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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Many people came up to us afterwards and said how enlightening the OS panel discussion was. Of possible interest: I think we went a ways towards convincing other companies like Autodesk that maybe, just maybe, they should be moving some of their work out into open source as well. I had two conversations tonight that gave me hope that the wheels are spinning at those companies.<BR>
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As long as the OSGeo continues to be seen in the current light, many things are possible.<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: Frank Warmerdam on behalf of Frank Warmerdam (External)<BR>
Sent: Tue 4/4/2006 9:10 PM<BR>
To: Jo Walsh<BR>
Cc: board@board.osgeo.org<BR>
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Board] Potential for an Incubation Sprint / OSGeo meetup<BR>
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Jo Walsh wrote:<BR>
> dear Board,<BR>
><BR>
> I wanted to add an item to the agenda for this week; the possibility of<BR>
> an OSGeo meetup for protagonists of the projects in Incubation in June.<BR>
> Nothing is as momentum-building as getting people together face to face.<BR>
<BR>
Jo,<BR>
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I love the idea of an incubation sprint. My concern would be that June<BR>
is quite late for it. My hope is that as many as half the projects might<BR>
be out of incubation by then. At one point you refer to a Incubation/Stack<BR>
sprint. What other ideas did you have that might be accomplished?<BR>
<BR>
If we were to have an incubation sprint, I think it would be important<BR>
to lock everyone (all project reps) in a room for a couple days, with<BR>
Rich, Daniel and perhaps some input from other interested parties to<BR>
hammer out what it means to be a foundation project, and what degree<BR>
of "foundationness" we want to try and attain in common.<BR>
<BR>
> But if this is an idea the rest of the Board would be interested in<BR>
> supporting, then the main question I have would become more pragmatic:<BR>
> Is there potential financial resource within OSGeo to support travel<BR>
> expenses to more meetings this year? Would this be a balancing act at best?<BR>
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I think the foundation could bring forward modest resources to facilitate<BR>
a face to face meeting if needed.<BR>
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> (I was interested to hear of 3 board members on the same panel today<BR>
> at <A HREF="http://www.locationintelligence.net/agenda/">http://www.locationintelligence.net/agenda/</A> , I hope the advocacy<BR>
> went well and that LI was a good thing for the Cause, I'd love to hear<BR>
> more feedback about the crowd's reaction there, between the 3 of you<BR>
> there must be a very convincing case for "Why Should the CXO Care<BR>
> About Open Source Geospatial Products?")<BR>
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I too would be interested to hear one or more reports on how this went!<BR>
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Best regards,<BR>
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