[Board] discussion on osgeo projects, osgeo community and incubation

[Jody Garnett]

That is the branding for the incubation committee.

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Jody Garnett

On 1 August 2017 at 08:24, Venkatesh Raghavan <venka.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Comments below;
>
> On 8/2/2017 12:09 AM, Helena Mitasova wrote:
>
>>
>> On Aug 1, 2017, at 10:27 AM, Venkatesh Raghavan <venka.osgeo at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Comments below;
>>>
>>> On 8/1/2017 11:17 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am staring a new thread so the marketing committee can focus on the
>>>> printing deadline for boston.
>>>>
>>>> Projects are starting to update to the new branding which is great - we
>>>> have two branding available:
>>>>
>>>> - https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/incubation/project
>>>> - https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/incubation/community
>>>>
>>>> Projects that are part of our incubation process fall under community
>>>> projects,
>>>>
>>>
>> who and when made a decision about this?
>>
>
> And, I also see the "Project Incubation" logo at
> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/OSGeo_incubation.svg
>
> Let us continue to use it to provide visibility to projects
> being incubated.
>
> Venka
>
>
>
>> they have met our standards for being open source, spatial and
>>>> participatory and are being promoted as part of our foundation along
>>>> side
>>>> their fellow community projects pgrouting and geowebcache.
>>>> .
>>>> For reference the prior branding is here
>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects#Compari
>>>> son_with_Incubation
>>>>
>>>
>>> I propose the continued use of the same branding shown in the URL
>>> above with projects categorized as "OSGeo Project", "OSGeo Incubation
>>> Project" and "OSGeo Community Project”.
>>>
>>
>> this is exactly what I asked for at the meeting at GetInteractive
>>
>>>
>>> Any change from previous categorization would require the approval
>>> of the board. I do not recall when such a change was decided and
>>> how it was approved.
>>>
>>
>> I totally agree - see my note above,
>>
>> Helena
>>
>>
>>> Best
>>>
>>> Venka
>>>
>>>
>>>> The larger story is the focus not on our foundation, but on the software
>>>> projects and outreach.
>>>>
>>>> * As such the incubation process is no longer called out on our website
>>>> (or
>>>> in our branding) because it does not have any significance to website
>>>> visitors. Incubation is an internal process of our software foundation
>>>> - it
>>>> does not earn its keep introducing a "third branding" if we cannot
>>>> explain
>>>> succinctly what it actually means for potential users of the software.
>>>>
>>>> * The board introduced the idea of community projects in response to a
>>>> call
>>>> to be more inclusive and allow innovation
>>>>
>>>> * Including more projects in our community does not detract from the
>>>> projects that were already in our community. We are doing more for
>>>> software
>>>> projects at OSGeo to help everyone.
>>>>
>>>> We have been avoiding a difficult conversation on osgeo project quality
>>>> on
>>>> and off since January. At our most recent F2F meeting we took some
>>>> action
>>>> items to hear a report from Maxi and Jeff McKenna (in Boston? details
>>>> still
>>>> be arranged). The question of what we have to offer community projects
>>>> and
>>>> osgeo projects, and what we expect in return, should be considered in
>>>> one
>>>> go to be fair to everyone.
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
>>>>
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>> Helena Mitasova
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>> Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
>> and Center for Geospatial Analytics
>> North Carolina State University
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