[Incubator] Motion: relaunch as project-support committee

[Jody Garnett]

 So this motion did not pass, I am going to contact folks who did not reply
to see if they are available to consider the motion.

It would be REALLY good to see this relaunched at foss4g if we can.
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Jody Garnett


On Jul 25, 2026 at 1:26:10 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry my calendar skills are week, motion held open until Friday 7 August
> :)
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> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2026 at 1:24:45 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I had a lovely time at foss4g-eu, and really enjoy being back with osgeo
>> (after some time away
>> <https://geoserver.org/announcements/vulnerability/2026/06/11/geoserver-3-0-0-released.html>
>> ).
>>
>> I invite everyone to review:
>>
>>    - #16: Seek new mandate as Project Support committee
>>    <https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/16>
>>    - Project Support Presentation
>>    <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CxofM1Ed4sND_9DZpr_fuiXMmTLce2wdzYOSz0pmwxo/edit?usp=sharing> capturing
>>    ou new issue tracker and ideas for relaunch
>>
>>
>>
>> With that in mind I would like to relaunch this committee as *Project
>> Support*
>>
>>    - New name matching the project-support repo
>>    - General committee reset
>>    - Reflect our expanded responsibilities of incubation process,
>>    community project, and website foss4g check
>>
>>
>> Here is the proposed mandate:
>>
>> *Project Support Committee*
>>
>> Provide software foundation support to project teams in keeping with Open
>> Source Geospatial Foundation principles and values:
>>
>> A - Ongoing software foundation support for "OSGeo Projects":
>>
>> A.1 - Assist project teams over course of project lifecycle: incubation,
>> policy updates, license change, end-of-life.
>> A.2 - Update OSGeo software foundation policies under direction from the
>> OSGeo Board
>> A.3 - Establish and maintain OSGeo incubation process.
>> A.4 - Connect project teams with a mentor for one-on-one support during
>> incubation process.
>>
>> B - Establish and support inclusive "OSGeo Community" projects initiative
>> providing space for new and innovative projects.
>>
>> C - Establish and support "FOSS4G Project" directory for OSGeo.
>>
>>
>> Motion is held open for two weeks closing Friday 7 September:
>>
>>
>>    - Angelos Tzotsos
>>    - Arnulf Christl
>>    - Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
>>    - Brian M Hamlin
>>    - Daniel Morissette
>>    - Deepak Kumar
>>    - Dimitris Kotzinos
>>    - Frank Warmerdam
>>    - Jody Garnett +1 initial motion
>>    - Michael Smith
>>    - Nick Bearman
>>    - Regina Obe
>>    - Steve Lime
>>    - Tom Kralidis
>>
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>> Jody Garnett
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