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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Cameron,<BR>
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Yes, that is correct. I have volunteered to mentor Rasdaman.<BR>
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As this is my first attempt at mentoring, Jody offered to support me where required.<BR>
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Bruce<BR>
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On 15/11/11 9:04 AM, "Cameron Shorter" <<a href="cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<BR>
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Good to see this positive trend. I think the other critieria which<BR>
Rasdaman needs is to have an incubation mentor, which you did volunteer<BR>
for. Does your offer still stand? If so, I suggest mentioning that as well.<BR>
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On 15/11/2011 8:43 AM, Bruce Bannerman wrote:<BR>
> Jody,<BR>
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> Can we please revisit the Rasdaman community's application for incubation<BR>
> with OSGeo? The original request is at [1].<BR>
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> This has been outstanding for nearly two years.<BR>
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> I have been monitoring Rasdaman community mailing lists over this period and<BR>
> am please to report that:<BR>
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> - a vibrant community is starting to develop with a marked increase in<BR>
> momentum over the last six months;<BR>
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> - most discussions appear to be occurring on public mailing lists;<BR>
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> - a process is in place to capture source code contributions, together with<BR>
> an assignment of IP rights, see [2];<BR>
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> - new developers joining the community from outside of the original<BR>
> developers of the software. This includes at least one additional developer<BR>
> being granted commit rights to the source code repository;<BR>
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> - there is work underway to integrate Rasdaman with key OSGeo projects such<BR>
> as GDAL and MapServer. There is also activity on package management via rpm<BR>
> underway that I anticipate will result in liaison with the OSGeo Enterprise<BR>
> Linux community;<BR>
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> - Key Rasdaman community members are also very active within the OGC<BR>
> Community and actively leading and contributing to the development and<BR>
> enhancement of a number of standards, including a new version of the<BR>
> coverage model, as well as WCS 2.0.<BR>
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> Given the positive trend, I believe that it is time for the Incubation<BR>
> Community to revisit this application with a view to admitting Rasdaman into<BR>
> incubation.<BR>
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> For your consideration.<BR>
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> Bruce Bannerman<BR>
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> [1] <a href="http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/553">http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/553</a><BR>
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> [2]<BR>
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