[Board] So what is the purpose of OSGeo?

[Dave McIlhagga]

Paul,

For the record - I too am having trouble understanding the arguments  
against your proposal. To be honest, you could propose to have run  
this in Madagascar and I'd still support it. And I'd also wonder if  
you had, whether we'd even be having this long discussion.

I can only see good coming from this effort for OSGeo. So many  
activities of varying commercial, not-for-profit, fun, open source,  
proprietary, and just-for-the-hell-of-it activities are completed with  
the OSGeo projects around the world with ZERO marketing benefit to  
OSGeo, I can't imagine passing up an opportunity like this to help  
raise profile.

I'd really like to understand the arguments against -- but my brain  
doesn't seem to twist in that way. So in the meantime, you have my  
full support.

Dave



On 29-May-08, at 12:00 PM, Paul Ramsey wrote:

> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael P. Gerlek  
> <mpg at lizardtech.com> wrote:
>
>> [Personal aside: I find myself frequently disagreeing with Arnulf's
>> positions]
>
> I find it difficult to separate Arnulf's positions from his musings,
> and would appreciate a clear statement.
>
> Is the current proposal acceptable?
>
> If not, are there changes to the proposal on the table or more
> information needed that would make it acceptable?
>
> If not, then I can move forward (or not) smartly without spending more
> time on this.
>
> P.
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