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

[Tom Chadwin]

This was my other concern. I'm getting flashbacks to Prospero in The
Tempest.

Tom

On Mon, Jan 15, 2024 at 5:28 PM Barry Rowlingson via UK <uk at lists.osgeo.org>
wrote:

> 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.
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> Barry
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> 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
>>   james at jamesscottbrown.com
>>
>> 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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>> Nick Bearman
>> +44 (0) 7717745715nick at geospatialtrainingsolutions.co.uk
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