[Incubator] Motion: relaunch as project-support committee

[Tom Kralidis]

+1

..Tom

On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 4:24 PM Jody Garnett via Incubator
<incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
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> I had a lovely time at foss4g-eu, and really enjoy being back with osgeo (after some time away).
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> I invite everyone to review:
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> #16: Seek new mandate as Project Support committee
> Project Support Presentation capturing ou new issue tracker and ideas for relaunch
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> With that in mind I would like to relaunch this committee as Project Support
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> New name matching the project-support repo
> General committee reset
> Reflect our expanded responsibilities of incubation process, community project, and website foss4g check
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> Here is the proposed mandate:
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> Project Support Committee
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> Provide software foundation support to project teams in keeping with Open Source Geospatial Foundation principles and values:
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> A - Ongoing software foundation support for "OSGeo Projects":
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> 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.
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> B - Establish and support inclusive "OSGeo Community" projects initiative providing space for new and innovative projects.
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> C - Establish and support "FOSS4G Project" directory for OSGeo.
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> Motion is held open for two weeks closing Friday 7 September:
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> 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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