Re: [Zoo-discuss] ZOO-Project 1.9.0 release candidate 1

2022-01-25 Thread Jeff McKenna
see how I do it at https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/releases ) Once you click the "Create a new release" button there, then GitHub automagically notifies the repository's "followers". Thanks, -jeff -- Jeff McKenna GatewayGeo: Developers of MS4W, MapServer Co

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Regarding Instagram Page for OSGeo

2018-12-11 Thread Jeff McKenna
Great initiative Sunveer! Regarding the page/insta account name, we always use "OSGeo" for our accounts, so please try that, instead of the longer "...foundation" name. Thank you again for showing such initiative and caring about OSGeo! -jeff On 2018-12-11 10:27 AM, Sunveer Singh wrote:

[OSGeo-Discuss] Kicking off the Google Code-in contest

2018-10-23 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hello everyone! In ~2hours the 2018 Google Code-in contest ("GCI") begins, and runs until about 12 December. This will be OSGeo's second time participating (last year there were 3,555 students from 78 countries, aged 13-17 years old). It is special to see these young students dive into

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job offer in Lugano, Switzerland

2018-10-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hey Maxi, there is also a dedicated OSGeo mailing list for these job postings: subscribe at https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs -jeff On 2018-10-16 6:20 PM, Massimiliano Cannata wrote: Sorry for cross posting, Geomatic division at SUPSI is looking for a young Web developer for

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Google Season of Docs (GSoD) Proposal

2018-10-16 Thread Jeff McKenna
Forwarding an idea for a possible new initiative, that some OSGeo projects may be interested in. It would be good to give them feedback either way (through the form). Forwarded Message At the Mentor Summit we had Sarah Maddox, a tech writer at Google, come and talk about

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Elections 2018 update

2018-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2018-10-08 4:59 AM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: Thank you all for caring about OSGeo, Vasile + Vicky & Jorge Well said. Thank you to each of Vasile, Vicky, and Jorge again for caring. Family. -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Elections 2018 update

2018-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Sergio, I just returned from the FOSS4G-GOV event in Brasilia and I nominated several leaders from that region. I am aware of leaders being nominated from Argentina and Nicaragua as well. I agree with you that it is very important to have more formal representation in OSGeo from

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Regarding GCI 2018 mentorship

2018-09-24 Thread Jeff McKenna
Please also fill out this Google form with your details: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1jDbLOiQpNbA4wldXo0N5cUDY6aDKkEIvouOL0osAyO0 thanks! -OSGeo GCI admins On 2018-09-24 3:04 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Please be sure to contact OSGeo's GCI admins directly at gci-admin(at)osgeo(dot)org

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Regarding GCI 2018 mentorship

2018-09-24 Thread Jeff McKenna
Please be sure to contact OSGeo's GCI admins directly at gci-admin(at)osgeo(dot)org On 2018-09-24 2:57 PM, Ankit Khatri wrote: Hello I am Ankit khatri a third year B.Tech student from India majoring in IT. I would like to be a mentor for Students in GCI 2018.Please let me know about the

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for mentors for the upcoming Google Code-In contest, for kids aged 13-17

2018-09-11 Thread Jeff McKenna
This is a call for OSGeo mentors for the Google Code-in contest (where short 3-5 hour tasks are created for kids aged 13-17). OSGeo participated last year for the first time, where kids performed tasks from 11 OSGeo projects, completing 649 tasks in total over about a 6 week span. The tasks

[OSGeo-Discuss] News: Astrid Emde Receives 2018 Sol Katz Award

2018-09-05 Thread Jeff McKenna
(online version: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Astrid_Emde_Receives_2018_Sol_Katz_Award ) Astrid Emde was honoured with the 2018 Sol Katz Award, presented on 29 August 2018, during the gala dinner of the FOSS4G event in Dar es Salaam. This was the 14th year of the award. Astrid has been

[OSGeo-Discuss] GSoC 2018 Results!

2018-08-23 Thread Jeff McKenna
directly to discuss your ideas. We are also collecting your questions and topics that you would like us to bring to the mentor summit (12-14 October, where Victoria Rautenbach, Vaclav Petras, and Jeff McKenna will represent OSGeo at Google headquarters). That’s all for now! Stay tuned.. Your

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: signup to help with the OSGeo Booth in Dar

2018-08-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
wrote: Ha! Well, we'll all working hard to ensure that this is pulled together and the Gala Party is the right place to celebrate our best :-). I'll work with my team to ensure that this also reflected. Cheers, Mark On 21 August 2018 at 11:38, Jeff McKenna <mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: signup to help with the OSGeo Booth in Dar

2018-08-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
in volunteering. -Guido On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 11:00 AM Jeff McKenna mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote: Great, thanks Mark (the location isn't yet listed in the Attendify app), I've now updated the wiki page with this location: ht

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: signup to help with the OSGeo Booth in Dar

2018-08-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
2018 at 10:50, Jeff McKenna <mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote: Hi Guido, Regarding the AGM, which is scheduled for Thursday 30 August from 8:00-9:00am, I am not sure of the exact location yet.  I'm sure we'll know shortly though. In general, I find this pa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: signup to help with the OSGeo Booth in Dar

2018-08-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
-news/foss4g-2018-osgeo-events-you-should-not-miss/ I'll ask about the AGM location now and get back to you. -jeff On 2018-08-21 11:45 AM, Guido Stein wrote: Is the AGM going to be held at the booth? -Guido On Tue, Aug 21, 2018 at 9:56 AM Jeff McKenna mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com

[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: signup to help with the OSGeo Booth in Dar

2018-08-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
Please add your name to the wiki if you can help with the OSGeo booth next week in Dar Es Salaam at FOSS4G 2018 (by answering questions at the booth, helping pass out materials, generally sharing the passion) https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2018_OSGeo_Booth Thanks! -jeff On 2018-07-28

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Diversity in FOSS4G

2018-08-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
/Adam_Steer <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam_Steer> http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer <http://au.linkedin.com/in/adamsteer> http://orcid.org/-0003-0046-7236 <http://orcid.org/-0003-0046-7236> +61 427 091 712 skype: adam.d.steer tweet: @adamdsteer On 13 August 2018 at 2

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Diversity in FOSS4G

2018-08-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you for sharing these personal stories Vicky. There are so many different cultural factors at our FOSS4G events around the world. How can we make sure that FOSS4G events are both diverse and inclusive? I think the first step is always to try contacting the FOSS4G local committee

[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: Call for Nominations for the 2018 Sol Katz Award

2018-08-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
A reminder that the call for nominations ends tomorrow at the end of day. On 2018-07-06 6:47 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: The Open Source Geospatial Foundation would like to open nominations for the 2018 Sol Katz Award for Geospatial Free and Open Source Software. (you can find more info

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Suggestions for a background image for next OSGeoLive - with an African theme

2018-07-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Ben, you are encouraged to join the OSGeo Africa mailing list (subscribe at https://lists.osgeo.org/listinfo/africa). Please let me know if there any issues with your subscription process. -jeff On 2018-07-28 7:17 PM, Ben Caradoc-Davies wrote: Or an historical noncolonial or

[OSGeo-Discuss] new twitter account for Systems/service updates

2018-07-26 Thread Jeff McKenna
The OSGeo Systems committee (SAC) has created a new Twitter account, to follow service status announcements: https://twitter.com/OSGeo_SysAdmin Several members of the team now have access to that and will share updates that way. (although email is still used for announcements, sometimes

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] problems accessing OSGeo website

2018-07-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
(598) 29157933 ints. 20329/20330 http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/ On 2018-07-11 12:47 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Sergio, I took a look and could not find your attempt; then I realized that your screenshot is for the OSGeo wiki (not the new OSGeo website) reset, which is a different account

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] problems accessing OSGeo website

2018-07-11 Thread Jeff McKenna
Lara Departamento de Geomática Dirección Nacional de Topografía Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas URUGUAY (598)29157933 ints. 20329/20330 http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/ ____ De: Discuss en nombre de Jeff McKenna Enviado: miércoles, 11 de jul

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] problems accessing OSGeo website

2018-07-11 Thread Jeff McKenna
57933 ints. 20329/20330 http://geoportal.mtop.gub.uy/ De: Discuss en nombre de Jeff McKenna Enviado: miércoles, 11 de julio de 2018 10:59 Para: discuss@lists.osgeo.org Asunto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] problems accessing OSGeo website Hi Sergio, Is your usernam

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] problems accessing OSGeo website

2018-07-11 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Sergio, Is your username "sacosta" ? (using this link to search for your username: https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/search?query=sergio ) Did you try to reset your password with this page? https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/reset -jeff On 2018-07-11 9:57 AM, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA wrote: Hi all. I am

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-Hokkaido live stream now...

2018-06-22 Thread Jeff McKenna
Please take a brief moment to watch and hear the passion, the spirit and fun at FOSS4G-Hokkaido in Japan. (currently a GeoDjango talk) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnlZJdFdX4 And admire the creativity and fun of the printed program:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How to retire membership status?

2018-06-20 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Sara, Although we haven't (yet) shared FOSS4G travels together I have to say that I truly admire your passion and efforts, and we share a lot of the same traits (do-ing, asking questions, diving in, etc.) I strongly second Maxi's words. You are a leader and a big part of the OSGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter members list

2018-06-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Main OSGeo website is back online, the great team at Oregon State University Open Source Lab http://osuosl.org/ , who donate their hosting to us kindly, fixed a hardware issue fast. Please send the @osuosl team your thanks, karma and appreciation. -jeff On 2018-06-13 10:52 AM, Jeff

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter members list

2018-06-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Sorry for that, I reported this on SAC list and Twitter but not here: our host (the OSUOSL lab) is experiencing an issue and we are tackling. (other OSGeo services such as git, trac, wiki, mail, old site not affected) The issue seems to have started around 8:30 EST -jeff -- Jeff McKenna

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Osgeo presentation at a Gfoss event in Israel

2018-06-11 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Anna, Micha, Good luck today on your presentation about OSGeo at the Tel Aviv event[1]. Thank you for this! Also please share photos of the talk or event if you can. :) Thank you for representing OSGeo and sharing the passion! -jeff [1]

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Did you know about this? Microsoft is acquiring GitHub

2018-06-05 Thread Jeff McKenna
geo-sac and ask there (you can connect directly in your browser at https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=osgeo-sac) -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2018-06-05 9:24 AM, Luí­s Moreira de Sousa wrote: Dear all, on a mo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Did you know about this? Microsoft is acquiring GitHub

2018-06-05 Thread Jeff McKenna
loading for me https://git.osgeo.org/gitlab). -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2018-06-05 6:52 AM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: Jeff and others, it's worth to metion, that OSGeo uses GitLab for the infrastructure, since GitLab

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Did you know about this? Microsoft is acquiring GitHub

2018-06-04 Thread Jeff McKenna
A good time to remind projects that OSGeo has its own hosted Git services, based on Gitea: https://git.osgeo.org which needs to be promoted more (it's a nice option for FOSS projects). You can sign-in with your OSGeo ID (create an ID at https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/create) -jeff -- Jeff

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FOSSGIS 2018 Videos in AV-Portal

2018-05-31 Thread Jeff McKenna
Sharing nice news from Bastian (pardon my bad translation attempt below). Forwarded Message Hi list, This year has taken a little longer, but now it is finally done: the videos of the FOSSGIS Conference 2018 in Bonn are available in the AV portal of the TIB.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] PyWPS is now OSGeo Project

2018-05-31 Thread Jeff McKenna
also check the list and make sure the information is correct https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Graduated -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2018-05-30 5:15 PM, Jachym Cepicky wrote: *PyWPS finished the OSGeo

[OSGeo-Discuss] coding begins for Google Summer of Code 2018

2018-05-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
A reminder that this week kicked off the start of the coding period for GSoC, which will run until August. You can follow along the progress of OSGeo's 13 university students as they work on various enhancements (to GRASS GIS, istSOS, pgRouting, etc) by following each student's wiki page at

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Call for Abstract - FOSS4G Asia 2018

2018-03-14 Thread Jeff McKenna
*FOSS4G Asia 2018* *Moratuwa, Sri Lanka* *"Open Source for Sustainable Development"* *December 2nd – 5th 2018* Abstract Submission is Open

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 sponsorship

2018-02-26 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Stefano, It is hard to add points here that aren't covered by the responses from all of the community leaders speaking here (even just considering everyone's backgrounds who are speaking here is quite fascinating, and a great sign of our passion for FOSS4G). I only want to encourage this

[OSGeo-Discuss] Happy 12th Birthday to OSGeo

2018-02-04 Thread Jeff McKenna
Please share a slice of virtual cake today to thank so many students and professionals for sharing, learning, and helping others with their spatial information through all of these years. Happy birthday OSGeo! :) -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Website 15th relaunch - members and local chapters

2018-01-11 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Zoltan, Actually it is not required for a local chapter to be a legal body; the Hungary chapter should send a request to the OSGeo Board to become a formal chapter. :) -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2018

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] (no subject)

2017-12-26 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you for the great introduction Tri, and welcome to the OSGeo community :) -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2017-12-26 1:37 PM, Tri Truong wrote: Hello everyone, I am Tri Truong, a student participating

[OSGeo-Discuss] Merry Christmas

2017-12-24 Thread Jeff McKenna
Wishing everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy holidays, to all of the OSGeo communities all over the world :) Let's all make 2018 another year of sharing, learning, and laughing. Merry Christmas from Canada. -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo and Google Code-in - a half time report: a success

2017-12-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks Helli! For others: we are at exactly 36% through the contest (a nice 'unofficial' page to follow for stats is http://gci-leaders.netlify.com/). I wish all of OSGeo could see the activity and enthusiasm of these kids for OSGeo, it is really something, and gives the whole community a

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FOSS4G-SOTM-Oceania 2018

2017-12-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
A wonderful update from John & team about a new FOSS4G-SoTM Oceania event for 2018! Forwarded Message http://osgeo-org.1560.x6.nabble.com/FOSS4G-SOTM-Oceania-update-next-committee-meeting-tp5345821.html ___ Discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Second OSGeo Ireland Symposium

2017-12-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
Heads-up for another great OSGeo Ireland event in 2018... Forwarded Message Hi All, This is a preannouncement to let you know that we have started to organise our second OSGeo Ireland Symposium, which will be held at the end of May 2018 in Portlaoise. We will be in touch

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] An update on the FOSS4G 2017 Boston Academic Track Proceedings readership

2017-12-04 Thread Jeff McKenna
and whole team for the great work organizing it all. And congratulations to you Charlie as a GeoAmbassador, well deserved. Family.-jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2017-12-04 12:09 PM, Charlie Schweik wrote: Dear OGGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: New Member to the OSGeo community!

2017-12-02 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks Ameya. Welcome again to the OSGeo community :) -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna Messaggio originale Da: Ameya Deshmukh <ameyad2...@gmail.com> Data: 02/12/17 16:45 (GMT+01:00) A: d

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] (no subject)

2017-12-02 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you Shameek and welcome to the OSGeo community! :) -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2017-12-02 11:33 AM, Shameek Dutta wrote: I am a new member of the OSGeo community. This is my new wiki page-https://wiki.osgeo.org

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My new page - surflou

2017-12-02 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Surflou, welcome to the OSGeo community! -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2017-12-02 6:23 AM, KAWAII SURFLOU wrote: Hi! I wanna tell you that I created a new page on OsGeo page: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:SURFLOU

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GCI 2017 Wiki Page

2017-12-01 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you A.L. ! (for others: students of the Google Code-in are adding themselves to the OSGeo wiki members map) -jeff -- Jeff McKenna President Emeritus, OSGeo Foundation http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Jeff_McKenna On 2017-12-01 4:14 PM, Anne Li wrote: Link: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki

[OSGeo-Discuss] Code-in contest starts tomorrow

2017-11-27 Thread Jeff McKenna
projects & initiatives, so that young students from all over the world get exposed to the OSGeo family's passion for sharing :) Project / Mentors - FOSS4G: Yewondwossen Assefa, Jeff McKenna GeoServer: Victoria Rautenbach GeoTools: Vicky Vergara Castillo GRASS

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for Volunteers for Geodata Committee

2017-11-25 Thread Jeff McKenna
Dear OSGeo community, We are all aware of how important Open data is for our community, and for the mission of OSGeo. Most of you are aware that the OSGeo foundation has a committee dedicated to this, called the Geodata Committee; however the reality is that this committee is quiescent/not

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Search

2017-11-20 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2017-11-20 4:41 PM, Andy Anderson wrote: But this is just on the Discuss page, so I should also ask … are these pages generated from a template that could be hacked instead to apply it to all of our lists? No (I wish though), but if you ever need any of them changed just ping me. -jeff

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Search

2017-11-20 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2017-11-20 2:10 PM, Andy Anderson wrote: We should consider hacking mailman to change the archives link on this page: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss to point here instead: https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/ — Andy hacked ;) -jeff

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Announcing the FOSS4G Advent Calendar 2017

2017-11-19 Thread Jeff McKenna
sharing a wonderful tradition from the OSGeo-Japan local chapter... Forwarded Message Dear OSGeo.JP and all, This is Iwasaki-san @ OSGeo.JP. Well, as the annual tradition, we will do a FOSS4G Advent Calendar 2017 this year too! If you are new to the FOSS4G Advent

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] WIKI OSGeo User talk Spam

2017-11-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Ravi, I have tested this on your talk page, I just added a Youtube link on your page at the bottom. To do this the wiki asked me to enter a CAPTCHA term first. Did you enter the CAPTCHA term properly? -jeff On 2017-11-17 10:35 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote: My User talk

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Collaborate with the gvSIG project

2017-11-16 Thread Jeff McKenna
An important message from the gvSIG Association... Forwarded Message Hi all, as you know, the gvSIG project grows thank to the services that gvSIG Association offers (training, support, developments...) and thank to the few contributions done by the Community. All these

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: David Hastings has passed away

2017-11-14 Thread Jeff McKenna
Very sad news indeed. Even if you never got to meet David, you were all affected: he was a huge part of the first FOSS4G event in Bangkok in 2004, where Markus, Venka and myself spent so much time with him, talking, sharing, which gave us strength for the next steps in creating a global

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Mapping Event to celebrate OSM Geo Awareness week -2017.- University of Peradeniya

2017-11-12 Thread Jeff McKenna
Forwarding nice news from OSGeo Sri Lanka chapter... Forwarded Message Dear all, OSGeo Sri lanka community and PGIS, University of Peradeniya are happy to invite you to an OpenStreetMap (OSM) Mapping event scheduled on Sunday 19th  November at the PGIS , University of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Welcome OSGeo Board

2017-11-01 Thread Jeff McKenna
Ravi, another interesting link to your message is that we are being warned of the intense IRC use by 13-17 students during the Code-In exercise (28 November to 18 January) - isn't it great to help the future leaders of OSGeo from all over the world?! :) Let's all now help to spread the OSGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My feelings about board elections

2017-10-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Volker, I spoke with Vicky this afternoon and even just the nomination for the Board is beginning to open doors for her locally, to help spread OSGeo to more audiences. Yes it can help, but I can see your point. I think the new formal OSGeo-Europe initiative is a good example to examine,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] My feelings about board elections

2017-10-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Sanghee, Thanks for your well written and honest message. To your first point, I fully agree with you. We have worked so hard early on to make sure that OSGeo is a representation of all members from all around the world, and we now have a NA-Europe Board. Venka's and your efforts to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Election 2017 Board of Directors elections results

2017-10-27 Thread Jeff McKenna
of Directors. The results in alphabetical order are: * Astrid Emde * Jody Garnett * Jeff McKenna * Helena Mitasova * María Arias de Reyna Thanks to all candidates to ongoing through the elections process. Election figures are: * Membership: 390 * Valid votes: 308 * Not finished votes: 5 * Not voted

[OSGeo-Discuss] withdrawal from Board election

2017-10-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
, -Jeff McKenna ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Elections Debate

2017-10-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
.de <mailto:vi...@georepublic.de>> wrote: Hello all; Reminder about the "Debate" (is about to start ) Vicky On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 7:14 AM, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Candidate Manifestos: 3 questions

2017-10-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
Interesting Andy, I can see how that RCV/PR/ranking could help better representation from our local chapters. I think after the dust settles on this election, we should all then take a deep breath and sit back and analyze this 2017 election process, and together (as Charter members) make a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Elections 2017: roles and positions

2017-10-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Gert-Jan, I had tried to answer this question in my original manifesto, the original words are still there in that section you referenced, where I volunteer to help with the leadership of OSGeo and also stress the importance of the 'executive Board' (President, Vice Presidents) to help

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Elections Debate

2017-10-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Vicky, very fun, I'm happy to talk with the other great candidates on IRC! See you all soon. -jeff On 2017-10-16 8:01 PM, Vicky Vergara wrote: Hello all Announcing the 2017 Board Elections Debate on IRC. Time: 14:00 UTC Place: IRC channel #osgeo For those without IRC client you can

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for mentors and tasks for Google Code-in

2017-10-16 Thread Jeff McKenna
We now have 21 mentors! We need lots more help though, as we need "between 150 and 500 tasks" for the students. Keep spreading this call through the community! -jeff & GCI admins On 2017-10-09 5:01 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Oh also tasks now exist for OSGeo-Live and GEOS. 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

2017-10-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Ravi, Great question, and an important topic for Charter members. I know there was a recent spreadsheet of relative costs (I was shown it post-FOSS4G Boston), but that doesn't answer your question at all, as your question is asking for our own opinions. As you know, I have attended and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
and these discussions. I will do so as a friend, who is working with you to help make our community even more awesome. Best, Rob On Fri, Oct 13, 2017 at 12:54 PM, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com <mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote: Hi Rob, Thanks for voicing y

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
t;> wrote: I also support the second nomination of Jeff McKenna. He think important to friendship with all OSGeo communities, because I am proud of his philosophy. I think, this thread will use comments on nominations and should not deep discuss to previous FOSS4G cir

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Candidate Manifestos: 3 questions

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Gert-Jan, indeed I get -5 in late fees for my manifesto! ha.I needed time to think on all of the things being mentioned about me, that is all. I didn't want to send a response without giving it proper thought, and show respect for all concerns. I hope you can freely ask me questions

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks for your honest and passionate support Nick. Your message was well said. Although I should be careful to not hide behind an award, and treat everyone with respect and caring, which I think was the concern of Cameron and others recently towards me. -jeff On 2017-10-12 2:23 AM,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
re was some passionate discussion happening in public email lists at the time. If you are considering sitting on the board again, I think an explanation should be provided. Regards, Cameron On 9/10/17 8:48 am, nicolas bozon wrote: It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
r/036449.html Gérald Fenoy http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Djay Le 11 oct. 2017 à 16:04, Eli Adam<ea...@co.lincoln.or.us> a écrit : Nicolas, On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 2:48 PM, nicolas bozon<nicolas.bo...@gmail.com> wrote: It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
OSGeo invaluable. His love an care for OSGeo is like no one else I've met Vicky On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 4:48 PM, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bo...@gmail.com <mailto:nicolas.bo...@gmail.com>> wrote: It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
was aware that there was some passionate discussion happening in public email lists at the time. If you are considering sitting on the board again, I think an explanation should be provided. Regards, Cameron On 9/10/17 8:48 am, nicolas bozon wrote: It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the O

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter Members: What kind of an OSGeo Board do we want?

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Steven, Your questions are great, and I think I tackled most of them in my manifesto/vision document. But I think I did not properly address the "what has not worked as well as you hoped?". In a job interview this is always a good question, a great way to self-examine and openly discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
think an explanation should be provided. Regards, Cameron On 9/10/17 8:48 am, nicolas bozon wrote: It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board of Directors election. Most of you knows Jeff's energy and passion for everything OSGeo, and i would probably be mistaken trying

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna And Sanghee Shin

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
and Dirk. Best wishes, Suchith From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of Marc Vloemans <marcvloema...@gmail.com> Sent: 09 October 2017 6:10 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Cc: OSGeo CRO Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Nominations: Second the nominations of: Helena Mitasova, Dirk Frigne, Astrid Emde, Jeff McKennas

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you Andrea for the support, coming from you this means a lot. All of the nominees are outstanding community leaders. -jeff On 2017-10-09 4:16 AM, andrea antonello wrote: I would like to second the nominations of Helena Mitasova, Dirk Frigne, Astrid Emde and Jeff McKenna To keep

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
aya...@apptec.co.jp <mailto:haya...@apptec.co.jp>> wrote: I support the nomination of Jeff McKenna and I agree with Nicholas's Recommendation. For a long time, he contributed to the spread of FOSS4G Softeware to Asia and Europe. Tributaries Everyone in the Japane

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
member is due to the kindness and appreciation shown to me from so many OSGeo-JP members. I miss you dearly and I am sure that I will see you soon in person at a FOSS4G event somewhere! -jeff On 2017-10-09 3:20 AM, 林博文 wrote: I support the nomination of Jeff McKenna and I agree with Nicholas's

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna And Sanghee Shin

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
tagious. His knowledge of OSGeo invaluable. His love an care for OSGeo is like no one else I've met Vicky On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 4:48 PM, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bo...@gmail.com <mailto:nicolas.bo...@gmail.com>> wrote: It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 4:48 PM, nicolas bozon <nicolas.bo...@gmail.com <mailto:nicolas.bo...@gmail.com>> wrote: It is my honor to nominate Jeff McKenna for the OSGeo Board of Directors election. Most of you knows Jeff's energy and passion for everything OSGeo, and i wo

[OSGeo-Discuss] candidate manifesto - Jeff McKenna

2017-10-12 Thread Jeff McKenna
Jeff McKenna About me Hey friends and family! To say it is an honour to be nominated to again help represent the whole OSGeo community, is kind of an understatement for me. I’ve been working hard within the community for so long, lately helping with the little things

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for mentors and tasks for Google Code-in

2017-10-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
Oh also tasks now exist for OSGeo-Live and GEOS. Great! -jeff On 2017-10-09 4:55 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Update:  thank you to the 16 volunteer mentors for the Code-in, creating tasks for several OSGeo projects, such as: GRASS GIS, QGIS, pgRouting, PostGIS, GeoServer, MapServer, OpenLayers

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for mentors and tasks for Google Code-in

2017-10-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
tasks at https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017_Tasks Wouldn't it be great to have all 38 OSGeo projects and initiatives active in the Code-in? Yes, it can happen ha! thanks everyone, -Google Code-in admins, 2017/2018 On 2017-10-05 6:00 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: A reminder

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Dirk Frigne

2017-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
Forwarding nomination of Dirk Frigne by Jody Garnett. The Board Nominations page has been updated: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 -Jeff & Vasile CRO 2017 Elections Forwarded Message It is my pleasure to nominate Dirk Frigne for the OSGeo Board

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Vicky Vergara

2017-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
Forwarding a duplicate nomination for Vicky, from Daniel Kastl, below: On 2017-10-07 10:00 PM, Daniel Kastl wrote: > Dear CRO, > > It's my pleasure to nominate Vicky Vergara [1] as a member of the > OSGeo Board. > > Vicky is an economist and computer scientist, pgRouting fan and > developer,

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Helena Mitasova

2017-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
Forwarding nomination of Helena Mitasova by Angelos, Markus, Venka. The Board Nominations page has been updated: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 -Jeff & Vasile CRO 2017 Elections Forwarded Message It is a great honor for us to nominate Prof.

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Vicky Vergara

2017-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
Forwarding nomination of Vicky Vergara by Regina Obe. The Board Nominations page has been updated: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 -Jeff & Vasile CRO 2017 Elections Forwarded Message I'd like to nominate Vicky Vergara [1] to the OSGeo Board of

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Sanghee Shin

2017-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
Forwarding nomination of Sanghee Shin by Angelos Tzotsos. The Board Nominations page has been updated: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 -Jeff & Vasile CRO 2017 Elections Forwarded Message It is my pleasure to nominate Sanghee Shin, from South

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Nominating Jody Garnett to serve another term as an OSGeo Board member

2017-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
The Board Nominations page has been updated with this nomination: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 -Jeff & Vasile CRO 2017 Elections On 2017-10-05 6:42 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: Dear CRO, I would like to nominate Jody Garnett to serve on the OSGeo Board for

[OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination period ends in ~6 hours

2017-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
Exact time: https://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20171008T235959=136=OSGeo+Board+of+Directors+nominalizations+2017=cursive -Jeff & Vasile CRO Elections 2017 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Venkatesh Raghavan

2017-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
Forwarding nomination of Venkatesh Raghavan by Angelos Tzotsos. The Board Nominations page has been updated: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 -Jeff & Vasile CRO 2017 Elections Forwarded Message It is my pleasure and honor to nominate our President

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board nomination period over

2017-10-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
I am processing all nominations now -Jeff & Vasile CRO 2017 Elections On 2017-10-08 1:16 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: I also made 3 nominations (before deadline) that have not been confirmed yet. On 10/08/2017 07:06 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: Lets give some time to our CROs to process

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for mentors and tasks for Google Code-in

2017-10-05 Thread Jeff McKenna
A reminder that starting next week we must work on OSGeo's application for the Google Code-in (where short 3-5 hour tasks are given to kids aged 13-17). Interested mentors are asked to fill in the short Google form listed at https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Google_Code_In_2017_Mentors We only

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