[Incubator] MOTION: GeoNode Graduation from OSGeo Incubation

[Jeff McKenna]

Official congratulations JeffJ and team!  I also updated the GeoNode 
status on the incubation wiki.  Let me know if you see any other 
lingering pages that need updating with this project status :)

-jeff


-- 
Jeff McKenna
President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna




On 2016-11-02 2:48 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> Thanks David and the GeoNode team!
>
> Motion David Bitner: "Motion to graduate GeoNode from the OSGeo
> incubation process with Jeff Johnson to act as the Project Officer."
>
> With the following votes I declare this motion passed:
>
>   * Bruce Bannerman +1
>   * Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques +1
>   * Landon Blake +1
>   * Howard Butler
>   * Arnulf Christl +1
>   * Jody Garnett (chair) +1
>   * Dimitris Kotzinos +1
>   * Tom Kralidis +1
>   * Julien-Samuel Lacroix +1
>   * /Mark Lucas/
>   * Steve Lime +1
>   * Daniel Morissette +1
>   * /Markus Schneider/
>   * Cameron Shorter +1
>   * Jeroen Ticheler +1
>   * /Norman Vine/
>   * /Frank Warmerdam/
>
> I also want to extend my thanks to the GeoNode community (shout out to
> Angelos) who took part in incubation. I hope you found the experience
> valuable, and the OSGeo community welcoming. If there is anything we as
> an Incubation committee can do to entice you to stay and mentor
> additional OSGeo projects let me know!
>
> I have added this to the board meeting agenda
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Board_Meeting_2016-11-03> and
> for 3rd Nov. Jeff if you are available it would be great if you could
> attend this IRC meeting - to introduce yourself to the board in your new
> official role.
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 25 August 2016 at 08:28, David William Bitner <bitner at dbspatial.com
> <mailto:bitner at dbspatial.com>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Incubation Committee,
>
>     As the mentor for GeoNode Incubation, I would like to make a motion
>     to graduate GeoNode from the OSGeo incubation process with Jeff
>     Johnson to act as the Project Officer.
>
>     You will find the Incubation Checklist at:
>
>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoNode_Incubation_Checklist
>     <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoNode_Incubation_Checklist>
>
>     During the incubation process much work has been done to solidify
>     the intellectual property behind GeoNode.
>
>       * copyright was transferred from the now dissolved OpenPlans
>       * a Contributor License Agreement has been adopted and a process
>         created to collect from all contributors
>       * all files have been checked for headers
>       * the release process documentation has been shored up
>
>     GeoNode has a tremendous "bus quotient" as there are core developers
>     distributed globally. Many of the institutional direct users have
>     developed strong expertise in GeoNode along with many companies that
>     have developed support programs built around GeoNode. There is no
>     single point of failure for this project.
>
>     The GeoNode has managed to work in the open from inception in a way
>     that has enabled enormous amounts of collaboration both between
>     institutions using GeoNode and companies/individuals providing
>     support for GeoNode.
>
>     Thanks,
>
>     David
>