[Board] MoU with Korea's Land & Housing Corp (LH Corp)

[Jeff McKenna]

I believe the only MoU to be renewed since OSGeo began is the ICA MoU. 
But that is a good example: the "overhead" you speak of was Helena 
grabbing Georg and I during a break in the sessions of FOSS4G-Como and I 
opened my laptop right there in the hallway and Georg and I edited the 
wiki page.  From that 10 minutes, Georg has taken that news and 
announced it during their Brazil event and I will do the same in Seoul. 
  It was 10 minutes well spent.

I don't use the word "one-off" when it comes to the foundation or 
community.  It does nothing to credit the U of Amsterdam, and the 
exchange that I had with Jan Hartmann.  Would I take time out of my day 
to tackle Jan's document so fast for no benefit to the community?  Even 
that brief exchange with Jan is worth a lot in the long run.  You can 
see it as a one-off, I do not.

So the OSGeo foundation should focus not on building these 
relationships?  Obviously not.  This is our lifeline.

Hundreds will come to Seoul, have a great time, and return home, but it 
is seeds that we plant like a simple agreement, a 10 minute meeting in 
the hallway and a shaking of the hands, that help things grow locally. 
Especially in Asia, they will respect us for taking the time to meet, to 
listen, and they will remember that meeting for a long time.

Might we actually renew this agreement someday? Sure, possibly.  But I 
don't see that as overhead at all.

Yours,

-jeff












On 2015-08-28 5:03 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
> That was a one-off and not a MoU that has to be revised yearly (more overhead).
>
> Bart
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 28 aug. 2015, at 21:48, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
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>> Regarding national-level support by OSGeo versus global support, the best example (as I've been reminded off-list) is the recent official support for the University of Amsterdam, requested by Bart in April and approved by the OSGeo Board.  This is a great example of the importance of OSGeo supporting local movements.
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>> We definitely could have dealt with that request at the local chapter level, but having the OSGeo foundation support it is more powerful, more visible and makes more of an impact, which is obviously why Bart brought that to the Board level.
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>> -jeff
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>>> On 2015-08-28 3:04 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
>>> Hey Jeff,
>>>
>>> just wondering here if MoU's at national levels make sense for OSGeo. This can become very unmanageable quickly IMHO.
>>>
>>> Maybe just have local chapters deal with this level and have OSGeo deal with MoU's at the global level only?
>>>
>>> Bart
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>> On 28 aug. 2015, at 19:57, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
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>>>> Board,
>>>>
>>>> This is to let you know that initial work is happening offline, with Sanghee's help, for an MoU with Korea's big housing corporation, "LH Corp".  The MoU draft is here http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_LH_Corporation
>>>>
>>>> The goal is to meet during FOSS4G-Seoul to finalize that.  Then, after Seoul event, to bring this to the OSGeo Board for approval.
>>>>
>>>> Some background on LH Corp (Sanghee's words):
>>>>
>>>> ****
>>>> LH Corp is one of the largest public companies in Korea providing land and housing for public purpose. They are owned and controlled by the Korean government. They’ve played a large role in the development of many geospatial systems in Korea as well.
>>>> ****
>>>>
>>>> Edits to that draft are welcomed (you don't need to ask for approval).
>>>>
>>>> -jeff