[Board] Text describing what OSGeo does

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

Thanks for this.

While running through the Wiki I found several other places where we
have the mission statement - or some derivative. For example
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Description linked right from the start
page. We should try to eliminate all duplicates by adding a redirect,
maybe to the about page of the Wiki?

And there are many more pages in the Wiki that need updates (I just
removed a whole block from the start page referencing what's working and
not working pages that have not been updated since 2006).

Cheers,
Arnulf


On 10/25/2011 06:29 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Peter Batty <peter at ebatty.com> wrote:
> 
>> If there is a different sentence (other than the mission statement) that has
>> already been declared the "preferred" one then that's fine, my main point is
>> we shouldn't use different ones (some of which are confusing) in each of
>> these places, let's pick one and use it consistently.
>> That's it really. Frank, you said you were part of the group that makes
>> changes to the web site, I don't know what the process is from here, whether
>> this needs comment from the board or whether this is non-contentious and can
>> just be dealt with through the web site group.
> 
> 
> Peter,
> 
> I agree with your conclusions and I have applied the suggested changes
> in Drupal.  The "To support the collaborative development of open source
> geospatial software, and promote its widespread use" mission is the one
> we agreed on as a board, way back, so I agree it is the one to reuse.
> 
> Let me know if I botched the edit or misconstrued your intent.
> 
> Best regards,


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