[OSGeo-Discuss] Gentle reminder reg: Project selection on the new website draft

[Moritz Lennert]

On 16/08/17 15:29, Jeffrey Johnson wrote:
> Note that several of these issues are on the list to be discussed with
> the vendor today.
> 
> There is also the issue of actual OSGeo projects that simply havent
> responded to various requests for input. I've had to just add them in
> myself so they are there and can be hooked up to the choose a project
> wizard. What do we do about projects that have simply atrophied, but
> are still considered OSGeo projects?
> 
> I *really* want us to adopt the mantra of "Bigger tent, more
> people/groups/projects under it" ... Small tent thinking wont get us
> very far.

I'm not sure that I've read a lot of small tent thinking. Most comments 
were about priorities in the way projects are displayed on the OSGeo 
website, not about excluding non-OSGeo (understood here as projects that 
have not undergone a formal process to be labeled) projects from the 
website.

I agree that the current website does not correspond to what I would 
expect. I also am guilty of not having reacted earlier (although you 
have to admit that the actual form of the website with actual project 
descriptions has only been available to us in the last days). I 
personally would also plead for highlighting OSGeo projects more than 
what the current form does.

This does not diminish in any way my profound respect and awe in front 
of what the team has been able to pull off. I think the reactions on the 
list just show how important this work is for everyone !

Moritz