[Webcom] [Board] OSGeoeb-Site issues

Wed Sep 14 02:42:30 PDT 2016

Hi board,

I've decided to step down as chair of webcom. My original intention was to
rebuild the site with full multilingual capabilities using Drupal 8.  This
is not an especially difficult task, but it is too big to take on in
voluntary time (to do it right) and I've had to focus on paid work for
family reasons.

Webcom is currently a bit more active than it has been in recent years with
a few more recent users now having admin access to the site. Most of the
board and project leads also have editor access. I've also listed a few
long term members on the webcom page [1]  who have admin access and could
always step in to give other users more access.

I will continue to respond to direct emails for help (and monitor the
webcom list when I can).

Ian

[1] http://www.osgeo.org/webcommittee/index.html

On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:

> You should all have access to edit website pages, or raise a trac ticket
> for sidebars. We took an action item and got some of this resolved - rather
> than talk about it please fix anything that was missed :)
>
> We have done some of the work, as for communication news item blog posts
> are always welcome.
> On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 7:39 AM Suchith Anand <Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.
> uk> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Maxi, Helena and everyone for following up this.
>>
>> I will email Jason (webmaster) to update the Geo4All main website to
>> reflect this (Apologies for the delay in this Helena as i was busy with
>> some urgent work deliverables here).
>>
>> Once everything is ready, i suggest that the OSGeo Board sends a
>> communication to the wider community. Thanks.
>>
>> Suchith
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Board [board-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] on behalf of Helena Mitasova
>> [hmitaso at ncsu.edu]
>> Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2016 3:27 PM
>> To: Massimiliano Cannata
>> Cc: OSGeo Board; Web Site Committee (WebCom) mailing list
>> Subject: Re: [Board] OSGeoeb-Site issues
>>
>> > On Mar 6, 2016, at 7:00 AM, Massimiliano Cannata <
>> massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch> wrote:
>> >
>> > My understanding is that edu committee doesn't exist anymore but
>> switched by geo4all.
>>
>> As I suggested in my email to Jody, the committee website should say
>>
>> Geo for all: Education and research outreach
>>
>> (it now says only Geo for all so education has disapeared completely).
>> I can try to do the change myself as I should have access
>> to osgeo website but I haven’t tried it yet and it may take me some time
>> to figure it out - so if anybody has already
>> edited the osgeo website (or website committee member) and can do it
>> faster - please do edit this web page
>>
>> http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/committees.html
>>
>>
>> >
>> > Did we do a communication for this to the whole community?
>>
>> Not yet - I believe that there should be a news release about this
>> coordinated with Suchith,
>> but we should finish and approve the f2f minutes first so that we can
>> point to the minutes
>> to document that the transition was indeed officialy approved.
>>
>> The f2f minutes are held up by the name to be assigned to the MOU action
>> to collect
>> all MOUs in Dropbox and create an osgeo webpage with list (with links) of
>> the MOUs.
>> All MOUs are already available at wiki accessible through this list, but
>> this could be hard to find
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:MoU
>>
>> Helena
>>
>> >
>> > Maxi
>> >
>> > Il 06/Mar/2016 04:10, "Jody Garnett" <jody.garnett at gmail.com> ha
>> scritto:
>> > Forwarding to the webcomm list.... We may be asked to create track
>> tickets for some of them.
>> >
>> > Geo4All should be listed as a committee - looks like we missed a
>> reference to the education committee.
>> >
>> > On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 6:10 PM Venkatesh Raghavan <
>> raghavan at media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote:
>> > Dear All,
>> >
>> > I am checking the OSGeo website (initially the items
>> > under "OSGeo Foundation" menu) and think that
>> > the following issues need to be fixed. I will continue
>> > checking under the "OSGeo Community" menu.
>> >
>> > a) http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation//meetings/2006_02_
>> 04/announcement.html
>> > Shows a blank page
>> >
>> > b) http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation//meetings/2006_02_
>> 04/notes.html
>> > 1) Can be shown as direct HTML
>> > 2) "Microdoft OneNote Version" link show "page not found" can be
>> removed.
>> >
>> > c)http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation//meetings/
>> 2006_02_04/meeting.html
>> > "Pictures" URL needs to be changed. Just a link to actual pictures
>> should
>> > be fine.
>> >
>> > d) http://www.osgeo.org/content/faq/foundation_faq.html needs to be
>> updated
>> > What is the legal form of the foundation?  says we are tax-exempt under
>> 501c(3).
>> > Is is 501c(4) or 501c(3)>
>> >
>> > e) http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/committees.html
>> > Do we need to put Geo4All details here.
>> >
>> > f) http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship/opportunities
>> > "Read more about OpenLayers sponsorship opportunities"
>> > link is broken
>> > "Read more about Mapbender sponsorship opportunities"
>> > link is broken
>> >
>> > Need to request the respective PSCs to fix their sponsor pages
>> > or provide a new link.
>> >
>> > g) http://www.osgeo.org/contact
>> > Is the postal address shown above correct?
>> >
>> > Venka
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