Fw: Re: [Board] OSGeo naming

[Ravi]

--- On Mon, 7/6/10, Ravi <ravivundavalli at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Ravi <ravivundavalli at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [Board] OSGeo naming
> To: "Jeff McKenna" <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> Date: Monday, 7 June, 2010, 7:53 PM
> Seeking Opinion of other local
> chapters on naming OSGeo
> the main, or international etc, my be of a good help.
> 
> Ravi Kumar
> 
> --- On Mon, 7/6/10, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Board] OSGeo naming
> > To: board at lists.osgeo.org
> > Date: Monday, 7 June, 2010, 6:30 PM
> > 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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