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<span>Can we kick this idea around a bit; and then ask our chair to approach the project officers (if we feel this idea is worth following up). <br>
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<p style="color: #a0a0a0;">On Sunday, 12 June 2011 at 7:05 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:</p><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<span>Background:</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><div><span>There seems to be recurring requests (on osgeo discuss) for projects to do more. Currently (after incubation) projects have an officer reporting to the board; allowing the board to formally make the request for projects to do more. These officers are also available as a point of contact for other committees (marketing, education, live dvd are the most vocal). </span>Thus far I the only thing I have been asked for formally is an annual report.</div><div><br></div><div>It seems we have a bit of a communication problem about what the incubation committee is for; since I am a little bit tired of being the bad guy and saying "no", what would we need to be able to do in order to say "yes"?</div><div><br></div><div>Here is the idea:</div><div><br></div><div>We petition the board for a change of scope.</div><div><br></div><div>Name:</div><div>Project Committee</div><div><br></div><div>Scope:</div><div>Committee for current and future projects</div><div><br></div><div>Process and Procedures:</div><div>- incubation process</div><div>- TBD ...</div><div><br></div><div>For this to work we would need to ask the various project officers (for graduated projects) to stay on as members of this committee; even after their project has "graduated".</div><div><br></div><div>With an increase in scope we could take on, with project representatives in a voting position, additional tasks in an organised fashion. As an example we could actually address a issue such as "quality". Indeed that is a good example of a "goal". Personally I would start with asking projects to publish their existing quality assurance practices and issue tracker and call it a day. I know mapserver has had an independent security audit; if funding was available perhaps this idea could be extended to other projects.</div><div><br></div><div><span>-- <br>Jody Garnett<br></span>
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