[Incubator] Initial Report Draft available for review

[Jody Garnett]

Fair enough. Indeed I see many of these projects listed in the annual
general report even though they are not through incubation.

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Jody Garnett

On 21/03/2012, at 3:54 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com> wrote:

> On 12-03-18 04:04 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>> Wiki page here:
>> - http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee_Report_2011
>>
>> I was able to fill in some sections (for example gvSIG) based on email sent the
>> mailing list this year. However for many projects I am drawing a blank.
>>
>> Can I ask mentors to contact their respective projects for a status update.
>> Given that these projects have not completed incubation this represents a good
>> way to publish progress in http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_Report_2011
>
> Jody,
>
> I'd suggest keeping the report simple.  The first section is good, and
> include a list of projects in incubation but without per-project notes.
> Then perhaps a plea for folks familiar with the incubation process to get
> involved as mentors.
>
> Once you try to nag a bunch of people into producing per-project details
> it is going to be a bother and produce a report too long for most people to
> read.
>
> I learned a new phrase recently "TL;DR".  For those with their head in the
> sand like me, this means "Too Long ; Didn't Read".  Lets just keep it short
> and too the point and it won't be so stressful to produce either!
>
> Best regards,
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