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yes we can :-)<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16-09-14 11:08, Jo Cook wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hi Steven, Board and Discuss List,
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<div>Well said. </div>
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<div>I'm going to add another point to this, which is that to my
mind OSGeo is becoming a victim of it's own success- in that
the projects it nurtured and helped to grow have indeed grown,
to the poinst where they are far better known than the
organisation. I've worried about this for a while- I talk to
people about open source geospatial and everyone knows what
I'm talking about, but I mention OSGeo and no one has a clue.
So great that we (collectively as a community and not just
OSGeo) have made the projects a sucess but what's the future
for the organisation itself?</div>
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<div>So.. basically this is a +1 for a deep breath and a thought
about where we want OSGeo to go, but... we keep having these
discussions- year on year and to my mind we're not making a
lot of progress. Can we make this year the one where we do
come up with a new plan?</div>
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<div>Jo</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:46 AM, Steven
Feldman <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div style="word-wrap:break-word">The last few weeks there
have been several threads running on the mailing lists,
rather than trying to reply in line to each of them I want
to draw out a theme that seems apparent to me as a
relative newcomer to the OSGeo community.
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<div>We are facing the challenges of success or what could
be described as growing pains. </div>
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<div>We have recently had debates over the role of the
president, the election of charter members and board
members, references to factions forming and off list
conversations, a discussion about the need for change in
the way we organise FOSS4G’s (and believe me as a recent
past chair of a LOC, we need to make this easier) and
their purpose (fund raising vs community building) has
somehow morphed into a row over our relationship with
LocationTech and in the last couple of days a committed
member of the board has resigned. These are all
indicative of a conversation that we need to have about
the role and future of OSGeo.</div>
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<div>Why do we need an OSGeo (or a LocationTech)? There
are loads of reasons (but not for a short mail) and we
as the OSGeo community need to set out the options for
our organisation, articulate a clear vision for the next
few years and find a way to broaden discussion to a
wider group than the small number of individuals who
have been active on the lists in the last couple of
months, there were over 800 people at each of the last 2
FOSS4G’s (massive respect to the 2014 team) how do we
engage with them to understand their needs and
aspirations. </div>
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<div>If we can agree on a clear vision for OSGeo including
whether we want to continue being a solely volunteer run
organisation or whether there is a need for some other
model to deliver on our aspirations then we can work out
how we can cooperate with LocationTech or if there is
benefit from some closer relationship. </div>
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<div>Open Source engenders passion, we care about this
stuff massively, and sometimes that may lead those of us
with strong opinions to become critical of each other.
It’s time to take a deep breath.</div>
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