[Board] Motion on Open lidar letter

[Anne Ghisla]

Hello all,

I share Jorge's thoughts, and I give my +1 to the motion.

Best
Anne

On Wed, 22 Apr 2015 09:51:37 +0200
Jorge Sanz <jsanz at osgeo.org> wrote:

> 2015-04-22 7:27 GMT+02:00 Massimiliano Cannata
> <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>:
> > 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 at
> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter
> >
> > Maxi
> >
> 
> Thanks Maxi for bringing the motion.
> 
> 
> +1 Jorge
> 
> 
> My reasoning:
> 
> I'm not comfortable on how this letter has been presented to this
> board, without almost any chance to propose changes or refinements on
> the wording. When the topic was brought to the board meeting people
> were already signing it and it was not any more a draft. I'm not
> comfortable also with the urge to pass this motion because of the
> media. I know we are not the fastest committee in the world but nine
> people spread over America and Europe need some time to discuss on
> this matter, and also some patience and "nudges" from the community,
> of course.
> 
> My guts feeling is that this board has been, (ugh language) dragged?
> by the facts and we're suppose to lead, not be pulled. But as a friend
> used to say: "power is not requested, it's always taken" so we the
> board have a lesson to learn here.
> 
> Apart from that, I'm happy with the work done by Martin, Cameron and
> Suchith. The letter is comprehensive and the wiki page is extensive
> and full of information for anyone interested. It can be maybe too
> "bold" but if it serves to raise a valid concern, totally aligned with
> OSGeo mission, so I think it's worth the bruises we can get on the
> path, hence my +1 to this motion.
> 
> Cheers
> 


Anne
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