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Hi Suchith, Sergio, Micha,<br>
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Thanks Carl for highlighting the importance of mutual respect. OSGeo
also has a Code-Of-Conduct [1] with similar sentiment to OGC:<br>
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<i>We strive to ...</i><i><br>
</i><i>Be careful in the words that we choose.</i><i><br>
</i><i>Whether we are participating as professionals or volunteers,
we value professionalism in all interactions, and take
responsibility for our own speech. Be kind to others. Do not
insult or put down other participants.</i><i><br>
</i><br>
The content of the text being referenced is pushing the boundaries
of our Code of Conduct [1] by making fun of another organisation.<br>
<br>
I suggest that we wish to raise this point with the OGC, then
reword, focusing just on the facts, and ideally be respectful in the
way the facts are presented.<br>
<br>
Hi Suchith,<br>
I suggest being careful to not over-promise what OSGeo will do (in
this case responding to a letter), unless you are volunteering to do
it yourself on behalf of OSGeo. The OSGeo Board is only a few
volunteers, representing a large body of volunteers. We can do much,
but we do it as volunteers.<br>
<br>
Warm regards, Cameron<br>
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[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct">http://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct</a><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23/12/2015 6:27 am, Carl Reed wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:CAJcQiLcDXi64apdJTmbiDv-K_F=7j-SBgYwmpBYaiNdQ7Aniow@mail.gmail.com"
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<div dir="ltr">All -
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<div>The OGC has a formal Principals of Conduct Policy. I wrote
and maintained the policy with the agreement and approval of
the OGC membership.</div>
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<div><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/policies/conduct">http://www.opengeospatial.org/ogc/policies/conduct</a><br>
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<div>This policy was initially based on the IETF conduct policy.</div>
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<div>Please read sections 3.a and 3.b as they have to do with
how OGC members interact with one another as well as with the
broader community.</div>
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<div>So before "stirring the pot" on the LiDAR topic again,
consider the Conduct policy as guidance on consensus building.</div>
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<div>Happy Holidays</div>
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Carl</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 11:31 AM,
Suchith Anand <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk"
target="_blank">Suchith.Anand@nottingham.ac.uk</a>></span>
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<div
style="direction:ltr;font-family:Tahoma;color:#000000;font-size:10pt"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">Hi Sergio, Micha,</font>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Thank you for
bringing this to our attention. </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">The OSGeo
Foundation will respond formally to this in due
course as we had initiated this open letter for <span
style="line-height:22px">the need for standards in
LiDAR data formats [1], [2]</span>. I request
OSGeo Board to add this in the agenda of the next
Board meeting and also for the F2F meeting, so we
can discuss and plan next steps.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br>
</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">But first we
will wait for response from the Open Geospatial
Consortium - who as per their website is <span
style="background-color:rgb(246,246,246);line-height:22px">committed
to making quality open standards for the global
geospatial community and have been working on this
by setting up a Point Cloud DWG. We have put our
trust in OGC in this process , so let us first get
the response from OGC. I am ccing Scott Simmons of
OGC to get their response.</span></font></div>
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style="background-color:rgb(246,246,246);line-height:22px"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br>
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<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(246,246,246);line-height:22px"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">Best wishes,</font></span></div>
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style="background-color:rgb(246,246,246);line-height:22px"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3"><br>
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<div><span
style="background-color:rgb(246,246,246);line-height:22px"><font
face="Times New Roman" size="3">Suchith </font></span></div>
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<div>[1] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter"
target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter</a> </div>
<div>[2] <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-May/014222.html"
target="_blank">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-May/014222.html</a></div>
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Roman;color:#000000;font-size:16px">
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<div style="direction:ltr"><font face="Tahoma"
color="#000000" size="2"><b>From:</b>
ica-osgeo-labs [<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org"
target="_blank">ica-osgeo-labs-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>]
on behalf of Micha Silver [<a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:micha@arava.co.il"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:micha@arava.co.il">micha@arava.co.il</a></a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 22, 2015 1:55 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA; <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org">ica-osgeo-labs@lists.osgeo.org</a></a>;
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org"
target="_blank">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Ica-osgeo-labs]
[OSGeo-Discuss] Do you remember this?<br>
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<div>Here's the continuation:<br>
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<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/standards/2015-December/000960.html"
target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/standards/2015-December/000960.html</a><br>
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<div>On 12/22/2015 03:45 PM, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA
wrote:<br>
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<p>I remember discussing this in April: "Open
Letter for the need for Open Standards in
LiDAR"; now I found this interesting post: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://rapidlasso.com/2015/12/19/the-darc-force-awakens-esri-escalates-lidar-format-war/"
target="_blank"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://rapidlasso.com/2015/12/19/the-darc-force-awakens-esri-escalates-lidar-format-war/">http://rapidlasso.com/2015/12/19/the-darc-force-awakens-esri-escalates-lidar-format-war/</a></a><br>
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<p>Is the empire striking back?<br>
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<div>Sergio Acosta y Lara</div>
<div>Departamento de Geomática</div>
<div>Dirección Nacional de Topografía</div>
<div>Ministerio de Transporte y Obras
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<div>URUGUAY</div>
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