Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The New Board to be and Global representation
Hi All One thing that I think would be useful right away would be to start a group made up of one representative from each local chapter - a sort of global council. +1 for this Gobal representation in OSGeo and the above initiative are welcome. Ravi Kumar --- On Wed, 7/16/08, Mateusz Loskot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Mateusz Loskot [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The New Board to be and Global representation To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], OSGeo Discussions discuss@lists.osgeo.org Date: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 10:22 PM On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:45 PM, Arnulf Christl wrote: On Fri, June 13, 2008 18:47, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: On 13-Jun-08, at 1:26 AM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote: Hi I can't be more agree with we should seek the best people to represent the foundation, based on the merits and commitment with the usual free software values, rather than a geographic representation. Of course having elected people from all over the world should be a sign that FOSS4G is spreading and OSGeo is getting more and more broader. Since there are only a few open positions for board elections each year, it will take some time to see any long term movement in representation either way. In addition to to merits and commitment I would also add vision to the list of positive attributes for board members. One thing that I think would be useful right away would be to start a group made up of one representative from each local chapter - a sort of global council. This doesn't have to be a new or separate mailing list, but could be. Just having a group to go to for sharing thoughts, ideas and vision would be really valuable. Sound good? Tyler Yes. I didn't want to let this pass uncommented. But yet again I was too elaborate and thus moved it to my emerging http://arnulf.us/Blog Arnulf, I'd love to syndicate your blog on the Planet OSGeo, however I'm having troubles with getting clean and usable RSS/Atom entries :-( Perhaps you wouldn't mind to fix it? Certainly, my request is valid only if you would like to get syndicated :-) Ciao -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: I: M(')appare Milano follow on: the presentation and the translation in English.
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Data: 17/07/2008 16.55
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[I have posted same to the OpenStreetMap discussion list, from a different
address - so apologies for cross-postings]
INTRODUCTION
In Italy we are having a lot of elaboration on the concept of sharing, as
well as on the
relationship between local communities and local organisations
with global communities and global organisations
[with the term global to be intended as it used to be before the
post-modern concept of globalisation was defined].
In the bulge of activities and projects, I managed to make available online
the presentation I gave with a GFOSS.it/Italian OSGeo chapter hat in the
closing meeting of the three-month mapping campaign in Milano (code name
M(')appare Milano).
The PDF is available, in Italian, from the Presentazioni section on
http://www.gfoss.it/drupal/materiale
Thinking of the non-Italian reading audience, and trying not to spend a huge
load of
time in the translation, I sought assistance from one of the known automated
translation services. And this is what I got:
http://www.pibinko.org/out/20080702_xche_en_lsd.html
I remember trying similar exercises when such services where launched, and
having hours of sheer entertainment...I hadn't been trying this for a while,
and what I read in computer-aided-
translation-English-with-no-review is *beyond all expectations*.
I even discovered that one of the GFOSS.it board members is named Steven Coast
(Stefano Costa). I never realised this before today.
Possibly we have a new character together with the fake SteveC ?
Also Thankses is not bad.
GETTING BACK TO THE MAPS:
Independently of the amenity of the pseudo-translation, I'll be glad to
follow on or expand on specific points of interest. I think there are some to
consider ;)
Regards,
Andrea Giacomelli, aka pibinko
vice president and media relations manager, GFOSS.it
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The New Board to be and Global representation
Mateusz Loskot wrote: On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:45 PM, Arnulf Christl wrote: On Fri, June 13, 2008 18:47, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: On 13-Jun-08, at 1:26 AM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote: Hi I can't be more agree with we should seek the best people to represent the foundation, based on the merits and commitment with the usual free software values, rather than a geographic representation. Of course having elected people from all over the world should be a sign that FOSS4G is spreading and OSGeo is getting more and more broader. Since there are only a few open positions for board elections each year, it will take some time to see any long term movement in representation either way. In addition to to merits and commitment I would also add vision to the list of positive attributes for board members. One thing that I think would be useful right away would be to start a group made up of one representative from each local chapter - a sort of global council. This doesn't have to be a new or separate mailing list, but could be. Just having a group to go to for sharing thoughts, ideas and vision would be really valuable. Sound good? Tyler Yes. I didn't want to let this pass uncommented. But yet again I was too elaborate and thus moved it to my emerging http://arnulf.us/Blog Arnulf, I'd love to syndicate your blog on the Planet OSGeo, however I'm having troubles with getting clean and usable RSS/Atom entries :-( Perhaps you wouldn't mind to fix it? Certainly, my request is valid only if you would like to get syndicated :-) Ciao --Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org Mateusz, I am flattered by your interest but that web site is still more of a personal afterthought and not really relevant to OSGeo. The standard MediaWiki RSS is no good for a blog either. If I ever get around to regularly blog useful content on OSGeo related issues I'll come back to you with a working RSS. Best regards, Arnulf. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The New Board to be and Global representation
Arnulf Christl wrote: Mateusz Loskot wrote: On Jun 17, 2008, at 11:45 PM, Arnulf Christl wrote: On Fri, June 13, 2008 18:47, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: On 13-Jun-08, at 1:26 AM, Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas wrote: Hi I can't be more agree with we should seek the best people to represent the foundation, based on the merits and commitment with the usual free software values, rather than a geographic representation. Of course having elected people from all over the world should be a sign that FOSS4G is spreading and OSGeo is getting more and more broader. Since there are only a few open positions for board elections each year, it will take some time to see any long term movement in representation either way. In addition to to merits and commitment I would also add vision to the list of positive attributes for board members. One thing that I think would be useful right away would be to start a group made up of one representative from each local chapter - a sort of global council. This doesn't have to be a new or separate mailing list, but could be. Just having a group to go to for sharing thoughts, ideas and vision would be really valuable. Sound good? Tyler Yes. I didn't want to let this pass uncommented. But yet again I was too elaborate and thus moved it to my emerging http://arnulf.us/Blog Arnulf, I'd love to syndicate your blog on the Planet OSGeo, however I'm having troubles with getting clean and usable RSS/Atom entries :-( Perhaps you wouldn't mind to fix it? Certainly, my request is valid only if you would like to get syndicated :-) Mateusz, I am flattered by your interest but that web site is still more of a personal afterthought and not really relevant to OSGeo. The standard MediaWiki RSS is no good for a blog either. If I ever get around to regularly blog useful content on OSGeo related issues I'll come back to you with a working RSS. Arnulf, This is OK. Thanks -- Mateusz Loskot, http://mateusz.loskot.net Charter Member of OSGeo, http://osgeo.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
