[Webcom] [Board] OSGeoeb-Site issues

[Jody Garnett]

I agree with Dirk, thanks for volunteering and we all understand about
balancing time appropriately!

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Jody Garnett

On 14 September 2016 at 19:42, Ian Edwards <iedwards.pub at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> >> Helena Mitasova
> >> Professor at the Department of Marine,
> >> Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences
> >> and Center for Geospatial Analytics
> >> North Carolina State University
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