<div dir="ltr">Crap - I guess this means I better set up another incubation committee meeting :)<div><br></div><div>There was a great talk at foss4g about burnout (anyone got a link?). I always try and respect the volunteers I am working with ...</div><div><br></div><div>Rant: Please remember that YOU are a volunteer you are working with, respect your time appropriately.</div><div>--</div><div>Jody</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:07 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">Jody, your response is perfect. I do get upset too often (or actually, I take quite a lot, but eventually am set off). I apologize for this, I will try to be better. I am slowly improving. But I could be better.<br>
<br>
To get myself back on track, I decided a few minutes ago (mentioned on the Board list) by doing some little things for OSGeo right now. And you'll be happy to hear that one of them is Incubation-related: give a push with the pycsw team for the next steps (code review etc), as I am their mentor.<br>
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Thanks again for being the voice of reason Jody. Let's all do as Jody says, and I am sure these tricky points will work themselves out.<br>
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-jeff<span class=""><br>
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On 2014-09-15 4:57 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:<br>
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Well I don't like you get upset Jeff, you are correct that "patches"<br>
speak louder than emails.<br>
<br>
If I could put a plug in for the incubation committee - we would really<br>
love some more volunteers. We have a couple projects waiting to "get in"<br>
and all we need is a "mentor" to be a friendly voice/email contact.<br>
<br>
The stuff we do at OSGeo can be very intimidating (starting a steering<br>
committee - gasp!) or require sensitivity (trade mark conflict). Having<br>
a mentor to email or Skype can be of great assistance.<br>
--<br>
Jody Garnett<br>
<br>
On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Jeff McKenna<br></span>
<<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@<u></u>gatewaygeomatics.com</a>>><span class=""><br>
wrote:<br>
<br>
Why is there this sudden need to point out things like this? This<br>
is the part that makes my heart drop. (and the underlying meaning<br>
of the subject of this email) Instead of pointing out issues, maybe<br>
those making these noises can spend that time on the marketing<br>
committee, or tackling on the membership issue.<br>
<br>
I personally have no problem with LocationTech, in fact I agree they<br>
play a very important role for businesses. I do have a problem<br>
however with pointing out problems with OSGeo and our baby, FOSS4G;<br>
instead of pointing out problems, I feel those same people could be<br>
diving into helping OSGeo grow and pick up the ball themselves.<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
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On 2014-09-15 2:56 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:<br>
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Why is this not true? I think you are misinterpreting here Jeff.<br>
<br>
Membership in OSGeo is a single person. Yes this person can<br>
belong to a company or run their own company, but membership is<br>
still personal.<br>
<br>
Bart<br>
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Sent from my iPhone<br>
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On 15 sep. 2014, at 19:45, Jeff McKenna<br>
<<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com</a><br></span><span class="">
<mailto:<a href="mailto:jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com" target="_blank">jmckenna@<u></u>gatewaygeomatics.com</a>>__> wrote:<br>
<br>
On 2014-09-15 1:22 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:<br>
the members in OSGeo are individuals and the members in<br>
Eclipse/LocationTech are businesses<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Daniel this statement is not true, regarding OSGeo. OSGeo<br>
members are made up of all walks of life, and many are<br>
running private businesses all around the world. I have<br>
visited their organizations/offices myself in my FOSS4G<br>
travels throughout the years.<br>
<br>
However I cannot change how you feel.<br>
<br>
This part is unfortunate, these strong statements made<br>
publicly, which I feel are made to divide our community.<br>
<br>
Let me reinforce: our OSGeo community and our FOSS4G events<br>
(of all sizes) are geared for everyone and anyone, with no<br>
sole focus on one type of community. And as the President<br>
of OSGeo, I am happy to represent all of the members, of any<br>
kind :)<br>
<br>
-jeff<br>
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