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

[Jody Garnett]

I will think about it, and wait to hear back from the incubation team.

I have had a couple private messages encouraging compromise; in this case I
am not quite sure. I wish I was better at communicating why.

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Jody Garnett

On 1 August 2017 at 10:05, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso at ncsu.edu> wrote:

>
> On Aug 1, 2017, at 11:51 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Venka they are visible as community projects on the website and our
> promotion.
>
> Venka is there any reason for projects that are in our incubation process
> to be considered for more visibility then our community projects?
>
>
> Jody,
>
> this is not about visibility - both categories are equaly visible, but
> they are different. The original intent was for the community projects to
> replace the confusing OSGeo labs - smaller projects that could potentially
> grow enough to become osgeo projects
> but also projects which may never reach the osgeo projects status or can
> become integrated into a larger projects - there are many options. As Venka
> said, entering the incubation is a major decision and a commitment of a
> project
> so we need to make sure they are labeled as such. I believe that needs to
> be clear on the osgeo website that these are two different project
> categories. If things have changed I think that this is an issue at the
> core of OSGeo and needs to be properly recorded by vote from the board and
> the PSC of the projects in incubation need to be notified.
>
> Helena
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 1 August 2017 at 08:49, Venkatesh Raghavan <
> raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:
>
>> ....
>> On 8/2/2017 12:44 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> The categorization has not changed, these projects are part of the
>> incubation process.
>>
>> Then let us  continue to use the "OSGeo Incubation logo" and provide
>> visibility to our projects in incubation.
>>
>>
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