[mapguide-internals] Fw: Deadline for Annual Report

[Robert Bray]

Anyone want to volunteer to take a first pass at this?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tyler Mitchell [mailto:tmitchell.osgeo at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tyler 
> Mitchell (OSGeo)
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:32 AM
> To: OSGeo Discussions
> Subject: Deadline for Annual Report
> Importance: High
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> Hi, I'm hoping for a March 6th deadline for the Annual Report
> submissions.
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> This email is a follow up from the earlier note (below) and also
> cc:'ing those listed as primary contact on the Annual Report wiki page:
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> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_Report_2008
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> We're ready to start receiving annual reports.  I would like to have
> all the reports in the next 3 weeks, sooner if at all possible.
> Please let me know if this is impossible for you, otherwise the
> deadline is March 6th.
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> I have posted a template to follow:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_Report_Template
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> You are welcome to add much more to your article than the template
> describes, but please follow the formatting notes in that wiki page.
> If you are not using the wiki to submit your report, please follow
> this style as best as possible in the rendered HTML.  Ultimately, it
> will be imported into LaTeX and the more consistent the inputs are,
> the easier it will be to handle.
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> I've named the page, for consistency, where your report will reside.
> Please do not alter it unless absolutely necessary.  If you are not
> able to edit the wiki for whatever reason, you can email your report
> to me directly (wiki or text formatting preferred).
>
> I'm looking forward to learning much more about all the local
> chapter, project and committee work that happen last year and being
> able to share this with others are just as interested.
>
> Best wishes,
> Tyler
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> On 5-Feb-09, at 12:17 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote:
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>> Hi everyone,
>> The 2007 OSGeo Annual Report[1] was a great success and it's time
>> to do it all again.  I started up a wiki page listing the primary
>> contacts for each project, committee, chapter and sponsor:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_Report_2008
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>> If you are involved with one and see that the wrong person is
>> named, or someone is missed, could you please let me know.  I will
>> send out more information to each of the main contacts shortly.
>> Also, if you are interested in helping to prepare/collect or format
>> the entries for the compilation, let me know.  You will get credit
>> as a section Editor for that issue of the Journal :) I learned a
>> lot compiling last years and it should go much smoother this time
>> around.
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>> The annual report is the main reporting venue for OSGeo projects,
>> committees and local chapters.  It's the opportunity for newcomers,
>> potential sponsors and users in general to see, in one location,
>> where things have been moving.  It is also valuable as a record of
>> history for the organisation, so I hope we can make it another
>> great one.
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>> You can see the 2007 report (and previous OSGeo Journal issues) here:
>> [1] http://www.osgeo.org/ojs
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>> Best wishes,
>> Tyler
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