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<p>Hi Bruce,</p>
<p>To answer your questions:</p>
<p>I have a general interest in Open geospatial standards so the
list seemed like it may be of interest. I suppose I'm using it as
a mechanism for keeping abreast of these things.</p>
<p>I don't have any inclination toward MOU's or the bureaucracy
involved in creating standards so I avoid that stuff.</p>
<p>That's my 1/160th. :-)</p>
<p>Jonathan<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 26/08/2021 01:55, Bruce Bannerman
wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:7B555F3A-F8BF-432F-A2EE-B113265895A6@gmail.com">Dear
Standards List Members,
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<div class="">We have approximately 160 members subscribed to this
mailing list. </div>
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<div class="">I assume that you have subscribed to the Standards
list as you have some interest in Open Spatial Standards.</div>
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<div class="">We have an excellent opportunity to help shape the
future of open spatial standards with the proposed new
Memorandum of Understanding between OSGeo and OGC.</div>
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<div class="">To date, I have been disappointed at the very
limited community input into this process.</div>
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<div class="">This is your opportunity to drive what we do with
open spatial standards. Don’t wait for others to do the work for
you.</div>
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<div class="">I call on all list members to provide some feedback
to this list on:</div>
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<ul class="MailOutline">
<li class="">what inspired you to subscribe to this list;</li>
<li class="">what you want from being a member of this list;
and</li>
<li class="">your review of the proposed new OSGeo/OGC MOU
(see context below).</li>
</ul>
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</div>
<div class="">Please don’t be shy, there are no right or wrong
responses!</div>
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<div class="">Kind regards,</div>
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<div class="">Bruce</div>
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<div class="">On 10 Aug 2021, at 00:55, Tom Kralidis <<a
href="mailto:tomkralidis@gmail.com" class=""
moz-do-not-send="true">tomkralidis@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</div>
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<div class="">Hi everyone: hope you are all doing well.
Per subject and [1][2], we have been working</div>
<div class="">with OGC to renew our Memorandum of
Understanding, and now have a draft (Exhibit A) of</div>
<div class="">the MOU for your review and comment.<br
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<div class="">Please see [3] for your review, comment
and input. Anyone with the link should be able to</div>
<div class="">comment in the document.</div>
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<div class="">This is an important time for the updated
MOU. Open Source and Open Standards are</div>
<div class="">natural, healthy and evolving, and this
MOU will grow the collaboration between our</div>
<div class="">organizations especially given OGC's
increasing focus on developers. Note that the MOU</div>
<div class="">provides OSGeo an Associate Membership as
well as the opportunity for input into the next</div>
<div class="">generation of compliance testing (CITE).<br
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</div>
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<div class="">Input and feedback is requested by Friday,
03 September 2021 at 12h UTC.</div>
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<div class="">If there are no major issues, we will put
the MOU for approval at the F2F Board meeting
following</div>
<div class="">FOSS4G 2021.<br class="">
</div>
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<div class="">If you have any questions or comments,
feel free to contact me.</div>
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<div class="">Thanks in advance.</div>
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<div class="">On behalf of those involved in updating
the MOU (OGC, OSGeo MOU Review Team).<br class="">
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<div class="">..Tom</div>
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<div class="">[1] <a
href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MoU_OGC/Review_2020"
target="_blank" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.<span
class="">osgeo</span>.org/wiki/MoU_OGC/Review_2020</a></div>
<div class="">[2] <a
href="https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/80"
target="_blank" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://git.<span
class="">osgeo</span>.org/gitea/<span class="">osgeo</span>/todo/issues/80</a></div>
<div class="">[3] <a
href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LNbDCkmjqfOtrUjOLkYNNhKhtPzXI_uCAC4R-l8drbY"
target="_blank" class="" moz-do-not-send="true">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LNbDCkmjqfOtrUjOLkYNNhKhtPzXI_uCAC4R-l8drbY</a></div>
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