Chair for OSGeo Core Curriculum & Education project?

[Markus Neteler]

Thanks, Puneet!

I have added a motion on the Wiki now:
  http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Education_and_Curriculum_Committee

More info soon,

 Markus

On 3/24/06, Puneet Kishor <punkish at eidesis.org> wrote:
> Markus, et. al.,
>
> I have just joined this committee recently, and the most I have done
> thus far is read the occasional emails that stem from it. Being a
> lurking member of a mailing list versus a "chair" does sound like a
> scary jump, but you do make it seem benign. With a little bit of
> "coaching," I would be happy to take over this task for the following
> reasons --
>
> Starting this Fall, I will be making my professional work secondary.
> After 14 years of corporate work, I will be returning to academia to
> focus on my PhD at the Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison. My research will
> be on open source, rural development, participatory GIS (collaborative
> mapping), and social computing technologies. There will be ample
> motivation and opportunity for me to devote to the OSGeo C&E project.
> See my
> research intent at
> <http://www.eidesis.org/punkish/index.cgi?a=view&t=StatementOfPurpose>
> CV at <http://www.eidesis.org/punkish/index.cgi?a=view&t=
> SimpleCurriculumVitae>
>
> I know that I have as much to benefit from the Foundation's activities
> as I have to give back. As such, I am volunteering to assist in the C&E
> activities as I can -- be it as the scary sounding chair, the
> completely innocuous lurking member, or anything in between.
>
> Regards,
>
> Puneet.
>
> On Mar 24, 2006, at 5:02 AM, Markus Neteler wrote:
>
> > On 3/24/06, Ari Jolma <ari.jolma at tkk.fi> wrote:
> >> Markus Neteler kirjoitti:
> >>> Dear all,
> >>>
> >>> thanks, Perry. I have added a link to PubGeodata and also added
> >>> material licensing as issue.
> >>>
> >>> Today I would like to make the motion to establish the
> >>> project as official committee. For that I am seeking a person to
> >>> become chair of this committee.
> >>
> >>
> >> This sounds a bit official and scary ;-) What does this chair do? The
> >> whole scope of the project seems pretty huge to me... I've got an hour
> >> to spend now and I'll try to do some top-down analysis of how I see
> >> this
> >> thing (into wiki).
> >>
> >> I volunteer to be a chair in the sense that I can be the contact point
> >> and also look after the wiki page. If people want something dynamic,
> >> online skype meetings, visible promoting etc. then that's not me ;-)
> >
> > Ari,
> >
> > well, it is a bit official (a chair becomes officer of the foundation)
> > but
> > hopefully not scary. The chair will have to keep things running and
> > should be organizing/be present in IRC/skype/whatever meetings.
> >
> > However, the entire foundation is based on the community idea, so
> > input of others is as usually desired and needed. The chair is the
> > just taking the lead and can delegate things as appropriate and
> > as conformal to the bylaws [1]. Current chairs of the existing
> > committees are Frank Warmerdam, Jo Walsh, Arnulf Christl,
> > and Daniel Brookshier (http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Committees)
> > All of them have lots of other businesses, so it seems to be
> > feasible.
> >
> > So, we'll get many nominations now :-)
> >
> > Markus
> >
> > [1] https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Puneet Kishor
>
>


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