a failure. But if
> there is nothing on the rules that prevents that person to be elected, as
> it was the case (maybe because of a loophole, but rules didn't explicitly
> say he couldn't be elected), then that's it. There is no need to push that
> to the personal level.
>
> Thanks a lot Vasile for the work done. I have no doubt you did the best on
> this case. And I hope the new board can work on your suggestions, I think
> they are the right path to go. And reinforce the rules to cover extreme
> cases.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] withdrawal from Board election

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Dear Jeff,
I hope your withdrawal is not accepted.

With a community of hundreds of charter members I wouldn't care so much of
the respectable opinion of a couple of people and I would let the board
take the responsibility to take a decision.

I don't see anything irregular in your participation, did anyone cheat? I'm
sure this is not the case...
Then, any lesson learned is useful to improve the process in the future...

I bet the charter members who voted for you want you to stand for respect
of their votes.

Maxi

Il 21 ott 2017 2:34 PM, "Jeff McKenna"  ha
scritto:

> Dear CRO,
>
> Please accept my withdrawal from the Board election.  I am sorry to cause
> all of the problems so clearly explained by so many here publicly this
> election.
>
> I wish to take the time now to thank all of the candidates for
> volunteering their time for the OSGeo community.
>
> Yours,
>
> -Jeff McKenna
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Ideas for a future OSGeo Board

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Cameron,
i think that the concept of voting for positions is a concept borrowed from
democracy where everyone, including minorities are protected.
Otherwise, people that are in our community but have less "voluntary free
time" may see their rights (or vision) simply not considered because
do-ocracy do not have to ask for agreement, it just do it without asking
consensum.

When a community grow, in numbers and complexity, I think that such aspects
need to be considered to avoid takeover and guarantee representatives.
Hierarchies guarantee to proceed quickly delegating someone to take care of
their vision. Openness allows anyone to participate in the democratic
process.
In fact, also in project governance, we strive for a PSC or governing
bodies to decide strategic directions and if accept contributions...

My 2 cents,
Maxi






2017-10-16 13:39 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com>:

> Helmut,
>
> Your question is good, and I only have a partial answer which extends on
> Jody's response.
>
> I feel that while people are comfortable to openly disagree on technical
> concepts they feel very uncomfortable speaking ill of others on a personal
> level.
>
> Organically grown Open Source communities naturally form a hierarchy
> around principles of Meritocracy and Do-ocracy. There is not need for
> voting for positions, people naturally assume a role based on what they are
> doing. Open Source communities are successful if they master collaboration.
>
> The concept of voting for positions, as we do in elections, is a concept
> borrowed from command-and-control hierarchies, and I feel doesn't fit well
> with our Open Source ethos. I could expand, but I think I've written more
> than my quota on this email list for the moment.
>
> Cheers, Cameron
> On 15/10/17 12:54 pm, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
> I think Cameron described the reasoning, not wanting to disrupt
> relationships. Cameron is probably in an awkward position, as if often
> the case when people reach out privately, where he stuck determining if
> people are asking him to speak for them or they simply want someone to
> listen.
>
> OSGeo is an open and friendly community and we strive to have our
> communication and decision making in a transparent manner (the same
> standards we hold our project steering committees to during incubation).
>
> Nevertheless we have a number of private channels of communication in our
> organization, for example during charter member nominations there was an
> opportunity to contact the CRO privately if anyone was troubled by a
> nomination. During incubation we make a mentor available for private
> communication, as often there are legal questions to discuss. The projects
> have a private list for security vulnerabilities. The board also has a
> private email list which is useful for negotiating partner relationships.
>
> With respect to the board elections I really appreciate Gert-Jan's
> approach of asking candidates questions, it was illuminating, explored some
> important issues and gave everyone a chance to respond.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 14 October 2017 at 15:14, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hel...@web.de> wrote:
>
>> Cameron Shorter:
>> >I've had a number of people reach out to me privately, related to the
>> >upcoming OSGeo Board elections.
>>
>> Cameron, any idea why a number of people aren't
>> articulating/communicating by themselves here on
>> the OSGeo discuss ML related to the upcoming OSGeo Board elections?
>>
>> OSGeo, as I understand it, is an open and friendly community and every
>> discussion input is welcome.
>>
>> kind regards
>> Helmut
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The Yin and Yang of OSGeo

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nt from another organisation, such as the conference organisers.) In
> response to the question of conferences, OSGeo has previously created OSGeo
> Advocates - an extensive list of local volunteers from around the world
> willing to talk about OSGeo. https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate> Old vs new Should we populate
> our board with old wisdom or encourage fresh blood and new ideas? We
> ideally want a bit of both, bring wisdom from the past, but also spreading
> the opportunity of leadership across our membership. We should avoid
> leadership becoming an exclusive “boys club” without active community
> involvement, and possibly should consider maximum terms for board members.
> If our leadership follow a “hands off oversight role”, then past leaders
> can still play influential roles within OSGeo’s subcommittees. Vision for
> OSGeo 2.0 Prior OSGeo thought leaders have suggested it’s time to grow from
> OSGeo 1.0 to OSGeo 2.0. Update our vision and mission.  A few of those
> ideas have fed into OSGeo’s website revamp currently underway. This has
> been a good start, but there is still room to acknowledge that much has
> changed since OSGeo was born a decade ago, and there are plenty of
> opportunities to positively redefine ourselves. A test of OSGeo’s
> effectiveness is to see how well community ideas are embraced and taken
> through to implementation. This is a challenge that I hope will attract new
> energy and new ideas from a new OSGeo generation. Here are a few well
> considered ideas that have been presented to date that we can start from: -
> Michael Gerlek July 2015, “We won. It's time for OSGeo 2.0”,
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-July/014521.html
> <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-July/014521.html> - Darrell
> Fuhriman: September 2015, “OSGeo is becoming irrelevant. Here's why. Let's
> fix it.”
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-September/032616.html
> <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-September/032616.html> -
> Marc Vloemans, March 2014, OSGeo Marketing Analysis,
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee> - OSGeo Board of
> 2013, “OSGeo Board Priorities”,
> http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/osgeo-board-priorities.html
> <http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/osgeo-board-priorities.html>
> - (There are a few more which I haven’t located - please do suggest them).
> Recommendations So where does this leave us. - Let’s recognise that OSGeo
> is an Open Source community, and we organise ourselves best with bottom-up
> Meritocracy and Do-ocracy. - Wherever possible, decisions should be made at
> the committee, chapter or project level, with the board merely providing
> hands-off oversight. This empowers and enables our sub-communities. - Let’s
> identify strategic topics where the OSGeo board would benefit from
> consultation with charter membership and work out how this could be
> accomplished efficiently and effectively. - Let’s embrace and encourage new
> blood into our leadership ranks, while retaining access to our wise old
> white beards.   - The one top-down task for the board is based around
> allocation of OSGeo’s (minimal) budget. --  Cameron Shorter Open
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] elections 2017: proposal to postpone opening of the polling stations

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Dear Cro,
I'd like you keep the deadlines as planned and don't change the rules after
the game started. Candidates and charter members knew the time frame and
managed their time accordingly.
I suggest to keep it as lesson learned and eventually update the next
elections with extended time.

Best
Maxi

Il 13 ott 2017 8:21 PM, "Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl)" <
gert-...@osgeo.nl> ha scritto:

> Dear CRO (and Board Member nominees, and fellow voting members),
>
> In the original planning for the 2017 elections, the campaign week would
> end this Sunday, and the virtual polling stations would open their virtual
> door this Monday.
> However, over the last 2 hours our mailboxes have been flooded by a large
> number of mails, that now only answer question posed earlier this week, but
> of course also raise new questions.
>
> To me, two important values of our organisation are openness and
> discussion. The fact our mailing list is called "discuss" is a fine example
> of that!
>
> Therefore, I would like to ask the CRO to extend the campaign week, in
> order for all voter to be able to read all the mail, think their content
> over, form an opinion, and discuss that opinion with others. The insights
> Jeff has brought us today are simply too much too think over and mentally
> process in just one weekend. One has got to have a day off with our friend
> as family as well. don't we?
>
>
> I don't don't if I ((as a Charter Member) can make this as a formal
> motion, but I'm almost sure that no-one involved in this election will
> object. (OK, the nominees will have to cross their fingers a few days
> longer to see if they will be elected. Sorry for that). All for the good of
> the democratic process and the openness of our Foundation!
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Jeff,
Thanks for accepting the nomination.
You have my support.
Maxi




Il 13 ott 2017 7:06 PM, "Jeff McKenna"  ha
scritto:

> Cameron, I needed time to think on all of these issues being raised.  I
> never ignored you.  I disagree with your public statement that I avoid hard
> OSGeo questions.  I have always tried to represent the OSGeo community, and
> I have stood up for the community when others could or would not.  My
> problem is that I am sometimes too strong, too passionate, coming off as
> not caring, when in fact this is opposite: I have as much caring for the
> OSGeo community as anyone else here.
>
> Thank you for voicing all of these public concerns of my career.   I have
> tried to answer your concerns.  I am sure you disagree with me for most or
> all of my answers, but I hope you take the time to let my words sink in
> like I did to all of your words, as that time was me showing you the most
> respect, how I respect your words and how powerful the online word is
> today.  Please also show me that respect back.
>
> Maybe we can meet in person in 2018.  FOSS4G-Australia 2018!!! Let's do
> it  :)
>
> Yours,
>
> -jeff
>
>
>
> On 2017-10-12 4:32 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>
>> Nicolas, Jeff, OSGeo Community:
>>
>> I really like and respect Jeff. He has contributed many great things to
>> OSGeo and touched many of us in positive ways. However, while on the board
>> I've seen personality clashes where Jeff has sent passionate emails with
>> what I consider to be an unacceptable level of aggression and disrespect
>> for a board member, and which I believe has led to community members
>> leaving or becoming disengaged [3].
>>
>> Jeff appears to have ignored my question. I'm disappointed but not
>> surprised. I've seen Jeff to be quick to engage on topics and people he
>> agrees with; but ignore tough questions; in the extreme resigning from the
>> board. Maybe I'm being hasty, I see Jeff has just posted his candidate
>> manifesto as I write this and he may explain his previous resignations soon.
>>
>> I've said the following about Jeff after he resigned previously [4]:
>>
>> /I see in you someone who has some wonderful characteristics which
>> you apply to OSGeo://
>> //   You are passionate, enthusiastic, dedicated to task.//
>> //
>> //There are a few things that sometimes cause friction://
>> //You are passionate, enthusiastic, dedicated to task.//
>> //
>> //As with all of us, our strengths in one circumstance become a
>> weakness in another./
>>
>> I love Jeff, but would hope that he provides some of our other excellent
>> board candidates with a chance to be on the board, and hope that Jeff
>> focuses on some of the other roles that he does so well.
>>
>> Warm regards, Cameron
>>
>> [3] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-November/033014.html
>>
>> [4] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2015-December/008829.html
>>
>>
>> On 13/10/17 3:32 am, Rob Emanuele wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Toshikazu, Nick,
>>>
>>> Despite the fact that I have not been around long enough or have not
>>> been in the right places to see directly a lot of the impact that Jeff has
>>> had on the community, it's very clear from many accounts that he has been
>>> an amazing and important figure in OSGeo (a Sol Katz award speaks very
>>> clearly to this!). However I feel remiss if I don't point out the following
>>> observation: as a newer member to the OSGeo community in the past couple of
>>> years, I've seen some intense and surprising conflict happen on the mailing
>>> lists that were centered around or included Jeff, which played out in ways
>>> that I believe were not good for community, and were also not healing in
>>> their conclusions.
>>>
>>> If there is a custom of only speaking positively on someone's nomination
>>> thread, then I apologize. I do not want to detract from praise that is well
>>> deserved. Is there a more appropriate place talk through, address and
>>> hopefully dismiss reservations about a nominee, and to also call for
>>> answers to the questions Cameron has posted?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Rob
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 7:02 AM, Toshikazu SETO >> > wrote:
>>>
>>> I also support the second nomination of Jeff McKenna.
>>>
>>> He think important to friendship with all OSGeo communities,
>>> because I am proud of his philosophy.
>>>
>>> I think, this thread will use comments on nominations and should
>>> not deep discuss to previous FOSS4G
>>> circumstanceand responsibility.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Toshikazu
>>>
>>>
>> On 12/10/17 4:23 pm, nicolas bozon wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Cameron,
>>>
>>> I appreciate the time and effort you have put into framing questions and
>>> remarks for Jeff, although that sounds rather unusual in a Board nomination
>>> thread.
>>>
>>> As a Charter Member nominating Jeff, I thought that bygones were bygones
>>> when we honored him 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Marketing] Proprietary GIS on our OSGeo website

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Hi,
My 2 cents...

Why not just make a section for migrate from and put there a number of
solutions for migration. There's not only one solution to arcgis and maybe
not just a single software but a combination of free software.

Aside of a project put a link to that section, to drive the users to all
the options OSGeo propose...

This is more fare and neutral... From my point of view.

Maxi

Il 21 set 2017 10:28 AM, "Sanghee Shin"  ha scritto:

Hi all,



Let’s go back to the legal issues. ESRI provides its clear guidelines about
how to use its products name, web link and logo here:
http://www.esri.com/legal/weblink-logoagreement. Please read through the
license agreement. I don’t think we can meet all the terms and conditions
provided by ESRI.



Cheers,

신상희
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Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company
www.gaia3d.com



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*보낸 날짜: *2017년 9월 21일 목요일 오후 5:19
*받는 사람: *Jody Garnett 
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On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 08:33:05PM -0700, Jody Garnett wrote:



> How much of your initial concern was providing a link? Or is it just

> displaying the name (switching to MapInfo for the example here). It would

> be kind of nice if the it behaved like a keyword, and linked to the
project

> page short listing all the projects that one can migrate to from MapInfo.



It's different degrees of annoyance. I guess a brand-less and

link-less list of names of proprietary products would not be too

"offensive" for me (assuming spam filtering lets it pass) but I'd

still prefer an hidden keyword. Something that you never see written

but is recognized by the search engine to give you back a similar

software: you search for  you get .



The "like Photoshop, only better" motto I like even when it contains

the name because it explicitly bashes it :)



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[OSGeo-Discuss] About the selected election periods

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear All,
now that the official nomination period is concluded I would like to rise a
question about the opportunity of having Charter member nomination just
before of the Board Election with the intend of opening a discussion for
the coming years.

Personally I think that this is very inappropriate. I would propose to run
the Charter member election only after the Board member election.
Even if I'm sure that nobody did it, there is a risk of 'election' for the
purpose of 'election'.
e.g.: I could virtually nominate 20 people and likely expecting they will
vote form me or second all the nominations to get the favor of new members.

This is a potential flaws in the system from my point of view.

Cheers,
maxi


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter member nomination for Alessio Fabiani

[Massimiliano Cannata]

+1 for alessio

Maxi

2017-09-08 17:40 GMT+02:00 Paolo Corti <pco...@gmail.com>:

> +1 here as well, I though Alessio was already a charter member as well.
> Alessio is a great expert - since many many years - of GeoServer and
> now of GeoNode, and makes a tremendous effort in these OSGeo projects
> communities.
> He is always helping people on mailing lists and he is an awesome developer
> p
>
> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Simone Dalmasso
> <simone.dalma...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > +1 for Alessio as well, I agree with Jeff and I thought he was a member
> > already.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > 2017-09-08 15:44 GMT+02:00 Jeffrey Johnson <ortel...@gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> 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
> >> <vas...@geo-spatial.org> 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 <jody.garn...@gmail.com>
> >> > To: Chief Returning Officer <c...@osgeo.org>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > 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
> >> > <https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GSIP-1> 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] Membership process & email

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Why not just nominate people on the list but collect seconding on online
system, like a form? SImilar to those for voting presentation at foss4g!!!

Cheers
Maxi

2017-09-08 17:56 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>:

> The other point in favour of email is the discussion aspect, with the
> board only reviewing -1 votes we are relying our the discussion list to
> review candidates.
>
> --
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>
> On 8 September 2017 at 07:36, Jorge Sanz <js...@osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Agree, I don't think I'd like a nomination period + election being
>> carried on with some editings in the wiki and a silent mailing list except
>> by some announcements.
>>
>> On the other hand, answering with a +1 on a mailing list is quick and
>> easy (and annoying if you don't use filters on your email).
>>
>> The off list option, like adding a comment on the wiki, (IMO) would be
>> followed by fewer people and read by even fewer people. We are all lazy by
>> nature, and an election process is not the most exciting activity we do.
>>
>> I agree the process can be improved, but when thinking about election
>> procedures, as boring as they are, we need to put the reduction of
>> participation barriers as a top priority if we want to reach the broadest
>> audience, at least once per year.
>>
>> Anyway, I'm super happy to see such a big number of nominations, and I
>> want to thank Vasile for the hard work and long hours he's dedicating to
>> try to cup with such a demonstration of enthusiasm.
>>
>> My 2 cents
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8 September 2017 at 15:15, Volker Mische <volker.mis...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I think it's valuable to have the nominations being sent to the discuss
>>> list, but I agree that seconding them should be off list.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>   Volker
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/08/2017 01:01 PM, brandon whitehead wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > A potentially trivial change would be to keep the process the same, but
>>> > run through the wiki---i.e. use a wiki page as the venue for nominators
>>> > to log in and update/edit.  Freeze the page after a certain date, and
>>> > now there's an archived copy of the process.  Anyone interested in
>>> > real-time updates can simply log in and "follow" the page, others can
>>> > visit the page and check the results as they see fit.
>>> >
>>> > Note, this is conceptually the same process for nomination and voting,
>>> > but it is collated via the wiki instead of email.  This also doesn't
>>> > involve additional work to create an automated system.
>>> >
>>> > just a few thoughts from an interested lurker...
>>> > /Brandon
>>> >
>>> > On 08/09/2017 11:34, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>>> >> Hi,
>>> >>
>>> >> There was a discussion with the CROs at yesterday's board meeting,
>>> and a
>>> >> proposal to use an automated system for nominations came up.
>>> >>
>>> >> Cheers,
>>> >> Angelos
>>> >>
>>> >> On 09/08/2017 01:01 PM, Till Adams wrote:
>>> >>> Jeroen,
>>> >>>
>>> >>> good motion! I feel the same and honestly am not able to read and
>>> check
>>> >>> them all...
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Till
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Am 08.09.2017 um 11:54 schrieb Jeroen Ticheler:
>>> >>>> Hi all,
>>> >>>> It is great to see the OSGeo community being so active and
>>> expanding!
>>> >>>> The process of proposing and voting new members is an extremely
>>> >>>> valuable part of that!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> The downside is that email traffic is exploding around this
>>> election.
>>> >>>> I fear the election processes in the coming years already. Should we
>>> >>>> find another way so propose and second nominees in the future to
>>> >>>> avoid flooding everyones inbox? (For me these emails seem to make up
>>> >>>> for about half of my email traffic over the last weeks ;-( ).
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Cheers,
>>> >>>> Jeroen
>>> >>>> _______
>

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: Fwd: Nomination of Candan Eylül Kilsedar

[Massimiliano Cannata]

I strongly support this nomination.
Eylul is very involved in OSGeo worldwide participating actively in the
community and contributing with valuable work.

Maxi

2017-09-08 8:49 GMT+02:00 Venkatesh Raghavan <ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
:

> +1 for Eylul
>
> Best
>
> Venka
>
>
> On 2017/09/08 7:11, Monia Molinari wrote:
>
> +1 for Eylul
>
> Regards,
>
> Monia Molinari
>
>
>
>
> Il 07 Set 2017 20:19, "Maria Antonia Brovelli" <maria.brove...@polimi.it> 
> <maria.brove...@polimi.it>
> ha scritto:
>
>
> I second this nomination. Eylul is a brilliant developer of FOSS4G
> applications (including NASA WWW) and an activist of open data.
> Cheers
> Maria
>
>
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
>  Messaggio originale 
> Da: Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org> <vas...@geo-spatial.org>
> Data: 07/09/17 18:24 (GMT+01:00)
> A: OSGeo Discussions <discuss@lists.osgeo.org> <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>
> Cc: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer <c...@osgeo.org> <c...@osgeo.org>
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination of Candan Eylül Kilsedar
>
> Forwarding Candan Eylül Kilsedar nomination by Marco Minghini. 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: Nomination of Candan Eylül Kilsedar
> Date:Thu, 7 Sep 2017 08:49:27 +0200
> From:Marco Minghini <marco.minghin...@gmail.com> 
> <marco.minghin...@gmail.com>
> To:  OSGeo Chief Returning Officer <c...@osgeo.org> <c...@osgeo.org>
> CC:  Candan Eylül Kilsedar <candaneylul.kilse...@polimi.it> 
> <candaneylul.kilse...@polimi.it>
>
>
>
> Dear CRO,
> I would like to nominate Candan Eylül Kilsedar as an OSGeo Charter
> Member. She is currently a PhD student at the GEOlab (Geomatics and
> Earth Observation lab) of Politecnico di Milano. She is a young and very
> active open source GIS developer, who also participated in GSoC this
> summer working on NASA Web WorldWind API. She developed or took part in
> developing many open source Web GIS projects (see 
> e.g.http://viaregina3.como.polimi.it/app/<http://viaregina3.como.polimi.it/app/>
>  
> <http://viaregina3.como.polimi.it/app/>,http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/migrate<http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/migrate>
>  
> <http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/migrate>,http://viaregina3.como.polimi.it/ViaRegina/<http://viaregina3.como.polimi.it/ViaRegina/>
>  
> <http://viaregina3.como.polimi.it/ViaRegina/>,http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/buriedtorrents/<http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/buriedtorrents/>
>  <http://geomobile.como.polimi.it/buriedtorrents/>,http://osm.eoapps.eu/) in 
> the lab.
> She was also a member of the LOC at FOSS4G Europe 2015 in Como and
> assistant of the LOC at FOSS4G 2016 in Bonn, and since 2016 she is the
> President of PoliMappers 
> (https://polimappers.github.io/<https://polimappers.github.io/> 
> <https://polimappers.github.io/>), supporting mapping using FOSS4G for
> humanitarian purposes.
> I know Candan Eylül for many years now and her dedication to open source
> GIS development and promotion are terrific. Please welcome her as a
> Charter Member.
>
> Marco
>
> Marco Minghini, Ph.D.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination of Markus Metz for charter membership

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I second this nomination and I'm surprise Markus is not yet a Charter
member...

Maxi

2017-09-04 9:53 GMT+02:00 Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org>:

> Forwarding Markus Metz nomination by Moritz Lennert. The 2017 member
> nominations listwas updated [1].
>
> Best regards,
> Vasile & Jeff
> 2017 OSGeo Elections CROs
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
>
>
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject: Nomination of Markus Metz for charter membership
> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 09:23:46 +0200
> From: Moritz Lennert <mlenn...@club.worldonline.be>
> To: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer <c...@osgeo.org>
>
> Dear CRO's,
>
> I would like to nominate Markus Metz for charter membership. Markus is
> very deeply involved in the core development of GRASS GIS and has done
> invaluable work for our code base. Citing everything he's done would be too
> long, but besides introducing many new modules and also significantly
> improving the internal libraries, he has done wonders in allowing GRASS GIS
> to work with very, very large amounts of data.
>
> Best wishes,
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination for Natraj Vaddadi

[Massimiliano Cannata]

I second this nomination

maxi

2017-09-03 19:11 GMT+02:00 Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org>:

> Forwarding Natraj Vaddadi nomination by Venkatesh Raghavan. The 2017
> member nominations list will be updated ASAP [1].
>
> Best regards,
> Vasile & Jeff
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>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2017
>
>
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject: Nomination for Natraj Vaddadi
> Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 14:46:33 +0900
> From: Venkatesh Raghavan <ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp>
> To: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer <c...@osgeo.org>, Natraj Vaddadi <
> nvadd...@gmail.com>
>
> Dear CRO,
>
> It is my great pleasure to nominate Natraj Vaddadi [1]
> as a Charter Member to OSGeo.
>
> Although he is a late entrant to the OSGeo world, Natraj
> has been super active in promoting OSGeo technology and
> tools at educational institutions and non-profit organizations
> in India and Thailand. He has also participated in OSGeo events
> in India and Thailand and is mainly focused on technologies
> for field data collection. He is also working on preparing
> training documentation for OSGeo community projects
> (QGIS, ZOO-WPS etc). He also is doing indian language localization
> for geospatial software.
>
>  He conducts his training using FOSS4G tools. His keen interest in
> promoting
> OSGeo software makes him a great candidate for nomination as Charter
> Member for OSGeo.
>
> I have obtained consent form Natraj before filing his nomination.
>
> Best
>
> Venka
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Vnatraj
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: OSGeo Charter Membership Nomination: Daniele Oxoli

[Massimiliano Cannata]

+1 support also from me..

Il 03 set 2017 3:32 PM, "Venkatesh Raghavan" 
ha scritto:

> I strongly support and second this nomination.
> His research outputs [1], provide a clear evidence
> of his dedication and contributions towards the
> spread of Free and Open Source GIS.
>
> Best
>
> Venka
>
> [1] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Daniele_Oxoli
>
>
> On 9/1/2017 8:58 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>
>> Forwarding Daniele Oxoli nomination by Maria Brovelli. 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: OSGeo Charter Membership Nomination: Daniele Oxoli
>> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 15:29:54 +
>> From: Maria Antonia Brovelli 
>> To: c...@osgeo.org , Vasile Craciunescu <
>> vas...@geo-spatial.org>, vasile.craciune...@gmail.com <
>> vasile.craciune...@gmail.com>
>> CC: daniele oxoli 
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear Vasile
>>
>>
>> I strongly support the nomination of Daniele Oxoli as a young enthusiast
>> advocate of open source GIS software, promoting OSGeo and open source
>> through his active participation as presenter (FOSS4G Como 2015, Paris
>> 2017) as well as assistant of the local organizing committee during OSGeo
>> events (FOSS4G Eu in Como 2015 and also Bonn 2016).
>> I have known Daniele since years, starting from his master thesis, and he
>> has always demonstrated tireless dedication to research and promotion of
>> open source principles.
>> He is currently employed as researcher and PhD student at Politecnico di
>> Milano where he is continuing providing excellent solutions with FOSS4G as
>> well as introducing undergraduate students to the use and philosophy of
>> open source and open data (he is the Vice President of the PoliMappers
>> Association). Moreover, he is also contributing in software development
>> through the implementation of a QGIS plugin dedicated to spatial statistics
>> (Hotspot Analysis).
>> Please, welcome Daniele as an OSGeo Charter member.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Maria
>>
>> P.S. I already spoke with Daniele (in CC) and he is happy with the
>> nomination.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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)
>>
>>
>> *SolKatzAward2015*
>>
>> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>>
>> Tel. +39-02-23996242 - Mob.+39-328-0023867, > maria.brove...@polimi.it>maria.brove...@polimi.it
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination for Niroshan Bandara

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I strongly support niroshan membership

Il 03 set 2017 1:53 PM, "Vasile Craciunescu"  ha
scritto:

> Forwarding Niroshan Bandara nomination by Venkatesh Raghavan. 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:Nomination for Niroshan Bandara
> Date:   Fri, 1 Sep 2017 14:27:33 +0900
> From:   Venkatesh Raghavan 
> To: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer , Niroshan Sanjaya <
> nsan...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> Dear CRO,
>
> It is my great pleasure to nominate Niroshan Bandara  [1]
> as a new OSGeo Charter Member.
>
> He is a young researcher who has shown dedication and commitment
> to the OSGeo mission. He exclusively FOSS4G tools for his research and
> has contributed to ZOO-WPS and MapMint projects. He is one of the founders
> of the OSGeo-SL (SL-Sri Lanka) community. He actively participates
> in FOSS4G-Events in Asia and Europe, not only as a presenter but also
> conducts workshops on WPS, Mobile-GIS and Open Hardware
>
> He is participating in GSoC projects since 2016 and contributing his time
> and effort to improve FOSS4G tools.
>
> His enthusiasm in spreading the use of OSGeo software
> makes him an excellent choice for being an OSGeo  Charter Member.
>
> I have obtained consent form Niroshan before filing his nomination.
>
> Best
>
> Venka
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Niroshan_Bandara
>
> P.S. Am sending this nomination again as I messed up with the subject line
> earlier.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination of Hae-Kyong Kang for charter membership

[Massimiliano Cannata]

I warmly second the nomination of Hae-Kyong Kang.

Maxi


2017-09-01 13:51 GMT+02:00 Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org>:

> Forwarding Hae-Kyong Kang nomination by Sanghee Shin. 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:Nomination of Hae-Kyong Kang for charter membership
> Date:   Wed, 30 Aug 2017 18:43:37 +0900
> From:   신상희 <shs...@gaia3d.com>
> To: c...@osgeo.org <c...@osgeo.org>
> CC: 강혜경 <hkk...@krihs.re.kr>, 강혜경 <kang.kr...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> Dear CRO,
>
> I’d like to nominate Dr. Hae-Kyong Kang for charter membership of OSGeo.
> As a researcher in KRIHS(Korea Research Institute of Human Settlements),
> she has carried out many open source GIS projects and produced multiple
> fruitful results including OpenGDS. She is a leader of OpenGDS projects,
> which is partly being adopted in UN Open GIS Initiative. Also she has
> played a key role in UN Open GIS Initiative as a chair of Spiral 3. And she
> has put many efforts to spread the open source GIS in Asia region. I
> believe she will be a great asset to OSGeo.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> 신상희
> ---
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination for Rajat Shinde

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I strongly support Rajat nomination!!

Maxi

Il 31 ago 2017 11:20 AM, "Fenoy Gerald"  ha
scritto:

> I support Rajat’s nomination.
>
> Gérald Fenoy
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay
>
> > Le 31 août 2017 à 01:22, Vasile Craciunescu  a
> écrit :
> >
> > Forwarding Rajat Shinde nomination by Venkatesh Raghavan. 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: Nomination for Rajat Shinde
> > Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:03:55 +0900
> > From: Venkatesh Raghavan 
> > To: OSGeo Chief Returning Officer , Rajat Shinde <
> rajatshinde2...@gmail.com>
> >
> > Dear CRO,
> >
> > It is my great pleasure to nominate Rajat Shinde  [1]
> > as a new OSGeo Charter Member.
> >
> > He is a young researcher who has shown dedication and commitment
> > to the OSGeo mission. He exclusively FOSS4G tools for his research and
> > has contributed to ZOO-WPS and MapMint projects. He actively
> participates in
> > FOSS4G events in Asia. He is currently participating in GSoC project and
> > contributing his time and effort to improve FOSS4G tools.
> >
> > His enthusiasm in spreading the use of OSGeo software
> > makes him an excellent choice for being an OPSGeo  Charter Member.
> >
> > I have obtained consent form Rajat before filing his nomination.
> >
> > Best
> >
> > Venka
> >
> > [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Rajatshinde
> >
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination to reinstate Bart van den Eijnden as an OSGeo charter member

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+1 maxi

2017-08-29 16:57 GMT+02:00 Luigi Pirelli <lui...@gmail.com>:

> obviously I second this nomination :)
> Luigi Pirelli
>
> 
> **
> * Boundless QGIS Support/Development: lpirelli AT boundlessgeo DOT com
> * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luigipirelli
> * Stackexchange: http://gis.stackexchange.com/users/19667/luigi-pirelli
> * GitHub: https://github.com/luipir
> * Mastering QGIS 2nd Edition:
> * https://www.packtpub.com/big-data-and-business-
> intelligence/mastering-qgis-second-edition
> 
> **
>
>
> On 29 August 2017 at 16:49, Dirk Frigne <dirk.fri...@geosparc.com> wrote:
> > Seconded!
> >
> > On 29-08-17 16:42, Simone Dalmasso wrote:
> >> +1
> >>
> >> 2017-08-29 16:29 GMT+02:00 Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepi...@gmail.com
> >> <mailto:jachym.cepi...@gmail.com>>:
> >>
> >> +1 welcome back
> >>
> >> út 29. 8. 2017 v 7:28 odesílatel 신상희 <shs...@gaia3d.com
> >> <mailto:shs...@gaia3d.com>> napsal:
> >>
> >> +1 for the nomination.
> >>
> >> Sanghee
> >>
> >> 2017. 8. 24. 오후 9:01에 "Angelos Tzotsos"
> >> <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com <mailto:gcpp.kal...@gmail.com>>님이 작성:
> >>
> >> Dear all,
> >>
> >> I would like to nominate Bart van den Eijnden to return to
> >> his charter member status.
> >> Bart is a valuable member of the OSGeo family, has served as
> >> a Board member in the past and I am honored to propose his
> >> return.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Angelos
> >>
> >> --
> >> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
> >> OSGeo Charter Member
> >> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
> >>
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> >>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mentors money

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Jody,
it was never an option to choose if donating the money or not. Someone
decided on the past and this option was never asked to mentors...
I assumed this was part of the game: get one slot by OSGeo and it retains
the mentor's money...

But to me make sense to let project use them for their growing and
promotion, for example I would use them to make t-shirt with istSOS and
OSGeo logos for the community... :-)

Maxi

Il 29 ago 2017 4:21 AM, "Jody Garnett" <jody.garn...@gmail.com> ha scritto:

Trying to hunt through my email, it has been a long time since I did GSOC.
I think it was $500 to OSGeo for each project mentored (really not sure if
that is still the case).

--
Jody Garnett

On 28 August 2017 at 18:45, Stephen Woodbridge <wood...@swoodbridge.com>
wrote:

> Really, that is news to me. I never knew we had that option. I think we
> would have liked to fund some additional development for the project or
> defrayed travel expenses for PSC members to go to conferences to present
> papers on behalf of the project.
>
> What is the process for mentors to get the money?
>
> Thanks,
>   -Steve
>
> On 8/28/2017 9:36 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
>> Mentors can decide what to do with the money they earn through the GSOC
>> program; in the past many mentors have accepted the t-shirt and donated the
>> money to OSGeo. I know I donated money to OSGeo previously, but was not
>> really specific about to any particular project.
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 28 August 2017 at 17:23, Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de > vi...@georepublic.de>> wrote:
>>
>> So, then if I undertand correctly:
>> Mentors money is not mentors money.
>> Right?
>>
>> Vicky
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 2:03 PM, Jody Garnett
>> <jody.garn...@gmail.com <mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>> We are listing GSOC as a initiative, can the participating
>> mentors make a decision?
>>
>> I have suggestions (such as a donate to the travel grant program
>> for student travel) but it should be up to the participants.
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 26, 2017 at 10:11 AM Massimiliano Cannata
>> <massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch
>> <mailto:massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch>> wrote:
>>
>> I believe that GSoC people should make a proposal to be
>> discussed at board level, of course hints from everyone is
>> welcome...
>>
>> Maxi
>>
>> Il 26 ago 2017 7:02 PM, "Marc Vloemans"
>> <marcvloema...@gmail.com <mailto:marcvloema...@gmail.com>>
>> ha scritto:
>>
>> Dear Vicky,
>>
>> Before going into your question; decisions to spend
>> money on codesprints or student conference attendance
>> has not been part of the Marketing Committee remit.
>>
>> Perhaps the Board can decide on the what/where/how of
>> this type of support?
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Marc Vloemans
>>
>>
>> Op 26 aug. 2017 om 18:51 heeft Vicky Vergara
>> <vi...@georepublic.de <mailto:vi...@georepublic.de>> het
>> volgende geschreven:
>>
>>
>>> ​
>>> Hello all
>>> This thread started on the osgeo mentors list.
>>> By suggestion of Margherita I tried to move it to
>>> marketing, but it never arrived, so I am sending to
>>> discuss..
>>> Sorry I can not give you links to the different
>>> responses, it so happens that OSGeo google mentors
>>> mailing list is private (for what ever reason).
>>>
>>> Please have a look.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- Forwarded message --
>>> From: *Margherita Di Leo* <dileomargher...@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:dileomargher...@gmail.com>>
>>> Date: Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:01 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [OSGeo GSoC Mentors] Hello all
>>> To: osgeo-gsoc-ment...@googlegroups.com
>>> <mailto:osgeo-gsoc-ment...@googlegroups.com>
>>>
>>>
>>> Dear Vicky, Maxi, 

[OSGeo-Discuss] Charter Member nomination for Daniele Strigaro

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear all,
I'm pleased to nominate Daniele Strigaro [1] for Charter Membership.
Daniele is a young enthusiastic developer devoted to open source
Geospatial. He successfully contributed to the GRASS and istSOS community.
He developed GIS tools for flood risk, landslide susceptibility and glacier
retreat analysis and he has been working on the implementation of the
istSOS software. In addition, he experienced the web platforms development
using the well-known Javascript libraries (Leaflet, Openlayer) and
different OGC compliant open source software for data and map sharing.

[1] https://github.com/danistrigaro


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Patrick Hogan as an OSGeo Charter Member

[Massimiliano Cannata]

+1

Il 26 ago 2017 10:30 AM, "Suchith Anand" 
ha scritto:

> It is my pleasure to nominate Patrick Hogan (USA)  as an OSGeo Charter
> Member.  Patrick Hogan [1]  works for NASA, USA.
>
> Patrick is also very active contributor  in the OSGeo’s Geo For All
> initiative  . He along with Chris Pettit  leads the OpenCitySmart thematic
> [2] of GeoForAll . This initiative helped us bring together key colleagues
> and students from around the world to work on innovative ideas and
> solutions specific to urban management for the benefit of all.
>
> We are especially grateful for Patrick’s efforts (in coordination with
> Maria Brovelli) in creating the NASA Europa Challenge initiative [3] which
> adds great momentum to our efforts to promote openness in education and
> research worldwide. We are very grateful for his contributions and help.
>
> Thank you Patrick for accepting my request for nomination and  for your
> contributions to our community.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> [1] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2017/06/
> geoambassodor-patrick-hogan/
>
> [2] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Opencitysmart
>
> [3] http://eurochallenge.como.polimi.it
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: Nomination of Rafael Moreno-Sanchez as an OSGeo Charter Member

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Big +1

Il 26 ago 2017 7:16 PM, "Maria Antonia Brovelli" 
ha scritto:

> I warmly second this nomination!
> Maria
>
>
>
> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung
>
>
>  Messaggio originale 
> Da: Suchith Anand 
> Data: 26/08/17 10:02 (GMT+01:00)
> A: c...@osgeo.org, rafael.mor...@ucdenver.edu, discuss@lists.osgeo.org
> Oggetto: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nomination of Rafael Moreno-Sanchez as an OSGeo
> Charter Member
>
> It is my pleasure to nominate Dr. Rafael Moreno-Sanchez, from USA, as an
> OSGeo Charter Member.  Rafael  is working at the Department of Geography
> and Environmental Sciences at the University of Colorado Denver, USA [1].
>
>
> Rafael is also very active contributor in the OSGeo’s GeoForAll initiative
> . Rafael Moreno led the effort to establish the FOSS4G lab which opened in
> 2014 in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the
> University of Colorado , USA  to fulfill a growing demand for education,
> research and service in Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
> applications (FOSS4G) development and applications by citizens, businesses,
> governments, educators, students, researchers and geospatial working
> professionals in the Front Range of Colorado and beyond at University of
> Colorado Denver and constantly assisting educators and students.
>
> Rafael also initiated and leads the GeoForAll's "Open Geospatial Science &
> Applications" webinar series [2].  These webinars (and recordings) are
> viewed by hundreds of people around the world and helped us to spread the
> ideas and philosophy of Openness in GeoEducation and Research. We are very
> grateful for his contributions and help.
>
> Thank you Rafael for accepting my request for nomination and  for your
> contributions to our community.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> [1] http://opensourcegeospatial.icaci.org/2017/02/geoambassador-dr-rafael-
> moreno-sanchez/
>
> [2] http://www.geoforall.org/webinars/
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mentors money

[Massimiliano Cannata]

I believe that GSoC people should make a proposal to be discussed at board
level, of course hints from everyone is welcome...

Maxi

Il 26 ago 2017 7:02 PM, "Marc Vloemans" <marcvloema...@gmail.com> ha
scritto:

> Dear Vicky,
>
> Before going into your question; decisions to spend money on codesprints
> or student conference attendance has not been part of the Marketing
> Committee remit.
>
> Perhaps the Board can decide on the what/where/how of this type of support?
>
> Kind regards,
> Marc Vloemans
>
>
> Op 26 aug. 2017 om 18:51 heeft Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> het
> volgende geschreven:
>
>
> ​
> Hello all
> This thread started on the osgeo mentors list.
> By suggestion of Margherita I tried to move it to marketing, but it never
> arrived, so I am sending to discuss..
> Sorry I can not give you links to the different responses, it so happens
> that OSGeo google mentors mailing list is private (for what ever reason).
>
> Please have a look.
>
>
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> From: Margherita Di Leo <dileomargher...@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo GSoC Mentors] Hello all
> To: osgeo-gsoc-ment...@googlegroups.com
>
>
> Dear Vicky, Maxi, all,
>
> The money that OSGeo gets from Google is this year 500USD per student.
> Before i was admin and also before i acted as a mentor, this matter was
> discussed among the mentors at the time, whether to distribute the money
> among the mentors or to destinate them to another use, being this decision
> up to the organizations participating in gsoc. As far as i can tell, the
> problem of distributing the money to the mentors was to make a lot of small
> payments of which a considerable part would be eaten by bank transfers and
> currency changes. So it was agreed that the whole sum should be used to
> support code sprints instead.
> Now, if you guys think this should be discussed over again, you're
> welcome, but this would apply to next year's budget, and should be agreed
> upon by all mentors.
> My personal opinion: I think it more useful to use the budget for a common
> purpose rather than distributing it in small amounts, for example if you
> don't like it destinated to code sprints, would be to use it for financial
> support for students to attend conferences. For example at fosdem we have
> been organizing the geospatial session and i have every year invited our
> gsoc students to present their works but they couldn't afford the travel
> and accommodation.
> Google also gives 500USD for supporting students travel to conferences,
> you mentors will be asked to propose a name of a deserving gsoc student and
> an event that he or she would like to attend and in case of multiple names
> we will either split the aid or choose among the students. Last year if I
> remember correctly this call was made directly to mentors by google to
> provide names to them of deserving students, but i'm not aware if anyone of
> osgeo made the request or got funded.
> Back to your specific request, Vicky, I suggest you address this to the
> osgeo marketing committee , that is administering osgeo's budget, and they
> should be able to give you an answer.
>
>
>
> Il giorno ven 25 ago 2017 alle 17:22 Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> ha scritto:
>
>> Hi Viky and all,
>> sorry to be direct (as always :-D) but..
>>
>> As far as I know, nobody ever used the mentor money.
>> They were always, silently (I hear some rumors on this), retained by
>> OSGeo as organization.
>>
>> If is possible to use that money, I think this should be clearly stated
>> along with the procedure to access it.
>> As long term istSOS mentor, i would also be interested in using these
>> money to support dissemination of the project.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Maxi
>>
>> 2017-08-25 17:09 GMT+02:00 Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> pgRouting team members, have being participating mentoring since even
>>> before I joined the team.
>>> There is a FOSS4G in Argentina, and we would like to use some of the
>>> money that was for mentors, to support that trip.
>>> Do you know how to get those funds? and/or the process to get those
>>> funds?
>>> The money is planned to be used in:
>>> - airplane fare for 1 person
>>> - hotel
>>> - pgRouting, OSGeo and OSGeo-GSoC poster promotionals
>>>
>>>
>>> Vicky
>>>
>>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Note the LocationTech badge is not showing correctly

[Massimiliano Cannata]

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)
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Note the LocationTech badge is not showing correctly

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Someone would answer that is a do-ocracy :-)

Apart from this, I also share the same concerns of Helmut and would like to
have a clear rule/strategy on this...

Best
Maxi

Il 17 ago 2017 9:19 PM, "Helmut Kudrnovsky"  ha scritto:

> (Taken from https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2017-August/
> 035453.html)
>
> "Note the LocationTech badge is not not showing correctly"
>
> now I am, as an OSGeo charter member, really really confused about this.
>
> What I'm really missing here is an open discussion and decision making how
> we, as an organisation OSGeo, going forward to promote projects from other
> organisations.
>
> What is the added value for OSGeo to promote locationtech projects? Will
> locationtech also promote OSGeo projects? Why not promote projects from any
> other org? Who will decide which project or other org will be promoted?
>
> Too many open questions without any sound background for me as an OSGeo
> charter member.
>
> Kind regards
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

[Massimiliano Cannata]

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 <
> maria.brove...@polimi.it> 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
>
>
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>
>
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>
>
>
> P.zza Leonardo da Vinci, 32 - Building 3 - 20133 Milano (Italy)
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> *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).
>
> Helena
>
> On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 7:21 AM, Paulo van Breugel  > wrote:
>
>>
>> On 8/16/17 9:32 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>
>> We could ask the OSGeo live project what procedure they use, at the
>> moment we have asked on the disc...@osgeo.org mailing list for open
>> source projects to fill in a google form so we would have content to try
>> out the website with.
>>
>> There is a very clear distinguishing of OSGeo projects on the website:
>>
>> a) Sort order is OSGeo projects > OSGeo Community > Other
>> b) Only OSGeo projects are available from the menu directly,
>> c) When listed OSGeo Projects, and OSGeo Community projects are badged
>> with the appropriate logo
>>
>> When I use the link http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/ directly, I
>> am seeing the page with all projects, with projects in what seems to be
>> random order (and with some of the OSGEO projects, like GRASS, on the last
>> page). Only when I click on 'projects' in the menu am I presented with the
>> projects grouped in Osgeo projects, osgeo 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Welcoming all proprietary GIS labs to migrate to Open Principles in GeoEducation

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Fyi,
There's a "geo for all" newsletter since ages... But is not for open source
only ;-)

http://www.rivistageomedia.it/index.php?option=com_acymailing=archive=view=482=4dc9ro0Y=52700-701c307f8d0c4b994b9fa755d5c5ad08=component=52700_482

Il 02 ago 2017 11:08 PM, "Cameron Shorter"  ha
scritto:

> Hi Suchith,
>
>
> I suggest it would be worth making clear geoforall principles for joining
> geoforall [1], which includes promoting Open Source GIS Software. (I could
> envisage a proprietary vendor claiming compliance with "promoting
> Geospatial for All", by promoting their proprietary product, or promoting
> an open source extension to their proprietary product.)
>
>
> [1] http://www.geoforall.org/how_to_join/
>
> On 3/8/17 1:08 am, Suchith Anand wrote:
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> I had a query recently on if a university lab backed by some proprietary
> GIS vendors can start moving to open principles in Geoeducation[1]  . I
> replied that very definitely .In fact many of our GeoForAll university labs
> (even just few years back!) were using proprietary GIS software ONLY before
> they switched to Open principles to ensure open innovation . All
> universities are welcome to start downloading all OSGeo software and
> install in your lab machines as you wish. You don't need any ones
> permission to install OSGeo software and teach your students . It is good
> to show students both proprietary and open solutions, so they start
> appreciating the importance of open solutions for innovation.  It will also
> help build open minds for students and contribute to open knowledge. We
> also welcome all academics and educators to give away OSGeo live DVDs [2]
> to your students. Freedom is a fundamental right.
>
> We look forward to help this  migration of former properitery GIS only
> labs to move to Open Principles in Geospatial Science education. Thanks to
> all OSGeo volunteers who helped make tools like QGIS  available free to all
> schools worldwide forever.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Suchith
>
> [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2017-July/003959.html
> [2] https://live.osgeo.org/en/index.html
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Official expression of interest forming a European Chapter

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear European charter members and OSGeo board,
I would like to express my support for an OSGeo continental chapter and
provide my point of view, that even if often considered uncomfortable, hope
will bring discussion to improve.

I hope that before starting the chapter:

* there is a clear and equitable rule for using the OSGeo name in European
bids (see h2020 for example) since this may be a competitive advantage.
It is totally unclear to me how OSGeo-EU would relate to H2020 projects for
example:
- Will it participate as a partner in any calls?
- How the selection of supported project will be done?
- How, in case of funding, allocated money will be distributed to members?

* there is a defined and focused coordination with local chapters
- synergies are needed to avoid duplication of efforts and adoption of a
common action line.
- ideally I'd like to see a hierarchical structure from international to
continental and national level "chapters" but this is a matter for the
board..

Here some proposed actions,
that in my opinion would demonstrate the open principle of the OSGeo
European Chapter  community:

* run a democratic election of the board representatives within 6 months
from the inception

* include all the OSGeo charter member that express their willing as "full"
member (was charter member in OSGeo not sure how "full member" is in
OSGeo-EU)


Regards,
Maxi



Il 24 lug 2017 2:56 PM, "Dirk Frigne"  ha scritto:

> Maria
>
> "is a member of a local chapter also a charter
> > member of Eu Chapter? Or we will have a complex structure where local
> > chapter members can be not Eu charter members but charter members of
> > OSGeo as a whole?"
>
> No, as Jody and Lucca already mentioned, this is an organisation of
> volunteers. Everybody who wants to volunteer can become a member, but
> volunteers can also be 'only' OSGeo members.
>
> The "official" OSGeo-Europe members are responsible to guard the correct
> working of the organisation, as a legal structure. 22 volunteers
> expressed there interest to become a founding member and have signed the
> bylaws that we discussed last year as a google drive document, and
> during the BOF of July 19 2017.
>
> As a community we appreciate the help of everybody who wants to promote
> Geo free and open source software. Everybody who want's to support the
> local chapter can add his name on the wiki [1]. As of today there are
> already 27 names on the list. The bylaws have a mechanism to add these
> members as "full members" during the next general assembly (a similar
> process as for OSGeo.org).
>
> But as Lucca already mentioned: it is more important to be a member of
> OSGeo.org, although I hope we can make OSGeo.org stronger trough the
> initiative we are setting up.
>
> Once we've got our formal acceptance by the OSGeo Board, we will publish
> the bylaws in the Belgian Official Journal and create the legal
> structure. We will start to setup the agenda of the typical European
> points we want to work on this first year asap after acceptance.
>
>
> Dirk
>
> PS. I added the European list as I think this discussion also concerns
> the European list.
>
>
> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe
>
> On 2017-07-23 15:32, Luca Delucchi wrote:
> > On 23 July 2017 at 12:54, Jody Garnett  wrote:
> >> All local chapters have the same relationship with OSGeo.
> >>
> >> A key reason to found a local chapter is to interact and advocate for
> open
> >> source on a regional city, state or national or union level - something
> the
> >> global osgeo organization is not in the best position to do.
> >>
> >> I do not think it is useful (or any of our business) to ask about
> members
> >> being automatically in a group. We are a volunteer organization and
> members
> >> volunteer where their hearts lie.
> >>
> >
> > I fully agree with Jody, OSGeo EU will be a local chapter with its
> > freedom as all the others, only the people who want be part of it
> > should be part of it (for example I'm in Italian local chapter but
> > right now I choose to not be part of OSGeo EU)
> >
> > As I already told during this days I don't fully believe on it right
> > now (maybe in the future will be different) and I'm a little bit
> > worried about the energy that it will take from other
> > activities/chapter.
> >
> > However with more than 20 founders, most of them really well known in
> > the OSGeo family, I think that OSGeo EU should be accepted as new
> > chapter.
> >
> > my2cents
> >
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo is the host of FOSS4G not a guest

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Hi Guido,
I don't understand why you are frustrated and disheartened by this
conversation.
We're not discussing on climate changes :-D

To All of you,
(i swear it is my last mail in the tread - maybe -)

My point of view is very simple: OSGeo is not a sponsor of the event, is
the "owner" which selected you great team and proposal for organizing the
conference. Thus is not correct list OSGeo in the sponsor list.
Try to open this link: http://2017.foss4g.org/sponsor/ and honestly tell me
if you understand OSGeo is the host, or do you get the impression it is
just one of the 20 sponsors?

Since this fact has been part of discussions in the past, I believe it is
very important to be underlined and communicated to avoid misunderstanding,
also for the future FOSS4G conferences.
I believe that details and communication are important (otherwise, for
example why spend time  and money in marketing and site re-branding?).

And it has nothing to do with the great work you are doing in bringing
another wonderful foss4g (big big thanks). These are small (but not
negligible) details..

I just requested the board to take a position on this, without entering in
details of when, what and why it happened.
Then I will be happy whatever is the decision and will go on on doing my
contribution and work for OSGeo ;-)


Ciao,
Maxi

2017-07-03 14:29 GMT+02:00 Ian Turton <ijtur...@gmail.com>:

> I have to disagree here, to me it is clear that OSGeo is presenting
> ("owns") the conference while by listing the contributions the OSGeo
> provides (seed money etc) formally on the Sponsors' page/list it makes it
> clear just how much money (and time) the OSGeo is putting it into the
> event.
>
> By formally listing as a sponsor it probably makes it easier to handle
> things like remembering to allocate booth space, passes etc as it is
> already on the spreadsheet when those tasks are carried out.
>
> Ian
>
> On 2 July 2017 at 09:22, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>
>> Dear community and board members,
>> Today I found out that OSGeo is a a SPONSOR of the FOSS4G-2017 Boston
>> conference.
>>
>> This is disappointing me !
>>
>> At least for two reasons:
>>
>> 1- foss4g is the OSGeo's conference, so OSGeo is the host not a guest
>> (have you ever seen AGU sponsoring it's annual event?)
>>
>> 2- OSGeo is already providing seed and risk exposure money so it
>> shouldn't need to pay for get exposure or being listed in the sponsor page.
>>
>> So, as an OSGeo charter member, I formally ask the board to remove OSGeo
>> from the sponsor list !
>>
>> Regards
>> Maxi
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] OSGeo is the host of FOSS4G not a guest

[Massimiliano Cannata]

+1 Andrea,
this was my intention: not produce additional costs but fix ASAP what is
possible (e.g.: website)

given that the board and the community agree with my point of view :-)

Maxi

2017-07-03 9:17 GMT+02:00 andrea antonello <andrea.antone...@gmail.com>:

> Hi all,
> I completely agree with Massimiliano. There is a huge difference
> between host and sponsor.
>
> That said, I understand Brad's points and also would never want for
> this to end in additional costs.
>
> But this should be considered as something to keep well in mind.
>
> Regards,
> Andrea
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 3, 2017 at 1:17 AM, Puneet Kishor <punk.k...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > As a (nominal) Charter Member, I personally couldn't care about this
> issue. As long as everyone involved is for the same higher purpose, who is
> sponsoring who or supporting what is just details. Move on and focus on the
> bigger tasks.
> >
> >> On Jul 2, 2017, at 5:47 PM, Brad Hards <br...@frogmouth.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> Professor Cannata,
> >>
> >>> Your answer clarifies that OSGeo has not paid for being listed as
> sponsor.
> >>>
> >>> This doesn't change my idea that OSGeo shouldn't be listed as a
> sponsor an
> >>> thus
> >>>
> >>> I renew my request to the board for removing OSGeo from that list and
> from
> >>> any material listing OSGeo together (at the same level and/or same
> list of
> >>> sponsors).
> >>>
> >>> That's because the marketing message it brings is clearly undesired
> and not
> >>> respectful of the true.
> >>
> >> I'm not a charter member or associated with the FOSS4G organisers, but
> having
> >> attended a FOSS4G event and having been part of a volunteer conference
> >> organisation, I respectfully ask that you reconsider. This is a very
> late
> >> change to a lot of conference materials, and at a particularly bad time
> for
> >> the organisers.
> >>
> >> In software terms, I'm not suggesting that your proposal isn't a valid
> change,
> >> just that it is too late in the release cycle.
> >>
> >> If nothing else, consider the environmental impact of all that stuff
> being
> >> junked.
> >>
> >> Brad
> >>
> >>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] OSGeo is the host of FOSS4G not a guest

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Michael,
Your answer clarifies that OSGeo has not paid for being listed as sponsor.

This doesn't change my idea that OSGeo shouldn't be listed as a sponsor an
thus

I renew my request to the board for removing OSGeo from that list and from
any material listing OSGeo together (at the same level and/or same list of
sponsors).

That's because the marketing message it brings is clearly undesired and not
respectful of the true.

As I said, I just noticed this yesterday otherwise I would have talked
before ;-)
but this doesn't change anything..

Finally, to be clear, this has nothing personal with the organisers and I
understood the positive willing to give more visibility to OSGeo. I also
recognize publicly the great work the Boston team is doing but this is
simply wrong.

Maxi






Il 02 lug 2017 3:21 PM, "Michael Terner" <m...@appgeo.com> ha scritto:

Maxi:
I think you may misunderstand what is going on:

   1. YES, OSGeo is *hosting* FOSS4G. Our opening block on the website
   <http://2017.foss4g.org/> *also *says "Presented by OSGeo" (using
   language requested by OSGeo and the OSGeo logo).
   2. OSGeo did *not* pay anything for the Gold sponsorship. It was
   provided as an "in kind" privilege respecting the "advance" (see $'s and
   risk coverage) that was provided, which *is* materially very valuable.
   We have a couple of other "in kind" sponsors including Harvard University
   which is providing workshop space, and District Hall which provided a deep
   discount on our use of their space for the Code Sprint, and other things.
   3. We described adding OSGeo as a Gold Sponsor in our proposal for
   hosting FOSS4G that was delivered to Conference Dev. This was a convenient
   and useful way for us to provide OSGeo things like a booth, and free passes
   which are sponsor privileges.

Obviously, this is OSGeo's call and we will do what the Board wishes, but
this is neither new (you were on the website as a Gold Sponsor as soon as
the sponsor page went up), nor unplanned and was conveyed to OSGeo in our
proposal 20 months ago. Also obviously, we think it makes sense and is
accurate.

I hope this helps explain things...

MT

On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Massimiliano Cannata <
massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:

> Dear community and board members,
> Today I found out that OSGeo is a a SPONSOR of the FOSS4G-2017 Boston
> conference.
>
> This is disappointing me !
>
> At least for two reasons:
>
> 1- foss4g is the OSGeo's conference, so OSGeo is the host not a guest
> (have you ever seen AGU sponsoring it's annual event?)
>
> 2- OSGeo is already providing seed and risk exposure money so it shouldn't
> need to pay for get exposure or being listed in the sponsor page.
>
> So, as an OSGeo charter member, I formally ask the board to remove OSGeo
> from the sponsor list !
>
> Regards
> Maxi
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[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo is the host of FOSS4G not a guest

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear community and board members,
Today I found out that OSGeo is a a SPONSOR of the FOSS4G-2017 Boston
conference.

This is disappointing me !

At least for two reasons:

1- foss4g is the OSGeo's conference, so OSGeo is the host not a guest (have
you ever seen AGU sponsoring it's annual event?)

2- OSGeo is already providing seed and risk exposure money so it shouldn't
need to pay for get exposure or being listed in the sponsor page.

So, as an OSGeo charter member, I formally ask the board to remove OSGeo
from the sponsor list !

Regards
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Committees budget ?

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear president and board members,
I would like to understand if the 2017 budget proposed by the committees
and project has been approved or not, and if approved if they can use it.
The year already started and activities are going on.

For example Egu townhall & open monitoring workshops are planning.
Last week I sent a request but I didn't received any answer.

Wednesday the we'll run a workshop in Italy with more then 30 participants,
which is already a great success in term of outreach activity.

We anticipated money for this, taking our risk, but now I urgently require
to know if materials to conduct the workshop are sponsored by OSGeo or not.

Thanks for a kind reply.

Thanks,
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Slides of keynote @ FOSS4G-ASIA

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear all,
here are the slides of my latest talk at FOSS4G-ASIA.

http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/massimiliano-cannata-keynote-foss4gasia-2017


Hepefully are of some interest.

Best,
Massimiiano

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Invitation Expression of Interest (EOI)

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Jody, Thanks for clarification...
Maxi

Il 24 gen 2017 11:15 PM, "Jody Garnett"  ha scritto:

> Small correction to the above email, it was drafted while waiting for the
> EOI to be approved. The final document shows Jan 27th as the EOI deadline
> (and is correct).
>
> I apologize for any confusion caused - sigh :)
>
> --
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>
> On 17 January 2017 at 17:55, Jody Garnett  wrote:
>
>> Dear reader,
>>
>> OSGeo invites Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the selection of a design
>> & web consulting firm to update the foundation’s organizational branding
>> and web presence.
>>
>>
>> You can find the EOI at (http://www.osgeo.org/marketing/rebranding.html)
>> which contains the following attachment: OSGeo Branding Marketing
>> Website EOI.pdf
>> 
>> .
>>
>>
>> It is required for consultants or firms to submit an response for the
>> above assignment, as per the brief contained in the Expression of Interest
>> (EOI). Shortlisted firms may be asked to submit a more detailed technical
>> and financial proposal at the Marketing Committee’s discretion.
>>
>>
>> Your offer comprising of all the required information should be sent to
>> the to the OSGeo secretary at (secret...@osgeo.org) in PDF format, no
>> longer than 10 pages and no later than 24 January 2017 11:59PM UTC.
>>
>> Please send any and all questions to secret...@osgeo.org.
>>
>> Submissions are encouraged from any country and consultants are
>> encouraged to associate to enhance their submissions.
>>
>>
>> Additional award criteria regarding the award of contract:
>>
>> OSGeo reserves the right to accept or reject any proposal, and to annul
>> the solicitation process and reject all proposals at any time prior to
>> award of contract, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected
>> organization or any obligation to inform the affected organization or
>> organizations of the grounds for the organization’s action. The award of
>> the contract to the qualified organization whose proposal after being
>> evaluated is considered to be the most responsive to the needs of the
>> organization and activity concerned.
>>
>>
>> Please forward this message within your network.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> The OSGeo Marketing Committee
>>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Open Geoscience Committee 2017 budget request

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear directors,
I have updated the page [1] with 2017 budget request for the open
Geoscience committee.

The breack down of cost is available at [2].

The budget is intended to support the committee activities, particularly in
connection with European geoscience Union (EGU) and Open Monitoring System
Working Group in running hackatons.

I believe these are very relevant activities of our foundation.

Regards,
Massimiliano


[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2017#Draft_2017_Budget
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Geoscience_Committee/budget_2017

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The future of the Google Summer of Code

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Madi,
I offer for collaborating with you in maintaining the gsoc...
that I believe is very precious for OSGeo...

Maxi

Il 11 nov 2016 2:24 PM, "Margherita Di Leo"  ha scritto:

> Dear OSGeo Fellows,
>
> earlier this month, Anne and I attended GSoC Mentors Summit at Google's
> Tech Corners in California as OSGeo delegates, and also had the chance to
> visit NASA Ames Research Center, as our mentor for NASA WorldWind, Patrick
> Hogan, graciously hosted us for a guided tour! (Thank you again Patrick!).
>
> (Partly) recovered from the jet-lag, it is now time to make some
> reflections and decide how to follow up in this great experience that is
> the Google Summer of Code. Talking to Anne, she frankly said that she
> doesn't wish to continue as GSoC admin for the next year. Actually, wen I
> stepped in as admin 2 years ago, she had already decided to quit, but
> nevertheless, she continued for another two years. Now I think we already
> abused her availability.
>
> From my side, I wish to continue, and I actually wanted even explore the
> possibility to participate in the Google Code-in [1]. But this is another
> story, that deserves another dedicated thread. It is late to apply for it
> this year, so there will be time to discuss it over.
>
> My most important point here is: we need a GSoC admins team. Ideally
> another 2 people, that are willing to work together with me to continue the
> great OSGeo's experience in GSoC. This is not paid work, however,
> traditionally 2 GSoC admins have the honor to attend the yearly mentor
> summit in California, hosted in the Google premises, and the expenses
> reimbursed by Google.
>
> Notwithstanding my good will to continue in the role of admin, I have to
> be realistic and say that I cannot do it alone, so if other volunteers are
> not found, I'm afraid our participation in GSoC it is going to an end this
> year.
>
> Please, feel free to circulate this call to your connections, former
> mentors or former GSoC students, Geo-For-All fellows, etc.. We need your
> help!
>
> Thanks!
> Regards,
>
>
> [1] https://developers.google.com/open-source/gci/
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Moving GeoNode under OSGeo Project Category on Website

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Once again...
if anyone that had access to website editing could he/she move "outreach
projects" out of the OSGeo project box?

There was already discussion on this and I believed was clear that this is
unequal and bring a false message: no graduation has been passed by any of
them!

Maxi

Il 10 nov 2016 10:38 PM, "Venkatesh Raghavan"  ha
scritto:

> Dear All,
>
> Can someone please take up the editing of OSGeo Website
> to move GeoNode into "OSGeo Project" Category on out
> Web-Site. It is presently listed as "Incubating Project".
> I tried to edit the top page but could not figure out
> how I can do this.
>
> Congratulations to GeoNode Team and the news item about
> GeoNode graduation is at [1]
>
> Best
>
> Venka
>
> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/node/1740
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Hackathon: building fully open climatic monitoring system

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Dear All,
I would like to announce that on the 6th and 7th December 2016 in Italy, in
San Michele all'Adige at Fondazione Edmund Mach (Trento) [1] there will be
the 1st hackathon of the OSGeo's Open Monitoring System WG [2].

The hackathon named " building fully open climatic monitoring system"
[3] will bring together developers to work on Open Hardware and Open
Software so that we could promote and advance in the topic of Open
Monitoring Systems.
Interested people may sign up on the wiki page [3] where a draft of the
program which includes presentations and practical experiments is presented.

For more information on the topic please take a look at [4]

The participation is free, while materials should be purchased by
participants in advance (approx 150 USD).

The organisers [4] will try to collect sponsors and OSGeo support to reduce
the cost of participants.

Sign-in, seats are limited !

Best Regards from the organisers :-)



[1] OSM <http://osm.org/go/0Cvti3RZ9--?m=>
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Monitoring_Systems_Working_Group
[3]
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Building_fully_open_climatic_monitoring_system
[4]
http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/open-technologies-for-monitoring-systems-aimed-at-disaster
[4] Luca Delucchi, Yann Chemin and Massimiliano Cannata




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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

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I strongly disagree in using the name "project" for outreach "activities".

In OSGeo a project is a "software project" and we have:
- osgeo projects (graduated)
- incubating projects (incubating)
- community projects (not big enough to incubate)

Then we have "outreach activities" which are conducted by:
- OSGeo committees
- OSGeo working groups
- OSGeo advocates


To me using PROJECT for outreach activities is misleading and confusing.

And if you list one in the landing page you should list all of them.
p.s.: "open geoscience committe" is an "outreach project" as it connect
with EGU and AGU associations

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Not graduated OSGeo project...

[Massimiliano Cannata]

dear Board,
in the OSGeo landing page (www.osgeo.org) in the "OSGeo projects" frame are
listed the so called "Outreach Projects".

To my understanding and knowledge these listed projects (Public Geospatial
Data, Education and Curriculum, OSGeo Live) have not been nor incubated nor
graduated.

I'm therefore asking for clarification, and in the case my understanding is
correct, to immediately remove these projects from the landing page.

Two of them are actually committee, at the same level of the other OSGeo
committee, that in my opinion should be equally promoted and listed
togheter.

Best,
Maxi



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Board of Directors elections results

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Congratulation to the new Board,
I am very confident and convinced that it will be able to bring innovation
and wisdom to drive OGeo community to achieve its objectives.

I wish also to thank all the one that voted for me and confirm I will
continue to support the community as much as I can.

It was a great experience participating in the board and very instructive.

All the best,
Maxi


2016-10-05 10:59 GMT+02:00 Jorge Sanz <js...@osgeo.org>:

> 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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[OSGeo-Discuss] Campaign statement for Massimiliano Cannata

[Massimiliano Cannata]

*About me*
=
Thanks to the type of projects I have carried out I used to consider myself
academic with a private company perspective. I am Professor in Geomatics
and head of the Geomatic Division, which is one of the established
ICA-OSGo-labs, at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern
Switzerland (SUPSI).
- http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Massimiliano_Cannata
- https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Massimiliano_Cannata
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/massimiliano-cannata-45a04617

*Vision*
=
#family, #team, #equity, #inclusiveness, #rules, #transparency

This six keywords tell a lot about my vision of OSGeo and of the world.
I see OSGeo as a big family who's members work in team to achieve and share
success and prosperity. I also see OSGeo open to everyone and ready to
discuss with everyone given that respect and rules are followed.

*What you have done within the community in the past*
=
#istSOS #GRASS #ZOO-project #board #UnitedNation #Geoscience #GFOSS.it

I have participated in the foundation mainly at project level since the
beginning of OSGeo, after Bangkok as a GRASS PSC members, then as
ZOO-project PSC members, then chairing the istSOS project. I am (co)chair
of the United Nation committee and of the Open Geoscience Committee. I was
board members for the last two years. At local level I'm a founding member
of the italian local chapter GFOSS, i was official liaison officer for
several year and member of the Italian OSGeo local chapter board. Over the
last decade I have been a regular presenter, workshop lecturer, code
sprints  and organizer of academic sessions in numerous international and
regional FOSS4G conferences and events.

*What your interests are in terms of the board*
==
#serve_community #education #conference_fees #individuals

I have server the board in the last two years and i believe i got a good
understanding of the geo-system, i want now to fruitfully use this
experience to better serve the community.
What Can you expect from me?
To take the role seriously, to critically review each motion and rise any
type of concern i see motivating each single -1 . All this in an honest and
direct way without any influence or negative intention, but with open heart
to innovation and discussion. Education, conference fees, continental
chapters are some of the things to be carefully followed.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate#Massimiliano_Cannata
*Any things that you would like to change or introduce*
=
#participation #committes_governance #balance #committees_budget

I would like to foster charter members participation, but i recognise it is
not easy. I have pushed, with other board members, the definition of a
strategy and I believe it's time now to determine an action plan for
achieving objectives. Working in Switzerland has led me to appreciate
rules, which are at the base of the common respect and equity. Not many,
not complex but enough to motivate clear decisions. Moreover I wish we have
clear governance in all our groups and I will strive to bring more clarity:
I will ask for project open governance and written rules that we don't have
for several committees, I think we should work on these aspects, equally
distributing the efforts with all the groups and members of OSGeo, because
we are not a business company, we are a foundation of people with the
objective of pushing high quality FOSS4G software to the world.

*What role you would wish to fulfil on the board (if any)*
=
#board_member :-)

I don't want to be in the board passively or for exhibitionism, every
decision, every discussion has its own weight and have to be fully weighed
because no decision can be made lightly. Putting a +1 vote or -1 must be
argued. I will rise my voice to defend publicly my foundation. This is the
role of the board in my opinion, all the other roles and action are done in
the clothes of a charter members contributing.

And as in Bangkok was said may the foss be with you [1].

Maxi

[1] http://gisws.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/grass04/slogan.html

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Nominations reminder and campaign proposal

[Massimiliano Cannata]

dear Jorge,
I remember this was done also for past elections.
It is not mandatory of course, but i agree it should be nice to have this
short paragraph that allows for a presentation and a vision ;-)

Maybe we could have a dedicated wiki page for that?

maxi

2016-09-16 9:45 GMT+02:00 Jorge Sanz <js...@osgeo.org>:

> On 16 September 2016 at 08:29, María Arias de Reyna
> <delawen+os...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I think campaining a week is a good idea. But as an interested party,
> > maybe it is better to let others decide :)
> >
>
> On the contrary, as an interested party I was expecting candidates opinion
> :-)
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] CoverageJSON

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear All,
the coverage in O is addressed also at EU level within the SOS but in XML.

I may be interested in exploring this format and add this capability to
istSOS in the next future...

Maxi

2016-08-17 22:58 GMT+02:00 Bruce Bannerman <bruce.bannerman.os...@gmail.com>
:

> Thanks Jachym.
>
> I can also see the potential of this format.
>
> I like the potential for tying in the Observations and Measurements
> Observed Property with associated community agreed definitions to the
> coverage. This has been a missing piece of the puzzle for some time.
>
> I understand that Jon and his team would welcome collaboration to further
> test and develop the format.
>
> I expect that Jon will respond when he gets back off his holiday.
>
> Bruce
>
> On 17 Aug 2016, at 19:03, Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Bruce and Jon,
>
> I went through the spec, and I like it in general (not that it would be so
> important)
>
> JSON usage is certainly still growing, so is size of the data. Are you
> guys using the CoverageJSON in some application already? I like the
> metadata verbosity, and overall readiness for international environment.
>
> Have you been thinking about data compression too? For raster data, this
> could be key issue IMHO.
>
> good luck
>
> Jachym
>
> čt 11. 8. 2016 v 0:47 odesílatel Bruce Bannerman <
> bruce.bannerman.os...@gmail.com> napsal:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Are any projects doing any work with the emerging data format,
>> CoverageJSON?
>>
>> See:
>>
>> - https://covjson.org/
>>
>> - https://github.com/covjson/specification/blob/master/spec.md
>>
>>
>> I understand that this is still a work in progress, but is in a fairly
>> stable state at the moment.
>>
>> If anyone has looked at the format in detail, what are your thoughts on
>> its viability for:
>>
>> - data exchange; and
>>
>> - to underpin spatial and image analysis?
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] agenda points for the next board meeting August 4

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dirk I do not have clear position on the European local chapter formation,
so I have some questions that hopefully will help me to better understand.

- Why on specific mailing list there has not been any discussion?

- Which type of governance you want to give? What is the by law of this new
association?

- Will you create European local chapter charter members? How do they pose
regarding those of OSGeo ?

- What is the role of local national chapters ?  Do you have a list of
contacted existing european chapters and their official answer or position?
Existing European chapters will be under the European one or by side as
parallel independent entities?

- what is the relationship with FOSS4G europe and the conference committee,
if any? What kind of FOSS4G this possible europen local chapter is
pursuing? High cost and 5 star ( US style ) or low costs and 3 star ( Como
style) ?

These are some of the questions i wuould need to be answered to take a
position on this proposal

If i missed something and answers to theese questions were already
answered, please be so patiant to point me to these answers.

Best
Maxi
Il 02/Ago/2016 15:23, "Dirk Frigne"  ha scritto:

> Dear board members,
>
> In preparation for the board meeting next Thursday I added a new agenda
> point and copied tree points of the previous meeting agenda to the list.
>
> The new point is a status about the role OSGeo could play as
> participating organisation for GEO [1]. This is a follow up from the
> meeting 2016-04-14 where we discussed the potential partnership between
> GEO and OSGeo.
>
> about GEO in short: Established in 2005, GEO is a voluntary partnership
> of governments and organizations that envisions “a future wherein
> decisions and actions for the benefit of humankind are informed by
> coordinated, comprehensive and sustained Earth observations and
> information.”
>
> I had a conf call July 13 with Barbara Ryan and Paulo De Salvo about a
> potential partnership.
>
> The main activity is brokering in Geo-Data, and they need a lot of Geo
> software. I proposed to become a partnering organisation. The role for
> OSGeo should be the advocacy within the GEO organisation to promote
> OSGeo software.
>
> A partnership has no cost involved. They ask if we can attend and be
> represented on the yearly conference [2] (this year November 9-10 in St
> Petersburg), we should be able to ask some of our members who is already
> attending the conference, if possible. ESA is a PO an OGC also. If we
> could people in these organisations who could represent both ...
> But I think it is important we (OSGeo) are represented in this
> organisation.
>
> If we agree with such a partnership I can try to find a solution for the
> participation of the general meeting and GEO could go on with their part
> of the acceptance protocol.
>
> For the other agenda points:
>
> - F2F meeting date at FOSS4G Bonn
> I send out a doodle, please fill in so we can make a decision on the
> board meeting.
>
> -  Official expression of interest forming a European Chapter
> I replied on all questions or remarks that where raised. So we should be
> able to vote for the recognition of the new LOC.
>
> - OSGeo AGM at Bonn
> Already covered in mails earlier today. I think this point is ready to
> be executed in Bonn, as Jody stated.
>
>
> greetings,
> Dirk
>
>
> [1] http://www.earthobservations.org/index.php
> [2] http://www.earthobservations.org/meetings.php
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN OpenGIS logo contest

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Il 27/Lug/2016 05:14, "Vicky Vergara" <vi...@georepublic.de> ha scritto:
>
> Hello all,
> I have some questions:
> how much of the UN logo can be used?

Don't know. Maybe someone from UN can say more.

> how much of the OSGeo logo can be used?

A lot, but consider it is UN initiative where osgeo is only one of the
parts.

> If a person is hand skilled for drawing but a lousy user of drawing
software, submitting scanned hand made drawing is enough?

I would say it's ok. Someone will digitize then.

> Is there a limit of designs that a single person can submit?

No

> Is there a limit numbers of colours?

No

>
> Vicky
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Massimiliano Cannata <
massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>>
>> ​Dear OSGeo community,
>>
>> OSGeo has been involved in the UN OpenGIS initiative which is currently
actively contributing through the OSGeo UnitedNations Committee and Geo4All.
>>
>> With this contest, the UnitedNations Committee would like to invite the
artistic minds in our community to develop the official logo of the UN
OpenGIS initiative.
>>
>> This UN OpenGIS logo will be used on official documents of the UN
OpenGIS initiative.
>>
>> Anyone may submit artwork. We are looking for the best, so spread the
word to your colleagues, family and friends.
>>
>> The winning designer will receive a UN, OSGeo and G4A awarding
certificate and her/his name will be awarded on the webpage of UN OpenGIS
initiative.
>>
>> For more information, please visit
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UN_OpenGIS_logo_contest#Logo_Contest
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Maxi
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] UN OpenGIS logo contest

[Massimiliano Cannata]

​Dear OSGeo community,

OSGeo has been involved in the UN OpenGIS initiative which is currently
actively contributing through the OSGeo UnitedNations Committee and Geo4All.

With this contest, the UnitedNations Committee would like to invite the
artistic minds in our community to develop the official logo of the UN
OpenGIS initiative.

This UN OpenGIS logo will be used on official documents of the UN OpenGIS
initiative.

Anyone may submit artwork. We are looking for the best, so spread the word
to your colleagues, family and friends.

The winning designer will receive a UN, OSGeo and G4A awarding certificate
and her/his name will be awarded on the webpage of UN OpenGIS initiative.

For more information, please visit
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UN_OpenGIS_logo_contest#Logo_Contest
<https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/UN_OpenGIS_logo_contest#Logo_Contest>


Best wishes,
Maxi

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Extended Call for computer science researcher in Switzerland

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear all,
It's my pleasure to announce that the call for researcher at SUPSI in
switzerlan [1] has been extended to the 17th July.

If you have good skills in database, big-data and python programming and
you are a young researcher desiring to experience one year in Switzerland
on the Lugano Lake shores and you enjoy working on a cooperation research
project on istSOS and Open monitoring systems, apply for this position.
(Master is required and PhD is preferential).

For information, feel free to contact me.

Massimiliano

[1] http://www.supsi.ch/home/supsi/lavora-con-noi/2016-07-17-bando332.html
<http://www.supsi.ch/home/supsi/lavora-con-noi/2016-07-17-bando332.html>
(see also english call version:
 
http://www.supsi.ch/home/dms/supsi/docs/supsi/offerte-lavoro/2016/20160717_DACD_bando332_en.pdf
<http://www.supsi.ch/home/dms/supsi/docs/supsi/offerte-lavoro/2016/20160717_DACD_bando332_en.pdf>
)

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Tales from a Benevolent Dictator

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Marco,
Open management of a project has nothing to do with the quality of the
software (scientific evaluation).

Nevertheless OSGeo want to "label" projects that are considered a good
option for production environment.
It means that when a company, organization or group select the software it
doesn't just look at the software quality but also at the risk of this
investment.
Like for example if a software is dependent on a single failure point.

That's why in incubation it is required that the community is composed by
more then a single part and that the project is governed by multiple people
so that the faiulure of one component do not affect the project.

That's all.

Maxi



2016-05-15 14:40 GMT+02:00 Marco Afonso <mafonso...@gmail.com>:

> Hi Anita,
>
> Aha! So there is a ponderation weight on software quality evaluation AND
> project organization evaluation.
>
> So you can exclude an open source software with high quality if their
> organization evaluation is low.
>
> For me that seems wrong. A software on a public repository is only limited
> by it's licence terms, or unlimited at all. :)
>
> Cheers
> Em 15/05/2016 13:14, "Anita Graser" <anitagra...@gmx.at> escreveu:
>
>> Hi Marco,
>>
>> On Sun, May 15, 2016 at 1:18 PM, Marco Afonso <mafonso...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Once the software (as an object) is available on a public repository, it
>>> only matters it's license terms to evaluate it's restrictions. From there,
>>> it is irrelevant "whos behind it".
>>>
>> ​Here I have to strongly disagree. Imho, the job of OSGeo incubation is
>> to evaluate a software project (software and organisation) therefore it
>> makes no sense to limit discussions to software quality.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>> Anita​
>>
>>
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Fwd: Incubation, osgeo-EU and FOSS4G

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Jeroen
>From your answer I understand that I probably didn't express correctly my
view.

I never underestimate companies, nor government, nor acdemia, nor ngo.
My idea is that OSGeo should be neutral to sectors, providing room for
members to develop and push bussiness how they want. But it should not be
the foundatuon mandate make bussiness and making lobby. It should provide a
neutral space to promote foss in all its declinations. That's why when i
hear of an osgeo europe focused on business i don't like it, European
companies whose members belong to the community should do it not osgeo,
maybe forming a business committee not forking the foundation.
Member are people, some use their unpaid time, some use their paid time
because it overlap their work interests, some are from private sector, some
from gov and some prom academia. All are important and none is more
important with respect to others.

I do not underestimate companeies, but you don't have to undervalue orher
ecosystems.
Il 12/Mag/2016 09:17, "Jeroen Ticheler" <jeroen.tiche...@geocat.net> ha
scritto:

> Hi Max,
> Good to have a summarized discussion about what OSGeo is. Let me only
> react on the business side you discussed. I absolutely disagree with what
> you are saying ;-) I'll explain:
>
> People can only contribute voluntary (or professional) time if at some
> point they earn a salary that pays their bills. And if businesses didn't
> flourish, there wouldn't be governments, universities etcetera because
> there wouldn't be money for governments to fund itself nor academia. I've
> been a government employee for many years and I'm convinced governments and
> academia are indispensable in a well developed society. Some things are
> better done there than in business. BUT, many other things are better done
> in business. I often see a lot of distrust from the public sector towards
> the business sector, including in your expressed view. This is harmful to
> OSGeo! If I can send my whole company to FOSS4G to present our work,
> provide free workshops, sponsor AND learn this is a highly valuable thing
> in my opinion. It is ALL about individuals contributing and learning and
> sharing knowledge equally.
>
> I have spend many years in Africa, both as a child and as an adult. As a
> kid I've even travelled on food trucks delivering aid in refugee camps. I
> don't need many words to describe the impression that made on me: people
> (Tuaregs in my case) that lost their cattle and thus their work, suffered
> deeply, but still had their pride and served us tea on the edge of the
> desert. They had nowhere to go and were forced to abandon their nomad
> lifestyle to settle as farmers on land that was unsuitable for agriculture.
> You can't sink much further in life.
> This led me to work at the UN and then change to business because I thinks
> that's where the real difference can be made if done right. One of my main
> objectives is to develop knowledge that is non-exclusive and also helps
> those living in less favorable economic conditions. Technology won't be of
> much help to those Tuaregs, but I'm always looking at opportunities to get
> some company kickstarted there (hopefully under the GeoCat umbrella) so
> solid commercial activity can be developed locally. And for that, I won't
> ignore the commercial interests I have because I'm convinced in doing so
> that the development of a local company has the largest chance of success.
> And thus this company can contribute to the lives of its employees and pay
> (the least possible, but proper amount of) taxes to its government. When
> successful, also those employees could attend a local or global OSGeo
> event. Every successful company can contribute significantly to improving
> the lives of individuals. And open source is a great vehicle for this.
> FOSS4G and OSGeo are great vehicles for this too. Companies must be able to
> benefit from them, because it is the people in those companies and their
> families that benefit. And it is government and academia that can then pay
> salaries to you.
>
> NEVER IGNORE COMPANIES AGAIN IN OSGEO OR FOSS4G! THEY ARE NOT A THREAT,
> THEY ARE A NECESSITY.
>
> Warm hearted greetings,
> Jeroen
>
> > Op 11 mei 2016 om 11:01 heeft massimiliano cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@gmail.com> het volgende geschreven:
> >
> > BUSINESS AND OSGEO(EU)
> > OSGeo is an organisation of people. Not of sectors or groups or parties.
> Of course people belong to categories and this tend to influence the way
> they see the world. For this reason people tend to contribute to the
> community for their competence and interest within committees or working
> groups. It is not the mandate of OSGeo making lobbies or acquire mandates.
> To me OSGeo should get together gre

[OSGeo-Discuss] Incubation, osgeo-EU and FOSS4G

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Sorry for cross-posting but these recent topics (which took place on
different lists) took myself to reflect about our foundation.


Summary of the long mail below (for those who don't have time go trough :-D
)

=

DISCUSSION: only a small number of people take part to the discussions, why?

INCUBATION: we care about high quality, long term sustainable and reliable
solutions, who cares of governance models?

BUSINESS AND OSGEO(EU): we are a foundation of people not of companies, we
don't have to do business!

FOSS4G CONFERENCES: fees are a barrier, we are building exclusive events
rather then being inclusive, who care about revenue!


More explanation of my thoughts (for those who have time to spend and go
deeper :-o )

==

I'm an environmental engineer and thus far from being a rigorous
informatics or an economist or a social science expert. Nevertheless in
these last 20 years (from Bangkok to Seoul without missing a single one) I
had the opportunity to met those words, make some experience and learn a
bit.
That's to say that i do not have the truth in my pockets and I'm open to
change my view.

DISCUSSIONS
First a small consideration, those topics are discussed by a small number
of people with respect of the total members of our community. It means that
A) the arguments are not of high interest B) silent people are shy and do
not feel to be in the position to add value to the conversation C) people
think it is a waste of time.
This is often happening and my impression is that people just don't care to
much of these 'political' issues but only of technical matters.

INCUBATION
My understanding is that OSGeo trough the incubation process aims at
guarantee high quality, long term sustainable and reliable solutions to
show that FOSS Geospatial technology is valuable and credible. In this view
the governance model adopted (PSC, dictator or whatever) is of secondary
importance to me as long as the software respond to the above mentioned
requisites. I personally prefer clear process rather then open-in-words but
fake-in-fact rules.

BUSINESS AND OSGEO(EU)
OSGeo is an organisation of people. Not of sectors or groups or parties. Of
course people belong to categories and this tend to influence the way they
see the world. For this reason people tend to contribute to the community
for their competence and interest within committees or working groups. It
is not the mandate of OSGeo making lobbies or acquire mandates. To
me OSGeo should get together great projects and people to offer the world
the possibility of advance and improve the life of people. I know It is a
bit exaggerated but when i think of open source i see it as a mean of
equity: like making  accessible food and sanitation and drinking water and
medicine to everyone in the world. Making tools for a better governance
available to all.
OSGeo is about mutually sharing experiences, ideas, solutions not building
business. For this LocationTech which is a community of companies /
entities I understood is more suited.
So my vision is OSGeo focused on people not on companies or groups.
Splitting the community is not an advancement but a loss of value.

FOSS4G CONFERENCES
This is the momentum. Here i have always get inspiration from listening
talks, discussing with people, talking with friends. It used to be a very
inclusive event: the peak of the FOSS4G iceberg. I'm saying "it use to be"
because prices are year by year growing so much that today they represent a
barrier. I would have liked to came with 5 people from my group but this is
simply not economically sustainable: as a result the younger will lose this
opportunity to join the community and breath the breeze of Open innovation.
If i compare FOSS4G prices (rate per day) with other comparable events they
are higher. I personally don't need fancy locations and I am more
interested in involving more people rather then having high revenue for the
foundation. I want to meet students, people from low income countries,
small companies, start-up. Let's find a way to be Open..


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[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo-EU toward a new OSGeo scenario?

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Dirk and all,
I came across the e...@list.osgeo.org which I didn't know the existence
before of your last message. The archive [1] is showing very low traffic (2
thread, one of 2015 and one of 2016) with few contributors to the
discussions (3 people).
In my opinion times are very immature for creating an OSGeo-EU; it seems to
me that the discussion just started.

Apart from visions and perspective which could be different, i'm concerned
about the creation of an European OSGeo chapter and maybe in the next
future of an Asian one.
To my point of View, this may be the start of a disruption process which
could lead to to the creation of  multiple regional foundations.

I have to say that I was already reluctant on the formation of North
American chapter for the same reason.

This structure is one option, but then I see the "international OSGeo" (now
OSGeo only) to be totally redesigned in the case.

Probably each continent should then elect one/two representatives for the
"international OSGeo" and each "continental chapter" will have their
members and their rules that scale down to "national local chapters" that
have their own rules and members and elects representatives for the
continental chapter.

Also each "continental" will have its annual conference and the
International could happen once every two years.

Said that, I have no recipe and while understanding the motivation behind
this disruption process I have some fear of splitting communities. This may
lead in the future to different incubation processes, visions strategies
etc...

If this is the selected "option" I which that the process of
de-localization could be run in a more democratic way - doocracy is good
but when important matters involves several people democracy is far way
better as it explicitly involve everyone, not only those who " tends to
favor the more vocal people, leaving the "general opinion" largely unknown."


So my question (with no prejudices) is, are we going toward and do we seek
for a different OSGeo scenario?


Maxi


[1] http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/European-Union-Chapter-f5250537.html



Sorry if I garbled my understanding of the initial email, I did ask for
clarification :P

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On 2 May 2016 at 12:23, Massimiliano Cannata <massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch>
wrote:

> Dear Board Members,
> while I understand the call for presentation for the OSGeo vision,
> regarding FOSS4G Europe, i see different visions within the community.
>
> One things is the EU local chapter, another is the FOSS4G local event
> which has a different vision in my understanding and my opinion.
>
> What is your opinion?
>
> Maxi
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 2016-05-02 17:56 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>:
>
>> Thanks Till:
>>
>> I see that the presentation covering our mission/vision/goals has been
>> accepted <http://2016.foss4g.org/talks.html#306> - perhaps that can take
>> some pressure of keynotes? I would appreciate company if Maxi (who has been
>> doing so much planning work) was willing.
>>
>> To clarify point two - are you considering a european foss4g event? Or a
>> vision for how OSGeo can be effective in Europe.
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 2 May 2016 at 11:19, <till.ad...@fossgis.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear OSGeo board,
>>>
>>> I come to you in sight of OSGeo presence @FOSS4G 2016 in Bonn. After
>>> sending out the accteptance-emails for the proposals for the regular track
>>> we now also care heavily about all the other programme related issues.
>>>
>>> One thing we want to finalize ASAP are the plenary talks/sessions we
>>> will have.
>>>
>>> We would be very pleased, if we could have two presentations from OSGeo
>>> within the limits of our plenary sessions:
>>>
>>> 1. Traditionally the OSGeo president should run the Sol Katz Award
>>> session as well as the student awardings - both together in the closing
>>> session.  So we would be happy if Venka would agree in adopting that. This
>>> would be  on friday afternoon, the detailed time schedule will come soon.
>>>
>>> 2. In order to have both, a presentation of OSGeo's new "Vision and
>>> Mission" but also to present the "Vision of an European FOSS4G" I would
>>> like to ask kindly whether Vice-President Dirk Frigne wants to talk about
>>> this in a keynote on wednesday noon. I think especially on an european
>>> FOSS4G with a lot of european organisations being advocated, showing the
>>> vision of a worldwide, but also of an european FOSS4G makes a lot of sense.
>>> Dirk as a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Ouch ! : Re: OSGeo strategy and marketing : Call for ideas on osgeo activities

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Cameron and all,
Personally (and not speaking in the name of he board) i will be super happy
and in super favor of having a marketing plan to be probably one part of
theOSGeo  strategy.

I just don't see that we should restart from scratch what has been done so
far for this year.

in my opinion, we should go on and make treasure of results (positive or
negative) and improve the process for the future.

Maxi




Il 28/Apr/2016 14:31, "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> ha
scritto:

> Hi Maxi, board,
>
> It has been good of you to take the lead in putting together an OSGeo
> Priorities survey.
> Pushing an idea forward such as has been done has created a talking point,
> leading to marketing conversations, although possibly not in the direction
> originally planned, but constructive non-the-less.
>
> The positives I see from the board identification of a need (for
> marketing), is that some really great marketing ideas are starting to flow
> onto our email lists, from the likes of Marc and others. We have some
> really experienced business development, marketing, and strategy people
> within the OSGeo community. You might want to check out some of the OSGeo
> Advocate profiles at https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Advocate
>
> The conversations are hopefully leading to a revitalization of the OSGeo
> Marketing committee, which should in turn help free up the board to tackle
> other initiatives. I suspect that you'd agree that to be able to tap into
> this marketing expertise will be of value to the board?
>
> With regards to the specific conversation about delineating between
> marketing and strategy, I've regularly seen marketing consultants being
> included in company strategy planning sessions, and I see there being many
> synergies between the two.
>
> A few encouraging words from the board, offering to support personal
> initiatives to drive OSGeo marketing forward would likely be valuable at
> this point. (I've had a couple of private emails questioning whether
> marketing initiatives would be welcomed by the board.)
>
> Warm regards, Cameron
>
> On 28/04/2016 9:23 pm, Marc Vloemans wrote:
>
> Ouch...once more picking up the towel from the ringI have to disagree
> with the spin/suggestiveness/angle as below.it throws the whole
> discussion back to its early beginnings ..it disregards what
> individuals have contributed until now from their experience and insights
> ..
>  I realise that anything I write/offer further can be construed as too
> critical, too negative, too this, that and other. However, we are IMHO
> assembled at a too critical junction for OSGeo.
>
> I flatly refuse to go down a wrong path, only execute isolated subjective
> tasks on behalf of whoever tells me to do so, while seeing the proverbial
> ice-berg (irrelevance) on the radar (and the band keeps playing). That is
> not in the spirit of OS communities. I am quite willing to work (and
> starting to do so) on pressing present issues like: can we salvage our
> presence at FOSS4GNA next week (no banners, CD's etc to be found), what
> about actual funding requests But it would be nice if offers of help,
> actual advice, contributions  etc are not so easily dismissed, disregarded
> or kept for later usage.
>
> Actual terminology as "strategy is not a matter of marketing",  "I suggest
> you to work..." , comparing us to governments and reminding  me that 'the
> board has been elected', make me wonder if our community strategy is still
> to be a bottom-up process and what type of signal this gives to the
> members/volunteers. And if 'Father knows best what's good for me' 
> Well, that only works if one holds power over me or if there is a
> successful track record to show for. Right now it feels plain wrong to me.
>
> My contribution (and that of other commentators for who I have
> professional respect for their particular expertise) should be seen as a
> compliment and addition to what the Board has started.
> If the questionnaire, Boards' strategic objectives and member'
> participation/response all leave something to be desiredthen that is
> totally OK with meas long as all involved learn from it, take
> additional expertise on board, adapt, redesign and - anew - go for it.
>
> By the way;
> If the Board requires more mandate than they feel they have right now, in
> order to strategise properly (and not wait till 2017, while already our
> Foss4gNA-presentation is in jeopardy and the all-important Bonn-OSGeo
> strategy-presentation  coming up), then they have my backing!
>
>
>
> Vriendelijke groet,
> Marc Vloemans
>
>
> Op 28 apr. 2016 om 08:09 heeft Massimiliano Cannata <
> <massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch>

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Re: OSGeo strategy and marketing : Call for ideas on osgeo activities

[Massimiliano Cannata]

at a late stage we ask for responses to
specific questions arising from the first stage
>> >
>> > Steven
>> >
>> >> On 26 Apr 2016, at 17:00, Marc Vloemans <marcvloema...@gmail.com>
wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Alternatively
>> >>
>> >> What is going to happen to the outcome?
>> >> Some extra communication on that may enlist more entries.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Vriendelijke groet,
>> >> Marc Vloemans
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Op 26 apr. 2016 om 00:41 heeft Dirk Frigne <dirk.fri...@geosparc.com>
het volgende geschreven:
>> >>>
>> >>> We can try to discuss the first results on BOF on FOSS4G-NA, GWF and
>> >>> other activities going on... Discussing Face2f can help in getting
feedback.
>> >>>
>> >>> I will put this on the agenda during the workshop about OSGeo Europe
>> >>> on the GWF OSGeo day on May 24, 2016 in Rotterdam.
>> >>>
>> >>> just my 2c
>> >>>
>> >>> Dirk
>> >>>
>> >>>> On 26-04-16 00:07, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
>> >>>> we didn't set any end-date for the survey.
>> >>>> Nevertheless few answers have today been received, any action to
>> >>>> better involve members is more then welcome.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Maxi
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 2016-04-25 23:33 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com
>> >>>> <mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com>>:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  What is the timeframe here Maxi? You may also consider writing an
>> >>>>  news post, or as project leads to pass this opportunity on to the
>> >>>>  developer lists.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  --
>> >>>>  Jody Garnett
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  On 24 April 2016 at 03:12, Massimiliano Cannata
>> >>>>  <massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch
>> >>>>  <mailto:massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch>> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  Dear members
>> >>>>  The survey to collect your actions proposal is still open
>> >>>>  waiting for your contribution.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  Maxi
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  -- Messaggio inoltrato --
>> >>>>  Da: "Massimiliano Cannata" <massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch
>> >>>>  <mailto:massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch>>
>> >>>>  Data: 12/Apr/2016 18:41
>> >>>>  Oggetto: 2016 OSGeo's actions - Survey
>> >>>>  A: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org
>> >>>>  <mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org>>
>> >>>>  Cc:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  Dear OSGeo Community member,
>> >>>>  during the Face to Face board meeting held in February in Eide
>> >>>>  (Holland) a new 2026 OSGeo strategy has been formulated. We are
>> >>>>  now in a phase of community engagement to define the tactics to
>> >>>>  be implemented in the 2016 so that we can advance toward our
goals.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  For this reason, the board kindly ask you to participate in the
>> >>>>  survey by filling (as many time as your ideas are) the form at
>> >>>>  this url: http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB [1]
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  Details on the process and on the strategy are available
>> >>>>  at http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy [2]
and
>> >>>>  are described in the preamble of the survey.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  In the name of the Board of Directors,
>> >>>>  Thanks and Best regards,
>> >>>>  Maxi
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  [1] http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  [2]  http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  --
>> >>>>  *Massimiliano Cannata*
>> >>>>
>> >>>>  Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>> >>>>

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for ideas on osgeo activities

[Massimiliano Cannata]

we didn't set any end-date for the survey.
Nevertheless few answers have today been received, any action to better
involve members is more then welcome.

Maxi

2016-04-25 23:33 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com>:

> What is the timeframe here Maxi? You may also consider writing an news
> post, or as project leads to pass this opportunity on to the developer
> lists.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 24 April 2016 at 03:12, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>
>> Dear members
>> The survey to collect your actions proposal is still open waiting for
>> your contribution.
>>
>> Maxi
>> -- Messaggio inoltrato --
>> Da: "Massimiliano Cannata" <massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch>
>> Data: 12/Apr/2016 18:41
>> Oggetto: 2016 OSGeo's actions - Survey
>> A: "OSGeo Discussions" <discuss@lists.osgeo.org>
>> Cc:
>>
>> Dear OSGeo Community member,
>> during the Face to Face board meeting held in February in Eide (Holland)
>> a new 2026 OSGeo strategy has been formulated. We are now in a phase of
>> community engagement to define the tactics to be implemented in the 2016 so
>> that we can advance toward our goals.
>>
>> For this reason, the board kindly ask you to participate in the survey by
>> filling (as many time as your ideas are) the form at this url:
>> http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB [1]
>>
>> Details on the process and on the strategy are available at
>> http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy [2] and are
>> described in the preamble of the survey.
>>
>>
>> In the name of the Board of Directors,
>> Thanks and Best regards,
>> Maxi
>>
>>
>> [1] http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB
>>
>> [2]  http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy
>>
>> --
>> *Massimiliano Cannata*
>>
>> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>>
>> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>>
>>
>> Istituto scienze della Terra
>>
>> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
>>
>> Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana
>>
>> Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio
>>
>> Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14
>>
>> Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Awesome OSGeo Vision and Analysis from Marc Vloemans!

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Thanks Mark for sharing your personal vision, as multi-decade experienced
person.
I believe that your points are helpful to inspire further discussion.

The only remark I wish to mention is that OSGeo is a community that has
always been an umbrella for projects (it never evolved to, but it born from
several communities as it is).

Maxi






2016-04-15 12:28 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com>:

> Mark has started an excellent SWOT analysis of OSGeo, laying a foundation
> for a practical, implementable vision for OSGeo. I suggest everyone grad a
> coffee and take the time to read and then comment:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee
>
> Mark, thank you for the deep thought you have obviously put into this. I'm
> excited to hear feedback from others, and ideas on how to refine your ideas
> and put them into practice.
>
> Warm regards, Cameron
>
> On 15/04/2016 2:04 am, Marc VLOEMANS wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> Thanks for the invite and effort preparing it. I will certainly try to
> fill it out to my best of abilities. But I feel it lacks an objective frame
> work to sift, group, choose, prioritise and execute the results of the
> questionnaire.
> The present leap from vision/mission to objectives is often a bit too big
> for me (I miss a storyline); explicit transparent strategy formulation
> should make the questionaire easier :-).
>
> Unfortunately there are too many implicit assumptions when it comes to our
> intended strategy. We already do many things (events, projects, products,
> partnering, other initiatives) for many stakeholders. But which add more
> value to these than others (having a volunteer does not make something
> worthwhile doing)? What do stakeholders expect from OSGeo (did we ever
> ask)? Which initiatives are more instrumental to fullfil our mission than
> others (not necessarily the number of mentions in the questionaire...)?
> Which initoatives deserve more attention than others (eg those fullfilling
> more objectives at the same time)? If none of us is interested in executing
> a certain activity/task, it does not mean that this activity is not crucial
> to our existence.
>
> I have done some quick thinking and writing on how general strategic
> principles would apply to OSGeo, where the Board's objectives fit in and
> what possible avenues we have to meet them. So I share this with the list
> via this link: <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee>
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:Marketing_Committee
> For those who take the time to read, hopefully my thought process can help
> with filling in the questionaire and deciding what we are going to do and
> monitoring the results!
>
> (For those who do not know me; I have a multi-decade track record in
> strategy, business development and marketing with most types of
> organzations. Good software has an architecture, good strategy does too ;-)
>
> Please, do not consider this as a critique or an alternative to
> vision/mission/objectives and related questionaire, but rather as a means
> to fill essential gaps. Ones to fill in order to optimise our added value
> as an organisation.
>
> Happy reading.
> Cheers, Marc Vloemans
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Marc Vloemans
>
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>
>
> 2016-04-12 18:41 GMT+02:00 Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch>:
>
>> Dear OSGeo Community member,
>> during the Face to Face board meeting held in February in Eide (Holland)
>> a new 2026 OSGeo strategy has been formulated. We are now in a phase of
>> community engagement to define the tactics to be implemented in the 2016 so
>> that we can advance toward our goals.
>>
>> For this reason, the board kindly ask you to participate in the survey by
>> filling (as many time as your ideas are) the form at this url:
>> <http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB>http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB [1]
>>
>> Details on the process and on the strategy are available at
>> http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy [2] and are
>> described in the preamble of the survey.
>>
>>
>> In the name of the Board of Directors,
>> Thanks and Best regards,
>> Maxi
>>
>>
>> [1] http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB
>>
>> [2]  http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy
>>
>> --
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>>
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>>
>> Responsabile settore Geomatica
>>
>>
>> Ist

[OSGeo-Discuss] 2016 OSGeo's actions - Survey

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear OSGeo Community member,
during the Face to Face board meeting held in February in Eide (Holland) a
new 2026 OSGeo strategy has been formulated. We are now in a phase of
community engagement to define the tactics to be implemented in the 2016 so
that we can advance toward our goals.

For this reason, the board kindly ask you to participate in the survey by
filling (as many time as your ideas are) the form at this url:
http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB [1]

Details on the process and on the strategy are available at
http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy [2] and are described
in the preamble of the survey.


In the name of the Board of Directors,
Thanks and Best regards,
Maxi


[1] http://goo.gl/forms/HTGTlKv7SB

[2]  http://www.slideshare.net/cannata/osgeo-2026-strategy

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[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: OGRS call for short paper

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear All, (sorry for crossposting)
I would like to the drive your attention to the call for paper of the Open
Source Geospacial Research & Education Symposium  (OGRS2016) in Perugia,
Italy, October Wednesday 12th - Friday 14th.

As conviner of the Open Geospatial for Water session I invite you to submit
a short paper by the June 15 on the Water topic following these
instructions: http://2016.ogrs-community.org/submission-of-short-papers


Best,
Maxi


Session details:

Open Geospatial for water
*Conveners: *Massimiliano Cannata ; Iacopo Borsi
*Abstract: *Increasing the efficiency in water management is one of the key
challenges that our society is facing and that we are called to support.
Water related extreme events, like floods and droughts, are increasing in
frequency and in negative impacts due to climate changes, growing
population and economy. As a result today the water availability and
quality is a critical aspect to be secured. The Open Source for Geospatial
software can play an important role in improving the water management in
different areas of interest. In this view, it is of interest of this
session contributions about open source tools and applications in the
following topics: Surface water hydrology, Ground water hydrology, Water
supply for municipalities, Wastewater and stormwater, Flood risk management
and response, Drought monitoring and management, Water quality, Monitoring
and early warning systems, River basins Reservoir and irrigation systems
management, Hydro electrical power generation, Open hardware for collecting
water related data, Water data interoperability, Water related open data,
Education and courses in the water sector.



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Marketing] Recruiting OSGeo Santa Clause(s)

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Thanks Cameron,
I also think that Nik and Marc can start to work on the MarkCom and are
legitimated to do so.

This doesn't need stop the discussion which is aiming at providing positive
aspects: thinking about needs and gaps to be filled and considered is a
worth process.
(I used to think and discuss with my colleagues before start coding,
usually this save me time and produce better results :-P)

Maxi



2016-03-18 12:27 GMT+01:00 Cameron Shorter <cameron.shor...@gmail.com>:

> Nicolas, Marc,
> You both have proposed some excellent ideas on what we should do within
> the marketing committee, and I think you are also offering to make it
> happen? Thank you.
>
> I suggest put your ideas into the existing marketing wiki, as linked from
> here: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Marketing_Committee
>
> I suggest not being scared to archive old content. Maybe initially move
> under an "Old Material" heading, with strikeout font, or move to an
> "archive" wiki page, and eventually remove all together. Some of this old
> content I've created, and I'll be delighted to see it ruthlessly refreshed
> and improved in the ways you've suggested.
>
> I expect that once you put draft ideas together with a commitment to move
> it forward, you will attract positive feedback, and likely attract more
> volunteers.
>
> I don't think it matters much whether you work under the banner of
> "marketing committee", "web committee" or "conference committee". The key
> element is that something gets done. We are volunteers, and we are
> effective as a "do-ocracy".
>
> So please feel empowered, and start putting your ideas into the wiki. Ask
> for feedback. It is always easier to discuss an idea after someone has
> writing a first draft. I'd love to see what you suggest.
>
> Warm regards, Cameron
>
>
> On 18/03/2016 10:11 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
> Thanks for the clarity Marc, there is a very different focus between the
> two activities.
>
> My two-cents is what we need here - and what Cameron asked for at the
> start of the thread - is volunteers to put time on the table. OSGeo is a
> volunteer organization, please in pitch in to make it great.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 17 March 2016 at 09:37, Marc VLOEMANS <marcvloema...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All
>>
>>
>> If this year's marketing communication and budget is reflecting last
>> year's, then that's of course a discretionary Board decision.
>> To combine WebCom and MarkCom can in that case be a practical solution, for 
>> now...
>>
>> However, to combine them more permanently would downgrade the 'Art of 
>> Marketing'
>> to just 'Promotion'. And would not emply the total toolbox at our disposal 
>> to grow usage of
>> FOSS for GIS. Marketing can be so much more...
>>
>> In order to really benefit from all marketing has to offer, we need to have 
>> established at a minimum level:
>> - what are our offerings/products/services and their added end value?
>> - what is (are) our target segment audience(s), direct and indirect for the 
>> above?
>> - how do we create interest for it/these (the promotional aspect) per target 
>> group?
>> - how/via which appropriate channels do we distribute that 
>> offering-product-service (incl OSGeo-Live)
>> - which community members/orgs/externals/partners/suppliers are to be 
>> involved
>> - what are available timelines, resources and deliverables?
>> And these questions-answers are to be addressed interdependently in a single 
>> coherent approach.
>>
>> If such approach is considered too far fetched...then just have a single Com
>> for the future, focusing on promotional aspects and media; 'PromCom'.
>>
>> Not my preferred choice, though ;-)
>>
>>
>> Marc Vloemans
>>
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Marc Vloemans
>>
>> Mobile +31(0)651 844262
>> LinkedIn: http://nl.linkedin.com/in/marcvloemans
>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/marcvloemans
>> http://www.slideshare.net/marcvloemans
>>
>>
>> 2016-03-17 12:45 GMT+01:00 Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) <
>> <gert-...@osgeo.nl>gert-...@osgeo.nl>:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> The website is a tool, just as OSGeo-Live is a tool.
>>> The 2 committees (WebCom and MarkCom) are closely related.
>>>
>>> In  my opinion MarkCom set the goals and probably defines what tools are
>>> needed to reach these goals.
>>> WebCom makes sure  one of these tools is up and running.
>>> That requires different skill, which makes it a valid choice t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Recruiting OSGeo Santa Clause(s)

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Thanks Gert-Jan for the clarification.

I have some questions that I cannot answer myself not being an expert:
- Who design the website graphic?
- Who decide the content?
- Who decide the structure of the website?

>From your previous mail I understand this is a task for the MarkCom
(strategy), while WebCom only implement it (informatic work).

Did I understand correctly?

Maxi







2016-03-17 12:45 GMT+01:00 Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) <
gert-...@osgeo.nl>:

> Hi all,
>
> The website is a tool, just as OSGeo-Live is a tool.
> The 2 committees (WebCom and MarkCom) are closely related.
>
> In  my opinion MarkCom set the goals and probably defines what tools are
> needed to reach these goals.
> WebCom makes sure  one of these tools is up and running.
> That requires different skill, which makes it a valid choice to keep the 2
> committees separated.
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Gert-Jan
>
>
>
> Venkatesh Raghavan schreef op 16-03-2016 7:53:
>
>> On 3/16/2016 3:00 PM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
>>
>> I think that nicolas ideas are fully right. Website is one of the
>>> best
>>> marketing tool.
>>> Maybe making one committee from two dormient make one awake... could
>>> we
>>> consider to join webcom and marketing in a new one?
>>>
>>
>> I also think that merging web and marketing committees would make a
>> lot
>> of sense.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Venka
>>
>> Maxi
>>> Il 15/Mar/2016 21:39, "Jody Garnett" <jody.garn...@gmail.com> ha
>>> scritto:
>>>
>>> Thanks Cameron & Nick, could you start outlining a "reboot" on the
>>> wiki
>>> and grab an agenda item for next months board meeting? We also have
>>> a
>>> hangout/workparty for board members (and officers?) in case you want
>>> some
>>> companionship shaping the wiki page.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>> On 15 March 2016 at 04:38, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bo...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear Cameron, Marketing Committee, OSGeo Directors,
>>>
>>> As a member of the so called "dormant" Marketing Committee, i would
>>> be
>>> glad to help revitalising it.
>>>
>>> In fact it hasn't been a satisfactory nor confortable situation to
>>> be a
>>> member of such a forgotten commitee since 2012.
>>> So i'd like to volunteer for championing such committee reboot, and
>>> propose to help define strategic changes, recruit new members and
>>> tackle
>>> some of the administrative tasks.
>>> I can also chair the Committee if needed, and if this is
>>> appropriated for
>>> gathering the troops. Cameron, I am not Santa (but 'Klaus' only:)),
>>> but I'd
>>> be very glad to learn from your experience and we may try to enhance
>>> things
>>> together.
>>>
>>> However,i think the commitee's mission and role should be revised,
>>> probably indepth modified, and aligned with the new OSGeo plans.
>>> My main point is that the mandate of the OSGeo Marketing Committee
>>> must
>>> go way beyond the funding of OSGeo events and the managment of
>>> consumables
>>> or swag, as it mostly did (or not) until now.
>>> OSGeo Live is one of our best marketing tool to showcase some of the
>>> Foundation's software projects, but not to promote and market the
>>> Foundation itself IMHO.
>>> OSGeo Live must of course be kept inside a new marketing plan, but
>>> the
>>> latter shouldn't be built on DVDs and events only.
>>>
>>> According to me, improving OSGeo Marketing globally is one of the
>>> most
>>> important and urgent action to be taken according to the new
>>> strategic plan
>>> defined by the Board.
>>> It must help OSGeo to be presented as more matured, more inclusive,
>>> more
>>> professional, and fully considered by the broader geospatial
>>> community.
>>>
>>> I believe such reborn Marketing Committee should work closely along
>>> with
>>> the Board of Directors, the Website Committee and a few motivated
>>> contributors, in order to:
>>>
>>> - Define a consitent OSGeo identity from existing material
>>> (including
>>> revised graphic guidelines, new shapes and colors aligned with
>>> identified
>>> needs and recent web trends, new scalable vector graphics, web fonts
>>> ...)
>>> - Refi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Recruiting OSGeo Santa Clause(s)

[Massimiliano Cannata]

I think that nicolas ideas are fully right. Website is one of the best
marketing tool.
Maybe making one committee from two dormient make one awake... could we
consider to join webcom and marketing in a new one?
Maxi
Il 15/Mar/2016 21:39, "Jody Garnett"  ha scritto:

> Thanks Cameron & Nick, could you start outlining a "reboot" on the wiki
> and grab an agenda item for next months board meeting? We also have a
> hangout/workparty for board members (and officers?) in case you want some
> companionship shaping the wiki page.
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 15 March 2016 at 04:38, nicolas bozon  wrote:
>
>> Dear Cameron, Marketing Committee, OSGeo Directors,
>>
>>
>> As a member of the so called "dormant" Marketing Committee, i would be
>> glad to help revitalising it.
>>
>> In fact it hasn't been a satisfactory nor confortable situation to be a
>> member of such a forgotten commitee since 2012.
>> So i'd like to volunteer for championing such committee reboot, and
>> propose to help define strategic changes, recruit new members and tackle
>> some of the administrative tasks.
>> I can also chair the Committee if needed, and if this is appropriated for
>> gathering the troops. Cameron, I am not Santa (but 'Klaus' only:)), but I'd
>> be very glad to learn from your experience and we may try to enhance things
>> together.
>>
>> However,i think the commitee's mission and role should be revised,
>> probably indepth modified, and aligned with the new OSGeo plans.
>> My main point is that the mandate of the OSGeo Marketing Committee must
>> go way beyond the funding of OSGeo events and the managment of consumables
>> or swag, as it mostly did (or not) until now.
>> OSGeo Live is one of our best marketing tool to showcase some of the
>> Foundation's software projects, but not to promote and market the
>> Foundation itself IMHO.
>> OSGeo Live must of course be kept inside a new marketing plan, but the
>> latter shouldn't be built on DVDs and events only.
>>
>> According to me, improving OSGeo Marketing globally is one of the most
>> important and urgent action to be taken according to the new strategic plan
>> defined by the Board.
>> It must help OSGeo to be presented as more matured, more inclusive, more
>> professional, and fully considered by the broader geospatial community.
>>
>> I believe such reborn Marketing Committee should work closely along with
>> the Board of Directors, the Website Committee and a few motivated
>> contributors, in order to:
>>
>> - Define a consitent OSGeo identity from existing material (including
>> revised graphic guidelines, new shapes and colors aligned with identified
>> needs and recent web trends, new scalable vector graphics, web fonts ...)
>> - Refine the OSGeo web identity (including main site redesign through the
>> developement a new drupal theme, responsive webdesign, efficient and
>> reusable visuals...)
>> - Enhance OSGeo web content and presence (including blog, journal,
>> newsletter and bring more activity on various social networks)
>> - Market the OSGeo brand online and at all kind of events (including
>> consumables management, viral marketing, direct marketing...)
>>
>> Such actions could be prioritized and voted by the Committee's members,
>> coordinated by the commitee's chair according to the Committee members, and
>> aligned with the allocated budget and volunteered time.
>>
>> I sincerly hope we can reboot and improve our Marketing Committee
>> together, in order to grow and market our Foundation better.
>> Let us talk, decide and act now ! Enough rest for MarkCom' !
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> 2016-03-15 8:42 GMT+01:00 Cameron Shorter :
>>
>>> OSGeo needs help distributing money to worthy causes. We need an OSGeo
>>> Santa Clause.
>>>
>>> The current state of play is:
>>> * The OSGeo Board has allocated budget for an OSGeo marketing committee
>>> to distribute.
>>>
>>> * But, our OSGeo Marketing committee has imploded. (I was the last
>>> chair, a few years back). It seems no one is interested in the
>>> administrative tasks of giving away money, doing the administrative work of
>>> writing cheques, being accountable, deciding which requests get funded
>>> verses which don't based on a set of guidelines.
>>>
>>> My take is that handing out money to worthy marketing causes can't be
>>> too important, as it is not bugging anyone enough to want to step up and
>>> volunteer to fix it. But I'd be delighted to proven wrong, and see some
>>> people volunteer to step up to revitalise the OSGeo marketing committee. If
>>> you are possibly interested, please speak up. I'd be happy to help you get
>>> started.
>>>
>>> A first task would be to consider this request from Bob.
>>>
>>> Warm regards, Cameron
>>>
>>> On 9/03/2016 6:29 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>
>>> Sounds like an amazing event, marketing committee should have a budget
>>> to work against shortly (it is an agenda topic for 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [SoC] GSoC 2016: OSGeo accepted as mentor org!

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Wanderful job.
My best compliments and thanks to you girls.

Maxi
Il 01/Mar/2016 09:02, "Margherita Di Leo"  ha scritto:

> Dear all,
>
> We are happy to announce that OSGeo has been accepted once again as mentor
> organization for GSoC 2016! See here [0] all accepted organizations.
> Instructions on next steps will follow, stay tuned!!
>
> Your GSoC admins,
>
> madi & anne
>
>
> [0] https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/
>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Funding code Sprints

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear all,
the fact that made me rise this discussion is:
- we are facing more and more sprint code support requests (really really
great)
- we do have limited budget (we may not be able to support all the requests)

So, how to prevent, for example, that a request in September for a very
strategic sprint code is not funded because all the money were already
spent?
Shall we have a call for sprint code with defined criteria of selection so
that all the projects are aware of this possibility and knows the rules?

This was my concerns...


Best,
Maxi






2016-02-22 8:12 GMT+01:00 Mr. Puneet Kishor <punk.k...@gmail.com>:

>
> > On Feb 22, 2016, at 12:37 PM, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <
> patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> wrote:
> >
> > For my two-pence, which won't even get you a cup of chai in Mumbai
>
>
> Correct. The current going rate is about 15¢ or 10p.
>
>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Funding code Sprints

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Dear All,
this is to acknowledge that there is a topic on discussion within the board
directors on assigning funds to sprint code requests.

Up to now a request-voting-fund approach has been followed without any
specific plan.
Since the board f2f meeting (thank you community for supporting that as i
believe it was an enormous opportunity for OSGeo to speed up advances and
was so fruitful) a budget has been draft and resources has been allocated.

With this mail I would personally like to ask a few questions the different
communities:

- who is intended to present a fund request for sprint code in 2016. This
will give an idea of the number of expected requests.

- do you have preferences on criteria for assign resources and eventually
what is your choice motivation?


Thank you,

Maxi



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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] Invitation to join our Geo4All AgriGIS research thematic and help contribute to Global Food Security

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear agrigis people
Just to inform you that istSOS was successfully used in the FP7 project
ENORASIS (www.enorasis.eu) to optimize (min water & max yield)  irrigation
schedule using weather forecast and field law cost sensor.

Also in the H2020 project FREEWAT (www.freewat.eu) a set of tools for
hydrogeological and crop modelling & integrated in QGIS are under
developement (of course all is free and open source).

Hope it is of interest.

Best
Maxi
Il 13/Feb/2016 08:52, "Suchith Anand"  ha
scritto:

> Dear colleague,
>
> I am emailing you to invite you to join the *Geo4All AgriGIS thematic*
> that is lead by *Dr Didier Leibovici (University of Nottingham, UK ) *and *Dr.
> Nobusuke Iwasaki ( National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences
> (NIAES), Japan*).
>
> Mobile broadband networks, location-based technologies, sensor-web
> technologies and cloud computing offer the potentials to develop location
> independent, sustainable living and to provide flexible and low cost
> information and services networks, linking individuals and communities in a
> scale that transcends national boundaries. Rapid developments in
> positioning, broad-band mobile communications, sensor platforms, sensor-web
> enablement, spatial search and pervasive computing fundamentally change the
> access to and use of location-based data for agriculture. However, the
> necessary multi-disciplinary approach needed to transform raw data and
> information into useful intelligence and knowledge for scientists is still
> constrained by disciplinary and organisational silo's and legacy concepts.
> Geospatial interoperability and open source standards-based GIS and open
> data will help deliver holistic solutions in geospatial technologies in
> AgriGIS by enabling the ready integration of separate location relevant
> technologies and lowering costs. The expanding range of open source GIS
> tools and open data will greatly enhance the use of geospatial technologies
> in agriculture and facilitates the sharing of information across various
> stakeholders and collaborative work.
>
> To give you some background information, myself and Didier Leibovici in
> 2012 established AgriGIS theme [1] at the University of Nottingham through
> a *BBSRC funded GRASP research* [2] that we were successful in
> collaboration with Plant Science colleagues . The aim of establishing
> AgriGIS research theme at Nottingham was to expand cross-disciplinary
> research into the application of geospatial science to agriculture, in
> genetic diversity including identifying new sources of trait variation,
> planning breeding objectives with local knowledge input, and evaluating the
> effect of climate change scenarios . We also build wider research
> collaborations with *Crops for the Future , Malaysia* [3] and *the Open
> Source Geospatial Lab, UNMC, Malaysia* (Tuong Thuy Vu) [4] through
> various ongoing research (incl. fully funded PhD studentships) and AgriGIS
> workshops [5].
>
> You can get some overview of GRASP from AgriGIS workshop that we held at
> Nottingham https://rd-alliance.org/sites/default/files/AgriGIS2014.pdf
>
> I am also contributing to RDA's Agriculture Data IG and i have presented
> our work at the RDA Agriculture IG session in Dublin in 2014 looking into 
> *Geospatial
> interoperability in Agriculture research*. I also know the chair of the
> Agriculture IG , Devika Madalli (Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore)
> and other colleagues in the IG.
>
>
> https://rd-alliance.org/group/agriculture-data-interest-group-igad/post/geospatial-interoperability-agriculture-research
>
> https://rd-alliance.org/sites/default/files/GRASP_GFS_for_RDA_Dublin2014.pdf
>
> Aiming to expand our AgriGIS research globally, we have been building
> global research collaborations through our involvement in global research
> initiatives like the *Research Data Alliance (RDA)* ,for example leading
> the Geospatial IG [4]. Research Data Alliance builds the social and
> technical bridges that enable open sharing of data. The RDA vision is
> researchers and innovators openly sharing data across technologies,
> disciplines, and countries to address the grand challenges of society.The
> Research Data Alliance is supported by the European Commission, the
> National Science Foundation and other U.S. agencies, and the Australian
> Government.Details at https://rd-alliance.org/
>
> I am also in discussions for expanding collaborations with Global Open
> Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN) initiative [7] . The* Global
> Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN)* initiative seeks to
> support global efforts to make agricultural and nutritionally relevant data
> available, accessible, and usable for unrestricted use worldwide. The
> initiative focuses on building high-level policy and public and private
> institutional support for open data. The initiative encourages
> collaboration and cooperation among existing agriculture and open 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Privacy Policy: [was FOSS4GNA - Someone is watching you :-o]

[Massimiliano Cannata]

;>
>> Evangelising Open Source Geo is IMHO immensely worthwhile. To do that you
>> need to be a bit pushy while finding the right balance.
>>
>> Let’s applaud our advocates, conference organisers and marketeers, not
>> moan at them
>>
>> Apologies if this is a bit ranty (the first draft was way more ranty)
>>
>> Peace and goodwill to everyone for the holiday season whatever your faith
>> __
>> Steven
>>
>>
>>
>> On 18/12/2015 6:28 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the productive discussion - some of those privacy policies
>> seem to be website specific ( rather than for an organization as a whole ).
>>
>> We just are rebooting the webcom so the timing is good for a privacy
>> discussion. It may be easier to start here and then branch out to project /
>> committee email lists and a foundation wide policy.
>>
>> We have a different understanding of foss4g Maxi.
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 4:08 AM Massimiliano Cannata <
>> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Gert, deal all,
>>> after a few days of discussion I would like to sum up some
>>> considerations to re-focus to subject of my first e-mail and that in my
>>> opinion should led OSGeo foundation to at least one or two argument for
>>> discussion.
>>>
>>> 1- Some FOSS4G events made use of "aggressive" marketing strategies
>>> using mailing lists where the users didn't explicitly agree in being
>>> notified.
>>>
>>> 2- There are laws on privacy protection which are different  for
>>> different countries/region (this is explained for example at this resource,
>>> but I'm not a loyer: http://www.lsoft.com/resources/optinlaws.asp )
>>>
>>> 3- OSGeo act globally and should be respectful as much as possible of
>>> all the existing rules
>>>
>>> 4- FOSS4G is the OSGeo's label of their Free and Open Source Software
>>> For Geospatial conferences
>>>
>>>
>>> Said that each person or organization is responsible for its acts (and
>>> is free to behave as he/she/it prefer), I would like that OSGeo - and
>>> FOSS4G that is with no doubt recognized as an OSGeo event - act in respect
>>> of a well defined privacy protection policy with is
>>> as much protective of privacy as possible.
>>>
>>> Example of Privacy Policy can be found for example in:
>>> - Apache foundation (
>>> http://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/privacy.html)
>>> - Eclipse foundation (https://eclipse.org/legal/privacy.php)
>>> - Debian (http://www.debianit.com/privacy-policy/)
>>> - Software Freedom Conservancy (
>>> <https://sfconservancy.org/privacy-policy/>
>>> https://sfconservancy.org/privacy-policy/)
>>> - OpenStack (https://www.openstack.org/privacy/)
>>>
>>>
>>> From a short reading all of them seems state that they do not pass
>>> information to third parties and do not use these information for sending
>>> newsletter unless explicitly agreed.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> So, if I raised you attention to this hot topic and in the future people
>>> will be more sensitive and respectful of privacy when they act in the name
>>> of FOSS4G or OSGeo I'm 1000% happy and accept any blame on me.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regard,
>>> Maxi
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2015-12-15 23:38 GMT+01:00 Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl
>>> <gert-...@osgeo.nl>:
>>>
>>>> First: I took the opportunity to change the subject of this thread to a
>>>> less shouting version (CAPS LOCK and spam live side-by-side on my
>>>> email-irritation-scale)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Second: Funny to see how the use of two different channels (mailing
>>>> list vs. MailChimp) kind of reflect the different approaches to reach the
>>>> -more of less- same goal.
>>>>
>>>> Any expanding organisation / movement / community comes to a point
>>>> where the classical channels (like a mailing list) reach their limits,
>>>>
>>>> and "new" marketing (yuch! marketing==ugly & bad!) channels & methods
>>>> may help to stretch beyond borders. Which comes at a cost (as Maxi tries to
>>>> tell, I guess).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Privacy Policy: [was FOSS4GNA - Someone is watching you :-o]

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear Gert, deal all,
after a few days of discussion I would like to sum up some considerations
to re-focus to subject of my first e-mail and that in my opinion should led
OSGeo foundation to at least one or two argument for discussion.

1- Some FOSS4G events made use of "aggressive" marketing strategies using
mailing lists where the users didn't explicitly agree in being notified.

2- There are laws on privacy protection which are different  for different
countries/region (this is explained for example at this resource, but I'm
not a loyer: http://www.lsoft.com/resources/optinlaws.asp )

3- OSGeo act globally and should be respectful as much as possible of all
the existing rules

4- FOSS4G is the OSGeo's label of their Free and Open Source Software For
Geospatial conferences


Said that each person or organization is responsible for its acts (and is
free to behave as he/she/it prefer), I would like that OSGeo - and FOSS4G
that is with no doubt recognized as an OSGeo event - act in respect of a
well defined privacy protection policy with is
as much protective of privacy as possible.

Example of Privacy Policy can be found for example in:
- Apache foundation (http://www.apache.org/foundation/policies/privacy.html
)
- Eclipse foundation (https://eclipse.org/legal/privacy.php)
- Debian (http://www.debianit.com/privacy-policy/)
- Software Freedom Conservancy (https://sfconservancy.org/privacy-policy/)
- OpenStack (https://www.openstack.org/privacy/)


>From a short reading all of them seems state that they do not pass
information to third parties and do not use these information for sending
newsletter unless explicitly agreed.



So, if I raised you attention to this hot topic and in the future people
will be more sensitive and respectful of privacy when they act in the name
of FOSS4G or OSGeo I'm 1000% happy and accept any blame on me.


Best regard,
Maxi








2015-12-15 23:38 GMT+01:00 Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting OSGeo.nl <
gert-...@osgeo.nl>:

> First: I took the opportunity to change the subject of this thread to a
> less shouting version (CAPS LOCK and spam live side-by-side on my
> email-irritation-scale)
>
>
>
>
>
> Second: Funny to see how the use of two different channels (mailing list
> vs. MailChimp) kind of reflect the different approaches to reach the -more
> of less- same goal.
>
> Any expanding organisation / movement / community comes to a point where
> the classical channels (like a mailing list) reach their limits,
>
> and "new" marketing (yuch! marketing==ugly & bad!) channels & methods may
> help to stretch beyond borders. Which comes at a cost (as Maxi tries to
> tell, I guess).
>
>
>
> Food for thought for the Board face2face meeting in January (and for the
> entire community) to determine
>
> - what our goals are
>
> - what our values are
>
> - and how these two compare to each other.
>
>
>
>
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
>
> Gert-Jan
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *Van:* Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *Namens *Rob
> Emanuele
> *Verzonden:* dinsdag 15 december 2015 21:51
> *Aan:* David Bianco
> *CC:* OSGeo Discussions
> *Onderwerp:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4GNA - SOMEONE IS WATCHING YOU :-o
>
>
>
> Hey David,
>
>
>
> The emails on the mailing list were cultivated by past FOSS4G NA
> attendees, people opting in in other ways, and from lists that were given
> by members of this and last year's committee. If we're spamming people who
> didn't opt in, it is not intentional and apologies for the spam (the world
> certainly doesn't need more spam). We'll take a look at the list moving
> forward to try to prevent from sending emails to anyone who didn't opt in.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rob
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 2:48 PM, David Bianco <m...@davidbianco.net> wrote:
>
> I believe MailChimp has policies against adding emails to your list
> without a user's authorization.
>
>
>
> http://mailchimp.com/legal/acceptable_use/
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015, at 10:16, Rob Emanuele wrote:
>
> Thanks for pointing out that it wasn't yet posted to OSGeo-Discuss, I just
> posted it.
>
> There's a one-click unsubscribe button from that mailing list, sorry for
> the spam!
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:31 PM, Massimiliano Cannata <
> massimiliano.cann...@supsi.ch> wrote:
>
> Just a funny note...
>
>
>
> Nice to see that LocationTech has a FOSS4G email ( WOW!)
>
>
>
> and.
>
> that all the link on the received e-mail are connected with my user_id (I
> have one? Yes)
>
>
>
> and
>
> that they are tracked (!!! without inform me 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] board f2f planning / prep

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear cameron
I'm very supportive of your suggestions.

Empowering the community is also one of my personal priority.

Maxi
Il 16/Dic/2015 21:07, "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shor...@gmail.com> ha
scritto:

> OSGeo Board,
> For the Board Face to Face meeting, I suggest asking the OSGeo community
> for ideas to put on the OSGeo board agenda.
>
> One topic I think worth adding to [1] is:
>
> "Re-engaging with the OSGeo Community"
>
> My gut feeling is that over the years email activity and new ideas has
> gradually reduced on OSGeo-Discuss email list, and gradually increased on
> the OSGeo-Board email list. (I'd love to find some evidenced based research
> to confirm or deny this).
>
> If this is true, it would imply that OSGeo is moving from a grass roots,
> community empowered organisation, where the board's main role is validating
> community ideas, toward a hierachical organisation where the board is
> driving the OSGeo agenda.
>
> Personally, I think a grass roots organisation structure is more
> effective, and more in line with OSGeo's founding principles.
>
> I suggest a starting point could be to discuss ideas on OSGeo-Discuss by
> default, then move to the board list to vote.
> Another idea worth building upon is inviting the OSGeo Charter members to
> vote on key topics occasionally in order to help the board gauge community
> sentiment.
>
> Warm regards, Cameron Shorter
>
> On 16/12/2015 9:48 pm, Vasile Craciunescu wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Like Maxi, I don't see the need for an external facilitator. Anyway, the
>> meeting agenda is extremely important. Let's start working on that. The
>> wiki page for the meeting [1] already include the general topics. Please
>> add your specific topics and let's try to allocate a time frame for each
>> topic.
>>
>> Best,
>> Vasile
>>
>> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016
>>
>> On 12/16/15 9:42 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>> personally i don't think we need any facilitator to have a F2F meeting
>>> between few people.
>>>
>>> Before taking any action in this direction I request to be discussed and
>>> eventually voted.
>>>
>>> best
>>> Maxi
>>>
>>> 2015-12-16 8:05 GMT+01:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com
>>> <mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com>>:
>>>
>>> I have not seen the agenda for f2f meeting yet.
>>>
>>> Personally I would prefer it focus on longer term strategy then our
>>> usual month to month IRC meetings.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>> On 15 December 2015 at 22:51, Gert-Jan van der Weijden - Stichting
>>> OSGeo.nl <gert-...@osgeo.nl <mailto:gert-...@osgeo.nl>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Jody and others, 
>>>
>>> __ __
>>>
>>> Actually I have had (informal) contact with 2 process
>>> facilitators, who might be willing to take this (paid) role.
>>>
>>> Some instant remarks on this:
>>>
>>> - do you need a facilitator just for the weekend or also for the
>>> preparations (to be honest, the f2f agenda so far seems to focus
>>> on practical issues, not on the agenda itself)
>>>
>>> - is the goal of the f2f to define a OSGeo strategy for the next
>>> few years, or about "how to run an not-for-profit organisation".
>>> 
>>>
>>> - or is it even -given Jeff's resigning- more about how to run a
>>> Board with different persons, cultures, ideas (which might
>>> require a more mediator-like facilitator)
>>>
>>> __ __
>>>
>>> Or just someone who takes the notes, makes sure the coffee is at
>>> the right temperature etc.
>>>
>>> __ __
>>>
>>> __ __
>>>
>>> __ __
>>>
>>> Kind regards, 
>>>
>>> __ __
>>>
>>> Gert-Jan
>>>
>>> __ __
>>>
>>> __ __
>>>
>>> *Van:*Board [mailto:board-boun...@lists.osgeo.org
>>> <mailto:board-boun...@lists.osgeo.org>] *Namens *Jody Garnett
>>> *Verzonden:* woensdag 16 december 2015 02:13
>>> *Aan:* bo...@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:bo...@lists

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4GNA - Someone is watching you :-o

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Pat
You misunderstood or probably i didn't explained myself.

I'm not against any proprietary software or company. I use google and agree
to accept their term of use.

I don't think there is any evil around, just people taking care of their
interests.

My point is that i didn't agreed to be included in any list and i don't
want anyone to trak and link my actions while looking at a foss4g website
withou advise it.
Can I say this or not?

I believe that on open source community thay care of their open principle
should particularly take care of this aspects.
Can I say this or not?

Puneet,
You may think I'm working against LocationTech but is not true. I have no
interest at all in this. I'm fully open for any collaboration with anyone
when it leads to reciprocal benfits.

Best
Maxi
Il 16/Dic/2015 10:56, "Puneet Kishor"  ha scritto:

>
>
> > On Dec 16, 2015, at 3:07 PM, Pat Tressel  wrote:
> >
> > If you want to point at a company as being the Evil Empire these days,
> you'd be more accurate pointing at Apple (cancelling licenses for Mac
> clones, suicides at Foxconn, restrictions on getting apps on iTunes,
> removing fitness tracker products from their stores because they might
> compete with the Apple Watch, etc. -- do a search for "apple anti
> competitive practices")
>
> You were doing fine until above. The rest of your post is indeed very
> relevant and useful and argues correctly for sanity instead of knee-jerk
> accusations (until the above assertions, of course).
>
> The point is, there seems to be a fairly strident Location Tech bashing
> going on, and it is getting to be tiring. Let's stick to keeping OSGeo a
> fun, useful champion of free and open geospatial without becoming
> anti-anything-free, partisan and possibly irrelevant.
>
> --
> Puneet Kishor
> Just Another Creative Commoner
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[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4GNA - SOMEONE IS WATCHING YOU :-o

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Just a funny note...

Nice to see that LocationTech has a FOSS4G email ( WOW!)

and.
that all the link on the received e-mail are connected with my user_id (I
have one? Yes)

and
that they are tracked (!!! without inform me !!!)

and...
that I have been added to a list that i'm not subscribed (
http://mailchimp.com/about/mcsv/)


But...
Where did they get my e-mail from?
why thy didn't simply post the news to the discussion-osgeo list?
what do they want to track?



*If you want to see the FOSS4G-NA without been traced here is the
link https://2016.foss4g-na.org/ <https://2016.foss4g-na.org/>*


#SPAM #NOT-SO-FAIR #LIKE-MICROSOFT-THAT-SPY-ME #SCARY

Best,
Maxi

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Barn raising: osgeo.org web site

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear All,
actually I think we need something more fancy and modern with respect to
what we have now.

At least for the landing page, the rest could be more functional and be
Drupal or whatsoever you think is better from a technical point of view.

In my opinion we need a re-design of the website and of the communication.

Maxi



2015-12-10 10:09 GMT+01:00 Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) <
gert-...@osgeo.nl>:

> Hi Ian,
>
> Is this update a pure technical one, or are there also plans to give the
> site a new fresh & young look?
>
>
> regards,
>
> Gert-Jan
>
>
>
>
>
> Ian Edwards schreef op 09-12-2015 14:38:
>
>> Excellent - thanks Jeff.
>>
>> All - please keep sending in requirements for the remake of the main
>> osgeo.org [2] website.  It may make sense to move specifics of this
>> discussion to the webcom mailing list, but please reply on discuss
>> with any major issues to this proposal overall, or with any
>> alternative suggestions prior to tomorrow's board meeting.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 1:18 PM, Jeff McKenna
>> <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 2015-12-07 6:31 PM, Ian Edwards wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>> Plans to recreate the current OSGeo.org website in a newer version
>>>> of
>>>> the Drupal content management system are on the wiki here:
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo.org_Web_Site_-_2016_Barn_Raising
>>>>
>>>> This topic is also on the agenda for this week's OSGeo board
>>>> meeting
>>>> (Thursday):
>>>> agenda: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2015-12-10
>>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2015-12-10>
>>>> time:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2015=12=10=14=0=0%2015.00UTC
>>
>>>
>>>> Please send replies to the message to *discuss**@lists.osgeo.org
>>>> [1]
>>>>
>>>> <http://lists.osgeo.org>* and not to the other lists included on
>>>> this
>>>> message to prevent the discussion from being split across the
>>>> discuss,
>>>> board, sac and webcom lists!
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ian
>>>>
>>>> P.S. I anticipate that we may not all agree that a manual
>>>> migration to
>>>> Drupal 8 is the absolute optimal solution --- but please bear in
>>>> mind
>>>> that possible upgrades have been in discussion since 2007...
>>>> We're
>>>> looking for a solution that can be easily implemented and meets
>>>> the main
>>>> requirements (including removing ad hoc custom PHP and also
>>>> ensuring
>>>> solid multilingual support).
>>>>
>>>
>>> I've added more requirements to the wiki as well:
>>>
>>> - Allow easy way to find communication channels:
>>>
>>> mailing lists
>>> IRC
>>> OSGeo Slack
>>> OSGeo HipChat
>>> OSGeo Gitter
>>>
>>> -jeff
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> Links:
>> --
>> [1] http://lists.osgeo.org
>> [2] http://osgeo.org
>>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Wiki + notifications

[Massimiliano Cannata]

Dear All,
thanks for the upgrade of the old wiki media version.

It would be nice to have the WYSIWYG_extensions [1] tough. You can test its
behaviour here [2].

This would be a great benefeit for the community from my point of view...

Ciao,
Maxi


[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:WYSIWYG_extensions
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor:Test?veaction=edit



2015-11-20 10:18 GMT+01:00 Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>:

> On 2015-11-20 12:02 PM, Yves Jacolin wrote:
>
>> Jeff,
>>
>> On Friday, November 20, 2015 9:07:24 Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone,
>>>
>>> Some of you might have noticed that the SAC team recently upgraded our
>>> wiki backend (MediaWiki), thank you to Martin Spott.
>>>
>> Indeed, and I already have some good feedback :) So big thanks to the SAC
>> team
>> and Martin Spott.
>>
>> But many of you
>>> don't realize that with this upgrade is the ability for the wiki to send
>>> e-mail notifications if you "watch" a page that you have updated.
>>>
>> I don't agree with this :) I watch a lot of wiki pages from many years,
>> this
>> is not a new feature :)
>>
>> So, for those of you using the wiki, please verify that your stored
>>>
>> [..]
>>
>> Thanks any way to clarify this!
>>
>> Y.
>>
>>
>>
> Thanks for clarifying this Yves.  Maybe what is new is that I get all of
> the bounces from wrong e-mail addresses sent to my inbox; in any case, it
> is a good time for every wiki user to review the stored e-mail address.
>
> -jeff
>
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