[Board] Proposing OSGeo apply for a Google Season of Docs grant

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi all,

Motion now available on Loomio:
https://www.loomio.org/p/BZCPq08N/motion-to-approve-lexicon-committee-to-apply-for-a-google-season-of-docs-grant

Best,
Angelos

On 3/14/21 4:36 AM, Helena Mitasova wrote:
> Cameron,
>
> this is extremely valuable project and a very good timing as we have just discussed the need to make the categories of software listed
> on the osgeo website and osgeo live consistent - it is somewhat confusing now.
>
> Although this may be beyond the scope of the project but some modernization of terms may be needed as well
> (e.g. there was a suggestion to replace Desktop with Geospatial Processing Platform because Desktop is usually only one of several
> ways how certain software is used).
>
> Angelos, board, - given that we have board meeting on March 29 and this is needed much sooner can we approve this through Loomio?
> Angelos may be you can put it up for a vote?
>
> Thank you all for this effort, Helena
>
>
>> On Mar 13, 2021, at 6:28 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Okay,
>> Here is a draft Glossary Season of Docs Proposal.
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enUFAZX1srNmZ3oy4rt_gqv8AeCx2tL5bM6ej8kq9N4/edit <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1enUFAZX1srNmZ3oy4rt_gqv8AeCx2tL5bM6ej8kq9N4/edit>
>>
>> This is based on the following template:
>> https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/org-proposal-template <https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/org-proposal-template>
>>
>> Comments and feedback welcomed.
>>
>> On Sun, 14 Mar 2021 at 06:33, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Sending again - this time while subscribed to the OSGeo board list.
>>
>> On Sat, 13 Mar 2021 at 11:20, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> TL;DR We are looking for OSGeo board approval to apply for a Google Season of Docs grant. Approval is required in less than a fortnight. Submission is due 26 March 2021.
>>
>> OSGeo board,
>> A bunch of us within the OSGeo Lexicon committee <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Lexicon_Committee> would like to apply for a Google Season of Docs <https://developers.google.com/season-of-docs/docs/timeline> grant. This would result in us being able to hire a tech writer for ~ 3 months.
>>
>> We're still fleshing out details for the application and scope of work, but it is anticipated to involve describing "How to set up an interoperable glossary" as well as setting up a few exemplar OSGeo glossaries, such as for OSGeo-Live and Geo For All, and ideally a few project specific ones too.
>>
>> Over the next week I'll be drafting a proposal.
>>
>> As the board, can you please discuss and provide tentative approval, pending having a final proposal ready.
>>
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technical Writer, Google
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>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technical Writer, Google
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>> Cameron Shorter
>> Technical Writer, Google
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> Helena Mitasova
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> Faculty Fellow,
> Center for Geospatial Analytics
> North Carolina State University
> Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
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Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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