As the current chair or that committee, I'd love to see someone step in and take the helm to rejuvenate things!
On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 6:54 AM, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com > wrote: > Yes indeed, we are on the same team here. Since you mentioned my name, I > tried very hard to make relationships with so many communities (remember, > at some point I was told that OSGeo was being too inclusive, reaching out > to too many groups); so it is hard to please everyone. For sure there is > more to do, and OSGeo's OpenData committee needs love, needs more > passionate voices, as I hear in your voice. Maybe Jachym you could > kick-start that committee? Sometimes committees need a little nudge, to > get things moving again. Call a meeting of the data committee, create an > agenda, and set some tasks (it's a good way to get things going again). > > -jeff > > -- > Jeff McKenna > President Emeritus, OSGeo > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna > > > > On 2016-10-17 8:22 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: > >> I'm just trying to put my memories together - I'm glad, we are all on >> the same board. I try to push open (geo)data topic as well, in or out >> of OSGeo >> >> J >> >> po 17. 10. 2016 v 13:17 odesílatel Jeff McKenna >> <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>> >> napsal: >> >> Hi Jachym, >> >> I have given talks on OSGeo and open data. I am sorry to hear that >> you >> believe I said that about the foundation. I do believe we've >> discussed >> this in face-to-face board meetings before, so maybe that is where you >> heard this? I remember a discussion of adding open data into our >> foundation's mission statement, which I believe we did. >> >> -jeff >> >> >> -- >> Jeff McKenna >> President Emeritus, OSGeo >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna >> >> >> >> On 2016-10-17 6:37 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: >> > Hi Sanghee, >> > I was told some months ago (and I believe, it was Jeff), that we >> > (OSGeo.org) are solely software foundation - therefore we do not >> care >> > about open data >> > >> > maybe things have changed? >> > >> > J >> > >> > po 17. 10. 2016 v 5:08 odesílatel Sanghee Shin <shs...@gaia3d.com >> <mailto:shs...@gaia3d.com> >> > <mailto:shs...@gaia3d.com <mailto:shs...@gaia3d.com>>> napsal: >> >> > >> > Dear all, >> > >> > Can anybody share presentation file about the OSGeo and open >> data, >> > if any? I’m invited to give a keynote talk at ‘Open Data in >> Action >> > Conference’[1] in Korea and I don’t want to make the file from >> the >> > scratch. >> > >> > FYI, OSGeo Korea[2], R Korea[3], Open Data Institute(ODI) >> Seoul[4], >> > Open Knowledge(OK) Korea[5] will co-host the event on 15th Nov >> near >> > Seoul. The main theme of the conference is ‘Experiment on Open >> Data >> > based Society.’ Anybody who has similar interest can join this >> > conference. >> > >> > Kind regards, >> > 신상희 >> > >> > [1]http://event.r-kor.org/ >> > [2]http://www.osgeo.kr/ >> > [3]http://r-kor.org/ >> > [4]http://seoul.theodi.org/ >> > [5]http://okfn.kr/ >> > --- >> > Shin, Sanghee >> > Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company >> > http://www.gaia3d.com >> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- ************************************ David William Bitner dbSpatial LLC 612-424-9932
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