[Board] [OSGeo-Standards] Status of the 10 OGC slots for OSGeo members

[Eli Adam]

On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 3:45 PM, Bob Basques <bbasques at sharedgeo.org> wrote:
> I'm researching the requirements for use.  The OGC links I've seen in this
> thread have all been broken, so I can't find anything that describes
> eligibility. for an individual or a non profit.

This thread at least has working links,
http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2012-August/010034.html

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> On 08/29/2012 05:15 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
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>> At the board meeting last week, I won the job of defining our official
>> process (align with Arnulf and Cameron) -- will likely get to it next week
>> or so.
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>> -mpg
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>> On Aug 29, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Bob Basques<bbasques at sharedgeo.org>  wrote:
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>>> All,
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>>> Has any progress been made on this since this thread cooled off?
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>>> bobb
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>>> On 08/14/2012 05:55 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
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>>>> If I recall from my original thoughts on this…
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>>>> * A Token Oversight and Allocation Committee (TOAC) would act on behalf
>>>> of the OSGeo Board to track allocation, usage, and revocation of the tokens.
>>>> The TOAC would consist of 2-3 folks, including at least one OSGeo board
>>>> member and one OGC staff person. TOAC members to volunteer, and should have
>>>> both OSGeo and OGC experience. OSGeo Board to appoint initial TOAC chair,
>>>> etc, just like other osgeo committees operate.
>>>>
>>>> * TOAC should rarely require any actual meetings; emails should suffice.
>>>>
>>>> * Requests for tokens would be made by email, with an explanation of
>>>> what the token would be used for and why OSGeo should care. TOAC should
>>>> respond promptly to requests.
>>>>
>>>> * Tokens would be allocated allocated for a fixed period of time (6-12
>>>> months?). After that period, the token holder would be required to report on
>>>> his or her use of the token -- nothing onerous, just an email to the TOAC
>>>> explaining what he is doing in OGC-land and why OSGeo should care.
>>>>
>>>> * Renewals for tokens should be simple -- as long as no one else is
>>>> waiting for a token, and as long as the token holder is reporting that he is
>>>> doing Good and Useful Stuff, then another 6-12 months should be granted.
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>>>> * Token requestors may be any OSGeo community member (need not be a
>>>> Charter member or whatever).
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>>>> * TOAC should report regularly (6-12 months) to OSGeo board and OGC mgmt
>>>> on use of the tokens. Again, just a decent email would suffice.
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>>>> * In the event of token demand exceeding token supply, the TOAC should
>>>> arbitrate based on both (1) how long each token has been in use by one
>>>> person and (2) hope valuable the usage of that token has been. TOAC to use a
>>>> consensus-based approach, based on token usage supporting the goals of the
>>>> foundation.
>>>>
>>>> -mpg
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