[Board] Motion on Open lidar letter

[Jeff McKenna]

+1

Thanks Martin, for your dedication to being Open.

-jeff



On 2015-04-22 2:27 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> I do not enter in detail of your debate about media. I can just say that
> the board is slow because there is discussion on the form of the letter
> you prepared.
>
> At this point I officially make the motion to vote on beard official
> support of the letter on lidar standard as it is
> athttp://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter
> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter>
>
> Maxi
>
> Hello Jeff and the OSGeo Board,
>
> Our next step is to deliver the Open Letter, as suggested earlier in
> this thread. (see below)
>
> We are waiting on an answer from the earlier proposal for the OSGeo
> Board to present this Open Letter. Is another 48 hours enough time to
> respond?
>
> The alternative is that some one else from the OSGeo community delivers
> this letter.
>
>> On 16/04/2015 9:52 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>> Hi OSGeo Board,
>>>
>>> I request the board support an OSGeo Community developed Open Letter
>>> aimed at protecting open LiDAR standards.
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter
>>>
>>> Proposal 1: The OSGeo Board agree to include the following statement
>>> (or similar wording) into the letter:
>>>
>>> = Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board =
>>>
>>> The board of the [http://osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation]
>>> (OSGeo) is presenting this letter to the OGC, ESRI and ASPRS. The
>>> letter highlights concerns about fragmentation in LiDAR standards
>>> from many people within the OSGeo community. As always, if there is
>>> anything the OSGeo board can do to help, then please let us know.
>>>
>>> Signed: <OSGeo Board Members>
>>>
>>> Proposal 2:
>>> Once the letter has completed the signature phase, the letter be
>>> emailed from the OSGeo President to key people within these
>>> organisations:
>>>
>>> Mark Reichardt <mreichardt AT opengeospatial.org
>>> <http://opengeospatial.org>>, OSGeo President
>>> David Danko <DDanko AT esri.com <http://esri.com>>, ESRI's Senior
>>> Consultant for GIS Standards
>>> Stephen D. DeGloria < sdd4 AT cornell.edu <http://cornell.edu>>,
>>> President of the ASPRS
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