<div dir="auto">Angelos I do not think a motion is needed, as incubation process of now requires board to accept project into community project program. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">What do you think?<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div dir="auto"><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></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 10:18 PM Angelos Tzotsos via Board <<a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Hi Jody,<br>
<br>
This was moved to the top of the agenda and a board motion is now open:<br>
<a href="https://www.loomio.com/p/va4hL6xb/motion-to-accept-torchgeo-for-incubation-with-brian-hamlin-as-mentor" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.loomio.com/p/va4hL6xb/motion-to-accept-torchgeo-for-incubation-with-brian-hamlin-as-mentor</a><br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Angelos<br>
<br>
On 3/27/24 11:33, Jody Garnett via Board wrote:<br>
> The agenda was longer than the time slot yesterday, as outlined below we<br>
> proceed on this activity. There was already a chance for the board to<br>
> discuss the project when it entered the community program earlier.<br>
><br>
> This is an important an interesting project. For OSGeo this one of the<br>
> first projects connected to the large data players. Technology neutral<br>
> ground has been established in the form of<br>
> <a href="https://pytorch.org/foundation" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://pytorch.org/foundation</a> (with a governing board outlined if you<br>
> follow that link).<br>
><br>
> PyTorch is popular with research making the addition of TorchGeo a great<br>
> fit with our GeoForAll community.<br>
> --<br>
> Jody Garnett<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 9:20 PM Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Dear Board,<br>
>><br>
>> I have a notice to share from the incubation committee:<br>
>><br>
>> Motion: "Begin the application for OSGeo Community Project TorchGeo to<br>
>>> graduate to full OSGeo project status" (with Brian Hamlin as mentor)<br>
>>><br>
>>> Response:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Angelos Tzotsos +1<br>
>>> Arnulf Christl +1<br>
>>> Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques +1<br>
>>> Brian M Hamlin +1 initial motion<br>
>>> Daniel Morissette +1<br>
>>> Dimitris Kotzinos +1<br>
>>> Frank Warmerdam +1<br>
>>> Jo Cook +1<br>
>>> Jody Garnett +1<br>
>>> Michael Smith +1<br>
>>> Regina Obe +1<br>
>>> Steve Lime +1<br>
>>> Tom Kralidis +1<br>
>>><br>
>>> Community feedback:<br>
>>><br>
>>> Ian Turton: more documentation, especially of the quickstart/beginners<br>
>>> tutorial type<br>
>>><br>
>> And also a conversation:<br>
>><br>
>> The incubation committee has a habit of communicating projects entering<br>
>> incubation to the board as it used to be the "first contact" between the<br>
>> foundation and a new project team. An indication that a new party wishes to<br>
>> partner with OSGeo in some capacity.<br>
>><br>
>> With the advent of the community project initiative the application to<br>
>> incubation is no longer a "first contact" case - indeed asking projects<br>
>> first to be recognized as a community projects has already taken care of<br>
>> the the "meet and greet" questions.<br>
>><br>
>> So I have added the topic to the board meeting - but I do not think the<br>
>> incubation committee requires a response from the board. Please consider if<br>
>> you would like these kind of topics to be shared in the future.<br>
>><br>
>> As for TorchGeo - congratulations and I trust we will hear from this<br>
>> project again soon when they have fulfilled incubation requirements.<br>
>> --<br>
>> Jody Garnett<br>
>><br>
><br>
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-- <br>
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>
President<br>
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