[Board] Press release president's comments

[Arnulf Christl]

Ari Jolma wrote:
> Arnulf Christl kirjoitti:
>>>> [BOF]
>>>> Arnulf Christl explains, "I'm pleased to be able to help in my new 
>>>> role as OSGeo President. I have three mail goals on my personal 
>>>> agenda, these include further supporting the emergence of local 
>>>> chapters and supporting them in organizing meetings and conferences 
>>>> that complement our global FOSS4G effort. The second area is to 
>>>> improve our support for businesses using and supporting Open Source 
>>>> Geospatial software. Our organization is now so strong and healthy 
>>>> that we need to tell the world about it in the lobby (pressure group 
>>>> work, etc. - please add some correct terminology). The third area is 
>>>> the most challenging one. It includes conciliating between the 
>>>> extremes of proprietary businesses that dominate the OGC and the 
>>>> other extreme of thorough volunteerism(?) that rules still 
>>>> exponentially growing OpenStreetMap. If at all then OSGeo is the 
>>>> organization capable of bridging this gap/gorge/chasm/."
>>>> [EOF]
>>
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Press_Release_Board_2008#New_President
>>
> Arnulf,
> 
> The wiki seems slow to open now. I'm not native speaker anyway so I 
> write some comments. This is of course your vision or agenda, so don't 
> let us change it upside down. I think this is good. I support the first 
> two ones, the third one may be a bit, unconstructive, especially if it 
> aims to construct (conciliate). It's also not very clear to me what you 
> mean with it. I'm not very well aware of all what's going on but my 
> feeling is that we or some (many?) people at OSGeo are and have been 
> very active in the standards front. It would be good to bring that up a 
> bit I guess. The thorough volunteerism and going against what those in 
> power do is also important for us - at least some of us in the 
> universities like to believe in intellectual freedom. I'm not very sure 
> how these two things connect however.
> 
> I also support Markus in his wish to get the press release finally out.
> 
> And finally, we do have a meeting tomorrow?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ari
> 

I also experienced the Wiki as very slow but it is OK now. Thanks for the reminder. 

Regards, 
Arnulf