[Board] Advisory Board?

[Daniel Morissette]

Just another tought, but if we consider setting up an advisory board, we 
may also want to think about how we could involve our sponsors more in 
this as well. If they are ready to put some of their money in OSGeo, 
then they are probably good candidates for an advisory board too.

Daniel

On 12-09-06 12:05 PM, Mark Lucas wrote:
> I recently visited Digital Globe in Longmont Colorado and reconnected
> with their team.  They are in the process of acquiring GeoEye and they
> are the predominant collector of commercial satellite imagery in the
> world.  With the combine assets they sit on, if memory serves me
> correctly, something like 12 Billion square miles of collected imagery.
>   Their worldview sensor will introduce high resolution spectral bands.
>
> I was in several discussions about open source software, OSGeo, and
> remote sensing in general.  They are interested in potentially providing
> imagery data sets for testing, evaluation, and to derive new application
> areas.  It was clear that they would like to engage with us to make some
> of these efforts happen
>
> I believe Dr Walter Scott is in the process of joining the OGC board.
>   I've know him for over a decade, here is a writeup:
>
> http://www.afcea.org/events/stratcom/11/documents/scottwalter.pdf
>
> Should we consider establishing an OSGeo Advisory board made up of
> leaders in the industry that might help advance our cause?
>
> Like to hear what everyone thinks of the idea.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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