Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Official expression of interest forming a European Chapter

2017-07-27 Thread Maria Antonia Brovelli
Antonia Brovelli Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Official expression of interest forming a European Chapter Hi - in the midst of end-of-month deadlines I missed the first part of this threadplease feel free to relay to the "eu" or "board" lists. a) One comment/r

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Official expression of interest forming a European Chapter

2017-07-27 Thread Maria Antonia Brovelli
Thanks Cameron. Really relevant points to consider. Best! 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

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Official expression of interest forming a European Chapter

2017-07-27 Thread Andrea Giacomelli
Hi - in the midst of end-of-month deadlines I missed the first part of this threadplease feel free to relay to the "eu" or "board" lists. a) One comment/recommendation, reproposing the one I made in Jan 2007 during the founding meeting of GFOSS.it aka Italian Chapter. This concerning the compo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Official expression of interest forming a European Chapter

2017-07-27 Thread Cameron Shorter
All, I think OSGeo and OSGeo-EU should be very careful not to compete commercially or provide commercial favour for one organisation or individual over another. Doing so is fraught with potential for bias, corruption, having vendors buy influence, and accusations of foul play. OSGeo is by des

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Official expression of interest forming a European Chapter

2017-07-26 Thread Jachym Cepicky
We need roadmap of the organisation. First things first - to be established, then to position our role within osgeo, than to position our status within european bodies (mainly with the EU) I belive, something like github issues would be good tool, so that tasks wounld not get forgotten and can be

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Official expression of interest forming a European Chapter

2017-07-26 Thread Maria Antonia Brovelli
Dear Maxi Well noted. We'll discuss about that as well. This is a relevant point. Thank you for suggesting solutions. Are there other comments by other members? Best regards Maria Sent from my Samsung device Original message From: Massimiliano Cannata Date: 25/07/2017 14:1

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Fwd: Official expression of interest forming a European Chapter

2017-07-25 Thread 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 equi