[Qgis-psc] Purposal of Splash for QGIS - Honor Havard
Marco Bernasocchi
marco at qgis.org
Thu Jun 17 09:05:38 PDT 2021
I also agree with Alexandre that the family now is probably very busy.
I is never to late to show appreciation:)
thanks all
cheers Marco
On Thu, 17 Jun 2021, 15:03 Alexandre Neto, <senhor.neto at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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