<div dir="ltr">Hi Jeff and others,<div style>does it make any sense to have a space for pre-incubation projects (or OSGeo friendly projects)</div><div style>that OSGeo promote even if not still officially part of the family but recognized as interesting?</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>For example I have a project on an OGC service (istSOS) that has a very limited community but is willing to become a day OSGeo project...</div><div style>other projects may have the same feeling, maybe a pre-incubation box could worth?</div>
<div style><br></div><div style><br></div><div style>Maxi</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 5:18 PM, Jeff McKenna <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 2013-05-21 11:55 AM, Tim Bowden wrote:<br>
><br>
> Interesting discussion. This reminds me of when GPSbabel came knocking<br>
> on OSGeo's door looking for a home and we didn't know how to respond;<br>
> imho OSGeo dropped the ball on that one (maybe because it came a bit<br>
> early in the story for us). For me that was one of those future<br>
> signposts in time events.<br>
><br>
> I think OSGeo does need to find a way to be more inclusive of 'outside'<br>
> projects that reflects OSGeo's leadership in the FOSS spatial realm. I<br>
> don't think that should be at the expense of the 'foundation' role for<br>
> OSGeo projects, but there is a very real challenge there if OSGeo wants<br>
> to rise to the challenge of being the dominant player in FOSS spatial.<br>
> I fear the alternative is to one day wake up and discover OSGeo is 'just<br>
> another foundation', not because anyone else has taken up the wider FOSS<br>
> spatial advocacy role, but because we've shied away from it.<br>
><br>
<br>
</div>Hi Tim,<br>
<br>
The role of advocacy and leadership in FOSS spatial is exactly what I<br>
believe OSGeo provides. I believe our many advocates around the world<br>
provide this on a daily basis to their local communities. You are<br>
correct that we (OSGeo) will have upcoming challenges to be more<br>
inclusive of projects/communities (as Adrian, or someone, recently<br>
pointed out to me, in 2006 the OSGeo infrastructure made sense and was<br>
very attractive to new projects, but is it so attractive now in 2013?<br>
Tough question to answer, but one we must face and deal with together).<br>
<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br>
-jeff<br>
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