[OSGeo-Discuss] Letter from the new OSGeo President

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks Maria! We all look forward to this chapter of the OSGeo story :)

As chair of the incubation committee can I make an appeal for volunteers,
if you enjoy open source and would like to help development teams get
started (with either open source or joining our foundation) we would like
to hear from you.

To join the committee all you need to do is sign up to the mailing list
<https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator> and introduce yourself
(here is an example
<https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2018-January/003518.html>).
You can also step out at any time. There is no requirement to be a mentor,
although mentors are welcome. If open source matters to you please visit
our incubation committee <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee>
(wiki) page to learn how we opperate and how you can help out.

Topics we are working on this month include:

1) What is required for open source projects to be listed on our new
website? How to protect against open source projects in license only (that
require an api-key to access data and/or services).
2) What are the advantages of joining the foundation as an "osgeo
community" project? And what should we expect of community projects, should
they have made a release?
3) How can we use our budget to support our projects in the incubation
program.
4) What content to take from /old.www.osgeo.org/incubator  to the wiki
<https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiGpZbb-PDYAhVN92MKHaAYDbkQFggpMAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.osgeo.org%2Fwiki%2FIncubation_Committee&usg=AOvVaw3XNQtuKzie0zxgfSUdrcma>



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Jody Garnett

On 23 January 2018 at 09:51, María Arias de Reyna <delawen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear fellow OSGeo members,
>
> I am proud and happy to have been appointed President of OSGeo. I hope to
> fulfill your expectations and continue to improve OSGeo. We are living
> beautiful times for free and open source software in geo and all of us
> should enjoy and participate in this party.
>
> One of the things this board has been discussing lately is that we should
> get more people involved in the organization. I would like to take the opportunity
> so that those who want to get more involved can step forward and begin to
> perform tasks that will make our community better. There is always room for
> more volunteers and any help, as small as it may seem, will help us grow
> more.
>
> As you may know, I want to promote more diversity and inclusiveness in the
> organization. So if you feel a bit isolated and want to be more involved,
> it would be a good time to send an email to the OSGeo discuss mailing list
> (or any of the other mailing lists you may be part of) so we know you are
> there and want to get involved more. Making us aware you are there will
> help us identify communities or individuals that are more isolated so we
> can extend our network to reach you.
>
> Thanks for all the good work and thanks to everyone participating in
> OSGeo. It is you who make this organization what it is.
>
> Cheers,
> María Arias de Reyna
> President, OSGeo Foundation
>
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