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<DIV>Agreed </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>-----Original Message----- <BR><B>From:</B> fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org on behalf of Robert Bray <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 3/15/2007 12:23 AM <BR><B>To:</B> FDO Internals Mail List <BR><B>Cc:</B> <BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [fdo-internals] FDO Incubation Progress Reports<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT size=2>We don't have any non-developer consumers of FDO on this PSC, so if<BR>Jason is volunteering then I'll be happy to nominate him. He has been a<BR>huge positive influence on the MapGuide PSC and a strong advocate of the<BR>MapGuide/FDO technology since day 1.<BR><BR>Bob<BR><BR>Jason Birch wrote:<BR>> If the group can't come up with any other suggestions, I'd be happy to<BR>> volunteer.<BR>><BR>> I'm starting to use FDO pretty heavily through MapGuide, Haris' awesome<BR>> work, and eventually possibly on its own. I think it's important that<BR>> the committee put in place some additional members, and that existing<BR>> members are active on the mailing lists. FDO has been essentially<BR>> dormant from a community perspective for too long, and I feel that this<BR>> is hurting the project, and possibly even turning off the developers who<BR>> _have_ chosen to participate heavily in this area. If FDO is run as a<BR>> software product with too much command&control, then I have doubts about<BR>> whether it will be able to achieve its full potential.<BR>><BR>> I'd also like to see some community outreach by FDO folks. In<BR>> particular, some of the response to the initial Python support has been<BR>> unfavourable, and the FDO project could definitely benefit by<BR>> interacting with these community experts.<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/03/14/67/pyfdo-is-in-the-house-yeah">http://www.jasonbirch.com/nodes/2007/03/14/67/pyfdo-is-in-the-house-yeah</A><BR>> -baby/#comments<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://zcologia.com/news/400/fdo-and-python/#comments">http://zcologia.com/news/400/fdo-and-python/#comments</A><BR>><BR>> Jason<BR>><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org<BR>> [<A href="mailto:fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">mailto:fdo-internals-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</A>] On Behalf Of Greg Boone<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2007 13:06<BR>> To: FDO Internals Mail List<BR>> Subject: RE: [fdo-internals] FDO Incubation Progress Reports<BR>><BR>> If we vote Harris to the PSC then that would give us 6 PSC members. I<BR>> believe it would be nice to have an odd number so that votes do not end<BR>> in deadlock. Therefore I would suggest that we fill both open positions<BR>> at the same time.<BR>><BR>> Greg<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> fdo-internals mailing list<BR>> fdo-internals@lists.osgeo.org<BR>> <A href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/fdo-internals">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/fdo-internals</A><BR>><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>fdo-internals mailing list<BR>fdo-internals@lists.osgeo.org<BR><A href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/fdo-internals">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/fdo-internals</A><BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>