Olá a todos,<br><br>Estou na Latinoware juntamente com várias pessoas desta lista como por exemplo, Edmar Moretti, Rafael Soto, Luiz Motta e Helton Uchoa. Está sendo muito bom conhecer muitos deles pessoalmente, hoje (22/10) tivemos uma pequena conversa onde pudemos trocar algumas idéias sobre o capítulo da Osgeo Brasil. Infelizmente não pude acompanhá-la até o final pois como não estava prevista eu já tinha pago um mini-curso e tive que sair no meio da reunião. Porém até onde assisti algumas coisas tinham sido levantadas:<br>
O Evento Geolivre que acontecerá agora final de Novembro e que trará alguns palestrantes de fora, entre eles o Tyler Mitchel da OSGEO.<br>E sobre o capítulo da Osgeo-BR falou-se sobre a necessidade de oficialização do capítulo que até hoje encontra-se em formação no site da OSGEO.<br>
O estabelecimento de papéis na comunidade e a eleição de seus possíveis responsáveis.<br>A definição de metas para a OSGEO-BR.<br>A atualização do conteúdo do Wiki.<br>Peço aos demais participantes que ficaram na reunião até o final que informem se mais alguma coisa foi discutida e/ou decidida e que iniciemos a discussão por aqui.<br>
Copio abaixo as responsabilidades de um capítulo OSGEO, os benefícios e a maneira de ser reconhecidos oficialmente como um capítulo. Mais informações em (<a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/chapters/guidelines.html">http://www.osgeo.org/content/chapters/guidelines.html</a>).<br>
Soube que a comunidade brasileira está bem representada no Foss4G deste ano, mandem lembranças minhas ao Frank Warmerdam e Jeff Mckena por mim.<br><br>Abraço,<br><br>Felipe<br clear="all"><div class="node"><div class="content">
<h1>Chapter Responsibilities </h1>
<p>OSGeo does not differentiate between a geographic or linguistic
grouping and strongly encourages self-organization similar to "User
Groups" or "Special Interest Groups" in other Open Source Projects.
"User Groups" or "Special Interest Groups" do not formally represent
OSGeo but can avail some of the services such as the use of OSGeo Wiki.
"OSGeo Chapter" offer
a more formal framework for self-organization based on a few simple
guidelines listed below;
</p>
<ul><li> "OSGeo Chapter" officially represents OSGeo and is formally recognized as OSGeo Project.
</li><li> "OSGeo Chapter" must support the OSGeo Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.
</li><li> "OSGeo Chapter" must hold regular meetings (at least annual)
and provide annual report of activities to chapter membership and OSGeo
Board.
</li><li> "OSGeo Chapter" will not entail any financial commitment
from or on-behalf of OSGeo. OSGeo will also not provide any budget
assistance to the "OSGeo Chapter".
</li><li> "OSGeo Chapter" is encouraged develop and maintain
"Directory Listing" of companies, people, universities and
organizations involved with or using OSGeo projects.
</li><li> "OSGeo Chapter" must strive at networking with organizations to enlist participation and support for OSGeo.
</li><li> OSGeo reserves the right to terminate its relation with an
"OSGeo Chapter" if OSGeo has reasons to believe that the activities of
the "OSGeo Chapter" are contrary or detrimental to the Mission and
Objectives of OSGeo.
</li></ul>
<h1> Chapter Benefits </h1>
<ul><li> "OSGeo Chapter" is permitted to use OSGeo Logo and other branded resources for promoting the Mission and Objectives of OSGeo.
</li><li> OSGeo will provide necessary infrastructure to promote
communication and visibility of "OSGeo Chapter". The infrastructure
will include mailing list, hosting of wiki pages, domain service for
"OSGeo Chapter".
</li></ul>
<h1> Chapter Formation </h1>
<p>In order to form a chapter, the following steps should be taken:
</p>
<ol><li> "OSGeo Chapter" should self-organize (for instance in the
OSGeo wiki, via OSGeo mailing list, etc), seeking to determine if a
critical mass of interest exists to justify a chapter.
</li><li> "OSGeo Chapter" should prepare a mission and objectives
indicating the scope of the planned chapter (geographic or linquistic
extent for instance).
</li><li> "OSGeo Chapter" should propose an official representative to
liaise with the OSGeo Board. If accepted by the board, the
representative will be an officer of OSGeo.
</li><li> "OSGeo Chapter" should submit an official expression of
interest to form a chapter to the OSGeo board, listing initial members,
mission, representative, legal form (incorporated?) and other
supporting information.
</li><li> The OSGeo board shall then consider passing a motion forming the chapter, and designating the liason officer.
</li></ol>
<p>In considering the formation of new OSGeo chapters, the board will consider issues including:
</p>
<ul><li> Does the mandate (geographically or linguistically) conflict with other existing chapters or chapters-in-formation?
</li><li> Does the chapter appear to have sufficient interest to justify official formation?
</li><li> Does the chapter appear to be open to broad membership, and
representative of the target geographic or linguistic community? (eg.
if a chapter had the objective to cover all Spanish speakers, it would
be inappropriate if the only interest demonstrated was from one
country)
</li></ul>
</div>
</div><br>-- <br>Bendirei o senhor em todo o tempo,<br>Na minha boca sempre o seu louvor<br>Sl 34 (33),1–16<br>