[Board] OSGeo membership in GLTN

[Jeff McKenna]

Oh I just noticed now that DR SOLOMON ABEBE HAILE from the GLTN will be
a fellow keynote there - indeed such a meeting or launch of this
partnership there would make sense.

-jeff



On 2/6/2014, 9:09 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hi Arnulf,
> 
> This looks good.
> 
> Also, I will be at the "AfricaGEO" event[1] this July, in Cape Town,
> with fellow OSGeo leaders like Gavin and TimS, so maybe Danilo or
> Clarissa would like to meet there to discuss this partnership, or use
> that as an official launch.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> [1] http://www.africageo.org/
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> On 2/3/2014, 9:41 AM, Arnulf Christl wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>