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class=171320400-21022007>Done! -- see <A
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so far we have ChrisH and Dan.</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=171320400-21022007>Jeff, what sort of word count did you have in
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class=171320400-21022007>It would probably make sense to have the
first column be about what open source means, who OSGeo is, quick
bullet list of what projects we have, etc. I can cover that one (unless
the wordcount is too high :-)</SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org
[mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Daniel
Ames<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 20, 2007 3:00 PM<BR><B>To:</B> OSGeo
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] any suggestion of GIS
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<DIV></DIV>Great challenge, Jeff. The univerisity open source'ers like
myself should be very interested in helping produce a column such as this.
Maybe VisCom could start by creating a wiki page with a table indicating each
month, proposed topic, proposed author, and article deadline date. The
topic and author columns could be left blank, and the community could be
invited to visit the page and insert themselves with their proposed
topics. Just an idea... - Dan <BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/20/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Michael P.
Gerlek</B> <<A href="mailto:mpg@lizardtech.com">mpg@lizardtech.com</A>>
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I'll make the Open Source community a challenge. If it can produce<BR>>
and deliver a column every month (or every other month), I'll
include<BR>> it in the magazine.<BR><BR>Sounds like a good deal to me...
But, to clarify, I'd like to see the <BR>column as being written by
different people every (other?) month, to<BR>avoid burnout and such by one
single author.<BR><BR>VisCom would happily volunteer to coordinate
this.<BR><BR>-mpg (who, by way of full disclosure, has written an
<BR> aritcle or two for GeoConnexion in
the past...)<BR><BR><BR>> -----Original Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</A><BR>>
[mailto:<A href="mailto:discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org">
discuss-bounces@lists.osgeo.org</A>] On Behalf Of Jeff Thurston<BR>>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2007 11:49 AM<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org">discuss@lists.osgeo.org</A><BR>>
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] any suggestion of GIS magazine? <BR>><BR>>
Since the issue of Geoconnexion International Magazine has been<BR>>
mentioned, I would like to respond.<BR>><BR>> As the editor of the
magazine, I will say that the content is very<BR>> mixed and varied.
There are a significant number of articles <BR>> pertaining to both large
and small companies and projects. Topics in<BR>> recent times have
included context mapping, FDO use in software, GML,<BR>> CityGML, open
architectures, standards etc. While we have changed <BR>> direction, it
needs to go further in my view.<BR>><BR>> My approach (ie. OGC, Open
Source and other similar bodies), has been<BR>> to find the users,
manufacturers and developers of those technologies<BR>> and support their
work through publishing their material. The bottom<BR>> line being, if it
works, helps people and solves their problems, then<BR>> that is the
point, I can say that there are many talented people also <BR>> doing
work that is not wholly open source as well, and a significant<BR>>
portion of them speak about 'openness' a great deal.<BR>><BR>> The
bottom line is that our magazine stretches throughout Europe, <BR>>
extends into Middle East and Africa and North America as well. It<BR>>
must pay the bills to produce it. I believe we distribute more<BR>>
magazines than any other in Europe.<BR>><BR>> I'll make the Open
Source community a challenge. If it can produce <BR>> and deliver a
column every month (or every other month), I'll include<BR>> it in the
magazine.<BR>><BR>> The topic can be the communities choice, though I
retain final editor<BR>> rights. My suggestion is to revolve your column
among the whole <BR>> community, but it's up to you.<BR>><BR>> I
welcome your participation.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Happy
reading,<BR>><BR>> Jeff<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> Jeff Thurston,
Editor<BR>> GEOconnexion International Magazine <BR>> Berlin,
Germany<BR>> 49.30.24.04.98.90<BR>> <A
href="http://www.geoconnexion.com">www.geoconnexion.com</A><BR>><BR>><BR>>
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