[Incubator] Any 2026 budget request?

Sun Jan 11 20:24:50 PST 2026

 I understand Nick, the doodle pool timezones did not work out very well
despite my best attempt.

With that in mind I am going go for the second proposed time:

   - Wednesday 14 Jan: 16:00 UTC

If you not in a position to attend please reply to this email thread in
order to add to the discussion.
- -
Jody Garnett

On Jan 8, 2026 at 6:38:20 AM, Nick Bearman via Incubator <
incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> 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
>>
>> >>>
>>
>> >>>
>>
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>>
>> > --
>>
>> > Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>>
>> > President, Board of Directors
>>
>> > Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>
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>>
>> >
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>>
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