[GRASS5] GRASS Project Steering Committee and more

[Markus Neteler]

Michael,

Mapserver does have a MapServer Technical Steering Committee
since 2005/07/12:
 http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-1/

But I see that the interest here is very low.

Markus

On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 08:23:53PM -0700, Michael Barton wrote:
> At the moment, GRASS seems somewhere between Apache and GDAL in its
> organization--and possible contributor/user base.
> 
> We might think of something that can start out somewhat less formal, like
> MapServer, but be able to scale up to something more formal, like Apache, if
> needed in the future. I haven't thought what that might be yet, of course
> ;-)
> 
> Michael
> 
> 
> On 4/5/06 3:29 PM, "Markus Neteler" <neteler at itc.it> wrote:
> 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > since the earlier proposed Contributor Agreement of the OSGeo
> > Foundation is a non-issue now (no longer a requirement),
> > I would like to push the idea again of forming a Project
> > Steering Committee. In any case we should have such a
> > structure to make GRASS more independent from individuals
> > (in particular, if they aren't available) to take decisions.
> > 
> > The list of nominations which we got so far is here:
> >  
> > http://grass.gdf-hannover.de/twiki/bin/view/GRASS/ProjectSteeringCommitee#Nomi
> > nations
> > 
> > Please take a look how the other projects handle this.
> > With a growing GRASS project I would really like to
> > see some more formal approach of deciding things, at least,
> > to have it as backup (in history, decisions worked out smooth in
> > the majority of the cases).
> > 
> > I also feel that OSGeo could become a (second) home to ensure
> > that the software and its infrastructure remains available long
> > term. If you look at the member lists of the foundation, you
> > will find many active people there who push for a better integration
> > between GFOSS projects and other projects like Educational Outreach
> > or public geodata.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> >  Markus
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 12:16:29AM +0100, Markus Neteler wrote:
> >> Dear all,
> >> 
> >> while I already received two suggestions for a GRASS
> >> Project Steering Committee (PSC), I suggest to post the
> >> nominations in public, if there are no objections.
> >> I would like to have that transparent to everyone.
> >> 
> >> Nominations should contain the name and a short paragraph
> >> why it is a good candidate. We also have to decide,
> >> how many members the PSC should have.
> >> 
> >> It is worth reading
> >> - http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html
> >>    (they are very successful, and the document applies much
> >>     to the GRASS project culture)
> >> 
> >> - http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-1/
> >>    (MS RFC 1: Technical Steering Committee Guidelines)
> >>     apparently 7 members there.
> >> 
> >> - http://lists.maptools.org/pipermail/gdal-dev/2006-February/thread.html#7881
> >>     (GDAL PSC to be formed)
> >> 
> >> - http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/development/rfc/ms-rfc-10/
> >>    (MS RFC 10: Joining the Open Source Geospatial Foundation)
> >> 
> >> Related:
> >> - 
> >> https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9682788&forum_id=475
> >>   (Community MapBuilder PMC membership nomination)
> >> - 
> >> https://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=9673493&forum_id=475
> >>   (MapBuilder & Mapbender and the OSGeo Foundation)
> >> 
> >> In fact, there is lot of material to digest in these days..
> >> 
> >> Markus
> >> -- 
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