[Incubator] What is outreach

Fri Jul 7 14:21:10 PDT 2017

On 7 July 2017 at 12:39, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Jody for your offer to mentor. After our next release, I expect we
> will reach out to you about this.
>
Good good, release comes first.

> I like your diagram. Are you in a position to accept review comments? (I
> reckon I can help make the words more concise).
>

LOL - of course you can, and you already had a crack at this content (it
was one of the google docs you reviewed). I am happy to revise for the next
printing, but this text was sent to the printer yesterday.

I would not mind having an incubation meeting in July or August to review
how we present ourselves on the new website.

All the best

>
> On 8/7/17 5:25 am, Jody Garnett wrote:
>
> I understand cameron, if I can invite you to view the following diagram:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B022m344wU7hMVdqYWppc1d3QVE/
> view?usp=sharing
>
> This diagram groupsincubation checklist into three priorities: technical,
> social and fair. I would be happy to include this diagram, customized for
> each project, to illustrate level of maturity of community projects.
>
> I am a prior contributor to osgeo-live but am not currently active; I
> would be happy to volunteer as mentor (it would be about the easiest
> project to mentor ever - being well used to our culture and expectations).
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 7 July 2017 at 11:53, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Vicky,
>>
>> I've put together the OSGeo-Live incubation checklist [1].  which shows
>> OSGeo-Live as being very close to being ready for incubation. A concerted
>> short burst of energy should get it across the line. I suggest we discuss
>> it when we have more time after our 11.0 release.
>>
>> We don't have an incubation mentor at the moment, but am confident we
>> should be able to find one when needed. (I've been an incubation mentor,
>> but there would be a conflict of interest having me on the OSGeo-Live PSC
>> and also being a mentor).
>>
>> Jody, I'm uncomfortable advertising OSGeo-Live as an "OSGeo Community"
>> project. I feel it implies a level of immaturity, while OSGeo-Live is very
>> mature.
>> Cheers, Cameron
>>
>>
>> On 6/7/17 3:54 am, Vicky Vergara wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Ok, ignoring "odd" website I looked around, and found this:
>>
>> https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=assigned&status=cl
>> osed&status=new&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority
>>
>> I don't see OSGeolive  there. So it might not be incubating.
>> so, it might not have a mentor.
>> Not ignoring the "odd" website, and also because of your comment, it is
>> not in community project.
>> I had to look for definition of "advocacy": public support for or
>> recommendation of a particular cause or policy.
>> My guess is that you say that Its advocacy tool because the projects it
>> includes are implicitly recommended.
>>
>> So, for me it looks like it is in the limbo.
>>
>> I thank you for your response, I will mention about the community project
>> application.
>>
>> Vicky
>> PS
>> I could not find a page about community projects, or how to apply, but
>> the website is being redone. Every one is in a rush because the FOSS4G
>> Boston, So, I'll postpone asking the question of "where is the page about
>> the application for community project?" for after Boston.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 2:18 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Vicky:
>>>
>>> Thanks for stepping up to the OSGeo Live PSC - congrats!
>>>
>>> OSGeo Live is a perfectly normal project and totally able to go through
>>> incubation.
>>>
>>> What you are seeing on the website is "odd" - it is odd because the
>>> website is grouping software together by category (like web mapping or
>>> desktop software). The OSGeo Live project is not one of those things,
>>> instead it is a advocacy tool - used by OSGeo as an organization to
>>> introduce people to all that is great about open source .... so "out reach".
>>>
>>> The categories on the website have nothing to do with incubation; and
>>> since the website is being replaced we will have new categories shortly.
>>>
>>> I cannot remember if OSGeo Live has applied for the incubation process;
>>> who is your mentor? Normally a mentor joins your team as a guest to answer
>>> any questions (like this one) that comes up. The reason we join your team
>>> is so we can answer questions on your email list where all your committers
>>> can see the discussion and understand what they are getting into as part of
>>> OSGeo.
>>>
>>>
>>> *aside: *Although I am not sure if OSGeo Live is in incubation - I
>>> would really like it if you could apply to be a "Community Project" (you
>>> have to open source, open to contributions and geospatial).
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>> On 4 July 2017 at 09:37, Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello Incubating list,
>>>>
>>>> I am a new as PSC member of a OSGeoLive that is in the outreach
>>>> category project.
>>>> I must confess that its the first time as PSC and I am also new in the
>>>> project.
>>>> I don't understand the "outreach" category.
>>>> I want to know if an "outreach "project can eventually be incubated.
>>>> I ask because I am reading this questionnaire [1], but the project is
>>>> not on the incubation list.
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_C
>>>> hecklist
>>>> 
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Vicky
>>>>
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>>
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