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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">No love has indeed gone into that section for many, many years... I could not even find the two volumes I edited, no’s 13 and 14, which hold the papers of
the academic tracks of FOSS4G 2013 (Nottingham) and FOSS4G 2014 (Portland) , respectively...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The LaTeX and PFF sources are on the SVN (<a href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/journal/">https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/journal/</a>) but are not linked anymore/where
from the wiki....? I repaired that bit, but really have no time or interest for more. I suggest someone should at least archive the stuff that is there, maybe just a list of and PDFs of the issues that are present...?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Barend Köbben<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Senior Lecturer</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">/Researcher</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">
– ITC-GIP<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 09/02/2024, 23:01, "newsletter" <newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The OSGeo Journal email list, the Journal itself, and associated websites have been dormant for years. Are there people interested in this project and effort? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If there are people interested, then perhaps they can have more of a leadership role and re-invigorate the Journal. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If there are not people interested, then perhaps we can ask on the Discuss list as well as connecting with the GeoForAll effort and see if there is a more appropriate home for the Journal somewhere there or related
academic realms. I believe that there have been related successes in the past to publish OSGeo editions in other indexed journals. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">If there is no interest anywhere, then perhaps we should update our pages noting that things are dormant or closed, close the email list, and otherwise responsibly wind down the effort. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Looking forward to hearing thoughts and suggestions. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Best regards, Eli<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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