[Incubator] Move Community Project applications to issue tracker

[Dennis Bauszus]

I am not on the committee but believe that using GitHub tickets would make
this easier for new applications as it is possible to review previous
applications.

Best,
Dennis

On Wed, Jan 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM Jody Garnett via Incubator <
incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> I really like the idea Angelos, especially since this is developer
> outreach - an issue tracker is great!
>
>
>    - Have issue template for "add to website", "join community project",
>    "osgeo project incubation", ...
>    - We actually already have the markdown for some of these...
>
>
> I would prefer github (because outreach) but would be okay with gitea
> (ideally if we can make the signup process a bit easier.)
> - -
> Jody Garnett
>
>
> On Jan 14, 2026 at 8:58:11 AM, Angelos Tzotsos via Incubator <
> incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> One idea that came up during the Incubation Budget meeting, was to make
>> community project applications easier to review.
>> I propose we move the application process to opening a templated issue
>> (GitHub or Gitea) and require one incubation committee member to review.
>>
>> I volunteer to move all the pending applications to this new issue
>> tracker.
>>
>> Perhaps we should consider the same for Projects applying for Incubation
>> (currently a ticket is required on Trac).
>>
>> Thoughts? Objections?
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Angelos
>>
>> --
>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>> President, Board of Directors
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/
>>
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