<div dir="ltr">Thanks Codrina,<div>I can see you are connecting with all the right people.</div><div>This early stage of a project, before you have built credibility with a real deliverable, is always difficult and lonely with lots of setbacks.</div><div>One of the lessons you see in open source research is that successful projects typically do a very good job of making first contributions very easy. This correlates with psychological research into "Nudge Theory" - used positively to help populations to stop smoking and to start exercising, or not-so-positively to ... <add favourite gripe here>.</div><div><br></div><div>So why don't we start by adding a tab to our spreadsheet of terms [1] which just contains:</div><div>Term, Description, Project1 (Y/N), Project2 (Y/N)</div><div><br></div><div>Ideally we should fill out one project first. Codrina, you might know one project well enough to do a first pass? It is okay if it is not perfect.</div><div><br></div><div>Then we ask Arnika or Naini to send the bulk email to all projects (I can walk you through the process of using the spreadsheet mailmerge).</div><div><br></div><div>Any objections or suggestions to this?</div><div><br></div><div>Reese, would you mind setting up the extra tab in your spreadsheet?</div><div><br></div><div>[1] <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1keonRLT3chmqlRZsMMF9UaCI_vzNEHmJx6t9LB3jBjM/edit#gid=1083334541">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1keonRLT3chmqlRZsMMF9UaCI_vzNEHmJx6t9LB3jBjM/edit#gid=1083334541</a></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 2 Nov 2020 at 20:48, Codrina Maria Ilie <<a href="mailto:codrina@geo-spatial.org">codrina@geo-spatial.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi, Cameron,<br>
<br>
I've reached out to the following people:<br>
<br>
Andrea Aime, Jody Garnett, Ian Turton - GeoServer, GeoTools, GeoNetwork, <br>
GeoNode, JTS, uDig<br>
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Markus Neteler, Anna Petrasova, Veronica Andreo, Vaclav Petras, Moritz <br>
Lennert - GRASS<br>
<br>
Matthias Kuhn - QGIS<br>
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Pirmin Kalberer - spatialite, QGIS server<br>
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Astrid Emde - Mapbender<br>
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Johan Van de Wauw - SAGA<br>
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Vicky Vergara - pgrouting<br>
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Álvaro Anguix - gvSIG<br>
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Stephan Meiss - EOxServer<br>
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Gérald Fenoy, Nicolas Bozon - ZOO-Project<br>
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My invitation for contributions were not limited strictly to their main <br>
OSGeo project, but for any other initiative their involved in, of <br>
course, in the limit of their availability. At this time, I have no hard <br>
commitment to share.<br>
<br>
A good example from the community why we need this work is this document <br>
that I've used to exemplify my detailing <br>
<a href="https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Terminology_comparison_between_ArcGIS_and_GRASS_GIS" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Terminology_comparison_between_ArcGIS_and_GRASS_GIS</a>. <br>
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Cheers,<br>
Codrina<br>
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On 01/11/2020 00:37, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
> I've reminded myself how to send a mail merge from our <br>
> osgeolive contacts spreadsheet.<br>
> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dem6RYkokaX61N8VcomebtqZvcUP-OOt14jt6GPL2TY/edit#gid=1679238205" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dem6RYkokaX61N8VcomebtqZvcUP-OOt14jt6GPL2TY/edit#gid=1679238205</a><br>
> If we are going to hit our soft release date at the start of Dec, we <br>
> will need to get an email out in the next day or two.<br>
> <br>
> Codrina, who have you connected with so far? Unless someone beats me to <br>
> it, I'll send an email to the remainder. (Or possibly everyone.)<br>
> <br>
> This is what I propose is sent:<br>
> <br>
> Hi ${"First"}, I'm wondering if you think we should create a glossary <br>
> for ${"Application Id"}? If so, we'd love some help. We are looking for <br>
> someone in the project to review our spreadsheet of OSGeo terms [1] and <br>
> tick those that are applicable for ${"Application Id"}. You might also <br>
> have suggestions for extra terms we should add. Is this something you <br>
> can help us with over the next few weeks?<br>
> <br>
> [1] <br>
> <a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1keonRLT3chmqlRZsMMF9UaCI_vzNEHmJx6t9LB3jBjM/edit#gid=1083334541On" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1keonRLT3chmqlRZsMMF9UaCI_vzNEHmJx6t9LB3jBjM/edit#gid=1083334541On</a> <br>
> Wed, 14 Oct 2020 at 19:44, Codrina Maria Ilie wrote: > Hi all, > > I am <br>
> writing to let you know of a new initiative within our community - > the <br>
> OSGeo Glossary - led by the Lexicon committee (in formation) with > the <br>
> scope of defining and managing geospatial terms across communities. > <br>
> First operative steps have already been made with setting up OSGeo > <br>
> Geolexica [1] for managing the lexicon database, as well as an initial > <br>
> load of terms that was done by a bulk load from cleaned terms and > <br>
> definitions compiled by the GeoForAll group. > > The work is done in <br>
> collaboration with folks from ISO/TC 211, OGC and > The Good Docs <br>
> Project [2] that have joined the Lexicon committee, which > is very <br>
> constructive given their decades long experience in terminology, > as <br>
> well as helping us with cross-organization alignment of concepts or > <br>
> avoiding term duplication. > > Gracefully helping us with the groundwork <br>
> are two experienced technical > writers that I’d like to introduce to <br>
> our community, Ankita and Naini - > in cc. Their contributions will <br>
> support us in doing a clean, sharp job > when it comes to the actual <br>
> process of glossary construction. > > A next big step for the Lexicon <br>
> Committee is setting up pilot glossary > projects for specific OSGeo <br>
> projects, irrespective of their status, > incubated, in the process or <br>
> community. So, if this could be of interest > to you, please let me, <br>
> Cameron, Ankita or Naini know or by joining and > presenting yourself on <br>
> the Lexicon mailing list [3] or Slack channel [4]. > > > Cheers and stay <br>
> safe, > Codrina<br>
> <br>
> <br>
</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Cameron Shorter</span><br></div><div>Technical Writer, Google</div></div><div><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>