[Qgis-psc] Purposal of Splash for QGIS - Honor Havard
Alexandre Neto
senhor.neto at gmail.com
Thu Jun 17 06:03:26 PDT 2021
I guess we can let them know.
>From my personal experience, I think Jeff is right. Currently the family
has other matters to deal with.
Besides, it shows that we did not forget him, even several months later.
Thanks,
Alex
On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 1:54 PM Andreas Neumann <a.neumann at carto.net> wrote:
> 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 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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