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Funding is an interesting one. In most projects I have been involved
with or researched recently, the party that brings the request forward
funds its development (or does it him/her self). We should discuss this
one some more and consider how we accept donations for development as
per the foundation. I'd like to make that future item for consideration
by the PSC at this point, unless someone objects and wants to cover it
as part of this document.<br>
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Neither of you ask what about Autodesk contributions? To me they (wow
now there is a typo) are now like everyone else, if we want something
done we need to bring a proposal forth, get it approved, and be
prepared to develop it.<br>
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I'll work in the comments received so far and make another pass,
somehow highlighting the changes.<br>
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Thanks for the great comments guys...<br>
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Bob<br>
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<pre wrap="">I only managed to do that because Bob posted later in the day. I'm sure you wouldn't have left me with any scraps if he'd posted earlier :)
On reflection, a lot of my questions had to do with funding, where they really should have talked about funding and/or developer time. I'm showing my work-bias here; I have been keeping consultants busy more than I've been running internal development projects recently.
Jason
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From: Paul Spencer [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:pspencer@dmsolutions.ca">mailto:pspencer@dmsolutions.ca</a>]
Sent: Mon 2006-10-16 6:25 PM
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:psc@mapguide.osgeo.org">psc@mapguide.osgeo.org</a>
Subject: Re: [mapguide-psc] Bootstrapping the MapGuide PSC
Jason, you hog! You've taken all the good questions ;) But I have a
couple more ...
There is nothing about requiring a quorum for voting ...
Should we allow proxy votes? I think we should state something explicit
The Change Request process has a significant gray area ... I think we
should say something about anything questionable can/should be
brought up to the PSC for a decision on whether the change requires a
change request or not. Basically, if you are not sure, ask and we
will decide.
Finally, re guiding development efforts, I think as a minimum +1
voters need to stay engaged with a particular change request ...
Cheers
Paul
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<pre wrap="">Hi,
That IRC meeting time conflicts with OSGeo WebCom, which I'm
chairing :( I like the time slot though; Tuesday or Thursday works
for me on a recurring basis.
Should there be a requirement that any submitted functionality come
with a plan for funding the development, or will this be a purely
merit-based process. If merit-based, how to we prioritise once the
features have been let past the gate? On a funding basis? What if
we have some funding floating around because of generous donations
to the project?
I think that the voting provision for removing members should be
clarified, and perhaps we should consider another exit strategy in
the case that there is a rogue member that continues to
participate, but in a way that is counter to the goals of the
project as a whole. And yes, my glass is half-empty.
There should be some work done on a proposal template and suggested
evaluation criteria but that's not in scope here.
Jason
From: Robert Bray [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:rbray@robertbray.net">mailto:rbray@robertbray.net</a>]
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 14:54
To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:psc@mapguide.osgeo.org">psc@mapguide.osgeo.org</a>
Subject: [mapguide-psc] Bootstrapping the MapGuide PSC
All,
Welcome to the MapGuide PSC. I created this mailing list as a means
for us to communicate as we get the PSC up and running. The mailing
list is open to all, but I simply added this your e-mail addresses
to get things going. Please review and comment (back to this list)
on the PSC guidelines that can now be found at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://">https://</a>
mapguide.osgeo.org/psc.html.
I would also like to propose an initial bootstrap meeting of the
PSC on Wednesday at 2:00 PM (EST) / 12:00 PM (MST) / 11:00 AM
(PST). The agenda for that first meeting is:
Review and discuss the PSC Guidelines
Development and/or PSC Meetings on IRC
The psc vs dev mailing list. Do we need both?
Initial PSC size and member nominations.
As per open source custom, the meeting will be held on IRC. For IRC
newbies Chatzilla is probably the best way to get going. It works
with Firefox and once installed you can log onto the channel by
pointing your browser at: irc://irc.freenode.net/#mapguide. You can
download Chatzilla from: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/chatzilla/">http://www.hacksrus.com/~ginda/chatzilla/</a>.
Daniel you have been included in the PSC mailing list and the
meeting invite so that you can monitor how things progress as we
strive to satisfy our final incubation requirement.
Please let me know if the meeting time works for you and if not
please propose a new time.
Thanks,
Bob
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