[OSGeo-Board] FW: LDCM and OSGeo input

[Mark Lucas]

Ned,

First, thanks for taking the initiative on these efforts.  Being  
fairly new, we don't have a formal process for any of this yet.  In  
general, everyone that is pitching in is of like mind on what we are  
trying to accomplish and understands what the goals and limits of  
osgeo are.  Given the common motivation and open source background I  
would expect that we could move pretty rapidly to put together a  
support letter for well intentioned efforts.

I would welcome your efforts to put forward a protocol for deciding  
what gets supported and how we communicate and approve it.  We can  
review it before the board and then approve the process.  In the  
interim, if there is something that needs to get worked quickly, we  
can probably move quickly and bring it up at the next board meeting.

Let us know when you are ready and we can bring it and discuss it  
with you at an upcoming board telecon.  Let me know if you need  
anything.

Mark


On May 16, 2006, at 2:22 PM, Ned Horning wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Last week I sent the message below to the "discuss" list and didn't  
> get a
> response so I thought trying the "Board" list might be a good  
> second step.
> The basic question I have is if it is possible to receive a letter of
> support from OSGeo for specific proposals. This seems to be an  
> important
> question and I expect the response will be of interest to many in  
> the OSGeo
> community. For the proposal I am working on at the moment I mention  
> how we
> will promote (through example and discussion) the OSGeo ideals but  
> getting a
> letter of support from OSGeo would carry significant weight to show  
> that the
> foundation explicitly supports our proposed work.
>
> If this is possible then a protocol for deciding what gets  
> supported should
> be put in place so folks like me know how to go about it. I am  
> happy to help
> define and document this process. I will also send more details  
> about the
> proposal to see if this specific project is something OSGeo should  
> support.
> If the basic concept of formally supporting project proposals  
> doesn't fit in
> the scope of the Foundation then that would be good to know as well.
>
> Any comments would be helpful.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ned
>
> --
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ned Horning [mailto:nedh at lightlink.com]
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 11:26 AM
> To: 'discuss at mail.osgeo.org'
> Subject: LDCM and OSGeo input
>
> All,
>
> I wanted to see if I could get some feedback regarding a proposal I am
> starting to write. I envision the project would have an open source  
> software
> development component as well as exploration of open data and public
> participation issues related to data collection that would mesh  
> well with
> the OSGeo goals. Two objectives are to improve accessibility to  
> Landsat data
> as well as involve a broader community in the collection of  
> ancillary data
> (primarily photographs) to help users of Landsat data better  
> interpret land
> cover from the imagery. The details are still being worked out and  
> probably
> aren't important at this point. I'd like to know appropriate ways to
> associate this work with OSGeo goals in the proposal. For example,  
> do you
> think it would be possible to get a letter of support from OSGeo?  
> Can you
> think of other ways association with OSGeo can benefit and benefit  
> from new
> projects? This discussion/information might be useful to others who  
> are
> thinking about mutual benefits of associating proposed projects  
> with OSGeo.
>
> All the best,
>
> Ned
>
>
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