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<p>Hi Maxi,</p>
<p>I'm not sure our software incubation checklist is the correct
criteria to apply to "OSGeo Outreach Projects".</p>
<p>--</p>
<p>The education committee is a huge success story of OSGeo,
attracting educators from around the world who are promoting Open
Source to future generations. OSGeo should be promoting this
community.</p>
<p>OSGeo-Live likewise has hundreds of contributors, provides a easy
way for new users to find out about Open Source projects, and
maintains a high level of quality. It should be promoted. Note, we
have considered taking OSGeo-Live through graduation. Checklist
here:</p>
<p><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist</a></p>
<p>One concern I have is that OSGeo-Live includes more projects than
just those incubated. A casual observer would naturally deduce
that if OSGeo-Live has reached incubation quality, then all
included packages should have also reached such quality. This
assumption is incorrect and should not be promoted by OSGeo, and
is a reason for OSGeo-Live not to be officially recognised as an
OSGeo incubated project.<br>
</p>
--<br>
The OSGeo Data Committee is a great idea, but has lost impetus. This
might be a candidate for dropping from the home page. Possibly we
should be pointing people to Open Street Map or similar.<br>
<br>
Warm regards, Cameron<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 21/10/2016 12:20 AM, Massimiliano
Cannata wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">dear Board,
<div>in the OSGeo landing page (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.osgeo.org">www.osgeo.org</a>) in the "OSGeo
projects" frame are listed the so called "Outreach Projects".</div>
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<div>To my understanding and knowledge these listed projects
(Public Geospatial Data, Education and Curriculum, OSGeo Live)
have not been nor incubated nor graduated.</div>
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<div>I'm therefore asking for clarification, and in the case my
understanding is correct, to immediately remove these projects
from the landing page.</div>
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<div>Two of them are actually committee, at the same level of
the other OSGeo committee, that in my opinion should be
equally promoted and listed togheter.</div>
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<div>Best,</div>
<div>Maxi</div>
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