[Board] TorchGeo enters incubation program with Brian Hamlin as mentor

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Correct, we do not need this motion, board has to approve graduation at 
the end of the process.

On 3/28/24 00:42, Jody Garnett wrote:
> Angelos I do not think a motion is needed, as incubation process of now
> requires board to accept project into community project program.
>
> What do you think?
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 10:18 PM Angelos Tzotsos via Board <
> board at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jody,
>>
>> This was moved to the top of the agenda and a board motion is now open:
>>
>> https://www.loomio.com/p/va4hL6xb/motion-to-accept-torchgeo-for-incubation-with-brian-hamlin-as-mentor
>>
>> Best,
>> Angelos
>>
>> On 3/27/24 11:33, Jody Garnett via Board wrote:
>>> The agenda was longer than the time slot yesterday, as outlined below we
>>> proceed on this activity.  There was already a chance for the board to
>>> discuss the project when it entered the community program earlier.
>>>
>>> This is an important an interesting project. For OSGeo this one of the
>>> first projects connected to the large data players. Technology neutral
>>> ground has been established in the form of
>>> https://pytorch.org/foundation (with a governing board outlined if you
>>> follow that link).
>>>
>>> PyTorch is popular with research making the addition of TorchGeo a great
>>> fit with our GeoForAll community.
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 9:20 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> Dear Board,
>>>>
>>>> I have a notice to share from the incubation committee:
>>>>
>>>> Motion: "Begin the application for OSGeo Community Project TorchGeo to
>>>>> graduate to full OSGeo project status" (with Brian Hamlin as mentor)
>>>>>
>>>>> Response:
>>>>>
>>>>> Angelos Tzotsos +1
>>>>> Arnulf Christl +1
>>>>> Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques +1
>>>>> Brian M Hamlin +1 initial motion
>>>>> Daniel Morissette +1
>>>>> Dimitris Kotzinos +1
>>>>> Frank Warmerdam +1
>>>>> Jo Cook +1
>>>>> Jody Garnett +1
>>>>> Michael Smith +1
>>>>> Regina Obe +1
>>>>> Steve Lime +1
>>>>> Tom Kralidis +1
>>>>>
>>>>> Community feedback:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ian Turton:  more documentation, especially of the quickstart/beginners
>>>>> tutorial type
>>>>>
>>>> And also a conversation:
>>>>
>>>> The incubation committee has a habit of communicating projects entering
>>>> incubation to the board as it used to be the "first contact" between the
>>>> foundation and a new project team. An indication that a new party
>> wishes to
>>>> partner with OSGeo in some capacity.
>>>>
>>>> With the advent of the community project initiative the application to
>>>> incubation is no longer a "first contact" case - indeed asking projects
>>>> first to be recognized as a community projects has already taken care of
>>>> the the "meet and greet" questions.
>>>>
>>>> So I have added the topic to the board meeting - but I do not think the
>>>> incubation committee requires a response from the board. Please
>> consider if
>>>> you would like these kind of topics to be shared in the future.
>>>>
>>>> As for TorchGeo - congratulations and I trust we will hear from this
>>>> project again soon when they have fulfilled incubation requirements.
>>>> --
>>>> Jody Garnett
>>>>
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>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> President
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/