<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Barend, thank you for answering the email from Eli, I agree that there seems to be no volunteers to pursue this effort, the conference papers were published through other means, mostly special issues of indexed journals,<div class="">but it would be useful to give heads-up on OSGeo discuss that the mail list is going to be closed and the past issues will be archived - I cc-d Peter here maybe he has some suggestions </div><div class="">on suitable repository.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Helena</div><div class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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<div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Feb 10, 2024, at 9:22 AM, Kobben, Barend (UT-ITC) via newsletter <<a href="mailto:newsletter@lists.osgeo.org" class="">newsletter@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta charset="UTF-8" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">The LaTeX and PFF sources are on the SVN (<a href="https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/journal/" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;" class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">Yours,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">-- <o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">Barend Köbben<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">Senior Lecturer</span></i><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">/Researcher</span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– ITC-GIP<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">Thesis Coordinator Joined Erasmus Mundus MSc in Cartography</span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">University Twente</span></i><i class=""><span lang="NL" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">PO Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede (The Netherlands)<o:p class=""></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;" class="">+31-(0)53 4874 253 / room 1-311 Langezijds (Hallenweg 8)</span></i><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div id="mail-editor-reference-message-container" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class="">On 09/02/2024, 23:01, "newsletter" <<a href="mailto:newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline;" class="">newsletter-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Hi all,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">If there are people interested, then perhaps they can have more of a leadership role and re-invigorate the Journal. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">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 class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Looking forward to hearing thoughts and suggestions. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="" class="">Best regards, Eli<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">newsletter mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="mailto:newsletter@lists.osgeo.org" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">newsletter@lists.osgeo.org</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><a href="https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); text-decoration: underline; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class="">https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/newsletter</a></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>