[Incubator] Re: idea: petition board for a change of scope

[Cameron Shorter]

On 29/06/11 02:13, Daniel Morissette wrote:
> On 11-06-27 09:31 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>         I don't mind acting as chair - I am not currently a mentor of
>>         anything. However
>>         we do need to
>>         contact the current list of project officers and see if the like
>>         this idea --
>>         why borrow trouble if
>>         the idea won't go ahead?
>>
>>
>>     Yes, I do think it is good to seek feedback from the incubated 
>> projects
>>     on what roles and value they would see in a "projects committee".
>>
>> So looking at my volunteer efforts I have a couple of things:
>> 1) wps shoot out fun and games - June 30th
>> 2) geotools / udig releases in prep for live dvd - July 5th
>>
>> If nobody else volunteers I can contact the existing project officers
>> after this date and see if they are interested.
>>
>
> Hi Jody,
>
> I believe most of the project officers are already on this list (the 
> most active ones anyway), so I think this is the right place to ask 
> the question that you asked. Or at a minimum, we should seek feedback 
> here from the IncCom members before going through the effort of 
> contacting all project officers one by one.
>
> Unfortunately maybe the lack of response is due to the fact that there 
> is no obvious answer. On the one hand, I think everybody will 
> recognize the need for a group or someone in OSGeo to followup 
> regularly with the projects after they have incubated, but OTOH, the 
> incubation committee is stalled and not even doing a good job on its 
> incubator mandate, so it's hard to justify taking even more 
> responsibilities until we get back on track with incubation. (and I'm 
> taking the blame on that front for lack of involvement since my 
> appointment as chair... I was hoping to take some load off Frank's 
> shoulders and bring the incubator back on track, but I've been unable 
> to find the time and energy to do it so far)
>
> My personal opinion on your proposal is that once we are back on track 
> with incubation then yes we could consider extending the mandate of 
> the committee to become the "projects committee" as you describe it. 
> But I'd really prefer that we focus on getting back on track with 
> incubation first.
>
> And on that topic, if you or someone else with more availability than 
> me is interested in leading this committee then I am happy to step 
> down to make room for a more active chair.
>
> Daniel

I think I've mentioned it earlier, but can can't find it on this thread. 
As has been mentioned on this thread, it would be desirable to expand 
the scope of the incubation committee, but we have been short of 
volunteers, which I suggest is probably due to weak business drivers for 
involvement.

I think that part of the solution can be provided by the OSGeo-Live project.
With OSGeo-Live:
1. We have a 6 month periodic review of all projects.
2. We have a set of criteria for partaking in OSGeo-Live, which could be 
adjusted to also check incubation criteria.
3. We have commitment from people from 50 odd projects, primarily 
because OSGeo-Live provides strong business value, by providing a 
marketing channel.

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