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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Andrew,<br>
I'm wanting to get down to the details of what is and is not
expected and acceptable, because I'm sure we will need to answer
community questions about this in the future. (My questions are
deliberately baiting in order to try to flush out what might be
obvious to yourself).<br>
<br>
Q1: What types of working groups are you expecting LocationTech to
host which people will wish to be involved in? Why would such
groups be set up to be exclusive, rather than "everyone's welcome"
which is current OSGeo default?<br>
<br>
Q2: If a person wants to be involved in a LocationTech working
group, what process should they follow? Should they lobby the
OSGeo board asking to be assigned as an official OSGeo delegate?<br>
Should OSGeo board allow anyone who asks to be given delegate
status?<br>
If not, what are the criteria for being allocated delegate status?
More importantly, under what circumstances does the board reject
the request?<br>
Is there a limit to the number of OSGeo representatives
LocationTech will accept?<br>
<br>
Q3: What value does LocationTech hope to gain by including OSGeo
as a member organisation?<br>
<br>
Q4: What value does OSGeo gain?<br>
<br>
Q5: What level of effort is required, by whom, within OSGeo? Eg: A
requirement for a high level of involvement from the OSGeo board
might not be sustainable. <br>
<br>
On 4/10/2012 7:01 AM, Andrew Ross wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Cameron,<br>
<br>
In practice, a formal representative from OSGeo would
participate in the working group sessions and discussions.<br>
<br>
The links I provided provide a short summary of membership
rights and privileges. The <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/documents/Eclipse%20BYLAWS%202011_08_15%20Final.pdf">Eclipse
Foundation bylaws</a> (PDF) and <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.eclipse.org/org/industry-workgroups/locationtech_charter.php">LocationTech
charter</a> are the canonical pages with much detail.<br>
<br>
Any individual designated by OSGeo can be the representative.
The representative can be changed as needed. What you wrote
sounds like any number of people and that's not right.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps,<br>
<br>
Andrew<br>
<br>
On 10/03/2012 04:17 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:506C9D6D.2060206@gmail.com" type="cite">Andrew,
<br>
Can you please expand on what such membership would mean in
practice. Is there a web page explaining what such membership
entails? <br>
<br>
Does this membership provide an avenue for any individual to
participate in Locationtech by noting they are part of OSGeo (as
OSGeo accepts anyone offering to help OSGeo)? <br>
<br>
On 04/10/12 04:40, Andrew Ross wrote: <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Thank you Frank. <br>
<br>
That's right regarding formal representation for OSGeo at
LocationTech. <br>
<br>
And confirmed re: OSGeo wouldn't be a Steering Committee
member for $0. <br>
<br>
For what it's worth, OSGeo could be a Steering Committee
member for $15K/year at any point. <br>
<br>
Andrew <br>
<br>
On 10/03/2012 02:13 PM, Frank Warmerdam wrote: <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Andrew, <br>
<br>
Thanks - I have added this to our agenda for the next board
meeting at: <br>
<br>
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href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2012-10-11">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2012-10-11</a>
<br>
<br>
I gather to make this useful we would want to have one or
more <br>
OSGeo representatives to join various LocationTech mailing
lists <br>
to participate in discussions and act as a liason? I gather
we would <br>
be general members of the locationtech working group, but
not <br>
voting members of the steering committee, right? <br>
<br>
Best regards, <br>
Frank <br>
<br>
On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 9:58 AM, Andrew Ross <a
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href="mailto:andrew.ross@eclipse.org"><andrew.ross@eclipse.org></a>
wrote: <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Hi Everyone, <br>
<br>
On behalf of the LocationTech Steering Committee, I would
like to formally <br>
invite OSGeo to participate in LocationTech.
LocationTech's Steering <br>
Committee unanimously agreed to invite OSGeo to
participate without <br>
membership dues. To do so, OSGeo would sign up as an
Associate member of the <br>
Eclipse Foundation ($0 for OSGeo) and Participating member
of LocationTech <br>
(also $0 due to the invitation). <br>
<br>
OSGeo's involvement in this working group: <br>
<br>
helps influence the working group's direction <br>
provides a useful forum for OSGeo to engage companies <br>
maintains close ties to help identify opportunities of
mutual benefit & <br>
collaboration <br>
<br>
Best regards, <br>
<br>
Andrew <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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