I think the point was this could be a place for projects that are open source ... but too small for main street. Projects will stay here, and may never meet our risk based graduation requirements.<br><br>We do want these projects to be open source, correctly license and spatial. But that is about it for constraints.<br><br>Heh - we could borrow the foss4g name it is nice and inclusive. <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 7:06 PM Stephen Woodbridge <<a href="mailto:woodbri@swoodbridge.com">woodbri@swoodbridge.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">For names, how about:<br>
<br>
OSGeo Shed<br>
OSGeo Project Shed<br>
OSGeo Project Barn<br>
OSGeo Garage<br>
<br>
the place where projects live until they are ready for the main street.<br>
<br>
Names are hard!<br>
<br>
-Steve<br>
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On 2/4/2016 8:22 PM, Landon Blake wrote:<br>
> Agreed. We should just get the shed painted.<br>
><br>
> Landon<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I will point out that naming is a classic bike shed problem. I think<br>
> we should ask the projects in "labs" and get their take on this.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Jody Garnett<br>
><br>
> On 4 February 2016 at 13:12, Landon Blake<br>
> <<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com" target="_blank">sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com" target="_blank">sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com</a>>><br>
> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I like "Innovator". What about "Community Builder Project"?<br>
><br>
> Landon<br>
><br>
> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Jody Garnett<br>
> <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> I hear you, and you are correct that innovation can happen<br>
> anywhere. I look forward to alternate name suggestions.<br>
> "Experiment" would do a disservice to a completed project<br>
> that does not yet have a large/diverse enough community to<br>
> meet our graduation requirements.<br>
><br>
> My fellow board members were a bit startled that our<br>
> incubation policies do inhibit the support smaller projects,<br>
> and would like an avenue to support innovation. It may be<br>
> that both these objectives cannot be met with the same<br>
> initiative, but I would like to try.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Jody Garnett<br>
><br>
> On 3 February 2016 at 23:47, Jeroen Ticheler<br>
> <<a href="mailto:jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net" target="_blank">jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net</a><br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net" target="_blank">jeroen.ticheler@geocat.net</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi Jody,<br>
> I understand the naming confusion. The Innovator name<br>
> however has IMO a negative reflection on the established<br>
> projects. Are new projects necessarily more innovative<br>
> than established ones? Often they are still so small<br>
> they don't have established communities/structures etc<br>
> in place. That's indeed why the Labs were created.<br>
> I will think about another potential name and I hope<br>
> others feel the same and will also think of an<br>
> alternative naming for the Labs. I remember you saying<br>
> something like Hatching (synonym of incubating, so maybe<br>
> to co fusing).<br>
> Maybe OSGeo Experiments.<br>
> Cheers,<br>
> Jeroen<br>
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> > Op 4 feb. 2016 om 03:25 heeft Jody Garnett<br>
> <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>>><br>
> het volgende geschreven:<br>
> ><br>
> > A couple of results for the incubation team out of<br>
> the weekend's board meeting.<br>
> ><br>
> > We have the "GeoForAll Labs" and our OSGeo labs<br>
> projects - and the two names trip on each other.<br>
> ><br>
> > Board members were also a bit taken aback that our<br>
> incubation process is not really "welcome" to innovation<br>
> (indeed our graduation requirements tend to favour<br>
> established projects).<br>
> ><br>
> > With that in mind - I would like to kick off:<br>
> ><br>
> > 1) Renaming OSGeo Labs as OSGeo Innovator<br>
> ><br>
> > The branding for this is way better for projects!<br>
> Having an "OSGeo Innovator" badge on your home page is<br>
> way more "positive" an impression.<br>
> ><br>
> > 2) Revise the procedures around this activity<br>
> ><br>
> > My first take is:<br>
> > - provide a home for small project teams / single<br>
> organization projects<br>
> > - focus on new projects (so provide README,<br>
> CONTRIBUTING, PSC files for a project to copy into github)<br>
> > - stick to our "open source" and "open development" guns!<br>
> > - "save the sticker" until on-boarding is complete<br>
> > --<br>
> > Jody Garnett<br>
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