[Incubator] Any 2026 budget request?

[Nick Bearman]

Hi Jody, Angelos,

Thanks for the Doodle Poll - unfortunately I can't make either of those 
times.

My 2p for the discussion:

# Discuss renaming to "Projects" and update responsibilities / mandate for 
this committee

Yes I think renaming from Incubator to something else is a good idea. It 
seems to me that incubating projects is a relatively small part of this 
committee's work. Mostly we seem to be helping projects register as 
OSGeo Community Projects, which is really great. I am sorry I have not 
been able to contribute to this more.

 From what I have heard, one blocker is people registering for a OSGeoID 
- it takes time to request and receive the mantra and is a stumbling 
block. I think? (Scott?) is looking at this whole process and I think we 
should raise this as an important point. Registering should be easy and 
ideally immediate.

# Change from mailing list to discourse (to make access easier)

Yes - happy to change from mailing list to discourse. Hopefully this 
might make monitoring requests to register as Community projects easier 
to track, as everything will be located under one thread?

Thanks very much Jody for taking the initiative.

Let me know if you'd like input on anything else specific!

Best wishes,
Nick.

On 07/01/2026 22:45, Jody Garnett via Incubator wrote:
> Let's learn from the experience and give folks a bit more notice 🙂
>
> Let me propose two days:
>
>   * Monday 12 Jan: 14:00 UTC
>   * Wednesday 14 Jan: 16:00 UTC
>
>
> Topics:
>
>   * Make a useful budget request for 2026
>   * Discuss renaming to "Projects" and update responsibilities /
>     mandate for this committee
>   * Change from mailing list to discourse (to make access easier)
>
>
> Committee members please respond with your availability: 
> https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/egXBJk3a
>
>   * Angelos Tzotsos
>   * Arnulf Christl
>   * Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
>   * Brian M Hamlin
>   * Daniel Morissette
>   * Dimitris Kotzinos
>   * Frank Warmerdam
>   * Jody Garnett
>   * Michael Smith
>   * Nick Bearman
>   * Regina Obe
>   * Steve Lime
>   * Tom Kralidis
>
>
>
> - -
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2026 at 9:57:35 AM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> No worries, it was too short notice anyways.
>> Let's try another day.
>> I am available on Thursday
>>
>> On 1/7/26 19:23, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>> Sorry Angelos,
>>>
>>> Due to time zone differences your proposal came in at 2am so did not 
>>> see it
>>> until now.
>>>
>>> But perhaps you mean Thursday 5pm UTC…
>>>
>>> I have sent a meeting invite for that time, and we can adjust based on
>>> availability.
>>>
>>> - -
>>> Jody Garnett
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 2:16 AM Angelos Tzotsos via Incubator <
>>> incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Is tomorrow at 5pm UTC working for everyone?
>>> >
>>> > On 1/6/26 12:08, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>>> >> Hi Jody,
>>> >>
>>> >> Let's organize a committee meeting to tackle the issues mentioned.
>>> >>
>>> >> Best,
>>> >> Angelos
>>> >>
>>> >> On 1/5/26 20:37, Jody Garnett via Incubator wrote:
>>> >>> The osgeo budget for 2026 is taking shape:
>>> >>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2026#OSGeo_Committees
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Do we have any ideas in mind for the year ahead?
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I have not had much opportunity to volunteer on this committee in
>>> >>> 2025, and
>>> >>> am a bit disappointed to see requests piling up. Perhaps we could
>>> >>> setup a
>>> >>> work party or something to both catch up and invite new 
>>> participants.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> I strongly believe in the work the incubation committee is doing is
>>> >>> central
>>> >>> to OSGeo role as a software foundation.  I think we will also get a
>>> >>> lot of
>>> >>> discussion from our existing projects as they look at how to 
>>> handle CRA
>>> >>> reporting requirements in September of this year.  Perhaps we 
>>> need to
>>> >>> rename the committee to "Projects" as we are presently doing 
>>> more than
>>> >>> incubation eh?
>>> >>> - -
>>> >>> Jody Garnett
>>> >>>
>>> >>>
>>> >>> _______________________________________________
>>> >>> Incubator mailing list
>>> >>> Incubator at lists.osgeo.org
>>> >>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator
>>> >>
>>> > --
>>> > Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>>> > President, Board of Directors
>>> > Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>> > https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator
>>> >
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> President, Board of Directors
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/
>>
>
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