[Board] OSGeo naming

[Jeff McKenna]

To clarify what I wrote, my text 'my preference is for "the 
Foundation"...' actually means 'my preference is to use "the Foundation" 
to differentiate the OSGeo big boy from a local chapter'.  I think this 
is exactly what Daniel followed up with.

-jeff



Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Arnulf,
> 
> I'm not sure if we need to agree on an official name.  But my preference 
> is for "the Foundation", to differentiate the OSGeo big boy from a local 
> chapter; but that's not technically correct as Chris pointed out.
> 
> (I must get to the Bolsena sprint some day)
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> Arnulf Christl wrote:
>> Board, sorry for not showing up at the last meeting, I did not manage 
>> to be in
>> the office in time.
>>
>> Following up on the agenda item "Short dialog on naming OSGeo
>> "International, Global, World, ..." ?". No worries, there is no
>> intention to change anything but I wanted to have a short "dialog" or
>> "brainstorm" on how we best name things. Maybe it is only me but I
>> regularly need to differentiate between different "instances" or
>> "categories" of OSGeo.
>> This issue again became apparent in the recent discussion around
>> supporting Map World Forum 2011 by GIS Development. Annu Negi from GIS
>> Development used "OSGeo Int." to differentiate it from the OSGeo Local
>> Chapter "OSGeo India". There might be other options some of which
>> already came up. It would be good to develop a common opinion and then 
>> use that name in contexts where we need to differentiate. Here are
>> some suggestions off the top of my head. Please add your own ideas and
>> consider and comment them. * OSGeo World
>> * OSGeo Main
>> * OSGeo International
>> * OSGeo Int.
>> * OSGeo HQ
>> * OSGeo General * ...
>>
>> Before we decide anything we should also post this to discuss but it 
>> might be good to come up with a suitable version right away.
>>
>> Best regards form beautiful Bolsena in Italy,
>> Arnulf.
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2010
>>
>> That was last year, this year the weather is even better... :-)
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/39779098@N02/3680074688/in/set-72157620364023817/ 
>>
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