[VisCom] Check these out..!

[Michael P. Gerlek]

Jason (and others): 

The text currently used is:

> Building The Future Is A Collaborative Process.
>
> Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo-a not-for-profit
organization is dedicated
> to the collaborative development of open geospatial technologies and
data. As the leading
> supporter of such technologies, we provide financial, organizational
and legal support to the
> open source geospatial community. In addition, OSGeo acts as an
independent legal entity to
> which community members can contribute code, funding and other
resources.
>
> To find out more, visit www.osgeo.org

I think this might be taken straight from the Where 2.0 ad, but in any
case it matches pretty closely the first paragraph on our public "About
OSGeo" page, except we're missing the last sentence:

> The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit
organization whose mission
> is to support and promote the collaborative development of open
geospatial technologies and data.
> The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to
the broader open source 
> geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to
which community members
> can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the
knowledge that their contributions
> will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an
outreach and advocacy organization
> for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum
and shared infrastructure
> for improving cross-project collaboration.

I'm open to change, but not sure what to go to (aside from adding that
last sentence).  Can you be specific as to what you think we should
add/modify/delete?


PS- I've no idea where "Building The Future Is A Collaborative Process"
came from, but I like it.  Did JohnC add that himself, or did that come
from Tyler's Where 2.0 advert also?

-mpg

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Birch [mailto:Jason.Birch at nanaimo.ca] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 3:03 PM
> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> Subject: RE: [VisCom] Check these out..!
> 
> Nice...
> 
> I think the copy on the ad needs some attention.  IMHO we have evolved
> to be considerably different from what is being advertised.
> 
> Jason
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg at lizardtech.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 14:51
> To: dev at visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org
> Subject: [VisCom] Check these out..!
> 
> (two attachments)
> 
> -mpg
> 
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