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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Let me know where to send the olive oil !<BR>
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Best of luck and best wishes,<BR>
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Greg W.<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
From: geos-devel-bounces@geos.refractions.net on behalf of Paul Ramsey<BR>
Sent: Fri 10/5/2007 1:54 PM<BR>
To: GEOS Development List<BR>
Subject: Re: [geos-devel] GEOS -> New Home / New Leadership<BR>
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Not hearing any objections, let's proceed. In the event of PSC ties,<BR>
disputes shall be settled with a bout of Greco-Roman Wrestling.<BR>
<BR>
Howard, can we work together to start the move to OSGeo infrastructure?<BR>
<BR>
P<BR>
<BR>
Paul Ramsey wrote:<BR>
> All,<BR>
><BR>
> At FOSS4G, I had a long discussion with folks from Safe, Ingres, and<BR>
> Autodesk about the future of GEOS. The bottom line is that they are all<BR>
> interested in investing more in extending and moving GEOS forwards.<BR>
><BR>
> In order to make those investments more effective and future-proof and<BR>
> give the companies a voice in the project going forward, I am proposing<BR>
> a number of measures:<BR>
><BR>
> (a) At a technical level, having a Trac infrastructure for bugs and wiki<BR>
> notes and code browsing would be nice. I can set that up myself, but<BR>
> OSGeo already has that infrastructure. So I propose migrating the code<BR>
> to the OSGeo infrastructure, if possible.<BR>
> (b) At a steering level, taking the Project Steering Committee (PSC)<BR>
> role out of the explicit control of a single maintainer (historically<BR>
> funded by Refractions) and into a full PSC.<BR>
> (c) A and B above are in aid of an eventual move into OSGeo Incubation<BR>
> and full OSGeo project membership. We know these will have to be done to<BR>
> enter OSGeo, so might as well start now.<BR>
><BR>
> I would like to get the PSC boot-strapped with representatives from the<BR>
> existing user/developer base of GEOS.<BR>
><BR>
> May I propose:<BR>
><BR>
> - Martin Davis, Refractions, who has an understanding of the architecture<BR>
> - Representatives of Autodesk and Safe, who already have "skin in the<BR>
> game" and are gearing up for more development<BR>
> - Howard Butler, who can navigate our passage into the OSGeo<BR>
> infrastructure world, and provide a viewpoint from build maintenance and<BR>
> script bindings<BR>
><BR>
> This PSC can serve for six months, adding whomever it sees fit, and then<BR>
> be re-formed based on the conditions in March 2008.<BR>
><BR>
> Thoughts?<BR>
><BR>
> Paul<BR>
><BR>
><BR>
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Paul Ramsey<BR>
Refractions Research<BR>
<A HREF="http://www.refractions.net">http://www.refractions.net</A><BR>
pramsey@refractions.net<BR>
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Cell: 250-885-0632<BR>
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