[Board] MoU draft with Politecnico di Milano

[Daniel Morissette]

I am of the same opinion: I think that Universities are seeking the 
visibility of the MOU with an international organization and we should 
not try to go against that. However we should also try to bring the 
local chapter people into the loop when possible.

Daniel


On 12-11-27 2:26 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> I suspect that the main value gained out of a MoU is the public
> announcement that the MoU exists.
> (In actual fact, OSGeo is not likely to do more or less because of the MoU.)
> As such, I suggest that it is more valuable to the University to be seen
> to be signing a MoU with an international organisation than with a local
> chapter.
> However, I think it would be valuable to involve the local chapter in
> discussions, as members from the OSGeo local chapter will likely be the
> most closely involved with the University.
>
> On 27/11/2012 6:20 PM, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>> The MoU looks ok at first sight to me. But I would have few questions.
>>
>> If I see right in the wiki, there are already OSGeo-University MoUs
>> signedhttp://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MoU
>>
>> Since situation has developed during the time, I would be asking,
>> whether the MoUs with local institutions (e.g. universities) should not
>> be signed with local chapters, and global OSGeo should "take care" of
>> global institutions (OGC, ICA, ...)
>>
>> Jachym
>>
>>
>> Dne 26.11.2012 17:35, Daniel Morissette napsal(a):
>>> FYI I updated the wiki draft with the current OSGeo address.
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12-11-26 11:02 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>> Hello Board,
>>>>
>>>> Some of you might remember an MoU draft with the Politecnico di Milano
>>>> distributed last year (I'm not sure if it was discussed on the public
>>>> list though; see your email archives around 2011-09-19).  Politecnico di
>>>> Milano representatives Ludovico and Maria are still interested in seeing
>>>> this happen.  I've therefore:
>>>>
>>>> - added this as an agenda item to the next Board meeting
>>>> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2012-12-13)
>>>> - created a wiki page for this MoU draft
>>>> (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_Politecnico_di_Milano)
>>>>
>>>> I am volunteering to be the representative/champion for OSGeo to see
>>>> this through.
>>>>
>>>> Please edit the wiki directly with your thoughts.  Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> -jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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