[OSGeo-Board] Re: [Web Comm] RE: [OSGeo-Board] Service Provider Directory

[Tyler Mitchell]

On 27-Sep-06, at 12:13 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:

> Arnulf wisely said:
>
>> I would like to add a locative component.
>
> Doh!  +1 to that...  I certainly wouldn't want to inadvertently  
> hire any
> German- or Canadian-speaking outfits!

Are you saying we should capture more than the country and language  
items that are already in the prototype?

> If someone can't even tacitly agree with
> OSGeo's mission statement, why would we give them any pixels on our
> domain at all?

Because we are more interested in our projects than just in the  
organisation in general.  It is conceivable that a company cares a  
lot about OSSIM, for example, but is ambivalent about OSGeo.  For  
OSSIM's sake (and it's users) I want that company to sign up.

The section called "Technologies" lists OSGeo projects and asks  
"which technologies do you support?".  That should be useful for  
people looking for a service provider.  We can keep our list limited  
to OSGeo-specific technologies to ensure applicability.

I think it is more important to connect those who need help with  
those who can provide help, even if it is not perfect.  It's less  
important to try to limit the pool of available resources to  
something that meets our specific standards.

Tyler