[Board] Fwd: [istSOS] istSOS question for osgeo project and community badges

[Jeff McKenna]

Hi Maxi,

As the istSOS mentor for incubation, I actually feel the exact same as 
you.  Let us proudly promote the projects within the OSGeo Incubation 
process, by distinguishing them as such; of course, the OSGeo Community 
projects are important as well, but there is indeed a difference.

Talk soon,

-jeff



On 2017-08-03 7:04 AM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote:
> Forwarding this e-mail from istSOS mailing list to express my point of 
> view regarding the discussion on "incubating" and "community" projects.
> 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *Massimiliano Cannata* <massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch 
> <mailto:massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch>>
> Date: 2017-08-03 11:58 GMT+02:00
> Subject: Re: [istSOS] istSOS question for osgeo project and community badges
> To: istsos at googlegroups.com <mailto:istsos at googlegroups.com>
> 
> 
> Dear Jody,
> thanks for contacting the istSOS community.
> 
> Personally I don't like the idea of promoting istSOS as a "Community 
> Project" for two main reasons:
> 
> 1- Being an incubating project means that the project has passed a first 
> evaluation with defined requirements, I understood that these 
> requirements are higher then those posed for a "OSGeo Lab Project" now 
> re-branded as  "Community Project"
> 2- The name "Community Project" recall in my mind (maybe because I'm not 
> native English speaker) a project that has the focus on community rather 
> then on software. I would call "Community Project" a project like "OSGeo 
> Live" that is packaging other OSGeo Projects or "Geo4all" which is 
> outreaching using OSGeo Projects: so a project which is more about 
> "social" aspects rather then "software".
> 3- "downgrading" istsos from "incubating project" to "community project" 
> may have an impact on the perception of the software quality by current 
> or approaching users/clients
> 
> In short, I would not personally change the way it is.
> 
> Looking forward for other istSOS community member feelings......
> 
> Best,
> Maxi
> 
> 
> 
> 2017-08-02 22:49 GMT+02:00 Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com 
> <mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>>:
> 
>     Good afternoon list:
> 
>     istSOS is listed as being an "Incubating Project" on osgeo.org
>     <http://osgeo.org/>.
> 
>     For the website redesign we are focused on grouping projects into
>     OSGeo Community and OSGeo Project categories.
> 
>     For new logos please see:
>     https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/incubation
>     <https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/incubation>
> 
>     We have an open question if an "osgeo incubation" logo is still
>     useful? Does the istSOS team have any wishes here?
>     --
>     Jody Garnett
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> *Massimiliano Cannata*
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> Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica
> 
> Responsabile settore Geomatica
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> Istituto scienze della Terra
> 
> Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design
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