[GRASS-dev] GRASS-News to OSGeo-News?

[Helena Mitasova]

Martin - this is an excellent idea, Helena

Martin Wegmann wrote:
> Dear developers, 
>
> the issue of an OSGeo newsletter has been discussed on the Visibility 
> Committee (VisCom) ML of OSGeo. The GRASS-News staff contributed their 
> experience and supported the idea of such a newsletter/magazine.
>  
> Concerning a first OSGeo newsletter, the GRASS-News staff is in favour to move 
> GRASS-News vol. 4 to an OSGeo-News vol. 1 - this way GRASS can target a 
> broader audience without loosing its informative articles.
>  
> It has been discussed if the newsletter should be separated into sections, 
> hence there would be a GIS/RS section which GRASS could fill frequently, as 
> long as there are every couple of months enough submissions. 
>
> Of course the first volume is just for testing the acceptance of a 
> OSGeo-Newsletter and a lot of discussions have to follow. Please feel free to 
> contribute/volunteer.  
>
> If there are no objections, I would offer the VisCom that as a starting point 
> GRASS-News vol. 4 can be taken for OSGeo-News vol. 1
>
> regards, Martin
>
>
>   


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