Dirk: Thanks for taking time to answer the questions. If I could follow-up, though, more details would be helpful. (I don’t mean to pick on you personally, I’m just trying to get a better feel for what sorts of specific ideas you and the other candidates might have.)
>> 2) What do you see as OSGeo’s purpose in five years? > I think the same purpose, but more grown up. More professional. What does “professional” mean in this context — better website, paid staff to organize FOSS4G, ..? >> 2a) What should OSGeo be doing in five years that it *isn’t* doing today? > I agree with Sanghee Shin: -> Need to develop more formal and stable > relationship with outer organisations or players. Which organizations and players, or at least what types — OSM, OGC, AGI, ..? What do you mean by “formal and stable”? (Are there cases in the past that can think of where we may have not met that criteria?) >> 3) How do we get from (1) to (2)? > set up and support local chapters per region, sector. > support initiatives to the industry, education, ... > looking for funding to get better professional support How can OSGeo help better help set up and support local chapters? We have many chapters right now — formal and informal, large and small: in what areas do you see that we are currently not doing enough for them and/or could do more for them? Can you provide a couple examples of the kinds of professional support you are thinking of — private donations, government grants, corporate sponsorship, ..? Do you envision having a paid staff to pursue those opportunities, or..? -mpg > On Sep 25, 2015, at 11:00 AM, Dirk Frigne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Darrel, > > On 21-09-15 20:03, Darrell Fuhriman wrote: >> I have a set of inter-related questions for board candidates. >> >> 1) What do you see as OSGeo’s purpose today? > OSGeo should promote the rights for free software, from a geo > perspective. Data and standards from the other points of the triangle. > OSGeo should act as one voice in OGC to defend the open standards from > an OSGeo perspective. > >> 1a) What is OSGeo doing today that it shouldn’t be doing? > tell me. a lot of initiatives are taking place in the name of OSGeo. > >> >> 2) What do you see as OSGeo’s purpose in five years? > I think the same purpose, but more grown up. More professional. > >> 2a) What should OSGeo be doing in five years that it *isn’t* doing today? > I agree with Sanghee Shin: -> Need to develop more formal and stable > relationship with outer organisations or players. > >> >> 3) How do we get from (1) to (2)? > set up and support local chapters per region, sector. > support initiatives to the industry, education, ... > looking for funding to get better professional support > >> 3a) How can you help that? > I can play a role to start with a European and Belgium local chapter. > I will also try to work with sponsors and the OSGeo industry. > > D. > >> >> Darrell >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > -- > Yours sincerely, > > > ir. Dirk Frigne > CEO > > Geosparc n.v. > Brugsesteenweg 587 > B-9030 Ghent > Tel: +32 9 236 60 18 > GSM: +32 495 508 799 > > http://www.geomajas.org > http://www.geosparc.com > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
