<div dir="ltr">Usual advice, ask the appropriate committee to make a motion to start your new initiative (the board is also one such committee). <div><br></div><div>If it is time sensitive the board does have electronic voting and can act reasonably quickly.</div><div><br></div><div>I wonder if we should list google on the partners and friends page in order to describe our involvement in activities like GSOC and this.<br><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 at 13:16, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p>Hi Helmut, other admins,<br>
</p>
<p>Sorry for my slow response, I had a half written email which I
didn't seem to send.</p>
<p>I've had a quick look over your Summer of Code wiki pages and you
have some good material in there which I think I'll draw upon.</p>
<p>With regards to sign off, do you have any tips with regards to
getting official endorsement from the OSGeo Foundation? Any steps
that I should put in place? (I'm looping in the OSGeo-Board, who
might want to add suggestions?)</p>
<p>Warm regards, Cameron<br>
</p>
<div class="gmail-m_9157395473144865463moz-cite-prefix">On 24/3/19 8:02 am, Helmut Kudrnovsky
wrote:<br>
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<div>Hi Cameron,</div>
<div> </div>
<div><em>>I think you have been involved in previous Google
Summer of Code initiative(s) on behalf of OSGeo?</em></div>
<div> </div>
<div>yes; also this year [1] (OSGeo GSoC admins cc'ed).</div>
<div> </div>
<div><em>>I'm keen to play a role in Google's upcoming
Season of Docs initiative.</em></div>
<div> </div>
<div>good to see your effort for the Google's Season of Docs
initiative!</div>
<div> </div>
<div><em>>I'm wondering if you, or others, would like to
join me</em></div>
<div> </div>
<div>due to time constraints I'm not able to join.</div>
<div> </div>
<div><em>>and/or provide me with some mentoring with
regards to what I should do from an OSGeo perspective.</em></div>
<div> </div>
<div>see [1] for a possible starting point. it may be a good
idea to ask OSGeo projects if they want to join the Season
of Docs under OSGeo'S umbrella and if they are capable to
provide mentor capacity for this period. then start to
outline some framework of rules etc.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>kind regards</div>
<div>Helmut</div>
<div> </div>
<div>[1]
<a class="gmail-m_9157395473144865463moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2019_Administrative" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_2019_Administrative</a></div>
<div>[2]
<a class="gmail-m_9157395473144865463moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code_Recommendations_for_Students</a></div>
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<div style="margin:0px 0px 10px"><b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag,
22. März 2019 um 21:11 Uhr<br>
<b>Von:</b> "Cameron Shorter"
<a class="gmail-m_9157395473144865463moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank"><cameron.shorter@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>An:</b> "Helmut Kudrnovsky" <a class="gmail-m_9157395473144865463moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hellik@web.de" target="_blank"><hellik@web.de></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> "Vicky Vergara" <a class="gmail-m_9157395473144865463moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:vicky@georepublic.de" target="_blank"><vicky@georepublic.de></a><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Google Season of Docs initiative</div>
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<p>Hi Helmut,</p>
<p>I think you have been involved in previous Google
Summer of Code initiative(s) on behalf of OSGeo?</p>
<p>I'm keen to play a role in Google's upcoming Season
of Docs initiative. I'm wondering if you, or others,
would like to join me, and/or provide me with some
mentoring with regards to what I should do from an
OSGeo perspective.</p>
<p>Feel free to loop in others when you respond.</p>
<p>Warm regards, Cameron</p>
<div class="gmail-m_9157395473144865463moz-cite-prefix">On 12/3/19 12:46 pm,
Cameron Shorter wrote:</div>
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<div>OSGeo education folks,
<div>I'm aware that many of you have expertise
which crosses across education, writing and
geospatial software. I'd be interested to hear
who might be interested in bringing that
expertise into an OSGeo "Season of Docs"
initiative, as per below? (I'm personally keen
to get involved).<br>
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From: <strong class="gmail_sendername">Cameron
Shorter</strong> <span><<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 at 12:36<br>
Subject: Fwd: Announcement and thanks to
Season of Docs survey respondents: Season of
Docs has launched<br>
To: OSGeo Discussions <<a href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a>></div>
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<div>As per below, Google has just launched
a Season of Docs program, designed to
bring open source and technical writer
communities together, to the benefit of
both. Awesome! I reckon our OSGeo projects
should get involved, and I'm personally
keen to be part of it. Anyone else want to
join me?<br>
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From: <strong class="gmail_sendername">Sarah
Maddox</strong> <span><<a href="mailto:sarahmaddox@google.com" target="_blank">sarahmaddox@google.com</a>></span><br>
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 at 08:56<br>
Subject: Announcement and thanks to
Season of Docs survey respondents:
Season of Docs has launched<br>
To:</div>
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<div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(103,78,167)">
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_9157395473144865463m_8489656842322092836gmail-m_3865696813479436002gmail-docs-internal-guid-87885554-7fff-e45c-f9f2-d2de97cbbf94"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Thank
you for your feedback on the
initial proposal of Google’s
Season of Docs program! You’re
receiving this email because
you indicated that you’d like
us to send you updates about
the program.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_9157395473144865463m_8489656842322092836gmail-m_3865696813479436002gmail-docs-internal-guid-87885554-7fff-e45c-f9f2-d2de97cbbf94"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">We’re
delighted to announce that
we’ve launched the 2019 pilot
of Season of Docs. Details are
on our website: </span><a href="https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">g.co/seasonofdocs</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_9157395473144865463m_8489656842322092836gmail-m_3865696813479436002gmail-docs-internal-guid-87885554-7fff-e45c-f9f2-d2de97cbbf94"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Season
of Docs is a Google program
that fosters collaboration
between open source projects
and technical writers. It’s
similar to Summer of Code, but
with a focus on documentation
and technical writers. </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_9157395473144865463m_8489656842322092836gmail-m_3865696813479436002gmail-docs-internal-guid-87885554-7fff-e45c-f9f2-d2de97cbbf94"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Would
you like to take part as a
mentor in the inaugural year
of Season of Docs?
Organization applications open
on April 2, 2019. See the full
</span><a href="https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">timeline</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">
and join the announcement
group at </span><a href="https://groups.google.com/group/season-of-docs-announce" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">season-of-docs-announce</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">
to stay informed.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_9157395473144865463m_8489656842322092836gmail-m_3865696813479436002gmail-docs-internal-guid-87885554-7fff-e45c-f9f2-d2de97cbbf94"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Please
do tweet and blog about Season
of Docs if you’d like to share
the news. We want as many
people to know about it as
possible. We’ve provided logos
that you can download and some
example content on the </span><a href="https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/press" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">press page</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_9157395473144865463m_8489656842322092836gmail-m_3865696813479436002gmail-docs-internal-guid-87885554-7fff-e45c-f9f2-d2de97cbbf94"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">If
you have any questions, please
email </span><a href="mailto:season-of-docs-support@googlegroups.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">season-of-docs-support@googlegroups.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">.
</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_9157395473144865463m_8489656842322092836gmail-m_3865696813479436002gmail-docs-internal-guid-87885554-7fff-e45c-f9f2-d2de97cbbf94"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Many
thanks again for your valuable
feedback on the initial
proposal.</span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span id="gmail-m_9157395473144865463m_8489656842322092836gmail-m_3865696813479436002gmail-docs-internal-guid-87885554-7fff-e45c-f9f2-d2de97cbbf94"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto;color:rgb(102,102,102);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline">Sarah
Maddox, Andrew Chen, and the
Season of Docs team</span></span></p>
</div>
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Cameron Shorter
Technology Demystifier
Open Technologies and Geospatial Consultant
M +61 (0) 419 142 254</pre>
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