[Incubator] making a formal community projects document

[Cameron Shorter]

Yes Jody, that is what I was referring to.
I'm open to adjusting the language of our OSGeo-Live selection criteria 
to align with other OSGeo documents.

On 27/05/2016 8:08 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
> Trying to hunt down the selection criteria you reference - so that 
> link gives me two links:
>
> First Link - Live GIS Add Project 
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project>
>
>   # Priority for selecting OSGeoLive projects to package is: OSGeo
>     Projects
>   # OSGeo Projects in incubation
>   # Stable GeoSpatial Open Source Software being presented in
>     workshops, tutorials, or presentations at FOSS4G
>   # Other Stable GeoSpatial Open Source Software with established
>     project communities and a wide user base
>
>
> The second link Questions to answer when requesting to add an 
> application to OSGeo-Live 
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Apply>
>
>       * OSGeo-Live is targeted at applications that people can use
>         rather than libraries. Does the application have a user
>         interface (possibly a command line interface) that a user can
>         interact with? (We do make an exception for Incubated OSGeo
>         Libraries, and will include Project Overviews for these
>         libraries, even if they don't have a user interface.)
>
>       * We give preference to OSGeo Incubated Projects, or Projects
>         which are presented at FOSS4G
>         <http://foss4g.org/> conferences. If your project is involved
>         in OSGeo Incubation, or has been selected to be presented at
>         FOSS4G, then please mention it.
>
>
> Is this what you have in mind Cameron?
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 26 May 2016 at 13:20, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com 
> <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     I suggest if reviewing/rewriting rules/expectations for Community
>     Projects, also read the selection criteria for OSGeo-Live [1].
>     I think the selection criteria for OSGeo-Live and Community
>     Projects have similarities, so we should aim to use common
>     language in these cases.
>
>     [1]
>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#How_to_add_a_project_to_OSGeoLive
>
>
>
>     On 27/05/2016 3:15 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>     Any objection with starting from the current wiki page? It does a
>>     decent job of communicating rules/expectations.
>>
>>     --
>>     Jody Garnett
>>
>>     On 26 May 2016 at 05:00, Daniel Morissette
>>     <dmorissette at mapgears.com <mailto:dmorissette at mapgears.com>> wrote:
>>
>>         On 2016-05-25 8:36 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>
>>             For incubation we have a number of formal documents on
>>             our website. How
>>             do people feel about doing a similar thing for community
>>             projects?
>>
>>             Reference:
>>             - http://www.osgeo.org/incubator
>>             - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects
>>
>>
>>         I have no strong opinion on this... but since you asked...
>>
>>         Community projects (formerly labs) used to be a more or less
>>         informal thing in my mind and in that context the wiki page
>>         that we got was enough. However if we want to spend more
>>         efforts reviewing those community projects and promoting them
>>         (via the osgeo.org <http://osgeo.org> site for instance) then
>>         I guess I'd agree that it would make sense to have more
>>         formal documents on osgeo.org <http://osgeo.org> describing
>>         what community projects are about, what the
>>         rules/expectations are, etc.
>>
>>
>>         -- 
>>         Daniel Morissette
>>         http://www.mapgears.com/
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>>
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