[Board] OSGeo naming

[Jeff McKenna]

Arnulf,

I'm not sure if we need to agree on an official name.  But my preference 
is for "the Foundation", to differentiate the OSGeo big boy from a local 
chapter; but that's not technically correct as Chris pointed out.

(I must get to the Bolsena sprint some day)

-jeff



Arnulf Christl wrote:
> Board, 
> sorry for not showing up at the last meeting, I did not manage to be in
> the office in time.
> 
> Following up on the agenda item "Short dialog on naming OSGeo
> "International, Global, World, ..." ?". No worries, there is no
> intention to change anything but I wanted to have a short "dialog" or
> "brainstorm" on how we best name things. Maybe it is only me but I
> regularly need to differentiate between different "instances" or
> "categories" of OSGeo. 
> 
> This issue again became apparent in the recent discussion around
> supporting Map World Forum 2011 by GIS Development. Annu Negi from GIS
> Development used "OSGeo Int." to differentiate it from the OSGeo Local
> Chapter "OSGeo India". There might be other options some of which
> already came up. It would be good to develop a common opinion and then 
> use that name in contexts where we need to differentiate. Here are
> some suggestions off the top of my head. Please add your own ideas and
> consider and comment them. 
> * OSGeo World
> * OSGeo Main
> * OSGeo International
> * OSGeo Int.
> * OSGeo HQ
> * OSGeo General 
> * ...
> 
> Before we decide anything we should also post this to discuss but it 
> might be good to come up with a suitable version right away. 
> 
> 
> Best regards form beautiful Bolsena in Italy,
> Arnulf. 
> 
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2010
> 
> That was last year, this year the weather is even better... :-)
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/39779098@N02/3680074688/in/set-72157620364023817/
>