[OSGeo-Board] opening and organizing

[Markus Neteler]

On 3/7/06, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:
> Gary Lang wrote:
> > " I personally don't feel like we need a coordinated master task list,"
> >
> > How can a Visibility Committee can do their job, absent of having this
> > somewhere? Let's say Tyler wanted to do this. He seems confused about
> > what we're doing. What is another solution to help him with his
> > confusion?
>
> Gary,
>
> I think that VisCom should have a task list of things they are doing
> and they do, though it might still be disorganized as they try and
> get themselves operational.  Likewise, I think we, the board, need
> a task list of things we are doing (perhaps Markus' Roadmap will serve
> as that, or the rolling action items from our board meetings).  Likewise
> the Incubator Committee, and WebCom each have mechanisms for managing
> their "TODO" list.  My point is that we, the board, don't need a micro-level
> task list for all parts of the foundation.
>
> VisCom doesn't generally need to know how the Incubator Committee is
> wrestling with details of IP issues on projects entering the foundation
> (for instance).
>
> I'm not sure what it was that you are saying Tyler wanted to do.  But if
> it was the "period report to the membership on things that are going on"
> I think he would either have to browse the various committee web sites
> (and perhaps mailing list archives) or just ask a rep on each committee
> for a digested list of what is going on.  Alternatively he could just
> subscribe to each of the mailing lists (which is how I might address the
> problem).


I see Tyler as "pending" here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Promotion_and_Visibility_Committee#Committee_Members

Maybe the VisCom chair or another member should just contact him to get
him activated?

Markus