[Board] upcoming OSGeo/OGC/Apache code sprint

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi all and happy new year!

We will soon be able to announce dates for the code sprint.
If projects are willing to participate (and be listed in the official 
announcement) please let us know.

Best,
Angelos

On 12/10/20 3:05 PM, Tom Kralidis wrote:
> Hi everyone: as part of our ongoing collaboration with OGC, and given
> the synergy of FOSS4G projects and OGC standards, we are working with
> OGC and the Apache Software Foundation to coordinate an OSGeo/OGC/ASF
> virtual code sprint in Q1 2021 (~February 2021).
>
> As with previous OSGeo presence at OGC Hackathons, we will document and
> report on OSGeo participation at the event.  This will provide
> value in terms of having a sense of FOSS4G projects involvement as part
> of our OGC collaboration.  This will also help coordinate involvement
> at future hackathons / code sprints at both OSGeo code sprints (i.e. perhaps
> a dedicated interoperability theme), OGC Hackathons, or related ASF events.
>
> We are working with OGC and ASF to coordinate dates for the events, as well
> as a joint announcement to help advertise the event details in the coming weeks.
>
> Given the synergy of FOSS4G projects and OGC standards, we kindly ask
> that projects
> consider participation in this important upcoming event.  This event with also
> will be a first between OSGeo/OGC and ASF, and provides the opportunity
> for cross-pollination with ASF geospatial projects (see [1] as an example of
> geospatial projects presented at ApacheCon 2020 as an example).
>
> Thanks
>
> ..Tom
>
> [1] https://apachecon.com/acah2020/tracks/geospatial.html
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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