<div><br></div><div dir="auto">Hi Cameron and the OSGeo team,</div><div dir="auto">I am Ankita, a tech writer and have been working with the OSGeo and OGC team to standardise and polish some of the glossary terms and definitions for them. </div><div dir="auto">Knowing some amazing people like Reese, Ron, Codrina, Nikos, and Rob, I think I had a major learning curve in the past 4 months with regards to the OSGeo community. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This year’s proposal looks amazing and is definitely taking it a step ahead. I am already working on the glossary template as a pilot project. Would love to be a part of this year’s Season of Docs to create cross-organisational glossaries and a template structure in place.</div><div dir="auto">Looking forward to it.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you,</div><div dir="auto">Ankita Tripathi</div><div dir="auto">Tech writer</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 at 4:33 AM, Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div dir="ltr">Dropping osgeo-board from the CC list.<div><br></div><div>Nikos picked up earlier that we should have a project web page.</div><div>We currently have an OSGeo wiki page for our lexicon committee: <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lexicon_Committee" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lexicon_Committee</a></div><div>I think we can probably create another couple of wiki pages:</div><div>1. An OSGeo Glossary Project wiki</div><div> + Note, changing the name from "glossary pilot" to "glossary project"</div><div>* Source material:</div><div> + <a href="http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2020/12/halfway-status-glossary-pilot.html" target="_blank">http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2020/12/halfway-status-glossary-pilot.html</a></div><div> + <a href="https://www.ogc.org/blog/3292" target="_blank">https://www.ogc.org/blog/3292</a></div><div> + <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WZw1_iAC8uWTqFo335i5h_q8IbEYLqzNRYYWBRNtkd0/edit#slide=id.ga1ec31f923_0_3" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WZw1_iAC8uWTqFo335i5h_q8IbEYLqzNRYYWBRNtkd0/edit#slide=id.ga1ec31f923_0_3</a> </div><div><br></div><div>2. An OSGeo Glossary Season of Docs Page</div><div> + Cover specifics about our Season of Docs proposal</div><div> + We can primarily base upon our proposal at <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enUFAZX1srNmZ3oy4rt_gqv8AeCx2tL5bM6ej8kq9N4/edit" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enUFAZX1srNmZ3oy4rt_gqv8AeCx2tL5bM6ej8kq9N4/edit</a></div><div> + For reference, here is our 2019 page, which is more than we'll need: <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_of_Docs_Ideas_2019</a>, primarily based on </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 15 Mar 2021 at 02:35, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <<a href="mailto:astrid_emde@osgeo.org" target="_blank">astrid_emde@osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">Hello Cameron,<br>
<br>
looks like a very good proposal.<br>
<br>
Board - yes we should vote on Loomio.<br>
<br>
Astrid<br>
<br>
Am 14.03.2021 03:36 schrieb Helena Mitasova:<br>
> Cameron,<br>
> <br>
> this is extremely valuable project and a very good timing as we have<br>
> just discussed the need to make the categories of software listed<br>
> on the osgeo website and osgeo live consistent - it is somewhat<br>
> confusing now.<br>
> <br>
> Although this may be beyond the scope of the project but some<br>
> modernization of terms may be needed as well<br>
> (e.g. there was a suggestion to replace Desktop with Geospatial<br>
> Processing Platform because Desktop is usually only one of several<br>
> ways how certain software is used).<br>
> <br>
> Angelos, board, - given that we have board meeting on March 29 and<br>
> this is needed much sooner can we approve this through Loomio?<br>
> Angelos may be you can put it up for a vote?<br>
> <br>
> Thank you all for this effort, Helena<br>
> <br>
>> On Mar 13, 2021, at 6:28 PM, Cameron Shorter<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> Okay,<br>
>> Here is a draft Glossary Season of Docs Proposal.<br>
>> <br>
> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enUFAZX1srNmZ3oy4rt_gqv8AeCx2tL5bM6ej8kq9N4/edit" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enUFAZX1srNmZ3oy4rt_gqv8AeCx2tL5bM6ej8kq9N4/edit</a><br>
>> [1]<br>
>> <br>
>> This is based on the following template:<br>
>> <br>
> <a href="https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/org-proposal-template" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/org-proposal-template</a><br>
>> [2]<br>
>> <br>
>> Comments and feedback welcomed.<br>
>> <br>
>> On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 at 06:33, Cameron Shorter<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> Sending again - this time while subscribed to the OSGeo board list.<br>
>> <br>
>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 at 11:20, Cameron Shorter<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@gmail.com" target="_blank">cameron.shorter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> TL;DR We are looking for OSGeo board approval to apply for a Google<br>
>> Season of Docs grant. Approval is required in less than a fortnight.<br>
>> Submission is due 26 March 2021.<br>
>> <br>
>> OSGeo board,<br>
>> <br>
>> A bunch of us within the OSGeo Lexicon committee [3] would like to<br>
>> apply for a Google Season of Docs [4] grant. This would result in us<br>
>> being able to hire a tech writer for ~ 3 months.<br>
>> <br>
>> We're still fleshing out details for the application and scope of<br>
>> work, but it is anticipated to involve describing "How to set up an<br>
>> interoperable glossary" as well as setting up a few exemplar OSGeo<br>
>> glossaries, such as for OSGeo-Live and Geo For All, and ideally a<br>
>> few project specific ones too.<br>
>> <br>
>> Over the next week I'll be drafting a proposal.<br>
>> <br>
>> As the board, can you please discuss and provide tentative approval,<br>
>> pending having a final proposal ready.<br>
>> <br>
>> --<br>
>> <br>
>> Cameron Shorter<br>
>> <br>
>> Technical Writer, Google<br>
>> <br>
>> --<br>
>> <br>
>> Cameron Shorter<br>
>> <br>
>> Technical Writer, Google<br>
> <br>
> --<br>
> <br>
> Cameron Shorter<br>
> <br>
> Technical Writer, Google<br>
> <br>
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> <br>
> Helena Mitasova<br>
> Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences<br>
> Faculty Fellow,<br>
> Center for Geospatial Analytics<br>
> North Carolina State University<br>
> Raleigh, NC 27695-8208<br>
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> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Links:<br>
> ------<br>
> [1]<br>
> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enUFAZX1srNmZ3oy4rt_gqv8AeCx2tL5bM6ej8kq9N4/edit" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enUFAZX1srNmZ3oy4rt_gqv8AeCx2tL5bM6ej8kq9N4/edit</a><br>
> [2] <br>
> <a href="https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/org-proposal-template" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/org-proposal-template</a><br>
> [3] <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lexicon_Committee" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lexicon_Committee</a><br>
> [4] <a href="https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline</a><br>
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