[OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

[Jeff McKenna]

Why is there this sudden need to point out things like this?  This is 
the part that makes my heart drop.  (and the underlying meaning of the 
subject of this email) Instead of pointing out issues, maybe those 
making these noises can spend that time on the marketing committee, or 
tackling on the membership issue.

I personally have no problem with LocationTech, in fact I agree they 
play a very important role for businesses.  I do have a problem however 
with pointing out problems with OSGeo and our baby, FOSS4G; instead of 
pointing out problems, I feel those same people could be diving into 
helping OSGeo grow and pick up the ball themselves.

-jeff




On 2014-09-15 2:56 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
> Why is this not true? I think you are misinterpreting here Jeff.
>
> Membership in OSGeo is a single person. Yes this person can belong to a company or run their own company, but membership is still personal.
>
> Bart
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 15 sep. 2014, at 19:45, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2014-09-15 1:22 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
>>> the members in OSGeo are individuals and the members in
>>> Eclipse/LocationTech are businesses
>>
>>
>> Daniel this statement is not true, regarding OSGeo.  OSGeo members are made up of all walks of life, and many are running private businesses all around the world.  I have visited their organizations/offices myself in my FOSS4G travels throughout the years.
>>
>> However I cannot change how you feel.
>>
>> This part is unfortunate, these strong statements made publicly, which I feel are made to divide our community.
>>
>> Let me reinforce: our OSGeo community and our FOSS4G events (of all sizes) are geared for everyone and anyone, with no sole focus on one type of community.  And as the President of OSGeo, I am happy to represent all of the members, of any kind :)
>>
>> -jeff
>>
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