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Re: Re: Board Nomination - G?rald Fenoy (G?rald Fenoy) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:48:26 -0500 > From: David William Bitner <[email protected]> > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Candidate's Statement: David Bitner > To: OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <CAEqvsZsBRj6dOQcL5edwFhYcy3EEMMVf3…[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Thank you very much for your consideration to become a member of the OSGeo > Board. > > I have been involved with the community that came to be OSGeo since working > on the planning committee for The MapServer Users Meeting in Minnesota in > 2005 (the immediate predecessor to the FOSS4G conference) and helping to > found the Twin Cities MapServer Users Group (now a local OSGeo chapter) with > the others who were involved in planning that conference. I have been the > OSGeo Public Geospatial Data Committee chair since 2007. It is my experience > with that committee that leads me to want to work more strategically with > the OSGeo Board. > > The Geospatial Data Committee has been largely ineffective and dormant > throughout it's existence. The importance of geodata has always been > recognized as a critical part of OSGeo leading to the formation of this > committee alongside the founding of OSGeo. There have been a number of false > starts at creating a central catalog on OSGeo resources. There have been > loosely affiliated efforts such as the FlightGear Scenery Project and Open > Aerial Map take 1. The only truly successful geodata project coming directly > out of OSGeo has been led not by the Geospatial Data Committee, but by the > Education Committee with the set of data pulled together for educational > usage. I don't see the inactivity of this group as a failure, but more as a > recognition that while an absolutely critical component of using OSGeo > products, there simply is not the energy within our organization to tackle > everything that we would like. > > I have been very excited to see the partnerships and MOUs that have been > coming down the pipe recently. One critical way that we can help to prevent > spreading our resources too thin that we are ineffective is to work with > other like minded groups. The partnerships that we have with the OGC and now > in the works with several educational groups is a great way for us to > leverage the strengths and particular audiences that these other groups > bring in. In particular, I think that there are significant opportunities > for OSGeo to support and partner with domain-specific groups. Having worked > significantly in the humanitarian/emergency response world through my > involvement with the Sahana Software Foundation, OSGeo software is being > heavily used throughout this domain by people and projects like Sahana, the > Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team, CrisisMappers, and Crisis Commons. By > supporting these groups through cooperation we can help more people in this > domain become aware of and use OSGeo software (and correspondingly can make > more OSGeo folks aware of opportunities that they may have to support these > humanitarian efforts). I see additional opportunities in finding ways to > work with groups that have traditionally been stovepiped. In particular > there is much work being done in domains such as public transportation, > aviation noise, city/county public information, large government or > organization SDI. Whether through creating MOUs or informal partnerships > with groups that are already supporting these domains or extending our local > chapter concept to create domain users groups with mailing lists this is the > key direction that I would like to push for OSGeo. > > Again, thank you very much for your consideration and I look forward to > seeing many of you in Denver! > > David > > -- > ************************************ > David William Bitner > > > > -- > ************************************ > David William Bitner > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20110810/70c2906a/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 14:54:52 -0600 > From: Daniel Ames <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Workshops filling up... > To: OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <cajkue9wh7gopyy2_k3occbr_etqfgpexqwjq6+8vo6df0bt...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Nitin, your email was great to read because it highlights the healthy state > of affairs in the FOSS4g world... "Too many great choices!" > > - Dan > > -------------------------- > Daniel P. Ames, Ph.D. PE > Associate Professor, Geosciences > Idaho State University - Idaho Falls > [email protected] > geology.isu.edu > www.mapwindow.org > > > > On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Nitin Gadia <[email protected]> wrote: > >> sorry everyone! >> >> I did mean to only message Tyler, but feel free to continue the thread >> as he said... >> >> nitin >> >> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Tyler Mitchell <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Was sure if you meant to response privately, but thought others might >> have the same questions, so >>> replying on the list too :) >>> >>> On 2011-08-10, at 9:05 AM, Nitin Gadia wrote: >>>> One quick question - I'm thinking the Introduction to Geospatial >>>> Opensource would be the best for me... It appears that I can pay $150 >>>> for the full day event ... is that true? >>> >>> This is correct - it is a full day of excellent talks, and will give a >> great overview >>> of where things are at. But it is not a hands-on workshop which >>> seems more like what you are after. >>> >>>> Other than that, there are so many to choose from - Geoserver, >>>> Geomoose, PostGIS, Mapfish, and Geomajas. The "A Complete Web Mapping >>>> Stack" looks really good... as does "GeoNetwork for dummies, or how to >>>> setup and use an SDI in 3 hours"... >>> >>> From your past conversations it sounds like you need some kind of "stack" >>> focused session that covers several layers of tools, so I think you're on >> track with that >>> one. You probably can't go wrong unless you chose a more advanced topic >> or one that >>> is looking only at one piece of the larger architecture (like PostGIS). >> Just a thought, >>> hope you can make it! >>> >>> Tyler >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Discuss mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20110810/6c2fa398/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 17:24:35 -0400 > From: "Paragon Corporation" <[email protected]> > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: Board Nomination -- Regina Obe Decline > To: <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <545F15901ADF4BCF9C0A02128A31EF5C@D> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > David, > > Thank you very much for this nomination. It is a great honor to be so well > respected by you. It is also with much regret that I decline your offer. > > > > I really had intended on accepting this, but after thinking about the extra > responsibility this position would require, > > I realized I would be spreading myself too thin,feeling a bit out of my > element, and regret later not being able to serve OSGeo as well as I wanted > to. I would also be possibly depriving others with more energy and will > from making their impact. > > > > We have a bright and very energetic group of nominees, and I'm looking > forward to seeing many of them, including David > > serve on our board. > > > > Yours in spirit, > > Regina > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> I nominate Regina Obe for the OSGeo Board of Directors. Regina is a member >> of the PostGIS steering Committee and has been an OSGeo Charter Member > since >> 2009. Regina has a particular strength that is very rare in the Open > Source >> world and that is her dedication to making open source software and >> programming accessible to the often non-technical savvy GIS user. Regina >> (along with her husband Leo) have maintained the BostonGIS blog and the >> Postgres Online Journal for many years providing quick and understandable >> tutorials, guides, and cheat sheets for various projects with a particular >> focus on PostgreSQL/PostGIS, much of this has culminated in the recent >> publication of *Postgis in Action.* While Regina has a very strong > technical >> background, I believe that Regina could help drive a focus on the > usability >> and accessibility of OSGeo projects. > >> Cheers, > >> David >> -- >> ************************************ >> David William Bitner > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20110810/e4e25e47/attachment-0001.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 01:04:06 +0200 > From: G?rald Fenoy <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: Board Nomination - G?rald Fenoy > To: OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, osgeo <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Dear all, > Sorry for so late reply get some painful "hollidays issue" ... > > First, I want to thank Jeff for this nomination to OSGeo board of directors. > > Working for 7 years in web GIS development, OSGeo shown me the way to go. > Indeed, I've always find, through OSGeo, an answer to my questions. Sometimes > it was about searching for a solution to a specific problem, sometimes it was > about the way to use specific software, sometimes it was about problem > occuring using software. Anytime I had to ask, I can find quickly a solution > by asking people from OSGeo all over the world using various kind of > communication media. There is always somebody wake up at OSGeo, you can reach > us. This is an impressive help for everybody which is using the software or > just want to know about software solution for the problem they face off. > > In 2006 I got the chance to join the event where most of the people involved > from all over the world in Free and Open Source Software four GIS was > present. Then, I always join the event thinking that it is key event to learn > about GIS innovative solutions and meet people which make this solutions > possible. > > OSGeo is spreading knowledge by providing more and more hight quality > material to learn on your own how to use solutions. You came to OSGeo with > questions and you find your answer but also more questions with answers... > new ideas. > > As OSGeo help me so much by providing solutions and materials, it sounds > obvious to me to promote it everywhere I go. Promotion, including > translation, training sessions, workshops, talks or simple discussion. I > think that even if it is good to put a bottle containing a message in the > water, it is also needed to go there with your bottle to give and discuss > what you wrote on the paper. > > Sincerly yours, > > Gérald Fenoy > [email protected] > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > End of Discuss Digest, Vol 56, Issue 27 > *************************************** _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
