Landon,<div><br></div><div>The criteria seems good, if a bit more detailed than is strictly necessary. I'd suggest not worrying about a point scoring system, and just leave it up to the judges to subjectively score nominees after some discussion.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It would be nice if the award included a green OSGeo logo. </div><div><br></div><div>Presumable we should clarify who the judges are, and open up nominations. </div><div><br></div><div>I think it would be good to let the open geodata committee know about this effort but it is a chapter activity so here is the right place for detailed discussion. I did mention it to David Bitner (geodata chair) who happened to be in town last weekend for the Google Summer of Code meetings. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>Frank<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Landon Blake <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com" target="_blank">sunburned.surveyor@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">At the last annual meeting of the OSGeo California Chapter, chapter<br>
members decided to move forward with the creation of the Open<br>
Geospatial Data Award. This award will be given to one (1)<br>
organization each year in California. The award will recognize the<br>
organization's efforts to promote open access to geospatial data. I<br>
thought this concept might appeal to other local chapters, so I wanted<br>
to post our chapter's discussion about the award selection criteria<br>
here.<br>
<br>
I'm proposing the nominees for the award be scored on the folowing criteria:<br>
<br>
1) The data is released without:<br>
- Restrictions on its use.<br>
- Requirements for indemnification ("duty to defend").<br>
- Restrictions on distribution.<br>
- Restrictions on modification.<br>
- Requirement for monetary compensation.<br>
<br>
2) The data is easily accessible.<br>
<br>
3) Data is high quality:<br>
- The data is regularly updated.<br>
- The data is complete.<br>
- The data is well documented (metadata).<br>
- The data is reasonably accurate and precise.<br>
<br>
Not every organization nominated will necessarily do perfectly in each<br>
of these categories. I imagine we will need to come up with some point<br>
scoring system for our chapter's award selection committee to use.<br>
<br>
</div>I designed the preliminary award in Inkscape and I can make the SVG<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">available. I didn't<br>
incorporate the OSGeo color scheme or logo, but could redesign the<br>
award if this wasn't objectionable. We could come up with a standard<br>
certificate that could be used by all of the local OSGeo chapters. I<br>
imagine we'll want to have the award framed before we deliver it to<br>
the selected organization.<br>
<br>
I think this is a great opportunity to recognize good behavior on the<br>
part of government agencies and other organizations that are promoting<br>
open access to quality geospatial data. I also think it is a great<br>
marketing opportunity for OSGeo and the local chapters.<br>
<br>
I'm toying with the idea of presonally donating some volunteer hours<br>
to the selected agency, to assist with mapping efforts of technical<br>
supporttraining for open source geospatial software.<br>
<br>
What do you guys think?<br>
<br>
Landon (AKA: The Sunburned Surveyor)<br>
<br>
PS - Let me know if this discussion should move to the OSGeo data mailing list.<br>
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