<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Jody,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We are in the process of voting on our new Policies and Procedures for development of Standards - the vote ends in about a month and then we will see if we offer the Community Standards option.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">A quick summary: a Community Standard will allow an externally-developed “standard” (e.g., a data encoding developed by a commercial entity, a de facto standard, or a legacy encoding that is not managed by any particular organization) to enter the OGC process in an expedited fashion for endorsement as an OGC Standard. Such a standard may share Intellectual Property rights between the OGC and originating party. The most important criterion is that the proposed standard be broadly implemented: either many different software implementations or a few implementations with many users.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best Regards,</div><div class="">Scott</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 19, 2015, at 1:46 AM, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" class="">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">The OGC is trying to be easier to get involved with, you can look up the "community standards" here and see what you think.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Sigh: I just tried and could not find it ... </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">--</div><div class="">Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On 18 October 2015 at 03:53, Munich Orientation Convention <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:volksnav@volksnav.de" target="_blank" class="">volksnav@volksnav.de</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" lang="DE" link="blue" vlink="purple" class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class="">Hi Cameron,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class="">thank you for the kind support. According to Mahatma Gandhi, the stages for innovations are:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class="">First they ignore you,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class="">then they laugh at you,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class="">then they fight you.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class="">Then you win.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class="">OGC didn’t reach the second stage.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class="">From my side, I’m open for any proposals in favor of the consumer, e. g. 50% of the humankind who think to be unable to read maps <a href="http://www.volksnav.de/YouAreHere" target="_blank" class="">www.volksnav.de/YouAreHere</a>.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class="">Henrique <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:#1f497d" class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></span></p><div class=""><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext" class="">Von:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext" class=""> Cameron Shorter [mailto:<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>] <br class=""><b class="">Gesendet:</b> Sonntag, 18. Oktober 2015 11:29<br class=""><b class="">An:</b> Munich Orientation Convention; <a href="mailto:Standards@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" class="">Standards@lists.osgeo.org</a><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:isaac@volksnav.bi" target="_blank" class="">isaac@volksnav.bi</a>; <a href="mailto:libere@volksnav.bi" target="_blank" class="">libere@volksnav.bi</a>; donatien@</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext" class=""><a href="http://volksnav.bi/" target="_blank" class="">volksnav.bi</a>; Scott Simmons<br class=""><b class="">Betreff:</b> Re: [OSGeo-Standards] sponsoring / relevance / standard<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p></div></div><div class=""><div class="h5"><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi Henrique,<br class="">I suspect that you would be better served to develop a standard under the umbrella of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).<br class="">The OGC is specifically set up to develop spatial standards, where as OSGeo has a focus on Open Source geospatial software (which typically makes use of OGC standards).<br class=""><br class="">Have you reached out to the OGC community yet? If not, I suggest getting in touch with them. I've CCed Scott Simmons from the OGC, who is also on this list.<br class=""><br class="">Warm regards,<br class="">Cameron<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">On 18/10/2015 7:30 pm, Munich Orientation Convention wrote:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt" class=""><p class="MsoNormal"> <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">Hello Jeff,</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">I'm deeply grateful that I've been invited to propose to this discussion forum the possibility to let the Munich Orientation Convention be an OSGeo standard. </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">So Burundian authorities could discover and prove the benefits of the system. They have already effectuated the creation of the VolksNav S.a <a href="http://www.volksnav.bi/" target="_blank" class="">www.volksnav.bi</a> which will now be the local provider of better orientation tools. VolksNav S.a will also produce maps with clock based search grids and plans to reproduce all introduced systems in other African countries. Investors are already knocking on the door.</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">The dominoes will fall from there, the Convention will be a de-facto standard and OSGeo will have no relevance within this process.</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class="">I'd like to return the favor in 2016 as a sponsor. Would this be possible or are there restrictions on that?</span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Henrique<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><pre class="">_______________________________________________<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre><pre class="">Standards mailing list<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre><pre class=""><a href="mailto:Standards@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" class="">Standards@lists.osgeo.org</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre><pre class=""><a href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/standards" target="_blank" class="">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/standards</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p><pre class="">-- <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre><pre class="">Cameron Shorter,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre><pre class="">Software and Data Solutions Manager<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre><pre class="">LISAsoft<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre><pre class="">Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre><pre class="">26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre><pre class=""><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></pre><pre class="">P <a href="tel:%2B61%202%209009%205000" value="+61290095000" target="_blank" class="">+61 2 9009 5000</a>, W <a href="http://www.lisasoft.com/" target="_blank" class="">www.lisasoft.com</a>, F <a href="tel:%2B61%202%209009%205099" value="+61290095099" target="_blank" class="">+61 2 9009 5099</a><u class=""></u><u class=""></u></pre></div></div></div></div><br class="">_______________________________________________<br class="">
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