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Meeting about to start now. Please drop in if you have an interest.<br>
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On 30/05/12 06:59, Cameron Shorter wrote:
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I've set up a meeting next week to discuss then finalise the
setting of an OSGeo Ambassador role. Hope to see many of you at
the meeting, or if you can't make it, please share your thoughts
(and vote?) on email before hand.<br>
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Location: <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
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<td>Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 8:30:00 AM</td>
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<td>Tuesday, 5 June 2012 at 6:30:00 AM</td>
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<td>Monday, 4 June 2012 at 10:30:00 PM</td>
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<td>Monday, 4 June 2012 at 4:30:00 PM</td>
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<td>Monday, 4 June 2012 at 1:30:00 PM</td>
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The current proposal is here:<br>
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href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Ambassador</a><br>
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This topic has been discussed by many of you on discuss, marketing
and board email lists. Here is a summary of comments, along with
my suggestions:<br>
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1. There has emerged to be two roles which people have been
categorising under the title of "OSGeo Ambassador"<br>
a. Someone knowledgeable in OSGeo, who can speak at conferences
and the like. This is what we are focusing on for this definition
of the role.<br>
b. Someone who can negotiate MOU and similar on behalf of the
OSGeo board. This is proposed to be treated separately, with the
OSGeo Board delegated to someone they see fit to do the job, on a
case-by-case basis.<br>
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2. There has been concern (from FrankW?) about defining a role
which is exclusive and prevents people from just stepping up an
volunteering. This is addressed by letting anyone who believes
they have OSGeo experience and thinks them self worthy can step
forward and volunteer.<br>
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3. There has been concern (from Arnulf?) that our categorisation
is too complicated. (We are proposing Board Members, Charter
Members, Voted Positions, Community Members). I believe that we do
need some way to define OSGeo experience, because that is one of
the key criteria that conference organisors look for when
selecting speakers and key notes. We can potentially de-emphasise
the categorisation by moving it into the "Description" field
rather than making a heading out of it.<br>
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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lisasoft.com">http://www.lisasoft.com</a>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lisasoft.com">http://www.lisasoft.com</a>
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