[OSGeo-Discuss] any suggestion of GIS magazine?

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Done! -- see http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/GeoConnexion_Column -- so
far we have ChrisH and Dan.
 
Jeff, what sort of word count did you have in mind?
 
It would probably make sense to have the first column be about what open
source means, who OSGeo is, quick bullet list of what projects we have,
etc.  I can cover that one (unless the wordcount is too high :-)
 
-mpg 
 



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[mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Ames
	Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007 3:00 PM
	To: OSGeo Discussions
	Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] any suggestion of GIS magazine?
	
	
	Great challenge, Jeff.  The univerisity open source'ers like
myself should be very interested in helping produce a column such as
this. Maybe VisCom could start by creating a wiki page with a table
indicating each month, proposed topic, proposed author, and article
deadline date.  The topic and author columns could be left blank, and
the community could be invited to visit the page and insert themselves
with their proposed topics.  Just an idea... - Dan 
	
	
	On 2/20/07, Michael P. Gerlek <mpg at lizardtech.com> wrote: 

		> I'll make the Open Source community a challenge. If it
can produce
		> and deliver a column every month (or every other
month), I'll include
		> it in the magazine.
		
		Sounds like a good deal to me... But, to clarify, I'd
like to see the 
		column as being written by different people every
(other?) month, to
		avoid burnout and such by one single author.
		
		VisCom would happily volunteer to coordinate this.
		
		-mpg (who, by way of full disclosure, has written an 
		      aritcle or two for GeoConnexion in the past...)
		
		
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<mailto:discuss-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> ] On Behalf Of Jeff Thurston
		> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:49 AM
		> To: discuss at lists.osgeo.org
		> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] any suggestion of GIS
magazine? 
		>
		> Since the issue of Geoconnexion International Magazine
has been
		> mentioned, I would like to respond.
		>
		> As the editor of the magazine, I will say that the
content is very
		> mixed and varied. There are a significant number of
articles 
		> pertaining to both large and small companies and
projects. Topics in
		> recent times have included context mapping, FDO use in
software, GML,
		> CityGML, open architectures, standards etc. While we
have changed 
		> direction, it needs to go further in my view.
		>
		> My approach (ie. OGC, Open Source and other similar
bodies), has been
		> to find the users, manufacturers and developers of
those technologies
		> and support their work through publishing their
material. The bottom
		> line being, if it works, helps people and solves their
problems, then
		> that is the point, I can say that there are many
talented people also 
		> doing work that is not wholly open source as well, and
a significant
		> portion of them speak about 'openness' a great deal.
		>
		> The bottom line is that our magazine stretches
throughout Europe, 
		> extends into Middle East and Africa and North America
as well. It
		> must pay the bills to produce it. I believe we
distribute more
		> magazines than any other in Europe.
		>
		> I'll make the Open Source community a challenge. If it
can produce 
		> and deliver a column every month (or every other
month), I'll include
		> it in the magazine.
		>
		> The topic can be the communities choice, though I
retain final editor
		> rights. My suggestion is to revolve your column among
the whole 
		> community, but it's up to you.
		>
		> I welcome your participation.
		>
		>
		> Happy reading,
		>
		> Jeff
		>
		>
		>
		> Jeff Thurston, Editor
		> GEOconnexion International Magazine 
		> Berlin, Germany
		> 49.30.24.04.98.90
		> www.geoconnexion.com
		>
		>
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