[Incubator] osgeo innovator (was labs)

Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us
Fri Feb 5 07:48:40 PST 2016


Oh no, now I’m going . . .

OSGeo Alley (as in Diagon . . .)
OSGeo Side Street.
OSGeo Trail
OSGeo Path (Paths, Pathways . . .)
OSGeo Yard (Back yard)
OSGeo Basement (Cellar, Dungeon)
OSGeo Patio (Deck)
OSGeo Landing (Dock)

hey this is kinda fun . . .



bobb



On Feb 4, 2016, at 9:06 PM, Stephen Woodbridge <woodbri at swoodbridge.com<mailto:woodbri at swoodbridge.com>> wrote:

For names, how about:

OSGeo Shed
OSGeo Project Shed
OSGeo Project Barn
OSGeo Garage

the place where projects live until they are ready for the main street.

Names are hard!

-Steve

On 2/4/2016 8:22 PM, Landon Blake wrote:
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<mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com>
<mailto: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<mailto:sunburned.surveyor at gmail.com> <mailto: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<mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com> <mailto: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<mailto:jeroen.ticheler at geocat.net>
           <mailto: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<mailto:jody.garnett at gmail.com> <mailto: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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