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[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Gerald,

I really appreciate your ideas, this is great, thank you for taking the 
time to describe this.

I like the plan to automagically integrate the wiki content directly 
into our chosen content management system.

To add to your proposed call for next-OSGeo-design idea, I also wonder 
if we as a Board could agree on putting aside funding for the winning 
design/implementation from the community.  I am sure we could work with 
the Treasurer and the existing budget[1] to see how we could fit this in 
this year.  As the face of our organisation is so important (osgeo.org) 
I think we should give more than fair compensation for such a 
design/implementation (i.e. pay for professional-level longterm support 
and design, as opposed to one-off ultra-competitive options like 99designs).

What do other Board members think of Gerald's ideas?

[1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2014

-jeff



On 2014-10-02 10:06 AM, Fenoy Gerald wrote:
> Hello all,
> I think this is an important topic and we should think of updating the www.osgeo.org web site.
>
>  From my point of view we have a lot of material available in the wiki format, let say the most recent/up-to-date content is in this form. We have all the users subscribed there already they know how to fill or create the content they want.
> Nevertheless, I don’t think that it is a good idea to use the wiki design for the www.osgeo.org.
> So we should probably think of a solution "in-the-middle", for instance a solution which is able to transform the wiki pages content in well designed web pages.
> We do something like this for the ZOO-Project, Frog and FOSS4G-FR web sites for instance, but using the Trac System as a backend rather than mediawiki.
>
> Despite what will be the decision on how to change or update the web site, I think that it is also important that we have some design for integrating the content in the chosen content management system afterward.
> We may expect contributions of the community for this. Starting by a « call for the next OSGeo design » then a vote to elect the new design can be a good way to go.
>
> Obviously, it may be difficult to run the call for design without having any clear plan for handling the web site...
>
> Best regards,
>
> Le 2 oct. 2014 à 14:17, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> a écrit :
>
>> To be honest, I wonder if we should just blow up our Drupal site.  Live off the wiki.  osgeo.org is a black box, setup in 2006 and mostly not touched for more than 5 years.
>>
>> Another huge topic we need to deal with.  Any champions?
>>
>> So, for now we edit two systems.
>>
>>
>> -jeff
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-10-02 9:01 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>>> Yes indeed, I’m not in favour of having two lists and having to keep them in sync.
>>>
>>> Bart
>>>
>>> On 02 Oct 2014, at 13:59, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Bart,
>>>>
>>>> I think Jachym recently gave the wiki some love (at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contacts#Software_Projects) and I gave osgeo.org some love (at http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html).  Which was nice to have the help.
>>>>
>>>> There could be confusing differences I am sure.
>>>>
>>>> If that is what you mean??
>>>>
>>>> -jeff
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2014-10-02 8:55 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>>>>> Hey Jeff,
>>>>>
>>>>> btw, why are there two pages on the Wiki with this info?
>>>>>
>>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contacts#Software_Projects
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Bart
>>>>>
>>>>> On 02 Oct 2014, at 13:52, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Jachym,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to thank both you and Jody for pushing for this list, this will be really useful.  In my opinion I believe we should auto-subscribe all project officers[1], and then send the first message describing the purpose of the list (also explaining the reason for the auto-subscribe).  I could also see this as an easy way for the SAC chair to contact all project leaders about system issues (downtimes/transition requests etc.), hopefully this use case fits into your vision for this list.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -jeff
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2014-10-02 6:48 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> since there are so many mailing lists on our server, I think, another
>>>>>>> one does not harm. I would like to invite you, especially OSGeo
>>>>>>> projects contact points and members of the PSCs of OSGeo projects, to
>>>>>>> join the
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> projects at lists.osgeo dot org
>>>>>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/projects
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> mailng list. The topics discussed there should be technical issues,
>>>>>>> related to our projects. I assume low traffic list.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Reason for that: I think it makes sense to have one contact point for
>>>>>>> all the projects. Not only for me, as secretary, but also for new
>>>>>>> coming projects and people interested in the topic. For Local
>>>>>>> Chapters, this works IMHO quite well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for joining
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Jachym