[OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Standards] sponsoring / relevance / standard

[Jody Garnett]

The OGC is trying to be easier to get involved with, you can look up the
"community standards" here and see what you think.

Sigh: I just tried and could not find it ...

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Jody Garnett

On 18 October 2015 at 03:53, Munich Orientation Convention <
volksnav at volksnav.de> wrote:

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> Hi Cameron,
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> thank you for the kind support. According to Mahatma Gandhi, the stages
> for innovations are:
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> First they ignore you,
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> then they laugh at you,
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> then they fight you.
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> Then you win.
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> OGC didn’t reach the second stage.
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> From my side, I’m open for any proposals in favor of the consumer, e. g.
> 50% of the humankind who think to be unable to read maps
> www.volksnav.de/YouAreHere.
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> Henrique
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> *Von:* Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com]
> *Gesendet:* Sonntag, 18. Oktober 2015 11:29
> *An:* Munich Orientation Convention; Standards at lists.osgeo.org
> *Cc:* isaac at volksnav.bi; libere at volksnav.bi; donatien at volksnav.bi; Scott
> Simmons
> *Betreff:* Re: [OSGeo-Standards] sponsoring / relevance / standard
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> Hi Henrique,
> I suspect that you would be better served to develop a standard under the
> umbrella of the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).
> The OGC is specifically set up to develop spatial standards, where as
> OSGeo has a focus on Open Source geospatial software (which typically makes
> use of OGC standards).
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> Have you reached out to the OGC community yet? If not, I suggest getting
> in touch with them. I've CCed Scott Simmons from the OGC, who is also on
> this list.
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> Warm regards,
> Cameron
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> On 18/10/2015 7:30 pm, Munich Orientation Convention wrote:
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> Hello Jeff,
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> I'm deeply grateful that I've been invited to propose to this discussion
> forum the possibility to let the Munich Orientation Convention be an OSGeo
> standard.
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> So Burundian authorities could discover and prove the benefits of the
> system. They have already effectuated the creation of the VolksNav S.a
> www.volksnav.bi which will now be the local provider of better
> orientation tools. VolksNav S.a will also produce maps with clock based
> search grids and plans to reproduce all introduced systems in other African
> countries. Investors are already knocking on the door.
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> The dominoes will fall from there, the Convention will be a de-facto
> standard and OSGeo will have no relevance within this process.
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> I'd like to return the favor in 2016 as a sponsor. Would this be possible
> or are there restrictions on that?
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> Henrique
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