[Incubator] Motion: relaunch as project-support committee

[Daniel Morissette]

+1

Daniel


On 2026-07-25 16:24, Jody Garnett via Incubator wrote:
> I had a lovely time at foss4g-eu, and really enjoy being back with 
> osgeo (after some time away 
> <https://geoserver.org/announcements/vulnerability/2026/06/11/geoserver-3-0-0-released.html>). 
>
>
> I invite everyone to review:
>
>   * #16: Seek new mandate as Project Support committee
>     <https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/16>
>   * Project Support Presentation
>     <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CxofM1Ed4sND_9DZpr_fuiXMmTLce2wdzYOSz0pmwxo/edit?usp=sharing
>     > 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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Daniel Morissette
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