Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] domains
P Kishor wrote: Likewise, democratic decision making may hinder OSGeo's ability to select more charter members and directors from the developing world. Now, that would be plain sad and wrong. Again, for now, I am "ambivalent leaning to disagreeing" with the above, but OSGeo is still young. When it really becomes a problem, I hope to use all the legitimate processes available in a true democracy to try and overturn/change such a decision-making. Puneet, Well, luckily there are a variety of steps available. Notably discussing the matter so folks take spatial/cultural diversity into account when selecting new members and board members. Also, taking steps to get more folks from the developing world active in OSGeo internationally so there are obvious and somewhat known candidates to choose from. Best regards, -- ---+-- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush| President OSGeo, http://osgeo.org ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] domains
On 8/23/07, Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > P Kishor wrote: > > That, and > > the fact that I don't particularly care for this foss4g business... I > > am surprised no one has yet chimed in with floss4g > > Puneet, > > I assure you, all the possible disparaging remarks about the name FOSS4G > have already been made. I'm not fond of it myself, but it was selected after > a somewhat acrimonious debate by a somewhat close vote of the conference > committee. > > It seems the name was seen by some members as helping to emphasize the > "free" concept they feel is otherwise a bit lost in OSGeo and that the > FOSS4G name is somehow more international than calling the conference > OSGeo'07. Democracies make wrong decisions. Want to make it international? Put the word "international" in the name. I can't imagine why FOSS4G is more international than OSGeo. Both are goofy acronyms, but the latter is necessary while the former is not. "OSGeo has an international conference every year; it is called FOSS4G. WTF!" Well, in democracies we live with wrong decisions until we feel too strongly about them. For now, I don't... I just think it is goofy and uninformative, and as is, requires registering for a new domain every year just for the conference. .. > Frankly, I was quite surprised at the selection of South Africa for the > 2008 conference. Oh well. Another year that I won't be able to attend the conference. > > Likewise, democratic decision making may hinder OSGeo's ability to > select more charter members and directors from the developing world. > Now, that would be plain sad and wrong. Again, for now, I am "ambivalent leaning to disagreeing" with the above, but OSGeo is still young. When it really becomes a problem, I hope to use all the legitimate processes available in a true democracy to try and overturn/change such a decision-making. Time to go to bed in the world's largest democracy. -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/ 2007 Summer S&T Policy Fellow, The National Academies http://www.nas.edu/ == collaborate, communicate, compete == ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] domains
On 8/23/07, Tim Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 15:48 +0530, P Kishor wrote: > > Actually, hit me please if I am being silly.. but why this foss4g > > business (which seems so contrived to me... I recently came across > > GIT&S... geog. info. tech. and systems! that really got my eyes > > rolling). Why can't we just have > > > > www.osgeo.org/conferences/ > > > > ? > > or conf.osgeo.org/year ? > something about sub-domains not getting Google-indexed as efficiently as sub-dirs. But, what do I know.. conf.osgeo.org/ is just as well. I believe O'Reilly, the king of conferences, uses oreilly.com/conferences, and I like the simplicity of it. That, and the fact that I don't particularly care for this foss4g business... I am surprised no one has yet chimed in with floss4g freakin' acronyms... -- pk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] domains
On Thu, 2007-08-23 at 15:48 +0530, P Kishor wrote: > Actually, hit me please if I am being silly.. but why this foss4g > business (which seems so contrived to me... I recently came across > GIT&S... geog. info. tech. and systems! that really got my eyes > rolling). Why can't we just have > > www.osgeo.org/conferences/ > > ? or conf.osgeo.org/year ? Tim Bowden ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] domains
Actually, hit me please if I am being silly.. but why this foss4g business (which seems so contrived to me... I recently came across GIT&S... geog. info. tech. and systems! that really got my eyes rolling). Why can't we just have www.osgeo.org/conferences/ ? On 8/23/07, P Kishor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wouldn't it be wiser to just have www.foss4g.org/2007 or /2008 and so > on? Right now the foss4g.org domain goes to a GRASS-Japan portal site. > Perhaps a little bit of negotiation...? > > On 8/23/07, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it not wise to already claim domains like foss4g2008.org and maybe even > > further down the line? > > > > Best regards, > > Bart > > -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/ 2007 Summer S&T Policy Fellow, The National Academies http://www.nas.edu/ == collaborate, communicate, compete == ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] domains
wouldn't it be wiser to just have www.foss4g.org/2007 or /2008 and so on? Right now the foss4g.org domain goes to a GRASS-Japan portal site. Perhaps a little bit of negotiation...? On 8/23/07, Bart van den Eijnden (OSGIS) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it not wise to already claim domains like foss4g2008.org and maybe even > further down the line? > > Best regards, > Bart > > -- > Bart van den Eijnden > OSGIS, Open Source GIS > http://www.osgis.nl > > > > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Puneet Kishor http://punkish.eidesis.org/ Nelson Inst. for Env. Studies http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation http://www.osgeo.org/ 2007 Summer S&T Policy Fellow, The National Academies http://www.nas.edu/ == collaborate, communicate, compete == ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[OSGeo-Discuss] domains
Is it not wise to already claim domains like foss4g2008.org and maybe even further down the line? Best regards, Bart -- Bart van den Eijnden OSGIS, Open Source GIS http://www.osgis.nl ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
