[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo website/rebranding July Update

2017-07-30 Thread Jody Garnett
for coordinating our debut at the OSGeo booth. The best part was the code-sprint where we had several teams working. Nicolas Roelandt and Jody Garnett worked on the content collection forms above. Astrid, Luca, Venka and more focused on reviewing printed material and coming up with a list of

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

2017-07-31 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Vicky, It looks even better with content <http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/resources/osgeo-branding-website-reboot/>, please help submit any content or presentations from your community. I hope to see pgRouting listed, we probably have to do something special for osgeo live. -- Jody G

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

2017-07-31 Thread Jody Garnett
That is tricky, it was a request by the GeoForAll team that the training session be recorded. While this is a reasonable request - we need a volunteer with record equipment to actually do the recording. -- Jody Garnett On 31 July 2017 at 21:22, Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> wrote:

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

2017-07-31 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Vicky. Sorry if I was not clear - I do not want to promise a recording (because nobody attending has volunteered to record). If anyone has recording equipment there would be a number of people interested, or if we did recorded hangout etc... -- Jody Garnett On 31 July 2017 at 21:35

[OSGeo-Discuss] final call friday - list local chapter in time for foss4g

2017-08-09 Thread Jody Garnett
pdated style guide on github <https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/tree/master/marketing/branding> for examples of local chapter branding. -- Jody Garnett ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: Website training and content foss4g code sprint

2017-08-18 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Vicky I love your work so far :) On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 10:57 PM Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> wrote: > I will be on IRC, working on the OSGeo-GSoC poster on channel #osgeo > > On Fri, Aug 18, 2017 at 8:25 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> > wrote:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Non-precise framing can hurt the community

2017-08-18 Thread Jody Garnett
>>> Will locationtech also promote OSGeo projects? > >> > >> This is an interesting question, especially as LocationTech is > >> against GPL-licensed projects (like GRASS, QGIS, PostGIS) > >> > >> --strk; > >> ___ > >> Discuss mailing list > >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org[mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org] > >> > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss[https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss] > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org[mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org] > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- -- Jody Garnett ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Non-precise framing can hurt the community

2017-08-18 Thread Jody Garnett
d regards > Helmut > > > Gesendet: Samstag, 19. August 2017 um 00:54 Uhr > Von: "Jody Garnett" <jody.garn...@gmail.com> > An: "Helmut Kudrnovsky" <hel...@web.de>, "Jeffrey Johnson" < > ortel...@gmail.com> > Cc: "OSGeo Discussions

[OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: Website training and content foss4g code sprint

2017-08-18 Thread Jody Garnett
(and to Jeffrey for inspiring us all to action). -- -- Jody Garnett ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: Website training and content foss4g code sprint

2017-08-19 Thread Jody Garnett
d. Grazie mille Vicky! > > > > *From:* Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf Of *Jody > Garnett > *Sent:* Friday, August 18, 2017 8:06 PM > *To:* Vicky Vergara > *Cc:* OSGeo Discussions > *Subject:* Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Reminder: Website train

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposal for the listing of projects in our new web site

2017-08-22 Thread Jody Garnett
for "core contributors" on each project page, ideally I would like the link for "more" to go to the service providers paged filtered and sorted for a specific project. -- Jody Garnett On 22 August 2017 at 00:53, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regarding Standards on the beta website

2017-08-22 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks jeff, I just noticed that work had been done in the GeoServer meeting :) We also spotted one standard "OGC" which does not make sense. Do you think it is worthwhile linking to these standards? -- Jody Garnett On 22 August 2017 at 09:42, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gateway

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] regarding Standards on the beta website

2017-08-22 Thread Jody Garnett
have non OGC standards, like GeoTIFF and GeoJSON. -- Jody Garnett On 22 August 2017 at 10:07, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > Many of these don't make any sense to me, if you ask me my opinion. We > should be using the list of OGC standards and entering them in

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] AGM

2017-08-20 Thread Jody Garnett
on around the world. -- Jody Garnett On 20 August 2017 at 20:13, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote: > The slides for the AGM meeting are online: > > - http://osgeo.getinteractive.nl/resources/osgeo-agm-2017/ > > The number of slides almost doubled Friday morning before

[OSGeo-Discuss] AGM

2017-08-20 Thread Jody Garnett
was unable to attend you are invited to our next IRC meeting, we look forward to hearing from you. -- -- Jody Garnett ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Listing of projects at OSGeo web site: NASA WorldWind

2017-08-22 Thread Jody Garnett
and thanks for taking part in our new website. -- Jody Garnett On 21 August 2017 at 20:03, Hogan, Patrick (ARC-PX) <patrick.ho...@nasa.gov> wrote: > Jody, > > Not sure how to interpret your guidance. We’ve had our sleeves rolled up > and been pitching in without stop for as l

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassador– Dr. Peter Mooney

2017-05-03 Thread Jody Garnett
Ah ha Peter, I am starting to see why you were volunteered to help out with the website/rebranding :) -- Jody Garnett On 3 May 2017 at 00:35, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > On behalf of GeoforAll community, It is my great pleasure

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MapServer 7.0.5 released

2017-05-10 Thread Jody Garnett
Congrats to the MapServer team :) -- Jody Garnett On 10 May 2017 at 13:55, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > The maintenance release of MapServer 7.0.5 is now available for download: > > http://mapserver.org/download.html > > For a list of the ma

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoAmbassodor – Patrick Hogan

2017-06-12 Thread Jody Garnett
That is great news Patrick, For my first skill testing question - is it "GeoForAll", "GeoforAll", or "Geo for All" :) -- Jody Garnett On 11 June 2017 at 02:19, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > Dear colleagues, > > On behalf of

[OSGeo-Discuss] Please help GeoForAll look good

2017-06-23 Thread Jody Garnett
C7E2sIFqvCJeZOA/edit?usp=drive_web>, keep in mind that this is only the raw material for the graphic designer to work with. Google documents are being used for quick collaboration and review, the final brochure will be in version control with proper layout

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community [TT04]

2017-06-23 Thread Jody Garnett
talks I proposed previously? -- Jody Garnett On 22 June 2017 at 08:19, Dirk Frigne <dirk.fri...@geosparc.com> wrote: > Dear Jody, > > (and everybody who is interested in welcoming new OSGeo members on the > FOSS4G-Europe conference in Paris) > > I noticed that you will be

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Please help GeoForAll look good

2017-06-26 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks, Nikos Labrinos was recommended but I do not have contact details. I believe Nikos is the chief editor of the news letter? -- Jody Garnett On 24 June 2017 at 23:44, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > Thanks Jody for the updates. I am ccing GeoForAll colle

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2017 Travel Grant Programme - Please Spread the word!

2017-06-26 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Till, made a news item here - http://www.osgeo.org/conference/tgp/foss4g2017 -- Jody Garnett On 22 June 2017 at 01:24, Till Adams <till.ad...@fossgis.de> wrote: > Dear all! > > Find all relevant details on Boston's 2017's Travel Grant Programme here. > https://w

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Please help GeoForAll look good

2017-06-25 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Suchith, We can also take the geoforall section out to a seperate info sheet (because there is lots to say, and the content / map may not be ready). -- Jody Garnett On 24 June 2017 at 23:44, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > Thanks Jody for the upda

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G-Europe welcomes new volunteers to the OSGeo community [TT04]

2017-06-25 Thread Jody Garnett
thought reading your title was our social economy of participation measured in "commits" - https://osenetwork.com/2017/06/13/bombshell-report-200-roi-on-open-source-participation/ (discussing https://opendri.org/resource/opendri-geonode-a-case-study-for-institutional-investments-in-op

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Please help GeoForAll look good

2017-06-27 Thread Jody Garnett
Nikos Labrinos is indeed helping out, now if we can just get a pretty map of OSGeo Labs. If only I knew a group of cartographers that could help visualize this data <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Edu_current_initiatives#sortable_table_id_0> ... -- Jody Garnett On 26 June 2017 at 08:18,

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Outreach May 2017

2017-05-30 Thread Jody Garnett
.org/node/1791> for details and photos. -- Jody Garnett ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo website/rebranding May Update

2017-05-30 Thread Jody Garnett
e help of sponsorship - thanks to our key sponsors GeoCat and Boundless for making this possible. Thanks to Peter, Helena and others who responded to our call for volunteers in April. -- Jody Garnett ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Outreach May 2017

2017-05-31 Thread Jody Garnett
ure how we as an organization can afford it. -- Jody Garnett On 31 May 2017 at 08:52, SERGIO ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostayl...@mtop.gub.uy> wrote: > ​Wow! Great ideas that need to be copied. > > > Sergio Acosta y Lara > Departamento de Geomática > Dirección Nacional de Topografía

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Save the date: CodeSprint 23.-25.03.2018 in BaseCamp, Bonn, Germany

2017-06-02 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Till, can we start adding these to the events list <http://www.osgeo.org/events> so people can plan ahead :) -- Jody Garnett On 2 June 2017 at 03:00, Till Adams <till.ad...@fossgis.de> wrote: > Dear OSGeo-list! > > Andreas "save the date mail" remind

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

2017-06-06 Thread Jody Garnett
-for-producing-a-simple-webform-and-website-for-publishing-data-on-annual-open-source-report-card-for-organisations/ > > > > > > From: Discuss <discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org> on behalf of SERGIO > ACOSTAYLARA <sergio.acostayl..

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] UN-GGIM Academic Network

2017-06-15 Thread Jody Garnett
Can they consider joining GeoForAll, or is there a reason a new network is being setup... -- Jody Garnett On 15 June 2017 at 02:52, Maria Antonia Brovelli <maria.brove...@polimi.it> wrote: > Dear All > As probably some of you already know, recently was created, under UN-GGIM, &g

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

2017-06-10 Thread Jody Garnett
der. On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 2:32 PM Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is a good idea, we will list it as a "resource" (you can see some > examples of resources already on there). > > We can try and add it, but I am concerned your feedback needed to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Summary Outputs from the RDA Agriculture data sessions

2017-05-07 Thread Jody Garnett
So what is the open source angle of this Suchith? Are we promoting the idea of open source analysis to go with open data / open science? Or is open source just being assumed... -- Jody Garnett On 6 May 2017 at 01:46, Suchith Anand <suchith.an...@nottingham.ac.uk> wrote: > > De

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: website/rebranding april update

2017-04-29 Thread Jody Garnett
ase, thanks a lot! >> Maria >> >> >> >> Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung >> >> >> Messaggio originale >> Da: Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> >> Data: 28/04/17 23:16 (GMT+01:00) >> A: Jeffrey Johnson <or

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] R: website/rebranding april update

2017-04-29 Thread Jody Garnett
ery exciting ;-) > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Gert-Jan > > > > > > > > *Van:* Discuss [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] *Namens *Jody > Garnett > *Verzonden:* zaterdag 29 april 2017 20:32 > *Aan:* Vicky Vergara; Maria Antonia Brove

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Summary Outputs from the RDA Agriculture data sessions

2017-05-08 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Suchith for the outreach. Promoting "open principles" is an important part of OSGeo and I am glad you are seeing some success. Is there any way in which OSGeo can support you better (or be more effective) research data alliance? -- Jody Garnett On 8 May 2017 at 12:11, Suc

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

2017-09-18 Thread Jody Garnett
iam-webster.com/dictionary/charter%20member>). I know "voting member" does not sound quite as fun. -- Jody Garnett On 18 September 2017 at 05:23, Steven Feldman <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 Jody Garnett
e governance of OSGeo? > > If that is the case, why would we entrust the important task of electing > the board to those who may not be interested in the governance of the > organisation? > __ > Steven > > > On 18 Sep 2017, at 15:39, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote

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

2017-09-18 Thread Jody Garnett
But practice tried to lower the bar for being an osgeo member to ... signing up on the wiki. - http://www.osgeo.org/content/faq/getting_started.html -- Jody Garnett On 18 September 2017 at 13:06, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote: > The bylaws use the term "member&

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

2017-09-21 Thread Jody Garnett
when doing so. In the above list we should probably add SQLServer® for example, and a footnote to the page. -- Jody Garnett On 21 September 2017 at 12:10, Even Rouault <even.roua...@spatialys.com> wrote: > On jeudi 21 septembre 2017 11:20:54 CEST Jeffrey Johnson wrote: > > >

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

2017-09-20 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Tom, you kind of confirm that listing software (program, application,technology) right direction - even if it hurts my heart. You are correct that "someone looking to migrate" is the primary audience of this. Indeed the other email thread has a tradeoff of providing a "Similar Proprietary

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

2017-09-20 Thread Jody Garnett
ink and just have text because the website is not for me). - It also occurs to me to be respectful of trademark; listing competitors is a good practice but it can be done with respect. Maria of course no offence is intended to volunteers (myself) included. Thanks for participating in this discu

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

2017-09-20 Thread Jody Garnett
from" can help. -- Jody Garnett On 20 September 2017 at 09:49, Maria Antonia Brovelli < maria.brove...@polimi.it> wrote: > Dear Jody > Personally I agree with Helmut and I don't see any necessity of putting > "similar proprietary software" on our web pag

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

2017-09-20 Thread Jody Garnett
e respectful of the contributors working on the website/rebranding and during the foss4g sprint. -- Jody Garnett On 20 September 2017 at 02:41, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hel...@web.de> wrote: > Dear OSGeo community > > I want to bring you a discussion on a github ticket about linking to

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

2017-09-20 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Maria, and I apologize for getting upset. I would like a chance to listen to people and determine a course of action together. -- Jody Garnett On 20 September 2017 at 12:59, Maria Antonia Brovelli < maria.brove...@polimi.it> wrote: > This is my last mail on this topic

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

2017-09-20 Thread Jody Garnett
erefore no needs at all to put the names and links to proprietary > software. > Please again remote them. > I'll open a loomio vote of the Board about that. > Have a good evening > Maria > > > > > Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung > > > Messaggio origina

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

2017-09-21 Thread Jody Garnett
, and these discussions, are far more effective than the blog posts at communicating how OSGeo can be useful. -- Jody Garnett On 20 September 2017 at 20:18, Marc Vloemans <marcvloema...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > An observation from my end: > > this apparently has become an argum

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

2017-09-21 Thread Jody Garnett
ge short listing all the projects that one can migrate to from MapInfo. -- Jody -- Jody Garnett On 20 September 2017 at 14:33, Sandro Santilli <s...@kbt.io> wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 01:19:48PM -0700, Jody Garnett wrote: > > > The reason I want to keep the names (don't care about

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

2017-09-21 Thread Jody Garnett
is our key way to make this less intimidating and more personal and supportive. -- Jody Garnett On 21 September 2017 at 04:02, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote: > On 21/09/17 19:54, María Arias de Reyna wrote: > >> In fact, publishing blog posts comparing c

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

2017-09-21 Thread Jody Garnett
Comments inline: > Thank you Ben, this is absolutely correct: we have an amazing vibrant > community, and we need a front-end website that fosters and promotes OSGeo > projects (especially those in OSGeo incubation as well as OSGeo Community > projects) and OSGeo initiatives such as the Summer of

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

2017-09-21 Thread Jody Garnett
s it is up to each project steering committee what they want to do. -- Jody Garnett On 21 September 2017 at 08:45, Daniel Kastl <dan...@georepublic.de> wrote: > I think "Switch2osm" is a very good example how to help migrating to > non-proprietary tools: https://switch2o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Carolyn Bennett

2017-09-14 Thread Jody Garnett
I would like to second this nomination, and recognize Carolyn's dedication to our community in pulling together such an amazing event. It is great to see individuals bridge the gap between local government and our open source community. -- Jody Garnett On 9 September 2017 at 06:36, Jeff McKenna

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Neil Revello

2017-09-14 Thread Jody Garnett
I would like to second this nomination, the global foss4g event is a massive undertaking for any member of our community. Organizing this event shows a great dedication to OSGeo and our mission. -- Jody Garnett On 10 September 2017 at 04:38, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>

[OSGeo-Discuss] completed branding and collateral materials are now in github

2017-09-22 Thread Jody Garnett
If you have any skill with InkScape, Scribus or LibreOffice the marketing committee would love to request your help reviewing, adapting and applying this content for community use. -- Jody Garnett ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

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

2017-09-22 Thread Jody Garnett
r phrasing to use when restoring the home page to "choose-a-project". It will be challenging to word in a way that communicates well. (I also note the above quotes would be excellent for a "why open source" page) -- Jody Garnett On 20 September 2017 at 06:02, Jody Garnett

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

2017-09-20 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks for the discussion on the bug report. Please keep in mind that this website is written by us, but it is not intended for us - it is intended for the vast majority of the GIS industry that has honestly not heard about open source yet. These sections are optional, if one of our open source

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

2017-09-20 Thread Jody Garnett
tware’ > (or we could alternatively use ‘application’ or 'program') > The QGIS Project is the umbrella organisation/collaboration/social > construct/enterprise that encompasses and coordinates the individual > software/applications/programs > I think the important thing for us as a ma

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo-GSoC poster/flyers

2017-10-07 Thread Jody Garnett
9 (089) 4161 7698-1 > Fax: +49 (089) 4161 7698-9 > > Commercial register: Amtsgericht München, HRB 181428 > CEO: Daniel Kastl > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/dis

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo-GSoC poster/flyers

2017-10-08 Thread Jody Garnett
Sounds good, and that is great you were able to dynamically link. Does that work only for images, or can you dynamically link to SVG files as well. -- Jody Garnett On 7 October 2017 at 21:46, Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> wrote: > Jody > > If we can merge this Thursday i

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] board nomination period over

2017-10-08 Thread Jody Garnett
Ah so you are going for midnight, I had assume 12:00 GMT was noon. I think there was a good foss4g presentation on the dangers of making assumptions about time representation. -- Jody Garnett On 8 October 2017 at 09:16, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > Nominati

[OSGeo-Discuss] board nomination period over

2017-10-08 Thread Jody Garnett
Reviewing the email the nomination period ended today: *Send an email to c...@osgeo.org <c...@osgeo.org> CCing the candidate by 12:00 GMT on Sunday 08.10.2017* I have sent in at least one nomination, and I hope others have as well. -- Jody G

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

2017-10-02 Thread Jody Garnett
I really appreciate Astrid's kindness and leadership on the OSGeo Marketing team, she would be a great asset to our organization as a director. -- Jody Garnett On 2 October 2017 at 11:34, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > Forwarding nomination of Astrid Emde by

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Ideas for a future OSGeo Board

2017-10-14 Thread Jody Garnett
. -- Jody Garnett On 14 October 2017 at 15:14, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hel...@web.de> wrote: > Cameron Shorter: > >I've had a number of people reach out to me privately, related to the > >upcoming OSGeo Board elections. > > Cameron, any idea why a number of people aren't

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

2017-10-15 Thread Jody Garnett
afford it'.. costs (of participation) are > so high that many might not afford.. If selected to the board HOW do you > wish to correct this.. > > Ravi Kumar > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

2017-10-15 Thread Jody Garnett
email list thread: f2f meeting follow up <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2017-August/010526.html>: On 21 August 2017 at 11:23, Jody Garnett wrote: *I saw this thread get into the details of the RFP - for that we have* *volunteers on the conference committee. My goal as a board

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

2017-10-16 Thread Jody Garnett
times means Efficiency', may not, 'play > ball', with this Idea. > > Cheers.. and All the best to the Hopefuls > > Ravi Kumar > > > On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Okay I checked that the report i

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

2017-10-16 Thread Jody Garnett
ated and celebrating. It is one thing I really appreciated about the slower pace of this years foss4g-europe event, think it was the first time I got to see Andrea Amine slow down enough to talk to. Thanks again for bringing interesting questions to this years elections. -- Jody Garnett On 15 October

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

2017-10-17 Thread Jody Garnett
That is some bold thinking Dirk, I like it. I would want to be careful to establish the relationship appropriately; and be pretty much guided by the local chapters on this one. One advantage to being a local chapter can be as a separate legal entity. I guess for local chapters that want to

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

2017-10-17 Thread Jody Garnett
> > One of the questions asked to our nominees to write down in their > Manifesto is "which role you wish to fulfil in the Board". > > Apparently a though question, since not answered by some candidates. > I think that if we named a position it would be premature, the board when formed would

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

2017-10-17 Thread Jody Garnett
trict them to voting members (and even more hesitant to require voting members to participate.) -- Jody Garnett On 16 October 2017 at 21:20, Ravi Kumar <manarajahmundry2...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jody, > > "While I like the idea of greater charter member involvemen

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] what is open source

2017-10-16 Thread Jody Garnett
words or links on "community driven" that you would consider suitable starting points? We have some text in our handout that is okay, but may be too focused on on insiders. -- Jody Garnett On 16 October 2017 at 11:52, Basques, Bob (CI-StPaul) < bob.basq...@ci.stpaul.mn.us> wrote

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

2017-10-17 Thread Jody Garnett
I would be willing to give it a shot. Dirk here is a comic <http://chickennation.com/website_stuff/cant-waste-vote/web-700-cant-waste-vote-SINGLE-IMAGE.png> from australia so it is blunt. It allows voters a way out of choosing between their heart and their head. -- Jody Garnett On 17 O

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

2017-10-12 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks for facilitating this discussion Get-Jan, comments inline. Some of you talk about being an inclusive organization. > > For the geographical and probably cultural aspect of inclusiveness, do you > think the Board should have it's roots in as much continents / languages as > possible, so

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2017] Charter Member nomination results

2017-10-12 Thread Jody Garnett
The website is now updated: http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/members/voting_members.html -- Jody Garnett On 29 September 2017 at 17:43, Venkatesh Raghavan < ragha...@media.osaka-cu.ac.jp> wrote: > Dear All, > > Warm welcome to all our new Charter Members. > >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Elections Debate

2017-10-16 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks for organizing, I will try to attend. Here is a link to 14:00 UTC <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=10=17=2017=14=0=0=0> providing a local time for participants. -- Jody Garnett On 16 October 2017 at 16:01, Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> wro

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] what is open source

2017-10-16 Thread Jody Garnett
hat the transparency and fairness is the quality of open source that is being sought in open standards, open data, open education and open science. -- Jody Garnett On 16 October 2017 at 14:56, Ben Caradoc-Davies <b...@transient.nz> wrote: > The focus on licensing does not mention the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Costly FOSS4Gs

2017-10-16 Thread Jody Garnett
>>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi List, >>> happy to note that 'FOSS4G being Costly/Unaffordable', is discussed. >>> To make it fun, spice is added on the TERM HANGOUT.. >>> >>> May be the next board will have FOSS4G for Business, where in 5* &g

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

2017-10-13 Thread Jody Garnett
; Gert-Jan > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- -- Jody Garnett ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

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

2017-10-13 Thread Jody Garnett
Hey Jeff, Takes a lot of courage to step up in general, and even more to step up an apologize in public. Respect Jody On 13 October 2017 at 08:33, Jeff McKenna wrote: > Hi Steven, > > Your questions are great, and I think I tackled most of them in my >

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

2017-10-13 Thread Jody Garnett
Thanks Vasile, I was concerned we had stuffed things up by not acting in a timely fashion I am glad the election is not disrupted. I concur that the board has no input into the process, unless asked by the CRO to review candidates flagged for discussion (which did not occur.) -- Jody Garnett

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Membership process & email

2017-09-08 Thread Jody Garnett
The other point in favour of email is the discussion aspect, with the board only reviewing -1 votes we are relying our the discussion list to review candidates. -- Jody Garnett On 8 September 2017 at 07:36, Jorge Sanz <js...@osgeo.org> wrote: > Agree, I don't think I'd like a nominati

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Membership process & email

2017-09-08 Thread Jody Garnett
I wonder if we could use the charter members list rather than the discuss list (or is that email list private?) -- Jody Garnett On 8 September 2017 at 02:54, Jeroen Ticheler <jeroen.tiche...@geocat.net> wrote: > Hi all, > It is great to see the OSGeo community being so active a

[OSGeo-Discuss] cartographer and analysts view point requested

2017-08-29 Thread Jody Garnett
to the graphics designer. We need that first hand experience. -- Jody Garnett ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mentors money

2017-08-29 Thread Jody Garnett
It is okay Vicky it has been a good discussion and we all learned a lot :) Thank you for asking. -- Jody Garnett On 29 August 2017 at 18:58, Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> wrote: > I arrived to OSGeo on 2015, and first time mentor on that year, so I didnt > know of pa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination of Rob Emanuele as OSGeo Charter Member

2017-08-30 Thread Jody Garnett
that goes well beyond his role at Azavea (although they are a pretty fearless bunch). I especially like quiet enthusiasm for individuals and projects that inspire those around him. -- Jody Garnett On 30 August 2017 at 08:33, Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org> wrote: > Forwa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] "Hostile Takeover" -- what do we mean by this?

2017-08-30 Thread Jody Garnett
veryone to look at the larger page, some of this is covered >> under guidence for candidate selection. >> >> -- >> Jody Garnett >> >> On 30 August 2017 at 08:54, Kevin Smith <smit...@draconic.ca> wrote: >> >>> Maybe something like "maintain t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter member nomination: Gretchen Peterson

2017-08-30 Thread Jody Garnett
I would like to second the nomination. -- Jody Garnett On 30 August 2017 at 16:24, Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org> wrote: > Forwarding Gretchen Peterson nomination by Sara Safavi. The 2017 member > nominations list will be updated ASAP [1]. > > Best regards, >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] "Hostile Takeover" -- what do we mean by this?

2017-08-30 Thread Jody Garnett
I do not think we need to get the wording perfect, we have have multiple bullet points to cover this requirement. I encourage everyone to look at the larger page, some of this is covered under guidence for candidate selection. -- Jody Garnett On 30 August 2017 at 08:54, Kevin Smith <s

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter Member Nomination: Ben Tuttle

2017-09-09 Thread Jody Garnett
f Johnson > > > _______ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- -- Jody Garnett ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: nomination of Anujit Vanasarochana from Thaialnd

2017-09-07 Thread Jody Garnett
enting a diversity of humanity including gender and race * This is a reference to my own ignorance of Dr. Anujit Vansarochana activities and no slight is intended or implied. I have tried to search the discussion email list, geoforall email list and osgeo wiki to learn more. -- Jody Garnett

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: nomination of Kampart Piyathamrongchai from Thailand

2017-09-07 Thread Jody Garnett
erence to my own ignorance of Dr. Kampart Piyathamrongchai activities and no slight is intended or implied! -- Jody Garnett On 7 September 2017 at 00:16, 林博文 <haya...@apptec.co.jp> wrote: > Hi, > > +1 for nomination of Dr. Kampart Piyathamrongchai

[OSGeo-Discuss] Charter member nomination: Ben Caradoc-Davies

2017-09-06 Thread Jody Garnett
*name:* Ben Caradoc-Davies *country:* New Zealand *contact email:* b...@transient.nz *nomination:* Ben Caradoc-Davies is a longstanding member of the GeoServer community - first with his role at the Australian research group "CSIRO" and more recently as a independent contractor from is native

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2017 membership process reminder

2017-09-07 Thread Jody Garnett
is great to see our community growing! -- Jody Garnett On 7 September 2017 at 13:44, Jeff McKenna <jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote: > Hi everyone! > > A reminder that today is the last day for nominations, so that means > "anywhere on Earth" today you can still sub

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter member nomination: Gretchen Peterson

2017-09-07 Thread Jody Garnett
/rebranding most notably with the cartography employed for the website and style guide. -- Jody Garnett On 30 August 2017 at 17:10, Jody Garnett <jody.garn...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would like to second the nomination. > > -- > Jody Garnett > > On 30 August 2017 at 16:24, Vasile

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Nomination for Nuno Oliveira

2017-09-06 Thread Jody Garnett
I would like to second Nuno's nomination, he has been a really positive influence on the GeoWebCache OSGeo community project and it speaks to Nuno's dedication that he has earned commit so efficiently. -- Jody Garnett On 6 September 2017 at 08:08, Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Charter member nomination: Ben Caradoc-Davies

2017-09-06 Thread Jody Garnett
aside: Looks like Ben has an entry on the wiki https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Bencaradocdavies and is active in the OSGeo Live project as well. -- Jody Garnett On 6 September 2017 at 21:48, Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org> wrote: > Forwarding Ben Caradoc-Davies nominatio

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] completed branding and collateral materials are now in github

2017-09-26 Thread Jody Garnett
respectful of everyone's time (this review has taken three weeks :-D ). -- Jody Garnett On 26 September 2017 at 10:21, Marc Vloemans <marcvloema...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > > Kind regards, > Marc Vloemans > > > Op 22 sep. 2017 om 08:17 heeft Jody Garnett <jody.garn

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] [Election 2017] Board Nominations

2017-09-26 Thread Jody Garnett
ouches on this aspect of being a director the "if any" does indicate the full weight of responsibility. -- Jody Garnett On 25 September 2017 at 01:56, Vasile Craciunescu <vas...@geo-spatial.org> wrote: > Dear all, > > It's time for the 2017 OSGeo Foundation Board Elections. &g

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] completed branding and collateral materials are now in github

2017-09-27 Thread Jody Garnett
for gsoc, or if you want a folder for student outreach (covering gsoc and the code-in?) -- Jody Garnett On 27 September 2017 at 08:34, Vicky Vergara <vi...@georepublic.de> wrote: > Hi Jody, & all > > The GSoC Mentors have being working on the poster, > https://github.com/pgR

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