> Can I invite you a geobeer on the next Geoinquietos Valencia meeting as > a compensation? :-)
Yeah for sure. But it will be me who'll invite you, for my continuous absences and lack of commitment lately ;) Indeed I was not offended, but I wanted to state the fact that gvSIG CE is adding efforts. At least, Jose and Ben are working very hard and having a lot of success with gvSIG related projects. They are raising funding and investing it in the improvement of both gvSIG and gvSIG CE. >From my point of view, I don't like the role of the association in gvSIG. For me the association should support any positive gvSIG related action and in the case of gvSIG CE it is not. It results in an association that does not represent gvSIG community but that has its own interests on it. Furthermore, the association DO has a strong weight in the community and it is not clear (at least for me) how it works internally. What consequences could happen if tomorrow someone with destructive interests takes a top post in the association? Well, if the association is independent from the community and has its own election processes I think it should not have such a strong influence in the community because otherwise, the project is not driven by the community. Also, the fact that most of the people in the association is Spanish, and belong to the CIT or are clients of the CIT makes one wonder if some clientelism dynamics take place there. This is a very serious issue. I DO know clientelism dynamics took place when CIT had some money, not sure if now it's the case anymore, but I would bet on that. For all this, currently I'm personally aligned with those that prefer to give the code to OSGEO instead of to the association. I signed the CLA because in the end, the code is what matters and developers try to do their best to collaborate, despite the guys that try to control the uncontrollable. Hope these thoughts help to improve the project. Of course don't give them much importance, they are just my particular perceptions. What I regret is that two efforts that improve gvSIG ecosystem do not talk more constructively. There are conflict resolving techniques but no one here seems to care about it. Sad. Wow, next 50 lines I write will be in Java... _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] To see the archives, edit your preferences or unsubscribe from this mailing list, please access this url: http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional
