[Incubator] Reconfirming partnership with Open AR Cloud Association

Wed Mar 13 00:18:33 PDT 2019

Thank you!

I redirect this message also to the incubator mailing list to make sure
they are aware this software will exist and is interested in becoming part
of OSGeo. Maybe an early incubation/mentorship from the start is a good
idea?

On Mon, Mar 11, 2019 at 10:07 PM Jan-Erik Vinje <jan-erik.vinje at norkart.no>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> I am happy and proud to say that we have put The Open Source Geospatial
> Foundation up on our pages as a partner 😊
>
> https://www.openarcloud.org/partners
>
>
>
> If you look into our by-laws you will find there is a clause for partners
> to send members to our Working Groups and Working Group Councils.
>
> That would be in the category of Associate Partner Members (normal working
> group participation) or Official  partner members (for the Councils).
>
>
>
>    - A partner member (official in WG Council) is represented by one
>    individual at a time from the partner (per working group)
>
> These partners would be able to partipate as “Members in Good Standing”
> without paying individual member fee.
>
>
>
> For those who want to start participating now they can follow this link to
> our main communication channel (a Discord server for Open AR Cloud)
>
> https://discord.gg/Ud5Rme7
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>
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> If they want to participate as representatives of OSGeo so that they don’t
> have to pay the fee they may notify me by mail or on Discord.
>
>
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> On that channel we have a full name policy so that we can work together
> transparently. If people have a discord account they want to keep anonymous
> we propose they create a new account with full name for use at the Open AR
> Cloud discord server.
>
>
>
> We also have a Github repo where we hope to publish open source project we
> might develop. But we are also eager to get collaboration going in this
> regard with OSGeo wich would probably be a better long term custodian of
> open source projects originating in the Open AR Cloud Association.
>
> https://github.com/openarcloud
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>
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>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jan-Erik Vinje,
>
> Managing Director @ Open AR Cloud
>
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> *Fra:* María Arias de Reyna <delawen at gmail.com>
> *Sendt:* 11 March 2019 20:45
> *Til:* Jan-Erik Vinje <jan-erik.vinje at norkart.no>; osgeo-board List <
> board at lists.osgeo.org>
> *Emne:* Re: Reconfirming partnership with Open AR Cloud Association
>
>
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> Hi Jan-Erik,
>
>
>
> Sure, we want to continue being partners!
>
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>
> Answers inline:
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> On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 9:28 PM Jan-Erik Vinje <jan-erik.vinje at norkart.no>
> wrote:
>
> Hi María,
>
>
>
> Shortly before Open AR Cloud changed from an informal initiative into a
> formally registered non-profit Association OSGeo declared a partnership
> with the initiative. However after we formed the organization we haven’t
> renewed our partnership.
>
>
>
> We are in the process of starting up a number of working groups one of
> which is about Open Source, Open Data and Open R&D – a working group where
> I am sure we can have a fruitful collaboration. Both directing people
> towards your open source initiatives and the other way around by
> identifying the need for new open source initiatives that are needed for an
> Open AR Cloud ecosystem.
>
> You can find the working group descriptions here, and please scroll down
> to number 9 to find the one on Open Source, Open Data and Open R&D:
>
> https://www.openarcloud.org/workinggroups/overview
>
>
>
> As we originally had a partnership and the new organization is a
> continuation of the informal initiative I would be happy to regard you as
> founding partners if that is fine by OSGeo. We do have OGC , Norkart and
> the Norwegian Mapping Authority as founding partners alongside a total of
> 35 founding partners. We also have 5 new organizations who are in the
> process of becoming up normal paying partners. Again: OSGeo wouldn’t need
> to pay for partnership with Open AR Cloud as I am happy to regard you as
> one of the Founding Partners.
>
>
>
> If you accept to continue the partnership we would like to list you on
> this page:
>
> https://www.openarcloud.org/partners
>
>
>
> For that purpose we would need
>
>    1. the name of your contact person
>
>
>
> That can be me: María Arias de Reyna.
>
>
>
>    1. Your logo (svg, eps, png or similar graphical format)
>
>
>
> You have our official logos here:
> https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/branding/logo Take
> the one that fits better on the design.
>
>
>
>    1. A short statement of support for Open AR Cloud (see the other
>    examples on the partner page for inspiration)
>
> I took an extract of the letter of support:
>
>
>
> "OSGeo is interested and wants to support the Open AR-Cloud Initiative as
> one of the goals of the Open  Source Geospatial Foundation is to ensure
> interoperability by supporting open standards and formats, which are key
> components for an inclusive mapping community."
>
>
>
> > Hope to hear from you soon!
>
> >
>
> > Best regards,
>
> > Jan-Erik Vinje,
>
> > Managing Director @ Open AR Cloud
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 9:28 PM Jan-Erik Vinje <jan-erik.vinje at norkart.no>
> wrote:
>
> Hi María,
>
>
>
> Shortly before Open AR Cloud changed from an informal initiative into a
> formally registered non-profit Association OSGeo declared a partnership
> with the initiative. However after we formed the organization we haven’t
> renewed our partnership.
>
>
>
> We are in the process of starting up a number of working groups one of
> which is about Open Source, Open Data and Open R&D – a working group where
> I am sure we can have a fruitful collaboration. Both directing people
> towards your open source initiatives and the other way around by
> identifying the need for new open source initiatives that are needed for an
> Open AR Cloud ecosystem.
>
> You can find the working group descriptions here, and please scroll down
> to number 9 to find the one on Open Source, Open Data and Open R&D:
>
> https://www.openarcloud.org/workinggroups/overview
>
>
>
> As we originally had a partnership and the new organization is a
> continuation of the informal initiative I would be happy to regard you as
> founding partners if that is fine by OSGeo. We do have OGC , Norkart and
> the Norwegian Mapping Authority as founding partners alongside a total of
> 35 founding partners. We also have 5 new organizations who are in the
> process of becoming up normal paying partners. Again: OSGeo wouldn’t need
> to pay for partnership with Open AR Cloud as I am happy to regard you as
> one of the Founding Partners.
>
>
>
> If you accept to continue the partnership we would like to list you on
> this page:
>
> https://www.openarcloud.org/partners
>
>
>
> For that purpose we would need
>
>    1. the name of your contact person
>    2. Your logo (svg, eps, png or similar graphical format)
>    3. A short statement of support for Open AR Cloud (see the other
>    examples on the partner page for inspiration)
>
>
>
> Hope to hear from you soon!
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Jan-Erik Vinje,
>
> Managing Director @ Open AR Cloud
>
>
>
>
>
>
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