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

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi all,

Motion has passed.

Best,
Angelos

On 3/18/21 5:26 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Cameron Shorter
>>> Technical Writer, Google
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> Cameron Shorter
>>> Technical Writer, Google
>>>
>>>
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>> Helena Mitasova
>> Professor, Department of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
>> Faculty Fellow,
>> Center for Geospatial Analytics
>> North Carolina State University
>> Raleigh, NC 27695-8208
>> hmitaso at ncsu.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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