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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I prefer gitea. It’s a bit harder since they need an OSGeo account, but they are eventually going to need one anyway so that might as well be one of the first things they do before filling out requests to become a community project etc.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Also if we move incubator list to discourse, which I think is our plan (which does allow signup with github account), they can start the processing with a request to the list.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Incubator <incubator-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Dennis Bauszus via Incubator<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 15, 2026 11:12 AM<br><b>To:</b> Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> incubator@lists.osgeo.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Incubator] Move Community Project applications to issue tracker<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am not on the committee but believe that using GitHub tickets would make this easier for new applications as it is possible to review previous applications.<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Best,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Dennis<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 7:31<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>PM Jody Garnett via Incubator <<a href="mailto:incubator@lists.osgeo.org">incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I really like the idea Angelos, especially since this is developer outreach - an issue tracker is great!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Have issue template for "add to website", "join community project", "osgeo project incubation", ...<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>We actually already have the markdown for some of these...<o:p></o:p></li></ul></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I would prefer github (because outreach) but would be okay with gitea (ideally if we can make the signup process a bit easier.)<br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>- -<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Jody Garnett<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Jan 14, 2026 at 8:58:11<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM, Angelos Tzotsos via Incubator <<a href="mailto:incubator@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all,<br><br>One idea that came up during the Incubation Budget meeting, was to make <br>community project applications easier to review.<br>I propose we move the application process to opening a templated issue <br>(GitHub or Gitea) and require one incubation committee member to review.<br><br>I volunteer to move all the pending applications to this new issue tracker.<br><br>Perhaps we should consider the same for Projects applying for Incubation <br>(currently a ticket is required on Trac).<br><br>Thoughts? Objections?<br><br>Best regards,<br>Angelos<br><br>-- <br>Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>President, Board of Directors<br>Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br><a href="https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/" target="_blank">https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Incubator mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Incubator@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">Incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator</a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>Incubator mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Incubator@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank">Incubator@lists.osgeo.org</a><br><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator" target="_blank">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></div></div></body></html>