International Discussions List

[Frank Warmerdam]

Folks,

At it's formation, the Open Source Geospatial Foundation agreed it was 
important that it be very international, and represent and weld together
open source geospatial activities around the globe. What is less clear is
how to make this happen in practical terms. In order to provide a venue
for more detailed discussion of international outreach, a mailing list 
(international-discuss at osgeo.org) has been created.

Some topics it might try and address are:
  * organizing translation of documents such as press releases, and
    osgeo.org web pages.
  * identifying Like Minded Regional Organizations, and making
    recommendations on how OSGeo ought to relate to them.
  * creating non-english mailing lists and local news pages.
  * recommending to the board what formal committees, projects or other
    mechanisms ought to be created
  * supporting translation of software packages.
  * publicizing projects, conferences and other activities

For the time being international-discuss is just a discussion list for
a broad topic area, and not formally designated as a committee with members,
a chair and reporting responsibility to the board.

There is some information on this in the "working wiki" at:

   http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/International_Outreach

I would like to encourage those interested in participating to capture
thoughts and proposals in the wiki, as well as participating in the
list.

To subscribe send mail to international-discuss-subscribe at osgeo.org.

Best regards,

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