[Board] OSGeo membership in GLTN

[Cameron Shorter]

Hi Arnulf,
I think this is an excellent initiative that you are proposing, re OSGeo 
supporting GLTN, and as a member of the OSGeo board I'd like to vote to 
support it.

However, before voting, I'd like to propose a few tweaks to your 
proposed text. In particular, I think it important that OSGeo is careful 
not to over promise what we can deliver, noting that we are a volunteer 
driven organisation, and the best we can offer is to encourage 
contributions from volunteers.

Text is currently:

/... and contribute to the development and evolution of the STDM 
project. OSGeo is also interested in supporting training and education 
through conferences and workshops on land tenure-related topics and will 
support the development of a community of developers especially from 
Africa around the project./

I suggest changing to:

/... and *encourage our volunteers to contribute* to the development and 
evolution of the STDM project. OSGeo is also interested in supporting 
training and education through *encouraging STDM themes at* *our* 
conferences and workshops.
*<strike>**on land tenure-related topics and will support the 
development of a community of developers especially from Africa around 
the project.</strike>*/


(I suggest dropping specific reference to Africa, as I don't think it 
adds value, and has potential to alienate other regions where STDM will 
be valuable.)

On 04/02/14 00:41, Arnulf Christl wrote:
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> Dear Board,
> I am currently working on a project for the UN-Habitat Office. They
> develop an Open Source project called STDM (social tenure domain
> model). It is a tool, data schema and concept to help data collection
> of tenure data in informal settlements:
> http://www.gltn.net/index.php/land-tools/social-tenure-domain-model-stdm
>
> The toolset includes a plug-in for QGIS and a data schema for PostGIS.
> STDM is a dedicated pro-poor effort and has been designed especially
> to address the continuum of tenure relations typically found in
> informal settlements. Slums usually lack a cadaster or other precise
> mapping background and the relations between ownership and tenure are
> not well defined. This tool is designed to address these issues.
>
> The project has been started through GLTN (the Global Land Tool
> Network, http://www.gltn.net/) a non-profit association dedicated to
> developing tools for land registry and management. We (OSGeo) have now
> been invited to become a partner of this association. Joining this
> partnership will allow partners to fund individuals through OSGeo to
> join forces on the project, collaborate on the software, take part in
> meetings, conferences, workshops, etc.
>
> Our side of the commitment would be the provision of infrastructure
> support for the STDM tool, the kind of support we already give to some
> projects. The current focus lies on operating the mailing lists for
> the project and set up a landing page in our Wiki (which I both commit
> to doing). The STDM project has been set up in compliance with OSGeo's
> way of doing things, the code will be Open Source, the documentation
> available for free, etc. The coding aspect of the project is not very
> big so we currently do not foresee the need to go through incubation
> but it might be a nice addition for our OSGeo Live effort.
>
> OSGeo's support for QGIS and PostGIS is highly appreciated by GLTN and
> they acknowledge this as part of our active support in this
> partnership. So basically we are already doing all that they need and
> in turn they would like to give back through this partnership.
>
> I have already confirmed that we can set up mailing lists and will do
> this in the next days (see ticket #1295).
>
> Could the board please go through the attached draft request for
> membership and raise any questions you might have. Please note that I
> will only be available until the end of the week but you can also
> contact Danilo Antonio directly, he is the project lead at UN-Habitat
> and copied in this mail - or Clarissa Augustinus, Chief, Land & Tenure
> Section, UN-HABITAT.
>
> I would be happy to act as the initial point of contact unless
> somebody else with a better background in our African OSGeo chapter
> activities is highly interested in further developing this relationship.
>
> Best regards,
> Arnulf
>
> PS:
> Please note that I will be away most of the rest of February and into
> March.
>
> - -- 
> Arnulf Christl (Director)
> The metaspatial Institute Certification:
> Open Source - Open Data - Open Standards
> http://www.metaspatial.net/en/institute
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