[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 56, Issue 27

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>   1. Board Candidate's Statement: David Bitner (David William Bitner)
>   2. Re: Workshops filling up... (Daniel Ames)
>   3. RE: Board Nomination -- Regina Obe Decline (Paragon Corporation)
>   4. Re: Re: Board Nomination - G?rald Fenoy (G?rald Fenoy)
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> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:48:26 -0500
> From: David William Bitner <bitner at dbspatial.com>
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Candidate's Statement: David Bitner
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> Thank you very much for your consideration to become a member of the OSGeo
> Board.
>
> I have been involved with the community that came to be OSGeo since working
> on the planning committee for The MapServer Users Meeting in Minnesota in
> 2005 (the immediate predecessor to the FOSS4G conference) and helping to
> found the Twin Cities MapServer Users Group (now a local OSGeo chapter) with
> the others who were involved in planning that conference. I have been the
> OSGeo Public Geospatial Data Committee chair since 2007. It is my experience
> with that committee that leads me to want to work more strategically with
> the OSGeo Board.
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> The Geospatial Data Committee has been largely ineffective and dormant
> throughout it's existence. The importance of geodata has always been
> recognized as a critical part of OSGeo leading to the formation of this
> committee alongside the founding of OSGeo. There have been a number of false
> starts at creating a central catalog on OSGeo resources. There have been
> loosely affiliated efforts such as the FlightGear Scenery Project and Open
> Aerial Map take 1. The only truly successful geodata project coming directly
> out of OSGeo has been led not by the Geospatial Data Committee, but by the
> Education Committee with the set of data pulled together for educational
> usage. I don't see the inactivity of this group as a failure, but more as a
> recognition that while an absolutely critical component of using OSGeo
> products, there simply is not the energy within our organization to tackle
> everything that we would like.
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> I have been very excited to see the partnerships and MOUs that have been
> coming down the pipe recently. One critical way that we can help to prevent
> spreading our resources too thin that we are ineffective is to work with
> other like minded groups. The partnerships that we have with the OGC and now
> in the works with several educational groups is a great way for us to
> leverage the strengths and particular audiences that these other groups
> bring in. In particular, I think that there are significant opportunities
> for OSGeo to support and partner with domain-specific groups. Having worked
> significantly in the humanitarian/emergency response world through my
> involvement with the Sahana Software Foundation, OSGeo software is being
> heavily used throughout this domain by people and projects like Sahana, the
> Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, CrisisMappers, and Crisis Commons. By
> supporting these groups through cooperation we can help more people in this
> domain become aware of and use OSGeo software (and correspondingly can make
> more OSGeo folks aware of opportunities that they may have to support these
> humanitarian efforts). I see additional opportunities in finding ways to
> work with groups that have traditionally been stovepiped. In particular
> there is much work being done in domains such as public transportation,
> aviation noise, city/county public information, large government or
> organization SDI. Whether through creating MOUs or informal partnerships
> with groups that are already supporting these domains or extending our local
> chapter concept to create domain users groups with mailing lists this is the
> key direction that I would like to push for OSGeo.
>
> Again, thank you very much for your consideration and I look forward to
> seeing many of you in Denver!
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> David
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> David William Bitner
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> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:54:52 -0600
> From: Daniel Ames <dan.ames at isu.edu>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Workshops filling up...
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> Nitin, your email was great to read because it highlights the healthy state
> of affairs in the FOSS4g world... "Too many great choices!"
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> - Dan
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> Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE
> Associate Professor, Geosciences
> Idaho State University - Idaho Falls
> dan.ames at isu.edu
> geology.isu.edu
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> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Nitin Gadia <nittyjee at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> sorry everyone!
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>> I did mean to only message Tyler, but feel free to continue the thread
>> as he said...
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>> nitin
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>> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Tyler Mitchell <tmitchell at osgeo.org>
>> wrote:
>>> Was sure if you meant to response privately, but thought others might
>> have the same questions, so
>>> replying on the list too :)
>>>
>>> On 2011-08-10, at 9:05 AM, Nitin Gadia wrote:
>>>> One quick question - I'm thinking the Introduction to Geospatial
>>>> Opensource would be the best for me... It appears that I can pay $150
>>>> for the full day event ... is that true?
>>>
>>> This is correct - it is a full day of excellent talks, and will give a
>> great overview
>>> of where things are at.  But it is not a hands-on workshop which
>>> seems more like what you are after.
>>>
>>>> Other than that, there are so many to choose from - Geoserver,
>>>> Geomoose, PostGIS, Mapfish, and Geomajas. The "A Complete Web Mapping
>>>> Stack" looks really good... as does "GeoNetwork for dummies, or how to
>>>> setup and use an SDI in 3 hours"...
>>>
>>> From your past conversations it sounds like you need some kind of "stack"
>>> focused session that covers several layers of tools, so I think you're on
>> track with that
>>> one.  You probably can't go wrong unless you chose a more advanced topic
>> or one that
>>> is looking only at one piece of the larger architecture (like PostGIS).
>> Just a thought,
>>> hope you can make it!
>>>
>>> Tyler
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> Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:24:35 -0400
> From: "Paragon Corporation" <lr at pcorp.us>
> Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Board Nomination -- Regina Obe Decline
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> David,
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> Thank you very much for this nomination.  It is a great honor to be so well
> respected by you. It is also with much regret that I decline your offer.
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> I really had intended on accepting this, but after thinking about the extra
> responsibility this position would require,
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> I realized I would be spreading myself too thin,feeling a bit out of my
> element, and regret later not being able to serve OSGeo as well as I wanted
> to.  I would also be possibly depriving others with more energy and will
> from making their impact.
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> We have a bright and very energetic group of nominees, and I'm looking
> forward to seeing many of them, including David
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> serve on our board.
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> Yours in spirit,
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> Regina
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>> I nominate Regina Obe for the OSGeo Board of Directors. Regina is a member
>> of the PostGIS steering Committee and has been an OSGeo Charter Member
> since
>> 2009. Regina has a particular strength that is very rare in the Open
> Source
>> world and that is her dedication to making open source software and
>> programming accessible to the often non-technical savvy GIS user. Regina
>> (along with her husband Leo) have maintained the BostonGIS blog and the
>> Postgres Online Journal for many years providing quick and understandable
>> tutorials, guides, and cheat sheets for various projects with a particular
>> focus on PostgreSQL/PostGIS, much of this has culminated in the recent
>> publication of *Postgis in Action.* While Regina has a very strong
> technical
>> background, I believe that Regina could help drive a focus on the
> usability
>> and accessibility of OSGeo projects.
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>> Cheers,
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>> David
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>> David William Bitner
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> Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:04:06 +0200
> From: G?rald Fenoy <gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Board Nomination - G?rald Fenoy
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> Dear all,
> Sorry for so late reply get some painful "hollidays issue" ...
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> First, I want to thank Jeff for this nomination to OSGeo board of directors.
>
> Working for 7 years in web GIS development, OSGeo shown me the way to go. Indeed, I've always find, through OSGeo, an answer to my questions. Sometimes it was about searching for a solution to a specific problem, sometimes it was about the way to use specific software, sometimes it was about problem occuring using software. Anytime I had to ask, I can find quickly a solution by asking people from OSGeo all over the world using various kind of communication media. There is always somebody wake up at OSGeo, you can reach us. This is an impressive help for everybody which is using the software or just want to know about software solution for the problem they face off.
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> In 2006 I got the chance to join the event where most of the people involved from all over the world in Free and Open Source Software four GIS was present. Then, I always join the event thinking that it is key event to learn about GIS innovative solutions and meet people which make this solutions possible.
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> OSGeo is spreading knowledge by providing more and more hight quality material to learn on your own how to use solutions. You came to OSGeo with questions and you find your answer but also more questions with answers... new ideas.
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> As OSGeo help me so much by providing solutions and materials, it sounds obvious to me to promote it everywhere I go. Promotion, including translation, training sessions, workshops, talks or simple discussion. I think that even if it is good to put a bottle containing a message in the water, it is also needed to go there with your bottle to give and discuss what you wrote on the paper.
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> Sincerly yours,
>
> Gérald Fenoy
> gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr
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