Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] Should OSGeo accept "benevolent dictator" projects into OSGeo?

2016-05-06 Thread Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX)
Dear OSGeo Community, This seems a wonderful opportunity for OSGEO to do a bit of growing, and stretch those old limbs in a limber-up kind of way. Though they be not as old as some of us OS geospatial projects! We are accelerating into a new world, one where climate chaos is a daily

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [GeoNode-users] GeoNode (and GIS) software usability survey

2016-05-06 Thread Jeffrey Johnson
Hi Folks, Cross posting from geonode-users. The GeoNode community is working with a User Research team on improving Usability and Experience in GeoNode. The survey linked below is fairly generic about use of GIS software in general, so if you could take some time to fill it out, we would greatly

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Incubator] Should OSGeo accept "benevolent dictator" projects into OSGeo?

2016-05-06 Thread Jonathan Moules
Wikipedia has a page full of Open Source Benevolent Dictators For Life (BDFL) for very successful projects (Linux, Ruby, Python, Blender, Django, OpenBSD, Drupal, WordPress, Perl) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benevolent_Dictator_for_Life I'm not sure how many have foundational approval, or