[OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

Mon Sep 15 23:25:28 PDT 2014

The video under question is here: https://vimeo.com/106232256

We’ve got about 50% of the videos up, but the remainder will have to wait a week since we’ve hit our weekly upload limits on vimeo.

Darrell

On Sep 15, 2014, at 13:37, Kristin Bott <bottk at reed.edu> wrote:

> Kathleen Danielson's talk can be found here: http://kathleen.getcourse.com/embed.html?course=74708aa8-d180-4482-bdff-da740e27eec9#/
> 
> Recorded sessions aren't up yet, but I know Darrell is working on it.
> 
> -k.bott
> 
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Crap - I guess this means I better set up another incubation committee meeting :)
> 
> There was a great talk at foss4g about burnout (anyone got a link?). I always try and respect the volunteers I am working with ...
> 
> Rant: Please remember that YOU are a volunteer you are working with, respect your time appropriately.
> --
> Jody
> 
> Jody Garnett
> 
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:07 PM, Jeff McKenna <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> Jody, your response is perfect.  I do get upset too often (or actually, I take quite a lot, but eventually am set off).  I apologize for this, I will try to be better.  I am slowly improving.  But I could be better.
> 
> To get myself back on track, I decided a few minutes ago (mentioned on the Board list) by doing some little things for OSGeo right now.  And you'll be happy to hear that one of them is Incubation-related: give a push with the pycsw team for the next steps (code review etc), as I am their mentor.
> 
> Thanks again for being the voice of reason Jody.  Let's all do as Jody says, and I am sure these tricky points will work themselves out.
> 
> -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> On 2014-09-15 4:57 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> Well I don't like you get upset Jeff, you are correct that "patches"
> speak louder than emails.
> 
> If I could put a plug in for the incubation committee - we would really
> love some more volunteers. We have a couple projects waiting to "get in"
> and all we need is a "mentor" to be a friendly voice/email contact.
> 
> The stuff we do at OSGeo can be very intimidating (starting a steering
> committee - gasp!) or require sensitivity (trade mark conflict). Having
> a mentor to email or Skype can be of great assistance.
> --
> Jody Garnett
> 
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>>
> wrote:
> 
>     Why is there this sudden need to point out things like this?  This
>     is the part that makes my heart drop.  (and the underlying meaning
>     of the subject of this email) Instead of pointing out issues, maybe
>     those making these noises can spend that time on the marketing
>     committee, or tackling on the membership issue.
> 
>     I personally have no problem with LocationTech, in fact I agree they
>     play a very important role for businesses.  I do have a problem
>     however with pointing out problems with OSGeo and our baby, FOSS4G;
>     instead of pointing out problems, I feel those same people could be
>     diving into helping OSGeo grow and pick up the ball themselves.
> 
>     -jeff
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>     On 2014-09-15 2:56 PM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote:
> 
>         Why is this not true? I think you are misinterpreting here Jeff.
> 
>         Membership in OSGeo is a single person. Yes this person can
>         belong to a company or run their own company, but membership is
>         still personal.
> 
>         Bart
> 
>         Sent from my iPhone
> 
>             On 15 sep. 2014, at 19:45, Jeff McKenna
>             <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com
>             <mailto:jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com>__> wrote:
> 
>                 On 2014-09-15 1:22 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote:
>                 the members in OSGeo are individuals and the members in
>                 Eclipse/LocationTech are businesses
> 
> 
> 
>             Daniel this statement is not true, regarding OSGeo.  OSGeo
>             members are made up of all walks of life, and many are
>             running private businesses all around the world.  I have
>             visited their organizations/offices myself in my FOSS4G
>             travels throughout the years.
> 
>             However I cannot change how you feel.
> 
>             This part is unfortunate, these strong statements made
>             publicly, which I feel are made to divide our community.
> 
>             Let me reinforce: our OSGeo community and our FOSS4G events
>             (of all sizes) are geared for everyone and anyone, with no
>             sole focus on one type of community.  And as the President
>             of OSGeo, I am happy to represent all of the members, of any
>             kind :)
> 
>             -jeff
> 
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