[OSGeo-UK] [External] Re: Fwd: QGIS release name from UK user group

[Barry Rowlingson]

My only concern with using "Maidenhead" is that it is also a term for part
of female anatomy, related to virginity. It might possibly be triggering,
but I don't know how well-known or archaic the usage is. Kids these days
etc.

Barry




On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 12:56 PM James Scott-Brown via UK <
uk at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

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> Another interesting historical geospatial link to Maidenhead is the
> Maidenhead Locator System [1], though its usage is mostly limited to the
> amateur radio community.
>
> [1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidenhead_Locator_System
>
> Kind Regards,
>
>   James Scott-Brown
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> On Mon, Jan 15, 2024, at 11:02 AM, Nick Bearman via UK wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Hopefully this is a nice Monday morning email to make you smile :-)
>
> The QGIS UK user group has been asked to suggest name for the next QGIS
> release. Usually they are named after the locations of user meetings, but
> since they have had more releases than user meetings, they are working
> through the user groups in turn to ask for suggestions (see Anita's email
> below for details).
>
> Si Miles has suggested "Maidenhead":
>
> Windsor and Maidenhead Borough Council was one of the first UK local
> authorities to move to QGIS (at version 1.8!) back in 2010/11. It was while
> working at Windsor and Maidenhead that with the support of Simon Miles &
> Matt Travis the UK QGIS user group was born. Maidenhead even hosted the
> first ever UK user group meeting. Windsor and Maidenhead also contributed
> financial to many an QGIS plugin and was also a bronze sponsor for a long
> as I was there. Finally, Maidenhead hosted many of the Carry On movies, and
> has the oldest or is one of the oldest football clubs in the UK, if not
> world! Might have to fact check that one though!
>
> Windsor and Maidenhead is the name of the council ("Royal Borough of
> Windsor and Maidenhead") but Maidenhead is their HQ, and Anita says a
> single name is better than a double name.
>
> Maidenhead is certainly not a tourist hot spot for the UK (sorry Si!) but
> I think it has a nice QGIS history and sounds like a good choice to me.
>
> Does anyone have any other suggestions or comments?
>
> Anita needs to know by Fri 19th, so I will make a decision and let her
> know on Thurs 18th Jan.
>
> Best wishes,
> Nick.
>
> On Tue, 9 Jan 2024 at 6:41 pm, Anita Graser <anita at qgis.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As you certainly know, QGIS releases usually get their names from
> locations of QGIS developer meetings.
>
> Since we have more releases than developer meetings, we have decided to
> reach out to our country user groups to select additional release names.
> The country order is determined by the founding date of the respective user
> groups.
>
> Since QGIS UK is next on our list, I'm reaching out to you to ask you for
> suggestions for release names. The suggestions should be place names in the
> UK (and ideally be related to the user group).
>
> Besides the name, we will also need a historical map of the location which
> we can use for the release splash screen.
>
> I'm looking forward to your suggestions. Please don't hesitate if you have
> any questions.
>
> Regards,
>
> Anita Graser
> QGIS PSC Vice chair
>
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