[OSGeo-Discuss] FedGeoDay 2016 program announced

Dear All, (x-posted to LocationTech and OSGeo lists, please feel free to fwd to any who might be interested) FedGeoDay 2016 is on October 13th this year. The program was just announced, and it looks very strong indeed. It features speakers from a number of U.S.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Board nomination for Vasile Craciunescu

+1, so many good things have been rightfully said about Vasile. I agree and support 100% for what it's worth. Andrea On 14/09/16 05:46, Dirk Frigne wrote: I want to second the the nomination of Vasile. I had the opportunity to work with him in the board for the last 8 months and I appreciate

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2016] Board Nomination for Maria Brovelli

+1 for Maria. She has done some amazing work for quite some time & is a joy to work with. Andrea On 09/09/16 07:27, Luigi Pirelli wrote: clap clap clap for Maria :) Luigi Pirelli ** * Boundless

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination

Third. Sara is fantastic. I felt very fortunate to work with her as part of FOSS4G NA 2016, and in general in FOSS4G NA-land. Can't say enough good things. Andrea On 13/07/16 09:23, Newcomb, Doug wrote: I second the nomination! Sara works hard to advocate for open source software. Doug

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G2016 and diversity

ut hopefully we can limit such discussions to 1% (or so) >of >our bandwidth - which we achieve by referencing our code-of-conduct. > >Disclaimer - I'm a privileged white male, living in a democratic >country, and I'm used to expecting good behaviour to be the norm. > >Warm regards,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G2016 and diversity

Marc Vloemans Op 30 mei 2016 om 03:49 heeft Andrea Ross <andrea.r...@eclipse.org> het volgende geschreven: Marc, I started to write a whole bunch of thoughts related to this but instead decided against as I felt it was stating the obvious and I didn't want the thoughts to be perceived

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G2016 and diversity

and hopefully we meet in Bonn, Marc Vloemans Vriendelijke groet, Marc Vloemans Op 28 mei 2016 om 03:04 heeft Andrea Ross <andrea.r...@eclipse.org <mailto:andrea.r...@eclipse.org>> het volgende geschreven: Dear Kristin, Everyone The sex/gender split was similar for FOSS4G NA 201

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G NA 2016 Report

ip with Location Tech and OSGeo would evolve. Our teaming has resulted in yet another successful conference that I believe plays to the strengths of both organizations. I was very pleased with the openness and collaboration that I witnessed. — Mark The synopsis from Andrea Ross i

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

Dear Peter, and All The comments in this thread have been well considered and thoughtful, so I don't have much to add. What I would like to add, to support what Marc & others have said is that to me, for what that's worth, an important part of the issue is who is the arbiter of which

[OSGeo-Discuss] Last day for early FOSS4G NA 2016 pricing

Dear Everyone, Today (March 31) is the last day to register for the FOSS4G NA 2016 conference (May 2-5) and pay early pricing. If you're interested in coming, please don't wait, register now and save yourself $200 . For

[OSGeo-Discuss] Time to decide on FOSS4G NA 2017

Dear Everyone, As many of you know, FOSS4G NA is an important annual conference for a number of communities, projects, and initiatives. OSGeo & LocationTech are two of the well known Foundations participating, but FOSS4G NA spans well beyond both. In 2015, a number of people participated in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] geospatial @ apache foundation

SS4G NA. The CfP <https://2016.foss4g-na.org/cfp> deadline is February 8th. Speakers who have their talk accepted get a free full access pass. There are also scholarships for those that need a little support. Kind regards, Andrea On 30/01/16 14:47, Cameron Shorter wrote: Hi George, I'm n

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Overview of all current FOSS4G conferences

Dear Cameron, Yeah, as you note, sadly blip.tv changed their business model and even though FOSSLC was paying for hosting, they simply stopped offering the service altogether, and the videos went off-line. This was actually years ago and very few people noticed. I went back to a backup

[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: FOSS4G NA 2016 CfP deadline is approaching

Dear Everyone, (x-posted to LocationTech & OSGeo discussion lists, please fwd to any who might be interested) A friendly reminder that the call for proposals deadline is approaching for FOSS4G North America 2016. We'd love to receive as many excellent proposals as possible. Submit your

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Privacy Policy

Dear Gert-Jan, Everyone I would be happy to comment on contact list practice at the Eclipse Foundation in case it is helpful. Before I do, I would like to say I am heartened to see the responses saying enough LocationTech bashing. It was past the point of absurd & destructive for a while.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo/LocationTech relationship

o" and LT are "sister" organizations then LT could also have a free both and be listed as partner along with other organizations. Otherwayaround why LT does not organize its own event and then let it be organized by osgeo? Regards Massimiliano Il 15/Nov/2015 18:48, "Andr

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo/LocationTech relationship

the other foundation saying "no, we love you. Give us the right to run your event". Ha, pardon? -jeff On 2015-11-12 7:35 PM, Andrea Ross wrote: Jeff, It is really hard to discuss this topic because you make stuff up. The concerns stem from the fantasy rather than reality. The FAQ

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo/LocationTech relationship

On 15/11/15 23:20, Daniel Kastl wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 People can and do participate in both OSGeo & LocationTech all the time. This is a good thing. It absolutely isn't a zero sum scenario. The mutually reinforce each other rather than detract from one

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo/LocationTech relationship

On 2015-11-15 1:35 PM, Andrea Ross wrote: Jeff, Again, you make statements like you have below about me/LocationTech smoothly courting/calculated/etc going after OSGeo's only source of revenue. Perhaps you would like to present your evidence for making such negative statements? Bear in mind that t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo/LocationTech relationship

On 13/11/15 15:42, Mateusz Loskot wrote: On 13 November 2015 at 14:24, Jeff McKenna wrote: why would you create a separate foundation with the exact same goals, and then later come back to the other foundation saying "no, we love you. Give us the right to run

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo/LocationTech relationship

Dear Maria, Hopefully the choice of license for a project, or in this case choices for licenses by a group of projects are not cause for outrage. Each project will choose what makes sense to them, and that's a great thing. This is very common. Apache has chosen the Apache license. Mozilla the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo/LocationTech relationship

Thanks Even. Noted. As you likely know. It is the extra nature beyond other reciprocal licenses like LGPL, EPL, and MPL that is the concern. I've not heard a different term to describe that aspect. And it goes without saying no offense was intended. I understand the different perspectives and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo/LocationTech relationship

Jeff, It is really hard to discuss this topic because you make stuff up. The concerns stem from the fantasy rather than reality. The FAQ produced recently does a pretty good job covering the

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America 2016 Call for Proposals has opened

Dear Everyone, (x-posted to OSGeo & LocationTech discussion lists, please fwd to any who might be interested) Relaying the news... the CfP for FOSS4G NA 2016 has just opened: https://2016.foss4g-na.org/news/call-proposals-has-opened Please get your talks & workshops in. It's going to be an

[OSGeo-Discuss] Geography2050 Nov. 19 & 20, NYC

Dear Everyone, (x-posted to LocationTech & OSGeo discussion lists, please fwd to any who might be interested) In case you might have interest and not heard about it yet, Geography2050 runs Nov. 19-20 in NYC. Check it out here: http://www.geography2050.org/ Kind regards, Andrea

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [location-iwg] Last call for FedGeoDay 2015

rner, and others for helping pull together the program. Kind regards, Andrea On 17/10/15 16:05, Jody Garnett wrote: So how was FedGeoDay? I saw some pictures on twitter .. -- Jody Garnett On 13 October 2015 at 07:12, Andrea Ross <andrea.r...@eclipse.org <mailto:andrea.r...@eclipse.o

[OSGeo-Discuss] Last call for FedGeoDay 2015

Dear Everyone, (x-posted to LocationTech & OSGeo discussion lists, please fwd to any who might be interested) For those that are interested, this Thursday is FedGeoDay 2015 . FedGeoDay 2015 features a really great line-up of speakers from Government and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My name is now Andrea

3867 - fax. +39-031-3327321 >e-mail1: <mailto:maria.brove...@polimi.it> maria.brove...@polimi.it >e-mail2: prorettr...@como.polimi.it > > > > > > > >Da: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> per conto di Andrea Ross >&l

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My name is now Andrea

Andrea Ross <andrea.r...@eclipse.org <mailto:andrea.r...@eclipse.org>> wrote: Thank you for this lovely email Emma. And all my best + happy birthday to your sibling. We are far from alone. Regular people that just happen to be the way we are. Kind regards,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My name is now Andrea

It was nice to meet you as well Venka. Kind regards, Andrea On October 9, 2015 6:10:55 PM EDT, Venkatesh Raghavan <ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote: >Hi Andrea, > >Nice meeting you at FOSS4G-2015 at Seoul. > >Best > >Venka > >On 2015/10/10 0:11, An

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My name is now Andrea

ring your story!! My sibling recently came out as a >trans >woman as well, and today is their (they prefer the neutral pronoun now) >birthday, so seeing your story was just awesome :) And thank you for >all >you do for the OSGeo community! > >On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 1

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My name is now Andrea

On 09/10/15 13:04, Sandro Santilli wrote: On Fri, Oct 09, 2015 at 11:11:06AM -0400, Andrea Ross wrote: Dear Everyone, Please pardon me for those who already know this news. I participate quite a bit and have supported OSGeo initiatives since the early days (FWIW, I am a charter member since

[OSGeo-Discuss] My name is now Andrea

Dear Everyone, Please pardon me for those who already know this news. I participate quite a bit and have supported OSGeo initiatives since the early days (FWIW, I am a charter member since 2008), and it seems appropriate to share this here as well. If you please, it is my wish you call me