Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How big is OSGeo?

[Cameron Shorter]

I feel there is a treasure trove of insights into the workings of open 
source communities within our email lists.


What sort of conversations lead to successful communities? What causes 
communities to die off?


We have over a decade of archived conversations to draw upon. Any 
budding researchers out there looking for a really interesting topic?


On 7/9/19 7:22 am, Luigi Pirelli wrote:
IMHO not at all... using mailing list is an "old way" to manage a 
community. Fortunally or Unfortunally, most of community is using chat 
channels related with phone numbers (and/or not). I can't figure out 
if 33k in a ML is ten times community in IRC types channels, but for 
sure is a bigger community.


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On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 17:33, Jo Cook > wrote:


Hi All,

Thanks for the responses- I was looking for a very loose figure for
the community as a whole, so for my purposes the 33K unique
subscribers to the mailing lists works well. The graphs of charter
members per country from the OSGeo AGM slides are also really helpful.
(Thanks Jorge Sanz).

(FYI I'm not doing science with these figures, it's just some factoids
for the purposes of a talk I'll be giving soon)

Best

Jo

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 4:03 PM Jürgen E. Fischer mailto:j...@norbit.de>> wrote:
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> Hi Jachym,
>
> On Fri, 06. Sep 2019 at 16:21:16 +0200, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
> > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members
>
> > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members
>
> 1210 entries on https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:OSGeo_Member
>
> That's also where wiki's Main_Page points to.
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How big is OSGeo?

[Luigi Pirelli]

IMHO not at all... using mailing list is an "old way" to manage a
community. Fortunally or Unfortunally, most of community is using chat
channels related with phone numbers (and/or not). I can't figure out if 33k
in a ML is ten times community in IRC types channels, but for sure is a
bigger community.

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On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 17:33, Jo Cook  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Thanks for the responses- I was looking for a very loose figure for
> the community as a whole, so for my purposes the 33K unique
> subscribers to the mailing lists works well. The graphs of charter
> members per country from the OSGeo AGM slides are also really helpful.
> (Thanks Jorge Sanz).
>
> (FYI I'm not doing science with these figures, it's just some factoids
> for the purposes of a talk I'll be giving soon)
>
> Best
>
> Jo
>
> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 4:03 PM Jürgen E. Fischer  wrote:
> >
> > Hi Jachym,
> >
> > On Fri, 06. Sep 2019 at 16:21:16 +0200, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
> > > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members
> >
> > > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members
> >
> > 1210 entries on https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:OSGeo_Member
> >
> > That's also where wiki's Main_Page points to.
> >
> >
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How big is OSGeo?

[Jo Cook]

Hi All,

Thanks for the responses- I was looking for a very loose figure for
the community as a whole, so for my purposes the 33K unique
subscribers to the mailing lists works well. The graphs of charter
members per country from the OSGeo AGM slides are also really helpful.
(Thanks Jorge Sanz).

(FYI I'm not doing science with these figures, it's just some factoids
for the purposes of a talk I'll be giving soon)

Best

Jo

On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 4:03 PM Jürgen E. Fischer  wrote:
>
> Hi Jachym,
>
> On Fri, 06. Sep 2019 at 16:21:16 +0200, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
> > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members
>
> > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members
>
> 1210 entries on https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:OSGeo_Member
>
> That's also where wiki's Main_Page points to.
>
>
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How big is OSGeo?

[Jürgen E . Fischer]

Hi Jachym,

On Fri, 06. Sep 2019 at 16:21:16 +0200, Jachym Cepicky wrote:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members
 
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members

1210 entries on https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:OSGeo_Member 

That's also where wiki's Main_Page points to.


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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How big is OSGeo?

[Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul)]

All,

Related to counting of OSGeo community . . .

I brought this idea up way back when, but it was thought that it was too much 
effort to realize at the time.  Should there be some thought put into setting 
up a real membership status for folks, in whatever form, where they recieve an 
(semi-official?) membership of some sort.  I card, designation, etc or ??   
This could be a basic requirement of keeping a local chapter item, too.  The 
local chapters could promote joining, etc.

Maybe some nominal cost charged back for membership, voted into different 
levels, Charter, regular, Board, etc . . . .   . . . .

bobb





On Sep 6, 2019, at 9:25 AM, Jody Garnett 
mailto:jody.garn...@gmail.com>> wrote:

Think Before You Click: This email originated outside our organization.

If you check out the yearly AGM slides you can see estimates from a range of 
sources (OSGeo userid, wiki logins, charter members, etc...).

There are a lot of great folks in the local chapters that are missed in this 
tally, I really hope the 2019 elections can nominate more of these individuals 
and honour their contributions.
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On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 07:08, Jo Cook 
mailto:joc...@astuntechnology.com>> wrote:
Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone has recently attempted to estimate the size
(in people) of OSGeo?
I thought the easiest approach might be to see the number of people
subscribed to the discuss list. I'm aware it's not going to catch
everyone, but it seems reasonable as a measure of the community.

Thoughts?

Furthermore, how many people attended FOSS4G in Bucharest this year?

Thanks

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How big is OSGeo?

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On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 4:07 PM Jo Cook  wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if anyone has recently attempted to estimate the size
> (in people) of OSGeo?
> I thought the easiest approach might be to see the number of people
> subscribed to the discuss list.

Here you go :)

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/VisibilityStats#Mailing_list_subscribers


> Furthermore, how many people attended FOSS4G in Bucharest this year?

I think ~ 1040 or so.

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How big is OSGeo?

[Jody Garnett]

If you check out the yearly AGM slides you can see estimates from a range
of sources (OSGeo userid, wiki logins, charter members, etc...).

There are a lot of great folks in the local chapters that are missed in
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On Fri, 6 Sep 2019 at 07:08, Jo Cook  wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if anyone has recently attempted to estimate the size
> (in people) of OSGeo?
> I thought the easiest approach might be to see the number of people
> subscribed to the discuss list. I'm aware it's not going to catch
> everyone, but it seems reasonable as a measure of the community.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Furthermore, how many people attended FOSS4G in Bucharest this year?
>
> Thanks
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How big is OSGeo?

[Jachym Cepicky]

Hi Jo,

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/All_Members

J

pá 6. 9. 2019 v 16:08 odesílatel Jo Cook  napsal:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if anyone has recently attempted to estimate the size
> (in people) of OSGeo?
> I thought the easiest approach might be to see the number of people
> subscribed to the discuss list. I'm aware it's not going to catch
> everyone, but it seems reasonable as a measure of the community.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Furthermore, how many people attended FOSS4G in Bucharest this year?
>
> Thanks
>
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[OSGeo-Discuss] How big is OSGeo?

[Jo Cook]

Hi All,

I was wondering if anyone has recently attempted to estimate the size
(in people) of OSGeo?
I thought the easiest approach might be to see the number of people
subscribed to the discuss list. I'm aware it's not going to catch
everyone, but it seems reasonable as a measure of the community.

Thoughts?

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Thanks

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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [OSGeoLive] Press Release 87: OSGeoLive 13.0 Released

[Nicolas Roelandt]

Hi Suchith,

Thanks for your kind words and inform us that OSGeoLive will be used in
AgriGIS programs.
The more OSGeoLive is used, the more it gave sense to the work of OSGeoLive
contributors and projects.

That is a great news for the OSGeoLive project !

Cheers,

Nicolas Roelandt

Le jeu. 5 sept. 2019 à 22:34, Suchith Anand 
a écrit :

> Great work everyone. I want to thank everyone who helped make this
> excellent resource possible.
>
>
> I am also pleased to inform that the Global Open Data for Agriculture and
> Nutrition (GODAN) as part of our  capacity development aims will make use
> of OSGeo Live for our training programs in AgriGIS. For example, we will
> take steps to make them available for expanding AgriGIS education and
> training across RUFORUM universities. The Regional Universities Forum for
> Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM), established by ten Vice
> Chancellors in 2004, is a consortium of 113 African universities operating
> within 38 countries spanning the African continent. RUFORUM is coordinated
> by a Secretariat hosted by Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. RUFORUM
> supports universities to address the important and largely unfulfilled role
> that universities play in contributing to the well‐being of small‐scale
> farmers and economic development of countries.
>
>
> More details at
> https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geoforall/2019-August/005485.html
>
>
> Best
> wishes,
>
>
> Suchith
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>
> Dr. Suchith Anand
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> https://www.godan.info
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> *To:* Discuss ; Announce <
> annou...@lists.osgeo.org>; OSGeoLive 
> *Subject:* [OSGeoLive] Press Release 87: OSGeoLive 13.0 Released
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> OSGeoLive 13.0 Released
>
> * see also
> https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/osgeolive-13-0-released/
>
> 5. September 2019
>
> Version 13.0 of the OSGeoLive GIS software collection has been released
> at the International Conference for Free and Open Source Software for
> Geospatial (FOSS4G) in Bucharest, Romania. It was handed out to
> delegates and used in many Workshops.
> Release Highlights
>
> Highlights for this release include:
> ---
> * New applications MapCache, GeoExt, t-rex, actinia.
> * Additional Python modules like Fiona, rasterio, cartopy, pandas,
> geopandas, mappyfile.
> * Improved documentation and four new translations, now supporting:
> English | Deutsch | Español | Suomi | Français | Italiano | 日本語 |
> Hungarian
> * Version updates to many of the included packages.
>
> Brian Hamlin noted: "Version 13.0 has improved the Python experience a
> lot. With the introduction of Jupyter, OSGeoLive can be used in Python
> training, which supports the rising usage and relevance of Python in
> geospatial architectures."
>
> Nicolas Roelandt and Vicky Vergara's introduction of Transifex has
> significantly improved the translation process. During the FOSS4G
> community sprint a new Romanian translation was added. Zoltán Siki, one
> of the Hungarian translators, pointed out the need for the translation
> and will use it at GIS courses at University in Budapest.
>
> Maria Aria de Reyna, president of OSGeo, says "So much effort goes into
> each OSGeoLive release, from documentation to packaging to testing, that
> we must take a moment to thank those involved. The whole OSGeoLive team
> deserves a huge thanks. Thank you OSGeoLive team and congratulations on
> this release."
>
> FOSS4G 2019 "What's new in OSGeoLive 13.0"
> 
> * Talk
> https://media.ccc.de/v/bucharest-251-what-s-new-in-osgeolive-13-0-#t=358
> * Presentation: https://live.osgeo.org/en/presentation.html#/
>
> Download
> -
> Download the OSGeoLive 13.0 image at
> https://live.osgeo.org/en/download.html
> About OSGeoLive
>
> OSGeoLive is a Lubuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source
> Software, available via a Virtual Machine, USB and DVD. OSGeoLive is
> pre-installed with robust open source geospatial software, which can be
> trialed without installing anything.
>
> It includes:
>
> * Close to 50 quality geospatial Open Source applications installed and
> pre-configured
> * Free world maps and sample datasets
> * Project Overview and step-by-step Quickstart for each application
> * Lightning presentation of all applications, along with speaker's
> script
> * Translations to multiple languages
>
> Homepage: https://live.osgeo.org
>
> Credits
> --
> Hundreds of people have directly helped with OSGeoLive packaging,
> documenting and translating, and thousands have been involved in
> building the packaged software. Thank you to all involved.
>
> https://live.osgeo.org/en/sponsors.html
>
> Sponsoring organisations
> 

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Even Rouault receives the 2019 Sol Katz Award

[María Arias de Reyna]

This is a huge reminder that most of the time, people that are essential to
OSGeo are not the noisiest ones.

Big congratulations to Even! This had to happen sooner or later and it was
sooner than later :)

On Thu, Sep 5, 2019 at 8:26 PM Astrid Emde (OSGeo) 
wrote:

> Even Rouault was honoured with the 2019 Sol Katz Award, presented on 29
> August 2019, during the closing session of the FOSS4G event in
> Bucharest. This was the 15th year of the award.
>
> Even took over the title of "Mister GDAL" after Frank Warmerdam passed
> him the torch. GDAL is a cornerstone of many GIS software both open
> source and proprietary.
>
> He is an active contributor to GDAL, MapServer, PROJ, libgeotiff, GEOS,
> QGIS and many other projects.
>
> Even is a highly productive OSGeo contributor. Sol Katz is not about
> numbers, but Evens stats are quite impressive: over the last 5 years, he
> has over 10,000 commits to multiple OSGeo projects.
> (Ref: From 2014 to 2019: 10,900 commits to GDAL, 300 in MapServer, 400
> in QGIS, not counting his recent refactoring of PROJ6, and his
> contributions to other OSGeo projects)
>
> Even is a brilliant developer and also a really nice person. He cares
> about OSGeo as an organization, about the goals and the way OSGeo runs
> its activities.
>
> On behalf of the OSGeo communities we congratulate and thank Even for
> all of his contributions.
>
> See Video from FOSS4G 2019
> https://media.ccc.de/v/bucharest-481-awards-ceremony#t=1190
>
> Thank you Even, you deserve this.
>
> About the award
>
> The Sol Katz Award for Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial
> (FOSS4G) is awarded annually by OSGeo to individuals who have
> demonstrated leadership in the FOSS4G community. Recipients of the award
> have contributed significantly through their activities to advance open
> source ideals in the geospatial realm. The award acknowledges both the
> work of community members, and pay tribute to one of its founders, for
> years to come.
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[OSGeo-Discuss] Announcement: Call for Location global FOSS4G 2021

[Till Adams]

Dear Community,

just passed and survived the last FOSS4G in Bucharest, the community is
looking forward for the next global FOSS4G conferences. We, OSGeo's
Conference Committee, are happy to announce the call for location for the

"Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial Conference 2021"

to be held in "other regions". Precisely this means that the conference
can be anywhere on the world, except Europe and North America. Only in
case that we do not receive any appropriate bid from these parts of the
world, we will consider to accept bids from Europe or North America.

Summer holidays are over, no reason not to start your work, grab some
people together, build a team, have fun and work out your bid! 2021 is
right around the corner and be proud to get all the FOSS4G folks to your
country, to your city, to your pub and introduce them to your local
environment!

Please find all details on [1] and more background information on [2].
In case that you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask the
conference committee or your barkeeper ;-)!


Have fun!

Till, on behalf of OSGeo's Conference committee



[1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2021_Bid_Process

[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Conference_Committee

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