Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Standards] sponsoring / relevance / standard

2015-10-19 Thread Scott Simmons
Jody, We are in the process of voting on our new Policies and Procedures for development of Standards - the vote ends in about a month and then we will see if we offer the Community Standards option. A quick summary: a Community Standard will allow an externally-developed “standard” (e.g., a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Standards] sponsoring / relevance / standard

2015-10-18 Thread Scott Simmons
Hi Henrique, Cameron has raised a very good point: we in the OGC need some interest from our members to start movement on a new standard. Perhaps you would be willing to brief OGC membership on your ideas and/or identify some “champions” inside the OGC who might start discussing the topic? If

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Standards] sponsoring / relevance / standard

2015-10-18 Thread Cameron Shorter
Hi Henrique, It sounds like you are looking to build a ground swell of usage of a spatial encoding system. This is a difficult task, and not something that OSGeo or OGC processes are set up for. First there needs to be a number of users all calling out for this standard, then OGC will help

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Standards] sponsoring / relevance / standard

2015-10-18 Thread Munich Orientation Convention
Hi Cameron, thank you for the kind support. According to Mahatma Gandhi, the stages for innovations are: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you. Then you win. OGC didn’t reach the second stage. >From my side, I’m open for any proposals in favor of