[Board] Upcoming Open Letter to the OGC - with attachment!

[Cameron Shorter]

Jeff,
The Open Letter to the OGC is now complete. Can you please deliver to 
Carl as OSGeo President.
I'll send you a copy of the email separately to send separately.

On 16/05/2013 4:06 AM, Carl Reed wrote:
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Carl Reed
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 9:10 AM
> To: Cameron Shorter ; OSGeo-Board List
> Subject: Re: [Board] Upcoming Open Letter to the OGC
>
> Cameron -
>
> A few editorial edits and some comments as to OGC process and current 
> status
> of the voting process.
>
> Thank you to the OSGeo community and the Board for providing this well
> considered, non-emotional technical and methodology input. This is 
> very much
> appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Carl
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Shorter
> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2013 4:04 AM
> To: Carl Reed ; OSGeo-Board List
> Subject: Re: Upcoming Open Letter to the OGC
>
> Carl,
> Thanks for your offer of review.
>
> Here is a snapshot of the Geoservices REST API, copied from the webpage:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API
>
> I'm planning to tweak this document tomorrow, after comments from the
> community have closed. However, most of the document should be quite 
> stable.
>
> I'll welcome comments which pick up any technical inaccuracies, but
> suspect that we should be reasonably close to completion by now.
>
> On 15/05/2013 7:58 AM, Carl Reed wrote:
>> Cameron -
>>
>> Please send as a word document and I will use track changes. Took
>> yesterday off . . . took one of my son's kayaking.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Carl
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Cameron Shorter
>> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 7:36 PM
>> To: Carl Reed
>> Cc: OSGeo-Board List
>> Subject: Re: Upcoming Open Letter to the OGC
>>
>> Carl,
>>
>> As per schedule below, the Open Letter from the OSGeo community is now
>> draft complete.
>> The OGC is welcome to review and provide feedback.
>> My preference would be by email for a small tweak or two, or by copying
>> into MS word or Open Office, and providing suggestions using "track
>> changes".
>>
>> On 11/05/2013 7:16 AM, Carl Reed wrote:
>>> Sounds like a plan!
>>>
>>> Carl
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>>> To: "Carl Reed" <creed at opengeospatial.org>
>>> Cc: "OSGeo-Board List" <board at lists.osgeo.org>, "Jeff McKenna"
>>> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, May 10, 2013 3:15:37 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Upcoming Open Letter to the OGC
>>>
>>> Thank you Carl.
>>> Here is my suggested timeline (using US timezone).
>>>
>>> COB Sunday 12 May: Core document is draft ready, "Further Comments"
>>> section will remain community editable. OSGeo and OGC invited to 
>>> review,
>>> OSGeo community invited to sign.
>>>
>>> COB Wednesday 15 May: Document draft complete. OSGeo/OGC final 
>>> editorial
>>> pass.
>>>
>>> COB Thursday 16 May: Jeff McKenna emails the document to Carl Reed, CC
>>> OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo-Board
>>> <board at lists.osgeo.org>
>>>
>>> Friday 17 May: Carl Reed forwards email onto OGC community as 
>>> suggested.
>>>
>>> ----
>>>
>>> Carl, you are welcome to read and comment on the document earlier. 
>>> It is
>>> being collaboratively edited here:
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Geoservices_REST_API
>>>
>>> On 11/05/13 00:57, Carl Reed wrote:
>>>> Cameron -
>>>>
>>>> The SWG has discussed and processed the latest technical comments
>>>> provided with 2 NO votes. They are in the process of discussing
>>>> changing the name of the candidate standard. The OAB will be
>>>> discussing the SWG responses to the NO votes as well as some
>>>> electronic voting ambiguities next Thursday. So, the vote will not
>>>> reopen until next Friday at the earliest.
>>>>
>>>> Does this work fir the OSGeo timeline?
>>>>
>>>> If you want some review prior to posting, OGC staff as well as the
>>>> OAB would be proper OGC fora for such reviews.
>>>>
>>>> In terms of submitting the formal letter, please email to me and I
>>>> will post to the Discuss list and TC Voter list. This would be in my
>>>> role as TC Chair as well as one of the official OGC staff liaison
>>>> with OSGeo.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> Carl
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Cameron Shorter" <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Carl Reed" <creed at opengeospatial.org>
>>>> Cc: "OSGeo-Board List" <board at lists.osgeo.org>, "Jeff McKenna"
>>>> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>
>>>> Sent: Thursday, May 9, 2013 8:27:07 PM
>>>> Subject: Upcoming Open Letter to the OGC
>>>>
>>>> Carl,
>>>> The OSGeo Community is currently writing an open letter the the OGC 
>>>> and
>>>> OGC voters, which covers OSGeo community sentiment toward the proposed
>>>> GeoServices REST API standard.
>>>>
>>>> We would like to ensure that OGC voters have had the opportunity to
>>>> read
>>>> this letter before voting, and would like your advice on what you
>>>> suggest would be the best way to make this happen.
>>>>
>>>> In order to ensure that we have sufficient time to complete and review
>>>> our letter, I'd prefer to deliver our letter no sooner than Tuesday 14
>>>> May 2013, and hence delay starting voting until Wednesday 15 May 2013.
>>>> Is that achievable? If not, can you please tell us at what time voting
>>>> will be open again.
>>>>
>>>> Can you please also suggest the most appropriate forum for delivering
>>>> our letter.
>>>> Jeff McKenna, the president of the OSGeo Board, plans to deliver this
>>>> letter on behalf of the OSGeo Board and the rest of the OSGeo
>>>> Community.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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