<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">IMO:</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">I'd caution against watering down the
OSGeo 'brand' as a source of 'quality' products, particularly if we want
the products accepted as a viable alternative within larger organisations.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">While it is good to provide pointers
to projects of interest, there needs to be a clear separation of what is
an OSGeo project and what is not. I think that it is acceptable to have
certain hurdles that a project has to pass in order to be accepted into
the OSGeo fold.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">From memory, the structure of OSGeo
has been based on the Apache Foundation. This approach has worked well
for that community. I wouldn't like to see the approach watered down for
OSGeo.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Bruce</font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2><tt>discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org wrote on 03/10/2007
06:35:22 AM:<br>
<br>
> I'm +1 for OSGeo Labs. It would be a good holding place for projects
<br>
> waiting to go into incubation and for new projects to meet and <br>
> collaborate with each other.<br>
> <br>
> The key elements of OSGeo Labs are:<br>
> 1. Labs draws minimal overhead from the OSGeo community. Ie, provide
<br>
> hosting, but not mentoring.<br>
> 2. There is an entrance criteria list for OSGeo Labs which ensures
that <br>
> the project has a goal of becoming an incubation OSGeo project and
<br>
> therefore should be Open Source, Geospatial, etc.<br>
> 3. The decision for accepting a project into Labs should be delegated
to <br>
> a committee (which should be one person but could be more). Aim is
to <br>
> keep the management overhead low.<br>
> 4. OSGeo Board reserves the right to remove projects from Labs if
the <br>
> project dies or is not following OSGeo values.<br>
> <br>
> I suggest that OSGeo Incubation Committee hold a meeting to vote on
this.<br>
> Do we have a volunteer to draft the first version of "Entrance
Criteria <br>
> and Guidelines for OSGeo Labs"? You should be able to draw a
lot from <br>
> the Incubation process.<br>
> <br>
</tt></font>
<br>
<br>
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