I agree Community Projects is a confusing name. What about incubator projects? That’s the term that Apache uses.
http://incubator.apache.org <http://incubator.apache.org/> Best regards, Bart > On 04 Mar 2015, at 23:25, Vaclav Petras <wenzesl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Suchith Anand > <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk <mailto:suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk>> > wrote: > Thanks Jeff. > > Though we had lots of discussions afterwards and continuing on this , we > couldnt find any solution till now. So this might be a good opportunity to > modify the Incubation's "labs" term, to something like "Community Projects" > to avoid confusion if that is acceptable to Vaclav, Jachym and others. Many > thanks. > > Well, I'm not particularly fond of "Community Projects" as a name. Even > mature FOSS projects are community projects in one way or the other. > Unfortunately, I don't have other suggestion. > > Vaclav > > Suchith > > ________________________________________ > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > <mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > <mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org>] On Behalf Of Jeff McKenna > [jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>] > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 2:26 PM > To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure > > (we are approaching 2 full years that this "labs" naming has been an > issue and discussed[1]) > > Today, knowing how ingrained the term 'lab' is in the GeoForAll > education network, maybe Jachym is correct that it is a good time to > modify the Incubation's "labs" term, to something like "Community > Projects". > > [1] http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2013-June/000134.html > <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ica-osgeo-labs/2013-June/000134.html> > > -jeff > > > > > On 2015-03-03 3:42 AM, Suchith Anand wrote: > > Vaclav, > > > > Please accept my sincere apologies as it was my mistake that i did not > > think on this when we started the ICA-OSGeo Labs initiative (so many > > things were going on at that time!). > > > > In universities, we generally use the "Labs" term to refer to > > infrastructure/people/facilities for a particular subject. For example > > Botany Lab, Robotics Lab etc. And we wanted to make sure there is a > > dedicated Open Source Geospatial Lab in universities worldwide (which > > includes bringing together people from various disciplines, infrastructure > > (the physical space) and facilities to make this happen. Also it is easier > > to make use of the same terminology/structure of "Labs" which is widely > > used in the university environment to get academics start the initiative in > > their respective universities (also it is easier for them to convince their > > higher management on a structure that is known to them than reinvent a new > > term for this) . > > > > So it will very helpful for us if you can make use of new "OSGeo-projects" > > and metioned star (or similar) rating system for the incubation as then > > there is no confusion in the future. Many thanks for your consideration. > > > > Best wishes, > > > > Suchith > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > > <mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> [discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org > > <mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org>] On Behalf Of Jachym Cepicky > > [jachym.cepi...@gmail.com <mailto:jachym.cepi...@gmail.com>] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2015 7:27 AM > > To: Vaclav Petras > > Cc: OSGeo Discussions; incuba...@lists.osgeo.org > > <mailto:incuba...@lists.osgeo.org> > > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New incubation procedure > > > > Vašku, > > > > just side note: yes, whith the new "Labs" initiative "OSGeo-Labs" have to > > change their name. > > > > My idea would rather be to get rid of current OSGeo- "labs" and "projects" > > and start with new "OSGeo-projects" and metioned star (or similar) rating > > system. > > > > Than for current OSGeo-Labs "OSGeo-project level 1" would make it (or > > similar) > > > > Jachym > > > > po 2. 3. 2015 v 18:33 odesílatel Vaclav Petras <wenzesl...@gmail.com > > <mailto:wenzesl...@gmail.com><mailto:wenzesl...@gmail.com > > <mailto:wenzesl...@gmail.com>>> napsal: > > > > On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Jachym Cepicky <jachym.cepi...@gmail.com > > <mailto:jachym.cepi...@gmail.com><mailto:jachym.cepi...@gmail.com > > <mailto:jachym.cepi...@gmail.com>>> wrote: > > former "OSGeo Labs" (now it has no name is slowly forgotten in past, but > > you can find more at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs > > <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Labs>) > > > > Hi Jachym, > > > > do you think that with the renewal you can replace the name "OSGeo Labs" by > > something else? Now we have also ISPRS-ICA-OSGeo Research and Educational > > laboratories which might be often shortened to OSGeo Labs, although I > > prefer OSGeoRELs for writing. The mainling list is ica-osgeo-labs. Put > > perhaps it is not such an issue since the term "Geo for All" > > (http://www.geoforall.org/ <http://www.geoforall.org/>) is now used more > > and more (well, the linked website as OSGeo Labs in the title element). > > > > Thanks for taking this into consideration, > > Vaclav > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org <mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > <http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss> > > > > This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee > and may contain confidential information. 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