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<span>There were some restrictions with respect to use of the memberships; as a result I could not use them to participate in geoapi (as the organisation I worked for at the time was in position to be an ogc member; that precluded me making use of one of the osgeo memberships).</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>If you are working in a research capacity, or strictly as a volunteer, perhaps you could make use of one of the OSGeo memberships.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>I don't think we had any restrictions on their use; but it would be nice to discuss anything interesting on the standards@osgeo.org email list.</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>All the best,</span><span> <br>Jody Garnett<br><br></span>
<!-- <p style="color: #a0a0a0;">On Friday, 15 April 2011 at 10:34 PM, Adrian Custer wrote:</p> -->
<p style="color: #a0a0a0;">On Friday, 15 April 2011 at 10:34 PM, Adrian Custer wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div>Hey all,<br><br>In reviewing Arnulf's recent white paper, I was reminded that OSGeo has <br>various memberships to the OGC. Since I am in need of re-joining the OGC <br>as an individual member, I might be in a position to use such a membership.<br><br>Do we have any guidelines on how these memberships are to be used? <br>Specifically, if I were to use one of them would I need to 'represent' <br>the OSGeo membership in some way (which I would find hard since I have <br>always been on the margins of OSGeo) or could I continue to represent <br>the 'free software community' as I feel I already do quite a bit at the <br>OGC? Are there any other responsiblities that using one of those <br>memberships would bring, such as reporting back to OSGeo in some way?<br><br>More practically, how would one go about requesting such a membership?<br><br>And finally, is anyone actually invested in any of these memberships yet?<br><br><br>Thanks for any information or pointers,<br> ~~adrian<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Discuss mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org">Discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss</a><br></div></div></span>
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