[Incubator] Info on the Old OSGeo Labs

Massimiliano Cannata massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch
Tue Mar 15 16:27:27 PDT 2016


For some reason my previous msg didn't reach the incubation list.

See it inline..

Il 16/Mar/2016 00:22, "Massimiliano Cannata" <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>
ha scritto:
>
> Sorry to jump in the discussion but many projects are not ideas: they are
valid and good projects.
> They could miss some requirements but "ideas" or "community" look
reductive to me.
>
> They are actually "not vetted  osgeo technology"... nor better nor
worst.. just not yet verified...
>
> Maxi
>
> Il 15/Mar/2016 19:33, "Stephen Woodbridge" <woodbri at swoodbridge.com> ha
scritto:
>>
>> Building on Dimitris ideas:
>>
>> OSGeo Community Ideas
>> OSGeo Community Projects
>>
>> Community Idea for OSGeo
>> Community Projects for OSGeo
>>
>> I kind of like the last two because they clearly separate the projects
as NOT being "Offical" OSGeo projects but also suggest that they are
projects being generated by and for the greater OSGeo Community to support
existing OSGeo efforts in some way.
>>
>> I like the last one because "Projects" denotes some effort where as
"Ideas" are less substanial and more like "vapor-ware", well to me anyway,
and not to detract from Dimitris' suggestions because I only got to these
ideas through his.
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>> On 3/15/2016 2:04 PM, Dimitris Kotzinos wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> the discussion on the name and the definitions that we want to provide
>>> is very interesting and important.
>>> I would have to agree that there was a choice and we need to respect the
>>> result but also to have an overall agreement.
>>> I also think that we could seek alternate solutions like multiple steps
>>> of incubation. This is a valid proposal that needs to be worked out in
>>> more detail before we discuss it in place of the current "old OSGEO
Labs".
>>>
>>> One final proposal but I do this only to facilitate the discussion and
>>> not to complicate it further: one potential acceptable name that I would
>>> like could be "OSGeo Ideas" or to be more inline with the latest
>>> discussion/choice "OSGeo Technology Ideas" (since I have to add that for
>>> me OSGeo is bringing within much more than the technology part).
>>>
>>> I apologize for the lateness of the suggestion but I missed part of the
>>> initial discussions because of an extreme workload.
>>>
>>> Best regards to all,
>>> Dimitris
>>>
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>>
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