[Board] Fwd: An e-Learning Framework for Using Geospatial Open Data, Open Source and Open Standards (ELO-Geo)

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

On 11/10/2010 08:22 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> Hi Tyler,
>
> I am +1 on providing this letter of support.

Tyler,
another +1 to go ahead. I suggest to allow board members to pipe in if 
there are issues until the end of the week and then go ahead even if we 
do not have a majority of the board responding. We are sometimes so busy 
with other things that these formalities get deferred forever. I would 
also suggest to allow Tyler to go ahead, especially since we already 
have an MoU with the concerned organization in place. From this 
perspective having this kind of formal agreement now makes a lot of 
sense to me.

Best regards,
Arnulf.

> About your suggested changes for expedited letters of support, what you
> suggest seems fine except that it may be more prudent to require support
> (via email, private or not?) from a majority of board members before the
> fact, instead of going ahead with a single board member (as suggested)
> and keeping the option of withdrawing the letter after the fact if the
> board objects to it at the following board meeting.
>
> Daniel
>
> Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Attached is a request for a support letter from Suchith at UoNottingham.
>>
>> We have a process for support letters already defined here:
>>
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Protocol_for_requesting_letter_of_support
>>
>> Would you consider modifying this for organisations where we already
>> have an MOU?
>>
>> I added a few ideas into a "draft suggestions" section on that wiki page
>> and would like your feedback.
>>
>> We don't get a lot of these requests (2-3 per year) but sometimes they
>> are more time sensitive like this one in particular. My concern is that
>> pushing it to the discuss list, then the board list for discussion at
>> the next board meeting would kill the opportunity - and due to time
>> alone and not due to ultimate disinterest.
>>
>> I'm comfortable signing it, especially since it doesn't commit us to
>> anything, builds on our OSGeo-edu work and we already have a formal
>> agreement to work together with this group. Is this a reasonable approach?
>>
>> Tyler
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Tyler Mitchell
>>
>> Executive Director, OSGeo
>>
>> tmitchell at osgeo.org
>>
>> +1-250-303-1831
>>
>> See you at FOSS4 2011<http://2011.foss4g.org>  Denver in September!
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> Subject:
>> An e-Learning Framework for Using Geospatial Open Data, Open Source and
>> Open Standards (ELO-Geo)
>> From:
>> Suchith Anand<Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk>
>> Date:
>> Tue, 09 Nov 2010 12:31:06 +0000
>> To:
>> "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)"<tmitchell at osgeo.org>, "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)"
>> <arnulf at osgeo.org>
>>
>> To:
>> "Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)"<tmitchell at osgeo.org>, "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)"
>> <arnulf at osgeo.org>
>> CC:
>> Amir Pourabdollah<Amir.Pourabdollah at nottingham.ac.uk>, Mike Jackson
>> <Mike.Jackson at nottingham.ac.uk>
>>
>>
>> Hi Tyler, Arnulf,
>>
>>
>>
>> One of my colleagues Dr Amir Pourabdollah (cc in) is submitting a JISC
>> bid proposal on "An e-Learning Framework for Using Geospatial Open Data,
>> Open Source and Open Standards (ELO-Geo)" project. I am attaching the
>> draft of the proposal so you get more details. It will be very helpful
>> if you can email us a letter of support for this project, so that Amir
>> can submit it along with his proposal. Many thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>>
>>
>> Suchith
>>
>>
>>
>> Dr Suchith Anand//
>>
>> Centre for Geospatial Science
>> The Nottingham Geospatial Building
>>
>> University of Nottingham  NG7 2 TU
>> Tel: (0)115 82 32750
>>
>> http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~lgzwww/contacts/staffPages/SuchithAnand/Suchith%20Anand.htm
>> http://www.opensourcegis.org.uk/
>> http://ica-opensource.scg.ulaval.ca/
>>
>>
>>
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