[Incubator] Motion: relaunch as project-support committee

[Regina Obe]

+1

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Incubator <incubator-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> On Behalf Of Tom
> Kralidis via Incubator
> Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2026 8:02 AM
> To: Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> Cc: OSGeo Incubator Committee <Incubator at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [Incubator] Motion: relaunch as project-support committee
> 
> +1
> 
> ..Tom
> 
> On Sat, Jul 25, 2026 at 4:24 PM Jody Garnett via Incubator
> <incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
> >
> > I had a lovely time at foss4g-eu, and really enjoy being back with osgeo
> (after some time away).
> >
> > I invite everyone to review:
> >
> > #16: Seek new mandate as Project Support committee Project Support
> > Presentation 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
> >
> > - -
> > Jody Garnett
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