[Board] Anything for discussion here?

[Jo Cook]

Yes, absolutely- I couldn't give a flying hoot whether projects use github
or svn personally! IMHO the Directions Podcast is part of the same debate.

Jo

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at flaxen.com> wrote:

> The article Jo cited sparked (incited?) a lot of commentary in blogville.
> Much of the discourse got derailed by the tactical issue of whether Git
> should be allowed – the bigger issue is really, what do foundations have to
> offer up at the strategic level?****
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> More discussion here:****
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> http://blogs.computerworlduk.com/simon-says/2011/11/koha-tells-us-we-need-foundations/index.htm
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>   http://webmink.com/2011/11/30/foundations-babies-and-bathwater/****
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> Definitely things to think about for our F2F!****
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> -mpg****
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> *From:* board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:
> board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Jo Cook
> *Sent:* Monday, December 05, 2011 7:07 AM
> *To:* osgeo-board List
> *Subject:* [Board] Anything for discussion here?****
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> Hi All,****
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> I guess that most people caught this article a couple of weeks ago:
> http://www.mikealrogers.com/posts/apache-considered-harmful.html****
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> It got me wondering about the way that foundations need to change with
> time, and whether we should be taking on board any of it with regards to
> OSGeo. Disclaimer- I'm not asking because I think we're going down the same
> lines, I'm genuinely just using the article as a springboard for
> discussion. ****
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> My two pence worth- the point about lowering of barriers to entry is an
> interesting one. Projects don't necessarily need someone big  to provide
> infrastructure these days, they can do it in an adhoc way- so in that
> world, what does OSGeo do for the projects? What should we be doing? ****
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> I think we have a wider remit in some ways- in that we're trying to
> provide educational materials and foster local chapters- I don't imagine
> Apache does a lot of that these days!****
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> Anyhow, just wondering out loud really- further thoughts appreciated!****
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> All the best****
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> Jo
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