[OSGeo-Standards] [Board] OGC MoU and Individual Membership slots

[Bruce Bannerman]

Colleagues,

I'm happy for Bob to take this last slot with OGC. We will do this, unless there is someone else with a pressing need to work with OGC teams.

Please speak up. If I don't hear by the end of next week, we'll proceed with Bob for this slot.

I think that we'll need to look at how we are assigning these memberships for future engagements.

I for one, will be very interested to hear what benefit our memberships are giving us and what we are able to contribute back to OGC in return.

I understand from OGC that we have a number of our other OSGeo Individual OGC memberships due to expire:

- Jeff McKenna, ended 9 Dec 16
- Gerald Fenoy, ends 30 Sep 17
- Martin Isenburg, ends 6 Jul 17
- Dimitris Kotzinos, ends 16 Oct 17
- Jachym Čepický, ends 10 Feb 18

I propose that we look at an Expression of Interest process for the above renewals, perhaps as a single EOI for all of them.

There may be other OSGeo members and projects who could also benefit from the collaboration and would like the opportunity to participate within the OGC processes.

Thoughts?

Bruce


> On 28 Feb 2017, at 02:05, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
> 
> Bruce,
> 
> Now that I’m back, I guess I never did see a followup, must have been me imagining it.  :c)
> 
> bobb
> 
>> On Feb 22, 2017, at 6:30 PM, Bruce Bannerman <bruce.bannerman.osgeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Bob,
>> 
>> Did anyone get back to you on this?
>> 
>> Sorry, I've been offline for a week or so.
>> 
>> Bruce
>> 
>> 
>> On 15 Feb 2017, at 04:04, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) <bob.basques at ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote:
>> 
>>> All,
>>> 
>>> I’ve been approached about taking up one of the OGC slots.  I too am curious about the benefits and how participation would benefit and play out over the long run.  
>>> 
>>> I’m a long time open source advocate and a long time meber of a number of the OSGeo list serves.  I have a number of related contacts related to the use of open source in local government as well as a long time user and promoter of OGC specifications for sharing data.  I’m also a founding member of a nonprofit dedicated to the promotion and use of OSGeo and OGC practices in general.
>>> 
>>> I’m interested in particpating if a slot is still available.
>>> 
>>> bobb
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Feb 9, 2017, at 1:47 PM, Jáchym Čepický <jachym.cepicky at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Hi Arnulf (and all others)
>>>> 
>>>> I would like to formally ask for one slot OSGeo has reserved by OGC. Thought I do not have any fixed plan of concrete steps I would like to do or to contribute to, I would like to give it a try and see, what are the benefits.
>>>> 
>>>> I'm active in development of PyWPS (in incubation) - OGC WPS implementation and recently, I came across REST API for geospatial data design and this topic is resonating in OGC too - maybe my input could be relevant.
>>>> 
>>>> So, if there would be free slot, I would like to pick it up for the next year.
>>>> 
>>>> Thank you
>>>> 
>>>> Jachym
>>>> 
>>> 
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> 
> "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.”
> - Albert Einstein
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