The folks at ISDE5 (http://www.isde5.org) are looking for OSGeo
participation at their event -- San Francisco, June 5-9.
If anyone is planning to attend, interested in presenting, etc, please
let us (VisCom) know.
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Or just say OSI-compliant -- since that's what OSGeo's charter says..?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ned Horning
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 12:12 PM
To: 'OSGeo Discussions'
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Free
Paul
I've seen a lot of workshops and conferences over the years, both geo
and non-geo: tradeoffs have to be made when organizing these things, and
in the end Paul and his team will not be able to satisfy everyone.
To take just four questions off the top of my head:
* Would you rather attend 6
Hey wow, this sounds like something we could do...?
http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2007/04/google-grants-free-adver
tising-for-open.html
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Three big, on-going concerns of mine:
- How to better do outreach, specifically to companies (GIS or
non-GIS) that either currently don't know much about Open Source or,
worse, think that Open Source is buggy, amatuer-ware, or otherwise
incompatable with their commercial/profit motives.
-
I'd not go so far as to create a list yet -- I'm not sure we know what
we're all looking for at this point.
For example: do we really want [EMAIL PROTECTED], or perhaps more generally
[EMAIL PROTECTED]? To my mind, these are two related-but-different,
and equally-interesting, ideas to explore...
I too agree with Gary Co.; I don't personally see the need to release
the results, and in
any case the rules for this past election were set and should not be
changed retroactively.
If we are interested in looking at geographic distributions -- and,
being geo geeks, who wouldn't be? -- then I'd
A few weeks ago there was a flurry of discussion about standards-related
stuff, up to and including things like how OSGeo members might work with
OGC. Since this is an area I know a bit about, and since I've talked to
some OGC folks about it recently, I'd like to see if I
can help us to try and
(Reading Andrea's post, I'm reminded of the thread the other day about
OSGeo's value. Whatever OSGeo can do to help foster events like this
one, even just by providing a mailing list on which to announce it, is
of great value -- and is easily overlooked.)
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.
Gilles
Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Gilles-
Is your idea to measure the quality by having a human
look at outputs
(subjective metrics) or automatically via some analysis routine
(objective metrics)?
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From: [EMAIL
Dear OSGeo community:
Our friends at GeoConnexions are running a special issue in Feb with a
focus on Open Source / Open Geodata (copy deadline is Dec 14th).
This is a great chance for the Open Data folks -- and the rest of us
Open Code types -- to get some media exposure.
Please contact me if
I find two problems with Shapefiles -- one, that it is not in public
domain (I am not even sure of what licensing there is on it), and
while ESRI is not likely to pull a Unisys on us, it just is
philosophically better to free if possible.
I don't see this as an issue at all -- legally
A colleague asks: are there any good GIS-related podcasts (open source
or not) out there?
Suggestions?
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+1 to Frank (as usual...) -- the more overhead we put into this, the
less likely it will be sustainable.
Pick a mailing list -- either Discuss or a new one -- and I think we've
already got at least two volunteer moderators.
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in posting their job and/or resume on the wiki page could contact me
directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Let me know if there are any objections to this. If there are no
objections, then I will set up the wiki pages.
Landon
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From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:[EMAIL
The deadline for papers for GeoWeb 2008 is March 7th:
http://www.geoweb.org/cfp-08.asp
Having been involved with this conference for several years, I find it
yields a nicely different set of offerings than the usual fare. This
year, the focus is very much on GIS infrastructures -- both
Perhaps we could mark out who on the planet is a Charter Member.
Charter members aren't special in any way with respect to blogging, so
I don't think it is a useful distinction to make.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
As of today, only one job is being offered:
* Tyler Technologies: Java Developer (posted 4 Feb 2008)
See [2] for details.
[Every two weeks or so, we will post a single message to the OSGeo
discuss list of summarizing the OSGeo-related jobs offered/wanted
currently listed on the Jobs Board
As of today, only one job is being offered:
* Tyler Technologies: Java Developer (posted 4 Feb 2008)
See [2] for details.
[Every two weeks or so, we will post a single message to the OSGeo
discuss list of summarizing the OSGeo-related jobs offered/wanted
currently listed on the Jobs Board
Interesting thread... A couple points from the sidelines:
My company sells a store-your-images-in-a-database product, for storing
JPEG 2000 and MrSID imagery; there are indeed people who see value in
using a DB to manage their raster assets.
Our product is not open source, but when using it
Bruce-
It is not clear to me what sort of study you would need to convince
you, as the ISO standard for encoding data into the JPEG-2000 file
format is by construction mathematically and numerically lossless
process. (Indeed, compression, i.e. throwing away bits so as to
further reduce storage
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Christopher Schmidt
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:18 AM
To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 'lossless' JPEG2000
On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 09:27:22AM -0800, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Bruce-
Again, I'm not sure
François:
When you say Mega-Images (- geo-sized images), just how big are you talking
about?
If you are in the 10-100GB range, I/LizardTech would be very interested in
talking with you about the project, and also about supporting some of the geo
metadata conventions. (Especially if you can
I've not read the whole Wikipedia article, but the statement images
have to be transformed from the RGB color space to another color space
is indeed incorrect. Images that are 3-banded MAY be encoded with the
YCC transform, but this is not required; images with some other number
of bands do NOT
Kakadu.
What standard do you follow for metadata ? OGC GMLJP2, or do you
include GeoTIFF information in a JP2 file like Luratech suggested to the JPEG
committee ?
Cheers,
François
Michael P. Gerlek a écrit
Dan-
In general, yes, you are allowed to use the logo. There are guidelines
posted on the web (not sure where..) spelling out proper usage, etc.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Ames
Sent: Monday,
(Is GeoPDF open now? I was under the impression that they were claiming IP in
there, but my info is a couple years old.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rushforth, Peter
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:56 AM
To: OSGeo
I'm not looking to start a debate, but...
We call on all governments to:
1. Procure only information technology that implements free and
open standards;
2. Deliver e-government services based exclusively on free and open
standards;
3. Use only free and open digital standards in their
A quick look at the List shows that we've got an impressive a cadre
already. But, to misquote, I'll admit that I don't know half of you
half as well as I should like: I am sure there are many good candidates
out there still lurking, but perhaps too shy to speak up on his or her
own behalf.
If
+1 from here too. All 18 may be indeed be worthy, but moving the goal
post once the ball is in play sets a dangerous precedent.
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Venkatesh Raghavan
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2008 11:14 AM
To:
Aside
I interrupt here to point out that of late the Board has been faced with
some significant questions about the aim and scope of our organization.
This is a good thing: it is what the Board is there for.
We the Charter Members are tasked with electing new board members
shortly, and thus have
(note from the sidelines: I was the one who started the Library, going back a
couple years ago, but haven't maintained it in a long time. It definitely
needs some love, and would welcome a volunteer to take it over.)
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If any of you kindly OSGeo folks are going to GeoInt next month in
Nashville and would be interested like to do a meetup-ish thing, drop me
a line and maybe we can arrange something.
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It doesn't say who is actually running this site -- is it a govt
entity, corporate, non-profit...?
Also, the terms of use and privacy policy links aren't clicky.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Arnulf Christl
(OSGeo)
Sent:
(In Seattle, we go out for a latte.)
This is a quick troll to see who'd be interested in coming to (and/or
helping organize) a mini-conference in Seattle in spring of '09. Send
me email, and I'll follow up later with a summary.
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to you?
Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
As some of you know, OSGeo runs a monthly column in GeoConnexions magazine
about open source issues. We've done 18 articles to date, which have
resulted in some good PR (and a bit of cash) for our foundation.
If you are interested in submitting a future
I'll ask.
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From: Cameron Shorter [mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:08 AM
To: Michael P. Gerlek
Cc: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoConnexions column -- see your name in print!
Michael,
Writing about
In order to estimate a cost, the magazine people need to know (exactly) how
much each insert (DVD + sleeve?) weighs. Anyone with a good scale?
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Cameron Shorter
Sent:
Thanks to all who replied! I've posted all the replies (with private replies
anonymized) to the wiki -- feel free to edit as you think of more.
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Top_Ten_Myths
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From: Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 9:30 AM
To: OSGeo
Shorter [mailto:cameron.shor...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 12:08 AM
To: Michael P. Gerlek
Cc: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] GeoConnexions column -- see your name in print!
Michael,
Writing about the LiveDVD would be good, it might encourage 1/100
readers to download
, or is aware of inaccuracies in my above
statements, pls let me know.
Thanks.
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From: Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 10:17 AM
To: 'OSGeo Discussions'
Subject: Open source TIN code?
The Community has need of BSD-licensed source code for TIN generation
Yeah, I have anecdotal evidence Isenburg gave the OK (Hobu noted it on the
liblas list), but he didn't specify exactly for *what* he was okay with from
the tools collection which makes me nervous. If he were to say all of it,
then we're all set (I just care about the TINner inside lasview).
Time for my periodic reminder about OSGeo's monthly column in GeoConnexions
magazine. We've published 22(!) articles to date, covering everything from the
major OSGeo packages to business-related issues to thoughts on standards and
file formats.
I'm always on the hunt for more material, so if
Atlanta in August? ...As long as they've got good air conditioning!
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On Jul 1, 2009, at 7:21 AM, Mark Lucas
mluca...@mac.commailto:mluca...@mac.com wrote:
Hi All,
I am helping to setup a Military open source software conference in @ GTRI in
Atlanta in August, no suits/ties, just a
(I'm not sure why, but I actually have a sad desire to get up early to watch
this next week...)
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Julia Harrell
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 3:03 PM
To:
note
While I have no absolutely no familiarity with the patent in question,
something I've said here before perhaps bears occasional repeating:
Patent and IP law is a very deep and complex subject. The vast majority of us
laypersons are not qualified to read and evaluate patent claims; what is
Like the subject of patents from a couple weeks ago, we need to be careful of
painting
these things with too broad a brush.
I've got to have MicroStation to work with CALTRANS, AutoCAD to work with my
local city,
ESRI to work with the County's GIS department, and software from LizardTech
Some clarifications:
- MrSID has both lossy and lossless modes
- MrSID is not fractal based; it uses wavelets (and arithmetic encoding)
- you can't copyright algorithms; the MrSID source code certainly is, however
- MrSID relies on a number of patents, not all of which are owned by LizardTech
-
Landon asked:
When you said there is today no open source implementation of JP2 that is
suitable for geo
work do you mean that there is no open source library that can read and
write JP2? If so,
who is using the format?
There are a few implementations of JP2 around. The Kakadu library,
From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 1:55 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary Algorithms
Some clarifications:
- MrSID has
] On Behalf Of Michael
P. Gerlek
Sent: Friday, 21 August 2009 6:55 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and
Proprietary Algorithms
Some clarifications:
- MrSID has both lossy and lossless modes
- MrSID is not fractal
...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:36 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats
andProprietaryAlgorithms[SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]
Tiling essentially means you can take a large file and compress pieces
of it independently
Someone earlier in this thread spoke about some of these technologies
being somewhat obsolete what with the new network and bandwidth speeds
available for publishing.
I think the comment was that by hiding the data behind a server, you can reduce
the users' exposure to a myriad of file
Yes, JP2 supports signed and unsigned types of up to ~24 bits. And lots of
channels (bands). And alpha masking. And arbitrary metadata blobs (geospatial
and otherwise).
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf
P. Gerlek
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 4:36 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary
Algorithms
snip
Do you know why there hasn't been a broader adoption of JP2?
Not through lack of trying on my part :-)
I think the two biggest reasons are:
(1
Number: (209) 992-0658
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[mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 1:59 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary
Algorithms
[mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Monday, August 24, 2009 3:19 PM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open File Formats and Proprietary
Algorithms
I've not given it much thought recently, to be honest. I'd need to
review the current state
In the past I've hired some people for contract or consultant work (both open
source projects and more general stuff) -- generally these people have been
independent, one-man shops found by word of mouth and reputation, as opposed to
hiring someone from an agency.
I'm getting pushback now from
a summary in a few days with no names attached.
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:03 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Insurance for contractors
Fresh on the heels of word that Google has patented the idea of a search web
page [1] and the recent discussions of the value and meaning of patents here
and elsewhere, I offer a link to Rob Weir's great advice on how to read patents
[2].
[1]
showing that most of you don't have insurance and yet, happily, the sun still
rises every morning.
Thanks to all who responded!
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From: Michael P. Gerlek
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 10:03 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Insurance for contractors
Thinking aloud, a possible contrarian view:
A goal like to produce a comprehensive suite of tools [that do X or Y]...
doesn't likely fit with OSGeo's broad membership and interests. We are an
umbrella organization representing a number of projects, each with its own
unique goals and agendas.
I agree, we don't want to compete directly with anyone nor do we want to take
an adversarial political stance.
However, I'd offer that while the level of awareness of open source GIS
offerings has much improved over the past couple years, it still has a ways to
go and OSGeo can be a force for
Local OSGeo chapters are great, but how about existing non-OSGeo
groups? Does OSGeo have a strategy to
build communication with them?
You mean groups like local ESRI chapters, ASPRS chapters, GIS professionals,
etc?
I'd encourage the local chapters to find such non-OSGeo local groups and
I'm going to be at the GeoInt conference in San Antonio in a couple weeks -- if
a few others of you are are, maybe we could meet for lunch or something?
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Okay, so the odds are pretty slim, but: if anyone's going to PDC (the Microsoft
developers conference) next month, I'd be happy to do a meetup there too.
(I'm interested in seeing what's new with MSFT's geo support -- Bing Friends
-- as it's been a couple years since I've looked into what
Ditto - it seemed sort of so obvious that I assumed Our Board would
just Do the Right Thing.
+2
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On Feb 25, 2010, at 1:30 AM, Chris Puttick chris.putt...@thehumanjourney.net
wrote:
Sorry Jo; Schuyler, personally I hadn't realised a response would be
necessary. I'd assumed it would
[ Some of you know I've been involved in this conference in the past, and
indeed am again this year. I like it because it is a very different sort of
conference: an unusual mix of industry, academia, government, and other. If
you're interested in submitting or have any questions, feel free to
I'm thinking there might be a reasonable number of .NET folks lurking around
here, and that it might be nice to have a mailing list for .NET-specific open
source geo work -- what projects are being done, what issues people have, etc,
etc.
If interested, send email (to me or to list, at your
Shorter
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 1:45 PM
To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 5 Star OSGeo project maturity rating
On 11/06/10 01:59, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
(Along those lines, I'd also ask precisely what ready to start incubation
means...)
Ready to start incubation implies
A friend of mine is working in a SA country that has a new policy that
all software at the national level must be non-commercial open source.
One of these clauses makes sense, one of them does not. Why would you
limit yourself to *non* commercial Open Source?
(I parsed the original as
I'm here from the CUGOS gang (Seattle and environs).
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-
boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Seven (aka Arnulf)
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 12:51 PM
To: discuss@lists.osgeo.org
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss]
Perhaps I missed it, but with the exception of Paolo, I don't see any
statements from the nominees themselves? We've done that in past years, and I
think it has been helpful to some of us.
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[mailto:discuss-
boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Morissette
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 10:23 AM
To: OSGeo Discussions
Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Board Election 2010
Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Perhaps I missed it, but with the exception of Paolo, I don't see any
...it would be easy to determine what the URL for...
Alas, it is not clear to me that, even within the US, there is a universally
recognized canonicalization of the place name hierarchy, much less the names
themselves.
For example, you refer to california, as opposed to state_of_california,
Yeah, yeah, yeah, but if we could just get enough people to all submit data for
their own local areas using arbitrary free-form textual tags and maybe provide
a voting mechanism for the best submissions, then we could...
Oh, wait -- never mind.
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Those of you who've been nominated, feel free to announce yourselves with a few
immodestly chosen lines about why we should vote for you!
There are a lot of seemingly good candidates, but not enough votes to go
around...
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[disclaimer: I'm the one who nominated Dan]
Having admired MapWindow from afar from some time, I had the opportunity to
spend a couple days with Dan and his team a few months ago and came away very
impressed. Dan is doing a great job in bringing C#/.NET into the OSGeo world
via the DotSpatial
A gentle, periodic reminder: OSGeo has a jobs mailing list!
You can post there if you...:
- want a new job
- trying to hire someone for a job -
- are searching for a contractor or consultant
- want to find work as a consultant or contractor
- have opportunities for graduate students
Consider the following hypothetical problem:
Assume we have a good elevation data set for a large region of the earth --
say, an entire mountain range. Now let's say we have a photograph taken
from the ground, the horizon of which shows the profile of a couple of the
mountains in that range.
+1 here too.
I like the idea of providing an avenue for us to pitch articles, etc. I
know that in principle anyone can submit a piece to most of the industry
pubs, but in practice the editors tend to favor those they have a
pre-existing relationship with.
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This mail is to announce the start of planning / early call for
participation for the 4th annual OSGeo North American code sprint. Held in
previous years in Toronto, New York City, and Montreal, we are proposing to
hold the next event in Jan-Mar of 2012 on a small island near Seattle.
Unlike
you's
and favorable mentions in blog posts about the sprint.
Checks should be made payable to CUGOS and sent to
Michael P. Gerlek
12167 Pleasant Place NE
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
USA
Please forward this to anyone you might think be interested.
We hope you can join us!
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Well, you've covered most of the tradeoffs - proprietary/open, general
availability, etc. At the end of the day, it's hard to beat compressed
TIFFs. (lzw-compressed TIFFs are nice too - maybe a bit less supported than
jpeg-compressed, but no quality loss)
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From:
I'm on vacation right now, so this will have to be short -- I'll write
something more up when I get home in a few days, but for now let me just make
some bullet points:
* Thank you to Aaron for the nomination. It's a privilege to be nominated, and
doubly so to be in company of so many other
I've now posted my candidate statement here:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Member_Nominations_2011#Michael_Gerlek
Thanks again for your consideration.
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From: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:m...@flaxen.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2011 10:03 AM
To: 'OSGeo
The goal of hosting the 2012 North American code sprint here in Seattle is,
unfortunately, almost dead.
To date I have received almost $4K in sponsorship money -- thank you to
Airborne Interactive, Anonymous/CUGOS, Development Seed, and LizardTech! --
and almost $4K in the form of seven
for. In my opinion this is one of the events OSGeo could support, because it
has a high impact on its projects.
Leaving such a risk on individuals is likely to make this kind of events
difficult to organize.
Daniel
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Michael P. Gerlek m...@flaxen.com wrote
I'm trying to make a one-page advert/flyer/handout for the IslandWood
sprint, to be handed out in Denver next week...
I know the content that has to be included, but my design skillz are totally
not up to it and it looks like a fourth-grade science fair poster.
Anyone out there got the talents
I've added a cab-share signup section.
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-
boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of Daniel Morissette
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 2:52 PM
To: OSGEO discuss
Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Travel Hints
There are many nominees this year! And since we have such an international
slate this year, I expect many of us are in the position I'm in: I don't
recognize the names of many of them, much less know of them at least by
reputation.
If you are a nominee, please consider posting a short
Nicolas:
This is a great idea. Could you please start by stubbing out a wiki page for
this, and then others can add onto it?
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From: discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.osgeo.org]
On Behalf Of nicolas bozon
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 6:56 PM
I've volunteered to take point on this issue and do the homework, as a first
step towards bringing to the Board for approval.
I've started a wiki page listing some reading material about the case:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OrangeCounty_Amicus
If anyone has any opinions about the issue (either
** Please forward this email to any students or others who might be interested.
**
Through the generosity of our sponsors -- especially our gold-level sponsor
Mobile Geographics -- we have funding available for a qualified student (or
currently unemployed programmer) to come to Seattle for
I'm covering this for the Board, and in the next few days I will be putting out
a formal motion for OSGeo to endorse it.
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From: board-boun...@lists.osgeo.org [mailto:board-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On
Behalf Of David William Bitner
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 4:50 AM
To: OSGeo
OSGeo folk:
I'm formally requesting that OSGeo endorse the amicus (friend of the court)
brief being submitted by the Sierra Club to the California Supreme Court. This
case covers significant interest to our community, including the definition of
GIS data and the public's right to access open
We are setting up a contact list on the wiki, inventorying all the various
committees and local chapters.
Pls take a minute to review this wiki page and make any additions you see fit:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contacts
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Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Defining an OSGeo Ambassador role
On 20/04/2012 4:06 AM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote:
Do we have any policies and cost structures for the Ambassador function yet?
I've seen a few people talking about creating
Dimitris:
No apologies needed, it is an important discussion to have! But as you are
aware, there are no easy answers.
The Board of Directors has been discussing these issues a lot, both on lists
and in face-to-face meetings. The problem is that OSGeo has a very broad
charter and a very
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