The collaboration seems to me that OSGeo his a member of LocationTech and that a liason officier has been appointed.
There has not been defined any obligation, common goals, actions or objective that are the basis for a collaboration. So in my opinion a MoU is a pre-requisite for a first step into collaboration. Maxi 2015-11-12 19:54 GMT+01:00 Jody Garnett <[email protected]>: > I am glad this thread is encouraging communication. > > As stated at the start I would like to do a better job of communication on > this one. I guess I can start by saying the two organizations have a much > stronger relationship than a Memorandum of Understanding. A MoU is often > the first stage of a formal contract, in this case the formal relationship > has been realized. > > See http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2012-10-11 > > The result of this is that OSGeo is a member of LocationTech (see the list > of members here <https://www.locationtech.org/members>). And has provided > a representative to the steering committee meetings and speak on behalf of > OSGeo. > > (Is this kind of background useful - I feel I am being painfully > obvious/annoying on this one) > -- > Jody Garnett > > On 12 November 2015 at 11:01, Jody Garnett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have not done the best at communicating lately, here is a write up from >> a fun event held last month in victoria - >> http://www.how2map.com/2015/10/locationtech-tour-2015.html >> >> A really positive mix of OSGeo and LocationTech projects. In many cases >> this event was the first introduction to open source for those attending - >> making this an excellent outreach opportunity. >> >> I have gotten a number of private emails expressing concerns about >> LocationTech being involved in several of the foss4g bids. I guess I had >> the opposite concern last year when there was the joint OSGeo / >> LocationTech foss4gna conference. I was kind of embarrassed our behavior as >> a community - would prefer to see us as welcoming and supportive >> (especially as we had a first time organizer that could use our support). >> >> -- >> Jody Garnett >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- *Massimiliano Cannata* Professore SUPSI in ingegneria Geomatica Responsabile settore Geomatica Istituto scienze della Terra Dipartimento ambiente costruzione e design Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana Campus Trevano, CH - 6952 Canobbio Tel. +41 (0)58 666 62 14 Fax +41 (0)58 666 62 09 [email protected] *www.supsi.ch/ist <http://www.supsi.ch/ist>*
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