OSGeo and GRASS Newsletter

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

I just wanted to bring to attention again the OSGeo Newletter
idea - see below. Maybe we get the ball rolling in the next
months?

Markus

On 3/23/06, Markus Neteler <neteler.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> one of the ideas of the OSGeo foundation is to develop a
> newletter. Venkatesh Raghavan suggested to join efforts
> or links newsletters somehow. Please see below for details
>
> What do you think?
>
> Best regards
>  Markus
>

On 3/23/06, Martin Wegmann <wegmann at biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> yes, indeed it is a good idea, a few questions/ideas below
>
> On Thursday 23 March 2006 09:42, Markus Neteler wrote:
> [...]
> > > About outreach activities, probably one of the activities that could be
> > > considered is an online journal or magazine that could be made available
> > > under Free document or similar licence. Maybe a popular magazine format
> > > would be better.
>
> what  is a popular magazine format? Do you talk about the license, the design
> or the kind of software used (tex vs. ?)
>
> > > Presently, the GRASS community is publishing a newsletter and maybe some
> > > others in the OSGEO community are also publishing their own newsletter.
> > > If such efforts could be combined, it maybe possible to start a OSGEO
> > > magazine without much effort and money. Maybe Markus can discuss with
> > > the people who are bringing out the GRASS news letter if they are
> > > interested in combining efforts with others to bring out an expanded
> > > OSGEO magazine. OSGEO magazine can server as a forum for reporting recent
> > > developments and research, country reports, etc. OSGEO magazine could
> > > also server as a advertising media for OSGEO related companies. Maybe
> > > company sponsors can be given free advertising space in the magazine.
>
> It sounds good but then we need several more positions (advertising
> coordinator, final editor (design and topics) and possibly one editor for
> each software package/topic). I think it would be great and a strong
> competitor for ESRIs etc. magazines but more informative  ,-)
>
> I would add kind of tutorial-research article, where the user can redo some
> scientific analysis while reading the article, this way users can more easily
> get in touch with the software.
>
> Perhaps  we should discuss it on the OSGeo list and have a look if other
> Newsletter exist and if they are interested as well. Personally I totally
> agree to move GRASS-News to an OSGeo-Magazine.
>
> regards, Martin
>
>
>
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