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Thu Oct 2 10:26:59 PDT 2014

+1 for actually everything

/me focused on Content, not design

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2014-10-02 18:32 GMT+02:00 Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>:
> 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
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