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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2026-07-25 16:24, Jody Garnett via
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<div dir="ltr">I had a lovely time at foss4g-eu, and really enjoy
being back with osgeo (after <a
href="https://geoserver.org/announcements/vulnerability/2026/06/11/geoserver-3-0-0-released.html"
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<div dir="ltr">I invite everyone to review:</div>
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<li>#16: <a
href="https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/16"
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Support committee</a></li>
<li><a
href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CxofM1Ed4sND_9DZpr_fuiXMmTLce2wdzYOSz0pmwxo/edit?usp=sharing "
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ou new issue tracker and ideas for relaunch</li>
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<div dir="ltr">With that in mind I would like to relaunch
this committee as <b>Project Support</b></div>
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<li>New name matching the project-support repo<br>
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<li>General committee reset<br>
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<li>Reflect our expanded responsibilities of
incubation process, community project, and website
foss4g check<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Here is the proposed mandate:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Provide software foundation support to
project teams in keeping with Open Source Geospatial
Foundation principles and values:</div>
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<div dir="ltr">A - Ongoing software foundation support
for "OSGeo Projects":</div>
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<div dir="ltr">A.1 - Assist project teams over course of
project lifecycle: incubation, policy updates, license
change, end-of-life.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">A.2 - Update OSGeo software foundation
policies under direction from the OSGeo Board</div>
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<div dir="ltr">A.3 - Establish and maintain OSGeo
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<div dir="ltr">A.4 - Connect project teams with a mentor
for one-on-one support during incubation process.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">B - Establish and support inclusive
"OSGeo Community" projects initiative providing space
for new and innovative projects.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">C - Establish and support "FOSS4G
Project" directory for OSGeo.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Motion is held open for two weeks closing
Friday 7 September:</div>
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<li>Angelos Tzotsos<br>
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<li>Arnulf Christl<br>
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<li>Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques<br>
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<li>Brian M Hamlin<br>
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<li>Daniel Morissette<br>
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<li>Deepak Kumar<br>
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<li>Dimitris Kotzinos<br>
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<li>Frank Warmerdam<br>
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<li>Jody Garnett +1 initial motion<br>
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<li>Michael Smith<br>
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<li>Nick Bearman<br>
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<li>Regina Obe<br>
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<li>Steve Lime<br>
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<li>Tom Kralidis<br>
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<div>- -<br>
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<div>Jody Garnett</div>
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