[Qgis-psc] Purposal of Splash for QGIS - Honor Havard

Andreas Neumann a.neumann at carto.net
Thu Jun 17 05:54:37 PDT 2021 

Hi,

Ok - fine then. Let's go for the 3.24 splash screen. Just wasn't sure 
what the conventions are in this respect. How this would come across for 
his family a couple months later.

Thanks,

Andreas

On 2021-06-17 14:40, Nathan Woodrow wrote:

> I agree with Jeff on this.  It's not too late to wait for a while 
> before doing something like this even a few years.
> 
> On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 10:34 PM Jeff McKenna 
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
> 
>> I feel differently, that we should not be bothering someone's wife so
>> soon with things like this, and, a tribute coming later such as for 
>> the
>> 3.24 release, would be well accepted & special for the family (still
>> today I receive such kind messages from Sol Katz's family when each 
>> new
>> award announcement happens each year).   I would rather give time for
>> the family to recover, than blasting public messages immediately (but
>> maybe this is my personal feeling, and, goes against the current
>> Twitter-post-now beliefs).
>> 
>> (note that I have no connection to Havard's family, I speak here in a
>> general sense)
>> 
>> -jeff
>> 
>> On 2021-06-17 9:26 a.m., Andreas Neumann wrote:
>>> Hi Anita,
>>> 
>>> Understandable - but on the other hand - isn't this a bit late to 
>>> honor
>>> Håvard through a splash-screen in February 2022? Condolences and
>>> honoring people should probably happen in a "timely" manner and not
>>> months later (and you already did that in the QGIS blog post - thank 
>>> you!).
>>> 
>>> What if we would display one of the orienteering maps (or QGIS maps 
>>> he
>>> was involved with) in our website banners on the QGIS.ORG [1] webpage
>>> instead and link it to the blog post? Or any other ideas? We could 
>>> also
>>> honor him through a news item in the QGIS news screen where we 
>>> normally
>>> announce new versions and events.
>>> 
>>> Personally - while I do want to honor him and his work - I am not
>>> totally sure if the splash screen many months later is the right 
>>> thing
>>> for this purpose?
>>> 
>>> Andreas
>>> 
>>> On 2021-06-17 12:27, Anita Graser wrote:
>>> 
>>>> The next "open" splash screen is 3.24 since 3.20 Odense (too close)
>>>> and 3.22 Bialowieza (meant to commemorate their centenary 
>>>> celebration)
>>>> are already set.
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> 
>>>> Anita
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On 17.06.2021 11:52, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Open question: Are we all talking about the 3.22 splash screen for
>>>>> Håvard? or about the 3.20 release (due tomorrow)?
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 2021-06-17 10:57, DelazJ wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> Thanks Joao for the thread.
>>>>> Anita, Yes we have his wife's contact.
>>>>> If there's an agreement with Andreas proposal, I can get in touch
>>>>> with her.
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Harrissou
>>>>> 
>>>>> Le jeu. 17 juin 2021 à 08:10, ElPaso <elpaso at itopen.it
>>>>> <mailto:elpaso at itopen.it>> a écrit :
>>>>> 
>>>>> Il 16/06/21 22:46, Anita Graser ha scritto:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Perhaps we can ask this commission if they have an
>>>>> orienteering map
>>>>>> he or the commission worked on that we can use on the
>>>>> Splash screen?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Do we have any contacts that we could follow up with
>>>>> regarding this idea?
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Anita,
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think we have his wife's email.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Anita
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 11.06.2021 14:18, Andreas Neumann wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I didn't personally know him, but it seems that Håvard was
>>>>> very
>>>>>>> active with orienteering maps, including being on the IOF Map
>>>>>>> Commission. Perhaps we can ask this commission if they
>>>>> have an
>>>>>>> orienteering map he or the commission worked on that we
>>>>> can use on
>>>>>>> the Splash screen?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>>> Andreas
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 2021-06-11 13:52, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I am very sorry to hear this sad news.  Håvard was very
>>>>> active in so
>>>>>>>> many FOSS4G projects (including also the MapServer
>>>>> documentation).
>>>>>>>> I support your idea to honor Håvard with a splash screen
>>>>> map.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> -jeff
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 2021-06-11 6:38 a.m., João Gaspar wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Dear Members of the Project Steering Committee,
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I saw the last news of the blog and I deeply sad about
>>>>> the loss of
>>>>>>>>> Håvard Tveite.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>> https://blog.qgis.org/2021/06/10/havard-tveite-has-passed-away/
>>>>> <https://blog.qgis.org/2021/06/10/havard-tveite-has-passed-away/>
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>> <https://blog.qgis.org/2021/06/10/havard-tveite-has-passed-away/
>>>>> <https://blog.qgis.org/2021/06/10/havard-tveite-has-passed-away/>>
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>> <https://blog.qgis.org/2021/06/10/havard-tveite-has-passed-away/
>>>>> <https://blog.qgis.org/2021/06/10/havard-tveite-has-passed-away/>
>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>> <https://blog.qgis.org/2021/06/10/havard-tveite-has-passed-away/
>>>>> <https://blog.qgis.org/2021/06/10/havard-tveite-has-passed-away/>>>
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> I would like to purpose a dedicated splash screen for a
>>>>> version of
>>>>>>>>> QGIS using the hometown map of Håvard Tveite (perhaps an
>>>>> LTR
>>>>>>>>> version) to honor their work in the QGIS project.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> This idea if all agree can be extended for others all
>>>>> members that
>>>>>>>>> are supporting and give their love to this project.
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>>>>> João Gaspar
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
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