[Board] Not graduated OSGeo project...

Mon Oct 24 00:03:36 PDT 2016

Hi Venka,

I see on the committees page that my Offices role as Vice president is
erased, and today I see on loomino a nomination for a new Vice President.
I didn't see a motion in the board to dismiss me as an OSGeo Officer.
If you did, and of course the board has the right to do this, it is
polite to let me know. Maybe in advance if possible.

In an organisation where these positions are paid, this is obligated. I
think it hows at least some respect when the position was executed
voluntarly to act in the same way.

Can I also knwo (in private please) the reason why I was dismissed from
my function?

Thanks in advance,

Dirk Frigne
Vice president OSGeo

On 21/10/2016 10:59, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
> Hi Dirk,
> 
> Yes, the board decision at January 2016 f2f is
> reflected on http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/committees.html
> 
> but not on the our websites landing page.
> 
> http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html
> shows Suchith Anand as the contact person for Geo4All.
> 
> The above decision need to be reflected also on the geo4all
> website (http://www.geoforall.org/) stating clearly that it a
> OSGeo Committee for Educational outreach in close collaboration
> with other players like ICA, ISPRS, UN-GIS. I request Suchith's
> to take this up with the geo4all website admin asap.
> 
> Best
> 
> Venka
> 
> On 2016/10/21 16:36, Dirk Frigne wrote:
>> Venka et All,
>>
>> It was w board decision on the face2face meeting in Januari 2016 to
>> replace the Education committee by  Geo4All. This was mentionned in the
>> meeting. From the meeting notes:
>>
>> MC: Recognize Geo4all is the new educational outreach of OSgeo
>> MS: seconded
>> Passed
>>
>> Relationship with Geo4all
>>
>>      The have decided for scenario 1B
>> I
>>      We are dissolving the disfunct education committee and establish
>> Geo4all as the new education outreach of OSGeo
>>      Geo4all needs to provide a contact personal
>>
>> Regards,
>> D.
>>
>> On 21/10/2016 01:27, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote:
>>> Maxi, Cameron and all,
>>>
>>> Perhaps the term "Education Committee" could be replaced with
>>> Geo4All as it represents the educational outreach project of
>>> OSGeo.
>>>
>>> Mapbuilder which is listed as an Foundation project has
>>> retired [1] and and can be removed or shown
>>> "Past Project".
>>>
>>> Regarding "Public Geodata Project", I expressed my views in
>>> the recent e-mail [2]. I would be happy to work together with
>>> anyone who would like to take up on forming the "Data4All"
>>> initiative with OSM, HOT and others in the Open Data
>>> community.
>>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Venka
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://cameronshorter.blogspot.jp/2008/07/end-of-life-for-community-mapbuilder-we_29.html
>>>
>>> [2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2016-October/016812.html
>>>
>>> On 10/21/2016 4:53 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>>> Hi Maxi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure our software incubation checklist is the correct criteria
>>>> to apply to "OSGeo Outreach Projects".
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>>
>>>> The education committee is a huge success story of OSGeo, attracting
>>>> educators from around the world who are promoting Open Source to
>>>> future generations. OSGeo should be promoting this community.
>>>>
>>>> OSGeo-Live likewise has hundreds of contributors, provides a easy way
>>>> for new users to find out about Open Source projects, and maintains a
>>>> high level of quality. It should be promoted. Note, we have considered
>>>> taking OSGeo-Live through graduation. Checklist here:
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist
>>>>
>>>> One concern I have is that OSGeo-Live includes more projects than just
>>>> those incubated. A casual observer would naturally deduce that if
>>>> OSGeo-Live has reached incubation quality, then all included packages
>>>> should have also reached such quality. This assumption is incorrect
>>>> and should not be promoted by OSGeo, and is a reason for OSGeo-Live
>>>> not to be officially recognised as an OSGeo incubated project.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> The OSGeo Data Committee is a great idea, but has lost impetus. This
>>>> might be a candidate for dropping from the home page. Possibly we
>>>> should be pointing people to Open Street Map or similar.
>>>>
>>>> Warm regards, Cameron
>>>>
>>>> On 21/10/2016 12:20 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
>>>>> dear Board,
>>>>> in the OSGeo landing page (www.osgeo.org <http://www.osgeo.org>) in
>>>>> the "OSGeo projects" frame are listed the so called "Outreach
>>>>> Projects".
>>>>>
>>>>> To my understanding and knowledge these listed projects (Public
>>>>> Geospatial Data, Education and Curriculum, OSGeo Live) have not been
>>>>> nor incubated nor graduated.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm therefore asking for clarification, and in the case my
>>>>> understanding is correct, to immediately remove these projects from
>>>>> the landing page.
>>>>>
>>>>> Two of them are actually committee, at the same level of the other
>>>>> OSGeo committee, that in my opinion should be equally promoted and
>>>>> listed togheter.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Maxi
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> *Massimiliano Cannata*
>>>>>
>>>>> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>> massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch <mailto:massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>
>>>>>
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>>>>>
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