[Incubator] motion: approve Geogirafe recommendation for OSGeo community project initiative

[Nick Bearman]

Hi all: declaring motion passed with the following votes:

- Angelos Tzotsos +1
- Arnulf Christl +1
- Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
- Brian M Hamlin
- Daniel Morissette
- Dimitris Kotzinos
- Frank Warmerdam
- Jody Garnett (chair)
- Michael Smith +1
- Nick Bearman +1
- Regina Obe +1
- Steve Lime +1
- Tom Kralidis +1

7 votes in favour.

I have now added Geogirafe as an OSGeo Community Project on the website: 
https://www.osgeo.org/projects/geogirafe/ and closed the gitea issue: 
#15 <https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/15>

Welcome to OSGeo Geogirafe!

Best wishes,
Nick.


On 14/05/2026 15:18, Nick Bearman wrote:
>
> That works, thanks Tom!
>
> N.
>
> On 14/05/2026 15:17, Tom Kralidis wrote:
>> +1
>>
>> ..Tom
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2026 at 10:16 AM Nick Bearman via Incubator 
>> <incubator at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>>     We have had one more vote, thanks Angelos.
>>
>>     - Angelos Tzotsos +1
>>     - Arnulf Christl +1
>>     - Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
>>     - Brian M Hamlin
>>     - Daniel Morissette
>>     - Dimitris Kotzinos
>>     - Frank Warmerdam
>>     - Jody Garnett (chair)
>>     - Michael Smith +1
>>     - Nick Bearman +1
>>     - Regina Obe +1
>>     - Steve Lime +1
>>     - Tom Kralidis
>>
>>     This gives us a total of +6, with 7 needed to achieve quorum.
>>
>>     I am open to suggestions on how we proceed with this.
>>
>>     Jody, as Chair, do you have a view?
>>
>>     Anyone else, either on the committee, or not on the committee,
>>     but on
>>     the list have a view?
>>
>>     Best wishes,
>>     Nick.
>>
>>     On 07/05/2026 12:03, Nick Bearman wrote:
>>     > Hi Folks,
>>     >
>>     > 30th April has flown past, and I am just getting to this now!
>>     Such is
>>     > life.
>>     >
>>     > We've only had 5 votes, and we need 7 to achieve quorum.
>>     >
>>     > I will extend the motion and leave this open for another week
>>     (to 14th
>>     > May).
>>     >
>>     > Please vote!
>>     >
>>     > As a reminder, Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight
>>     > agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against).
>>     >
>>     > More details at
>>     >
>>     https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Committee_Operation.
>>     >
>>     > Best wishes,
>>     > Nick.
>>     >
>>     > On 02/04/2026 13:52, Nick Bearman via Incubator wrote:
>>     >> Motioning to accept Geogirafe as an OSGeo Community Project
>>     >>
>>     >> The check list has been completed at
>>     >> https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/15
>>     >>
>>     >> The motion is held open for two weeks until Thursday 16 April and
>>     >> requires at least 50% quorum from the following Committee Members
>>     >> (listed at https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee):
>>     >>
>>     >> - Angelos Tzotsos
>>     >> - Arnulf Christl +1
>>     >> - Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
>>     >> - Brian M Hamlin
>>     >> - Daniel Morissette
>>     >> - Dimitris Kotzinos
>>     >> - Frank Warmerdam
>>     >> - Jody Garnett (chair)
>>     >> - Michael Smith +1
>>     >> - Nick Bearman +1
>>     >> - Regina Obe +1
>>     >> - Steve Lime +1
>>     >> - Tom Kralidis
>>     >>
>>     >> I am happy with this, and am starting with a +1
>>     >>
>>     >> I will be away at the deadline (16th April) and not returning
>>     to this
>>     >> type of work until 30th April. So if someone else wants to
>>     pick up
>>     >> the bat, please do. Otherwise I will work on this at the end
>>     of April.
>>     >>
>>     >> Best wishes,
>>     >> Nick.
>>     >>
>>     >> https://gitea.osgeo.org/osgeo/projects-support/issues/15
>>     >>
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>>
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