[Board] Advisory Board?

[Andrew Ross]

Hi Daniel, All

For what it's worth, if a certain level of sponsorship offered certain 
rights including a seat or chance of election on such an advisory board, 
this idea would start to look an awful lot like LocationTech.

The board also includes committer/project reps to balance the interests 
of industry.

This is a super-brief summary of Eclipse & LocationTech's governance 
model of course. Food for thought perhaps.

Andrew


On 09/07/2012 05:11 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> 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
>>