Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The International Day of Non-Violence

2023-10-04 Thread Steven Feldman via Discuss
s.com/researcher/2916607/maria-antonia-brovelli/ > > ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/-0003-3161-5561 > > Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.it/citations?hl=it=qXBjE_AJ > > TIB-AV portal https://av.tib.eu/search?q=brovelli > > Da: GeoForAll per conto di > More

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The International Day of Non-Violence

2023-10-02 Thread Steven Feldman via Discuss
Suchith  I’m missing something. Can you explain how this is relevant to OSGeo? Today is also the birthday of King Richard 3rd of England, Groucho Marx, Coco the Clown, Robert Henry Lawrence Jr and many others but I don’t think any of them were open source digital geographers. I understand why you

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 200, Issue 13

2023-08-30 Thread Steven Feldman via Discuss
Suchith I understand that you are proud of India’s achievement but I cannot work out why you think that this is a suitable topic for OSGeo Discuss? Please keep your posts broadly on topic - discussion of Open Source Geo or the OSGeo organisation Best wishes __ Steven : @stevenfeldman

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 187, Issue 13

2022-08-01 Thread Steven Feldman via Discuss
Suchith Lots of companies use the word “science” in their marketing, here are a few examples from a very quick search: https://www.skinscience.uk https://www.foodscience.co.uk https://www.ministryofsupply.com

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Poll: Change FOSS4G structure to have some continuity of organization and management

2022-02-04 Thread Steven Feldman via Discuss
+2 from me Everyone is welcome to participate in the conversation about changes to the organisation of FOSS4G, then the Conference Ctee should vote and make a recommendation (or recommendations) to the Board and the Board should decide. Our organisational model is that the charter members

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Conference selection transparency (Was Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2023)

2022-01-13 Thread Steven Feldman via Discuss
I have been on conference committee for almost a decade, I can’t recall us ever having more than 4 proposals for the global FOSS4G. Each year there are different factors that influence our choices, I don’t recall a year when there was much doubt about who we should select. A predetermined

[OSGeo-Discuss] Upgraded to LDAP now can't edit the wiki

2021-04-03 Thread Steven Feldman
Hi This morning I got a message saying that my user page had been upgraded by a script, I went to have a look and wanted to make an edit. I was prompted to upgrade to my LDAP login which I did, now I can’t edit the wiki. Anyone else had this problem? Anyone know how to fix? __ Steven

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Get ready for our OSGeo AGM 2020 virtual event on 10 September 2020 18 UTC

2020-08-05 Thread Steven Feldman
The AGM format was stretched for the last couple of years when we were meeting face to face. It just isn’t possible to give every project, initiative, committee and chapter space even if they stick to the time limit (which few do). The slide deck currently stands at 112 slides - a lot are

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G UK Online Slides and Recordings now available

2020-06-23 Thread Steven Feldman
We had a great day of FOSS4G talks at FOSS4GUK Online on 17th June. Over 450 people were online at the peak and we estimate that somewhere between 500 and 600 people participated from 77 countries. We are in the process of writing up our notes and lessons learnt so that other FOSS4Gs can take

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G UK Online Slides and Recordings now available

2020-06-23 Thread Steven Feldman
We had a great day of FOSS4G talks at FOSS4GUK Online on 17th June. Over 450 people were online at the peak and we estimate that somewhere between 500 and 600 people participated from 77 countries. We are in the process of writing up our notes and lessons learnt so that other FOSS4Gs can take

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4GUK - Programme Announced - Registration Open

2020-05-28 Thread Steven Feldman
treams will be published in about a week’s time. Registration is now open via https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4gukonline2020/ <https://uk.osgeo.org/foss4gukonline2020/> We look forward to seeing you at FOSS4GUK Online on 17th June May the FOSS be with you ____ Steven Feldman On behalf of the O

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4GUK Online

2020-05-08 Thread Steven Feldman
Trying a second time because the first post did not seem to get through Hi A couple of weeks back the OSGeo:UK team (Jo Cook, Dave Barter, Steven Feldman, Alastair Graham, Antony Scott and Matt Travis) mentioned on twitter that we were trying to put together an online FOSS4G event. We

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme is open for applications from LOCs

2020-03-23 Thread Steven Feldman
__ Steven Unusual maps in strange places - mappery.org <http://mappery.org/> Subscribe to my weekly “Maps in the Wild <http://eepurl.com/dKStT-/>” newsletter > On 27 Feb 2020, at 16:59, Steven Feldman wrote: > > The TGP sub-group of the OSGeo Conference Committee is pleased to i

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme is open for applications from LOCs

2020-02-27 Thread Steven Feldman
ion we will not be monitoring Discuss for responses or replying via that list We hope to announce the allocation of our TGP budget around the middle of April. May the FOSS be with you Steven ____ Steven Feldman about me: stevenfeldman <http://about.me/stevenfeldman> t: @Steven

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Travel Grants for regional FOSS4G events

2020-01-06 Thread Steven Feldman
tter > On 6 Jan 2020, at 15:46, Tõnis Kärdi wrote: > > Hi Steven, > > FOSS4G Europe 2020 in Valmiera, Latvia is interested in TGP. No concrete > figures have been discussed up to now though. > > All the best, > Tõnis > > On 30.12.19 17:30, Steven Feldman wrote

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Travel Grants for regional FOSS4G events

2019-12-31 Thread Steven Feldman
nding so we'll most likely be asking again > this year. > > OSGeo granted us USD $2500 in 2019. The cost of travel in the Pacific is > high, so if there is the potential to increase this for 2020, we'd be keen to > discuss. > > Cheers > John > > On Tue, 31 Dec

[OSGeo-Discuss] Travel Grants for regional FOSS4G events

2019-12-30 Thread Steven Feldman
Hi This is an early heads up for organisers of regional FOSS4G events (please share as appropriate) The Conference Committee has applied to OSGeo Board for a budget to run Regional Travel Grant Programmes in 2020. We have not yet had our application accepted but I wanted to make LOCs aware of

[OSGeo-Discuss] Product management in OSGeo projects

2019-03-18 Thread Steven Feldman
be interested in participating. Thanks for any help Steven Steven Feldman m: +44 (0) 7958 924 101 about me: stevenfeldman <http://about.me/stevenfeldman> t: @StevenFeldma <http://twitter.com/stevenfeldman>n <http://twitter.com/stevenfeldman> skype: stevenfeldman

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G TGP experiences

2018-09-26 Thread Steven Feldman
ant-recipients-share-their-experiences-of-foss4g-2018/> Cheers __ Steven > On 25 Sep 2018, at 19:19, Steven Feldman wrote: > > Here is a blog post summarising some of our TGP recipients experiences > https://www.osgeo.org/foss4g-travel-grant-experiences/ > <https://www

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G TGP experiences

2018-09-25 Thread Steven Feldman
Here is a blog post summarising some of our TGP recipients experiences https://www.osgeo.org/foss4g-travel-grant-experiences/ Cheers __ Steven ___ Discuss mailing list

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme is OPEN

2018-04-08 Thread Steven Feldman
The FOSS4G Travel Grant Programme is now open for applications at https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/foss4g-2018-travel-grant-programme/ There is also a link to donate to support the TGP and help us to enable more people to attend Please publicise Steven -- -- Regards Steven Feldman

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Geo4All] R: FOSS4G Academic Track: deadlines extensions

2017-11-20 Thread Steven Feldman
Sounds like a lot of money for these awards Why wouldn’t small prizes (say $250) and certificates incentivise submissions? In past years the challenge has been that some people who have successfully submitted a paper have been unable to attend because of costs, we don’t solve that with the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] withdrawal from Board election

2017-10-22 Thread Steven Feldman
I don't think there is a basis for cancelling the election and restarting We should continue with the voting. With the volume of mail on this list, there is little chance of any charter member not knowing that Jeff has withdrawn Leave Jeff's name on the ballot and allow those who would like

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

2017-10-21 Thread Steven Feldman
Well said Marc This has become a fruitless conversation that can have no satisfactory resolution. I don’t hear many voices supporting the view that we need a "course correction" Wealth is unevenly distributed. Life is unfair. Open source software can help to rectify that unfairness.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

2017-10-16 Thread Steven Feldman
Thanks Arnulf So so right Steven 07958 924 101 > On 16 Oct 2017, at 18:44, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: > > Folks, > if we want to compete then we have to play the game. Party is great but the > money is not in the party and fun part. The money sits in large corps and >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

2017-10-16 Thread Steven Feldman
Ravi This could be misinterpreted as some criticism of the volunteers who have staged outstanding FOSS4G events in the last years or even of the attendees who are able to afford to attend. I hope that is not the case? I’m not going to comment further on the challenges of hosting a 1000 person

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] The Yin and Yang of OSGeo

2017-10-16 Thread Steven Feldman
Thanks for Cameron for his efforts in preparing this. I am one of those who contributed in a small way and agree with much of what is said __ Steven > On 15 Oct 2017, at 23:36, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > > The 2017 OSGeo Board elections are about to start. Some

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] elections 2017: proposal to postpone opening of the polling stations

2017-10-13 Thread Steven Feldman
Excellent suggestion +1 from me Regards Steven Sent from my iPhone > On 13 Oct 2017, at 19:21, Gert-Jan van der Weijden (OSGeo.nl) > wrote: > > Dear CRO (and Board Member nominees, and fellow voting members), > > In the original planning for the 2017 elections, the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] candidate manifesto - Jeff McKenna

2017-10-13 Thread Steven Feldman
Jeff Thank you for you eloquent account of your upbringing and the list of your contributions to OSGeo over many years. The community is fortunate to be the beneficiary of your passion. Could you please respond to Cameron's request for an explanation of your two previous mid term

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

2017-10-11 Thread Steven Feldman
Jeff I agree with Cameron, I think the charter members are entitled to an explanation as to why you resigned from the board twice in the middle of a period of service. I, for one, would like to understand the basis on which we can be assured that if you are elected for a third time the

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

2017-10-09 Thread Steven Feldman
First up my respect and thanks to the 9 candidates that have agreed to stand for a position on the OSGeo Board. https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2017 It is a fantastic indication of our vibrant, passionate

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

2017-10-07 Thread Steven Feldman
A massive +1 to Jody He has been an exemplary and inspirational board member encouraging contributions from across the community and leading by example. Steven > On 7 Oct 2017, at 04:44, Vicky Vergara wrote: > > +1 to Jody > >> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Cameron

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Board nomination: Astrid Emde

2017-10-03 Thread Steven Feldman
Double +1 for Astrid who will make a great director of OSGeo __ Steven > On 2 Oct 2017, at 19:34, Jeff McKenna wrote: > > Forwarding nomination of Astrid Emde by Venkatesh Raghavan & Jeff McKenna. > The Board Nominations page has been updated: >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board nomination: María Arias de Reyna

2017-10-02 Thread Steven Feldman
If there was a chance to ‘third’ that nomination I would wave my hand Maria would be an exemplary member of the board __ Steven > On 2 Oct 2017, at 14:28, Dirk Frigne wrote: > > I also want to second the nomination of Maria. > > Dirk > > On 29-09-17 20:33,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] presenting open source software or open source projects

2017-09-22 Thread Steven Feldman
Jody We can get that into a concise text Steven > On 22 Sep 2017, at 18:16, Jody Garnett wrote: > > I am going to grab a couple quotes from the other email thread: > Maria: Our projects are much more than pieces of code. Behind our software > there are communities >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Marketing] Proprietary GIS on our OSGeo website

2017-09-20 Thread Steven Feldman
Maria It appears that there is a misunderstanding (at best) about the target audiences of the web site. Our primary objective is to use the new web site as a tool for outreach to people who are not already committed to using open source geo. Hence the focus on enabling/encouraging/informing

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

2017-09-18 Thread Steven Feldman
ber" does not sound quite as fun. > > > -- > Jody Garnett > > On 18 September 2017 at 05:23, Steven Feldman <shfeld...@gmail.com > <mailto:shfeld...@gmail.com>> wrote: > Good suggestion Maxi, I agree > > We might also want to consider whether

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] About the selected election periods

2017-09-18 Thread Steven Feldman
Good suggestion Maxi, I agree We might also want to consider whether the Charter Members should have a significant role in the governance of OSGeo beyond electing the board and being some kind of backstop in the event of a “hostile takeover” __ Steven > On 18 Sep 2017, at 13:17,

[OSGeo-Discuss] Subject: Re: OSGeo is the host of FOSS4G not a guest

2017-07-04 Thread Steven Feldman
It is so depressing that barely 6 weeks before our major event, when dozens of people are working every hour available while still doing a day job, that this kind of a conversation distracts the BLOC and the wider community. Is "presented by” “hosted by” “organised by” such a big deal? I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo website/rebranding May Update

2017-06-09 Thread Steven Feldman
;ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> > wrote: > > On 6/9/2017 10:21 PM, Sandro Santilli wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 08, 2017 at 10:15:18AM +0100, Steven Feldman wrote: >>> An alternative is to make the score card as `Google Form and then embed >>> that in a page - that gi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo website/rebranding May Update

2017-06-08 Thread Steven Feldman
An alternative is to make the score card as `Google Form and then embed that in a page - that gives us a nice spreadsheet as the ‘back end’ without any extra effort __ Steven > On 7 Jun 2017, at 20:00, marketing-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: > > Send Discuss mailing list submissions to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] (no subject)

2017-03-26 Thread Steven Feldman
this is very limited, so i am depending on > experts like you to help guide me. > > Best wishes, > > Suchith > > [1] http://www.gvsig.com/ <http://www.gvsig.com/> > > [2] https://itschool.gov.in/glance.php <https://itschool.gov.in/glance.php> > __

[OSGeo-Discuss] (no subject)

2017-03-25 Thread Steven Feldman
tial > Data Science (Suchith Anand) > 4. Re: Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier > properitery product as Open? (Steven Feldman) > > > -- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Is it possible for properitery GIS vendor to market thier properitery product as Open?

2017-03-24 Thread Steven Feldman
I wanted to respond to Suchith’s query but I found the strength and length of my thoughts to be too much to include in an email. I was also keen to share them with a wider audience than the regulars on this list. So if you are interested in my views on the use of the adjective ‘open’ you can

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018 - Request for Proposals now open

2016-09-22 Thread Steven Feldman
mail thread with a subject line beginning FOSS4G 2018 The Conference Committee are excited at the prospect of reaching new communities in 2018 and sharing our passion for FOSS4G. We look forward to receiving your proposals. May the FOSS be with you __ Steven Feldman Chair of the Conferen

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] [Board] Conference Committee F2F meeting

2016-09-06 Thread Steven Feldman
rg/knowledgebase/articles/906519 > [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity > >> >> Hope that this helps, >> >> Guido >> >> On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 1:58 PM Steven Feldman <shfeld...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Reminder

[OSGeo-Discuss] Student bursaries at FOSS4G UK

2016-06-02 Thread Steven Feldman
Thanks to the generosity of the AGI and our other sponsors we have some free places available at FOSS4G UK http://uk.osgeo.org/foss4guk2016/ for students. If you are a student who would like to attend FOSS4G UK, mail the team at osge...@gmail.com

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] How big is the Open Source Geo developer and consultancy community?

2016-05-13 Thread Steven Feldman
e you're in. > > Dave > > Sent from mobile > dmcilha...@mapsherpa.com <mailto:dmcilha...@mapsherpa.com> > > On May 7, 2016, at 2:53 AM, Steven Feldman <shfeld...@gmail.com > <mailto:shfeld...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> Apologies, the link to my exp

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G

2016-05-13 Thread Steven Feldman
Jonathan We hosted FOSS4G 2013 at the university of Nottingham. We were offered a very good deal from them but it was far from free, universities in the UK and elsewhere are encouraged to find ways to make more use of their facilities to generate additional income. We did get all of the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Incubation, osgeo-EU and FOSS4G

2016-05-12 Thread Steven Feldman
Brilliantly expressed Jeroen, thank you Building businesses around OSGeo is a sign of our success and our future sustainability. We should welcome business involvement not feel threatened by it. __ Steven > On 12 May 2016, at 08:17, Jeroen Ticheler wrote: > >

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2018

2016-05-08 Thread Steven Feldman
Yes, I now it's a long long way off! I saw a tweet this morning asking about the location for 2018. According to our 3 year cycle 2018 will be the year that FOSS4G moves outside of North America and Europe. If you want to make FOSS4G happen in your country or region why not start thinking

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How big is the Open Source Geo developer and consultancy community?

2016-05-07 Thread Steven Feldman
Apologies, the link to my explanatory blog post was wrong. Should be http://knowwhereconsulting.co.uk/blog/size-matters/ Steven > On 6 May 2016, at 19:09, Steven Feldman <shfeld...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have wanted to try to pull together some very basic economic number

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for ideas on osgeo activities

2016-04-26 Thread Steven Feldman
I just tried to complete the questionnaire. I found it very difficult to understand. It seemed to be pushing me down a line of commenting on a web site redesign It didn't give me enough context of why the strategic outcomes were strategic and it didn't allow me to suggest any alternatives. The

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G events - email privacy

2015-12-23 Thread Steven Feldman
gt;> geschreven: >> >> Hi Steven, >> >> I don’t think that might be another loads of managing different lists. The >> core lists are only two, previous attendees and sponsors lists, 11 lists are >> there at MailChimp. >> >> Cheers, &g

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] FOSS4G events - email privacy

2015-12-22 Thread Steven Feldman
on giving thanks and asking participation to > OSGeo’s activities? It will not be so frequent. I believe introducing CRM SW > could be another overkill. > > Cheers, > > 신상희 > --- > Shin, Sanghee > Gaia3D, Inc. - The GeoSpatial Company > http://www.gaia3d.com > >>

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] OSGeo Privacy Policy: [was FOSS4GNA - Someone is watching you :-o]

2015-12-18 Thread Steven Feldman
find it somehow OK (gray-zone) to use the existing address collection >> for marketing future global FOSS4G events (it's only once a year), but you >> need to understand that FOSS4G NA is a regional event, and that the emails >> probably haven't been filtered by region. If we continue

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4GNA - Someone is watching you :-o

2015-12-17 Thread Steven Feldman
+1,000,000 to what Paul has said I also passed the FOSS4G 2013 list (which included names for 2011 and previous FOSSS4Gs) to the 2014 team in the spirit of fraternal support to future FOSS4Gs, I believe that was the right thing to do even though we neglected to have specific opt in/out option.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo/LocationTech relationship

2015-11-16 Thread Steven Feldman
Andrea Please don’t assume that the lack of response to your FAQ means that it is widely accepted. I think that you need to recognise the concerns that have been expressed in the various threads (whether you consider them valid or not) and seek to address them through discussions which are

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Renaming FOSS4G

2015-10-12 Thread Steven Feldman
>> >> >> 1 to Cameron's concise summary of the importance of simplifying and >> coalescing around a single identity >> >> Outside of our small well informed community there is confusion re 2 brands, >> one of which, FOSS4G, we don't even own apparently! >> >> Cheers Steven >> On 12

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Should we consider all the Americas for FOSS4G2017 Conference?

2015-07-08 Thread Steven Feldman
Interesting idea What do you think the outcome would be? Seems to me that it would make it would reduce competition in ‘elsewhere group’. Would it increase S American chance of hosting a global FOSS4G? My view, it makes sense to keep 1/3 FOSS4G’s in N America and 1/3 in Europe with the 3rd in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Code of Conduct in Real Case

2015-06-26 Thread Steven Feldman
Well said Sanghee __ Steven On 25 Jun 2015, at 02:21, Sanghee Shin shs...@gaia3d.com wrote: Hello Darrell, I don’t think the reason why OSGeo has not so many women are caused by lacking of CoC in OSGeo. According to the statistics National Centre for Education Statistics[0], women

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 102, Issue 20

2015-06-25 Thread Steven Feldman
Jeff Arnulf may have been challenging or provocative in the points that he made but he wasn’t offensive (at least not in my reading of his post). I think Arnulf makes a good point, CMs are appointed by some process of community approval. CM status is a recognition of contribution that perhaps

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2015 Seoul webpage is up and running!!

2014-11-12 Thread Steven Feldman
Congratulations Sanghee, now it starts to get really exciting Good choice to switch venue based on your explanation cheers __ Steven From: Sanghee Shin shs...@gaia3d.com To: OSGeo Discussions Discuss@lists.osgeo.org, foss4g2...@lists.osgeo.org Date: 12 November 2014 10:52:26 GMT

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Polling charter members

2014-09-19 Thread Steven Feldman
: giovedì 18 settembre 2014 10.13 A: Jachym Cepicky Cc: discuss@lists.osgeo.org; conference; osgeo-board List; Steven Feldman Oggetto: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Polling charter members Dear All, On Wed, Sep 17, 2014 at 10:51 PM, Jachym Cepicky jachym.cepi...@gmail.com wrote: Just

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Polling charter members

2014-09-17 Thread Steven Feldman
Before we get to the stage of polling charter members and local chapters, it would be helpful if more of the charter membership and local chapters chipped in with their opinions. Many seem to have been very quiet, i am sure they must have a view __ Steven On 17 Sep 2014, at 20:00,

[OSGeo-Discuss] Reflections on resignations, mergers the soul of OSGeo

2014-09-16 Thread Steven Feldman
The last few weeks there have been several threads running on the mailing lists, rather than trying to reply in line to each of them I want to draw out a theme that seems apparent to me as a relative newcomer to the OSGeo community. We are facing the challenges of success or what could be

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Open Source Users Charter

2014-07-15 Thread Steven Feldman
Daniel If we get to a version that the community broadly supports can it go on the OSGeo wiki? I thought anyone could (just about) could post on the wiki and others can amend or even delete. Does the appearance of something on the wiki mean that it is official OSGeo policy? If so what is the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Users Charter

2014-07-14 Thread Steven Feldman
didn’t feel that I should post something as speculative as this on the wiki without community endorsement, whenever people want we can move a version to the wiki. Feel free to comment on this mail thread or on the blog. Steven Feldman On 5 May 2014, at 04:57, Jody Garnett jody.garn

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-30 Thread Steven Feldman
p.baum...@jacobs-university.de wrote: Cameron all, a lot of serious, involved work is going on on this thread; however, some core issues which I tried to phrase, but Steven (Feldman) expressed much crisper, still remain unaddressed by the currently voted proposal: Inclusiveness

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-30 Thread Steven Feldman
members need to be charter members already: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Election_Procedure Best regards, Bart On 30 Jun 2014, at 12:34, Steven Feldman shfeld...@gmail.com wrote: If we want to avoid establishing a self-sustaining oligarchy” then perhaps we need to consider ways

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-26 Thread Steven Feldman
to confer any rights on the member. Do we need to review our foundation docs to find a more inclusive procedure? Steven Feldman about me: stevenfeldman t: @StevenFeldman skype: stevenfeldman2638 On 25 Jun 2014, at 20:00, discuss-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: From: Cameron

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Users Charter

2014-05-04 Thread Steven Feldman
suspect. -- Jody Garnett On 26 April 2014 at 2:55:09 am, Steven Feldman (shfeld...@gmail.com) wrote: Does anyone know of a charter or code of responsible behaviour for organisations that make use of open source technology? I’m thinking of a list of do’s and don’t’s that would help managers

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] OSGeo rep at FOSS4G-Europe 2014?

2013-12-18 Thread Steven Feldman
I agree with Barend OSGeo really should consider some policy on the usage of the FOSS4G brand (even if this means getting approval from Venka). Steven On 18 Dec 2013, at 10:01, b.j.kob...@utwente.nl wrote: Interesting to see that according to this mail FOSS4G-Europe is now being part of

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham archiving

2013-12-05 Thread Steven Feldman
Jeff You have raised the topic of our use of basecamp several times. I believe the LOC has the right and the need to choose the internal comms tool that works best for it. We chose basecamp and it worked well for us, much much better than dysfunctional mailing lists or a wiki. Those who follow

[OSGeo-Discuss] Feedback from FOSS4G 2013

2013-11-25 Thread Steven Feldman
Thanks to the delegates and sponsors who responded to our feedback survey after FOSS4G 2013. The responses are at http://2013.foss4g.org/Surveys/ We have also gathered a list of blog posts and comments on the event at http://2013.foss4g.org/post-event-feedback-and-comment/ The LOC have been

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2013 Codesrint

2013-09-10 Thread Steven Feldman
Hi We are in overdrive/panic mode getting ready for FOSS4G which starts in less than 7 days It would really help us gauge the facilities needed for codesprints on Sunday 22nd September if those of you planning to attend could pop along to http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2013_Code_Sprint and

[OSGeo-Discuss] Call for photographers and videographers at FOSS4G 2013

2013-08-18 Thread Steven Feldman
Hi If you are a keen photographer or videographer and you are coming to FOSS4G 2013, we need you. We want to create a visual record of the event which we can use in the closing plenaries, so bring your gear, get creative and use our (hopefully) supercharged wifi to upload (may be best at 3am).

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Results of community voting for additional workshops at FOSS4G 2013

2013-06-14 Thread Steven Feldman
...@gmail.com wrote: Hey Steven, How do you book yourself into these new workshops. The website doesn't have the ability to use credits for these. - Nathan On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 12:18 AM, Steven Feldman shfeld...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll

[OSGeo-Discuss] Results of community voting for additional workshops at FOSS4G 2013

2013-06-12 Thread Steven Feldman
Hi Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll for additional workshops at FOSS4G 2013 The results of the community vote are at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AmwShPAd7pU4dG5SbUwwcldHWnZ4dUY2VlE3cEZqaUE#gid=0 We have managed to schedule 2 rooms for additional workshops during the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2013 Workshop selections

2013-05-10 Thread Steven Feldman
@ Jeroen and other workshop proposers who were not selectedThe workshop team have already apologised for a comms slip up which meant that we published the workshop selections without sending out the acceptance/rejection mails first. As the conference chair let me add my apology to theirs, we had

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free Developer Slots at FOSS4G events

2013-03-08 Thread Steven Feldman
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Discuss Happy birthday OSGeo!

2013-02-05 Thread Steven Feldman
Jeff Those are some awesome stats, we really ought to blowing our own trumpet a bit louder, maybe in the FOSS4G and FOSS4G-NA publicity? Cheers Steven Steven Feldman On 4 Feb 2013, at 20:00, discuss-requ...@lists.osgeo.org wrote: From: Jeff McKenna jmcke

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Foss4g2013] Code sprints at FOSS4G 2013

2012-10-19 Thread Steven Feldman
am assuming that if we direct people to a room, give them internet access and drip feed them with caffeine, cookies and sandwiches they will sprint without any input from the LOC (who will have rather a lot on their minds by then) Cheers Steven Feldman m: +44 (0) 7958 924 101 about

[OSGeo-Discuss] Code sprints at FOSS4G 2013

2012-10-17 Thread Steven Feldman
to make some choices with the venue by early next week. Apologies for short notice. Steven Feldman m: +44 (0) 7958 924 101 about me: stevenfeldman t: @StevenFeldman skype: stevenfeldman2638 Posted to Discussions, Conference and FOSS4G2013 lists

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] Code sprints at FOSS4G 2013

2012-10-17 Thread Steven Feldman
workshops). Thoughts about the preference for a codesprint before the event or the day after were what prompted my mail. We will try to accommodate whatever the coders want. Cheers steven Steven Feldman m: +44 (0) 7958 924 101 about me: stevenfeldman t: @StevenFeldman skype

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeo-Conf] regional conferences

2012-06-20 Thread Steven Feldman
I hope that It pains me to say it, but we might be better off de-emphasizing FOSS4G-the-international-event and trying instead of space regional events regularly around the calendar Doesn't happen until after FOSS4G 2013 :) _ Steven Feldman _ On 18

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2013 RFP Result

2012-06-18 Thread Steven Feldman
week or so and start that dialogue with you over the budget. Will you be assigning a board member to liaise with us? Thank you to all the selection group for your confidence in us Best Steven _ Steven Feldman _ On 18 Jun 2012, at 15:12, Paul Ramsey