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> From: Cameron Shorter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: LISAsoft > Date: Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:18:57 +1100 > To: mapbuilder-devel <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Mapbuilder-devel] [Incubator] Service Provider Directory: > Prioritization > > Do people think the Mapbuilder PSC should rank Mapbuilder support > companies/people as suggested below? > > Frank Warmerdam wrote: >> Folks, >> >> Having triggered quite a bit of fruitful discussion on the Jobs posting >> question, I'm now returning to an earlier effort - the Service Provider >> Directory (SPD). >> >> This is basically a listing of contractors, integrators and solution >> providers >> prepared to offer various sorts of services around open source geospatial >> technologies. It has been online now for roughly nine months, and has >> quite >> a substantial list of providers. However, the foundation has done >> relatively >> little to promote it and we still consider it to be in a "fine tuning" >> phase. >> >> It was decided at the Board Meeting FOSS4G2007 that the Service Provider >> Directory should give searchers some guidance on which service providers >> are actually supporters of the foundation and projects. This helps >> searchers >> highlight the more involved service providers, and provides an >> incentive for >> organizations to support development and the foundation. >> >> This email is soliciting feedback from the community on this >> "prioritization" >> effort. A more complete discussion is available at: >> >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/SPD_Prioritization >> >> The base page describing the Service Provider Directory is at: >> >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Service_Provider_Directory >> >> The service provider itself is available off the main OSGeo page (under >> the OSGeo Community heading) for those unfamiliar with it. >> >> Briefly, the proposal is to add a column in the service provider which >> will indicate types of contribution by that service provider. This could >> be in-kind contributions to a project (as determined by the project) or >> sponsorship of the foundation. Service providers who are identified as >> contributors will be listed ahead of service providers who are not >> identified >> as contributors in any search. >> >> However, being listed in the service provider directory would still be >> free >> and we would not otherwise discriminate against service providers who >> have >> not been identified as contributors. >> >> This email is seeking feedback from the community on two main items: >> >> 1) Does it seem acceptable to give preferential listing (via order of >> returned results) to organizations identified as contributors? >> >> 2) Are project PSCs actually willing and interested in identifying >> contributors >> in a formal way? It would be up to projects to decide what criteria >> they want >> and to notify webcom of their contributors in some fashion. >> >> I'm also interested in general feedback on how to improve the service >> provider directory and on the "prioritization" effort. Please read >> over the >> prioritization proposal for details. >> >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/SPD_Prioritization >> >> Best regards, > > > -- > Cameron Shorter > Geospatial Systems Architect > Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > > Think Globally, Fix Locally > Commercial Support for Geospatial Open Source Solutions > http://www.lisasoft.com/LISAsoft/SupportedProducts.html > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > mapbuilder-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mapbuilder-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ mapbuilder-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mapbuilder-devel
