[Incubator] osgeo innovator (was labs)

[Landon Blake]

Agreed. We should just get the shed painted.

Landon

On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 2:21 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> I will point out that naming is a classic bike shed problem. I think we
> should ask the projects in "labs" and get their take on this.
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 4 February 2016 at 13:12, Landon Blake <sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I like "Innovator". What about "Community Builder Project"?
>>
>> Landon
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I hear you, and you are correct that innovation can happen anywhere. I
>>> look forward to alternate name suggestions. "Experiment" would do a
>>> disservice to a completed project that does not yet have a large/diverse
>>> enough community to meet our graduation requirements.
>>>
>>> My fellow board members were a bit startled that our incubation policies
>>> do inhibit the support smaller projects, and would like an avenue to
>>> support innovation. It may be that both these objectives cannot be met with
>>> the same initiative, but I would like to try.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>> On 3 February 2016 at 23:47, Jeroen Ticheler <jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jody,
>>>> I understand the naming confusion. The Innovator name however has IMO a
>>>> negative reflection on the established projects. Are new projects
>>>> necessarily more innovative than established ones? Often they are still so
>>>> small they don't have established communities/structures etc in place.
>>>> That's indeed why the Labs were created.
>>>> I will think about another potential name and I hope others feel the
>>>> same and will also think of an alternative naming for the Labs. I remember
>>>> you saying something like Hatching (synonym of incubating, so maybe to co
>>>> fusing).
>>>> Maybe OSGeo Experiments.
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Jeroen
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>>>> > Op 4 feb. 2016 om 03:25 heeft Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>>>> het volgende geschreven:
>>>> >
>>>> > A couple of results for the incubation team out of the weekend's
>>>> board meeting.
>>>> >
>>>> > We have the "GeoForAll Labs" and our OSGeo labs projects - and the
>>>> two names trip on each other.
>>>> >
>>>> > Board members were also a bit taken aback that our incubation process
>>>> is not really "welcome" to innovation (indeed our graduation requirements
>>>> tend to favour established projects).
>>>> >
>>>> > With that in mind - I would like to kick off:
>>>> >
>>>> > 1) Renaming OSGeo Labs as OSGeo Innovator
>>>> >
>>>> > The branding for this is way better for projects! Having an "OSGeo
>>>> Innovator" badge on your home page is way more "positive" an impression.
>>>> >
>>>> > 2) Revise the procedures around this activity
>>>> >
>>>> > My first take is:
>>>> > - provide a home for small project teams / single organization
>>>> projects
>>>> > - focus on new projects (so provide README, CONTRIBUTING, PSC files
>>>> for a project to copy into github)
>>>> > - stick to our "open source" and "open development" guns!
>>>> > - "save the sticker" until on-boarding is complete
>>>> > --
>>>> > Jody Garnett
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