<div dir="ltr">I have only had a brief look at your project, in part because of the naming confusion between website and framework. Personally I am still a but stuck on that and was hoping for more discussion from the members present.<div><br></div><div><div>If I refer back to our website (<a href="https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/">https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/</a>) we can check if you meet the requirements to be listed on the website .. so perhaps we can start there?</div><div><br></div><div><div>1. geospatial</div><div><br></div><div>There is a strong mapping component to your project :)</div><div><br></div><div>2. open source license</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Map/blob/master/LICENSE.md">https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Map/blob/master/LICENSE.md</a><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/blob/master/LICENSE.md">https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/blob/master/LICENSE.md</a><br></div><div>- this is a document license not an open source license, it would cover content rather than source code</div><div><br></div><div>Looking at an individual files...</div><div>- <a href="https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/blob/master/IsraelHiking.Common/Category.cs">https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/blob/master/IsraelHiking.Common/Category.cs</a></div><div>- <a href="https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/blob/master/IsraelHiking.Common/FileExplorer/FileExplorerViewModel.cs">https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/blob/master/IsraelHiking.Common/FileExplorer/FileExplorerViewModel.cs</a></div><div><br></div><div>No header or other indication that the code can be reused.</div><div><br></div><div>3. accepts contributions</div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Map/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed">https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Map/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed</a></div><div><a href="https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed">https://github.com/IsraelHikingMap/Site/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aclosed</a><br></div><div>- shows a steady stream of contributions, cannot tell if they are from multiple organizations but the process is in place</div><div><br></div><div>If I go by the two repositories you provided I am missing the "license approved by osi" check, but that is is exactly the kind of thing we are here to work on.</div><div><br></div><div>I also note on your <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Israel_Hiking_and_Biking_Maps">wiki page</a> I see that you are seeking $7500 USD to scale the project internationally. Once we figure out how to support you as an open source project you may wish to contact the osgeo board to see if we can help, although perhaps you have fundraising efforts already in place.</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Jody Garnett</div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 31 Jul 2018 at 23:11, Guy Shakhar <<a href="mailto:guy.shakhar@gmail.com">guy.shakhar@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Dear committee members,<div dir="auto">It seems like the discussion of our membership subsided. Are there any other points we can clarify? When is a decision expected?</div><div dir="auto">All the best,</div><div dir="auto">Guy Shakhar </div><div dir="auto">The IHBM team.</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">בתאריך יום ג׳, 24 ביולי 2018, 15:43, מאת Guy Shakhar <<a href="mailto:guy.shakhar@gmail.com" target="_blank">guy.shakhar@gmail.com</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Dear OSGeo Incubation Committee,<div><br></div><div>We would like to apply to become a Community Project in OSGeo.<br></div><div>Our project - "Israel Hiking and Biking maps" is described in a Wiki page <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Israel_Hiking_and_Biking_Maps" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div>It is a free participatory mapping project which is based on open code and open data and has an opensource license.</div><div>We plan to turn it into a world-wide project and would appreciate your help in integrating into the international OpenSource GIS community.</div><div>Feel free to ask us for any clarifications.</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><br></div><div>Guy Shakhar, Harel Mazor, Zeev Stadler.</div><div>Israel Hiking and Biking maps<br></div></div>
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