<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><div><div><div>Maxi,</div><div><br></div><div>+1</div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">----</font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri">Michael Smith</font></font></div><div><div>OSGeo Foundation Treasurer</div><div><a href="mailto:treasurer@osgeo.org">treasurer@osgeo.org</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> Massimiliano Cannata <<a href="mailto:massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch">massimiliano.cannata@supsi.ch</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Wednesday, April 22, 2015 at 1:27 AM<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> Cameron Shorter <<a href="mailto:cameron.shorter@lisasoft.com">cameron.shorter@lisasoft.com</a>>, OSGeo Board <<a href="mailto:board@lists.osgeo.org">board@lists.osgeo.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [EXTERNAL] [Board] Motion on Open lidar letter<br><span style="font-weight:bold">Resent-From: </span> Michael Smith <<a href="mailto:michael.smith@usace.army.mil">michael.smith@usace.army.mil</a>><br></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><p dir="ltr">I do not enter in detail of your debate about media. I can just say that the board is slow because there is discussion on the form of the letter you prepared.
</p><p dir="ltr">At this point I officially make the motion to vote on beard official support of the letter on lidar standard as it is at<a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter"> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter</a></p><p dir="ltr">Maxi<br></p><div class="gmail_quot<blockquote class=" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello Jeff and the OSGeo Board,
<div><br></div><div>Our next step is to deliver the Open Letter, as suggested earlier in this thread. (see below)</div><div><br></div><div>We are waiting on an answer from the earlier proposal for the OSGeo Board to present this Open Letter. Is another 48 hours enough time to respond?</div><div><br></div><div>The alternative is that some one else from the OSGeo community delivers this letter.</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 16/04/2015 9:52 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite">Hi OSGeo Board,<br><br>
I request the board support an OSGeo Community developed Open Letter aimed at protecting open LiDAR standards.<br><a href="http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter" target="_blank">http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/LIDAR_Format_Letter</a><br><br>
Proposal 1: The OSGeo Board agree to include the following statement (or similar wording) into the letter:<br><br>
= Cover Letter from the OSGeo Board =<br><br>
The board of the [<a href="http://osgeo.org" target="_blank">http://osgeo.org</a> Open Source Geospatial Foundation] (OSGeo) is presenting this letter to the OGC, ESRI and ASPRS. The letter highlights concerns about fragmentation in LiDAR standards from many
people within the OSGeo community. As always, if there is anything the OSGeo board can do to help, then please let us know.<br><br>
Signed: <OSGeo Board Members><br><br>
Proposal 2:<br>
Once the letter has completed the signature phase, the letter be emailed from the OSGeo President to key people within these organisations:<br><br>
Mark Reichardt <mreichardt AT <a href="http://opengeospatial.org" target="_blank">
opengeospatial.org</a>>, OSGeo President<br>
David Danko <DDanko AT <a href="http://esri.com" target="_blank">esri.com</a>>, ESRI's Senior Consultant for GIS Standards<br>
Stephen D. DeGloria < sdd4 AT <a href="http://cornell.edu" target="_blank">cornell.edu</a>>, President of the ASPRS</blockquote></blockquote></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>-- </div><div>Cameron Shorter,</div><div>Software and Data Solutions Manager</div><div>LISAsoft</div><div>Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,</div><div>26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009</div><div><br></div><div>P +61 2 9009 5000, W <a href="http://www.lisasoft.com" target="_blank">www.lisasoft.com</a>, F +61 2 9009 5099</div></div></div></div></div><br>
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