[Incubator] discussion on osgeo projects, osgeo community and incubation

[Jody Garnett]

You can see these logos used in context here:

- https://github.com/lucadelu/osgeo/blob/grass/marketing/print/grass_a4.svg
-
https://github.com/lucadelu/osgeo/blob/zoo-project/marketing/print/zoo-project.svg
-
https://github.com/lucadelu/osgeo/blob/mapserver/marketing/print/mapserver.svg

The beta website is not showing the "osgeo project" logos yet:

http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/projects/geo-node/

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Jody Garnett

On 1 August 2017 at 08:47, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> A discussion has started up on the marketing and board email lists - that
> may require a meeting of the incubation committee.
>
> Can I ask how many projects want an special incubation logo? I understand
> being proud of the commitment made to enter incubation :)
>
> Here is the email I sent to the board:
>
> *I am staring a new thread so the marketing committee can focus on the
> printing deadline for boston.*
>
> *Projects are starting to update to the new branding which is great - we
> have two branding available:*
>
> *- https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/incubation/project
> <https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/incubation/project>*
> *- https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/incubation/community
> <https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/incubation/community>*
>
> *Projects that are part of our incubation process fall under community
> projects, they have met our standards for being open source, spatial and
> participatory and are being promoted as part of our foundation along side
> their fellow community projects pgrouting and geowebcache.*
>
> *For reference the prior branding is
> here https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects#Comparison_with_Incubation
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Projects#Comparison_with_Incubation>*
>
> *The larger story is the focus not on our foundation, but on the software
> projects and outreach.*
>
> ** As such the incubation process is no longer called out on our website
> (or in our branding) because it does not have any significance to website
> visitors. Incubation is an internal process of our software foundation - it
> does not earn its keep introducing a "third branding" if we cannot explain
> succinctly what it actually means for potential users of the software.*
>
> ** The board introduced the idea of community projects in response to a
> call to be more inclusive and allow innovation*
>
> ** Including more projects in our community does not detract from the
> projects that were already in our community. We are doing more for software
> projects at OSGeo to help everyone.*
>
> *We have been avoiding a difficult conversation on osgeo project quality
> on and off since January. At our most recent F2F meeting we took some
> action items to hear a report from Maxi and Jeff McKenna (in Boston?
> details still be arranged). The question of what we have to offer community
> projects and osgeo projects, and what we expect in return, should be
> considered in one go to be fair to everyone.*
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
>
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