Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo accepts 22 students for Google Summer of Code 2013

2013-05-27 Thread Jeff McKenna
c2013/osgeo > > We wish all students and mentors a great summer! > > Anne, Hamish and Dustan OSGeo GSoC Admins > > > -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OGC liaison memberships

2013-05-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Cameron, I've been also thinking of OGC voting rights for the OSGeo Foundation. I wonder if we should discuss this together during the next Board meeting. (how OSGeo can become a voting member) -jeff On 2013-05-30 5:31 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > +1 from me too. > > Based on the depth of

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OGC liaison memberships

2013-05-31 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2013-05-30 5:57 PM, Michael Gerlek wrote: > Adrian showed himself to be a level-headed and rational discoursant during > the recent kerfuffle. > > If Adrian is willing, I'd support a motion to put him in charge of, or at > least a member of, some sort of effort to engage with OGC to find out th

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OGC liaison memberships

2013-05-31 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Adrian, I agree, let's get you moving on this, so, comments inline below: On 2013-05-31 10:45 AM, Adrian Custer wrote: > Hey all, > > On the front of becoming one of the liaison members, I would appreciate > guidance on procedure. Do we generate a formal letter to me and the OGC > or do we no

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Mailmain password reminders

2013-08-26 Thread Jeff McKenna
I did start to go through each list one by one manually a few months ago to change that setting...but I may have given up at some point. Hopefully some mailman-guru can step up to let us know the magical setting for all lists. Or could it be some sort of job/script that runs each time a new list i

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Annual General Meeting @ FOSS4G, Nottingham - Friday Sept 20th, 6pm - 7pm

2013-08-29 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks for those OSGeo officers and local chapter chairs who have already volunteered to give an update during the Annual General Meeting (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2013). Others: if you are attending FOSS4G-Nottingham, please consider sharing an update from your local chapt

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G North America 2015 Expressions of Interest

2013-08-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi David I also notice that the same plans are happening with FOSS4G-CEE, as it continue to grow and move around Europe each year. I am watching and seeing that the past conference chairs are always in touch with each other and discussing this (such as Jáchym and Vasile). Essentially they are bu

[OSGeo-Discuss] Volunteering for the OSGeo Booth in Nottingham

2013-08-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hello everyone! If you will be attending FOSS4G-Nottingham please consider to help out at the OSGeo Booth, by signing up for a time slot here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2013_OSGeo_Booth#Signup_Schedule Additionally, if you have materials to bring, give a read to that page and make a note i

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Volunteering for the OSGeo Booth in Nottingham

2013-08-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
#x27;ll sign up for a slot or two once I get a minute to look > at the program etc! > > Cheers, > Peter. > > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:52 PM, Jeff McKenna > mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>> > wrote: > > Hello everyone! > > If y

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Election Results 2013

2013-09-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
e * Frank Warmerdam * > Gérald Fenoy * Jáchym Čepický * Jeff McKenna * Jorge Sanz > > With the election results published the new board of directors > becomes effective as of now. > > Congratulations and please welcome the new and and re-elected > OSGeo directors! > > We

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham Update

2013-09-10 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks Barry, indeed this local committee has done an excellent job in keeping the community and the Board uptodate with progress. I also love the image of your smoky old blue Land Rover arriving: if it wasn't for the ocean, I would drive my old black Dodge Dakota into the EMCC car park, and you c

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Volunteering for the OSGeo Booth in Nottingham

2013-09-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
We're still looking for lots of OSGeo booth volunteers for time slots! http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2013_OSGeo_Booth#Signup_Schedule Note: anyone wanting to help setup (or you have materials) meet at the venue tomorrow (18th) at 5pm. -jeff On 2013-08-30 3:52 PM, Jeff McKenna

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2013 Nottingham archiving

2013-12-04 Thread Jeff McKenna
As for the Basecamp archive, it's likely useless as-is, but what should be done is to extract out the individual parts (docs, raw logos) then upload them individually to SVN, and then move the discussions into OSGeo wiki pages. Of course this is much easier to do from the beginning of the event p

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MS Geospatial programs focused on FOSS4G

2013-12-06 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2013-12-06 11:54 AM, maning sambale wrote: > Dear everyone, > > A couple of colleagues are asking me this. Are there any > MS/scholarship GIS programs that focuses on the use of FOSS4G? > You might actually start by browsing the OSGeo/ICA labs forming in programs across the globe, there you

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo India activity

2013-12-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks for sharing Ravi. And congrats to K.S.Rajan for the award -jeff On 2013-12-09 12:02 PM, Ravi Kumar wrote: > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User_talk:Ravivundavalli#OSGeo_India_Booth_at_Visakhapatnam.2C_India > > Cheers > Ravi Kumar > > ___

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo at FOSDEM '14

2013-12-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
Great, thanks Anne! The reason I thought of this, is that in my inbox this morning was a discussion of a potential "community engagement dinner" at FOSDEM, where representatives from different Open Source communities network - this is a great idea! I'll follow the thread Anne and let you know if i

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo at FOSDEM '14

2013-12-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hello everyone! I'm just curious if there is representation by OSGeo at the next FOSDEM event (https://fosdem.org/2014/). I've never been, so I am just wondering if there is a geo part to the event, and if we have any OSGeo advocates involved in the event. If there is already representation, I h

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

2013-12-18 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Peter, I agree that FOSS4G-E is very important. The spread of FOSS4G events around the world is amazing, we have an unbelievable community. I've been following the progress of FOSS4G-E closely. I was also lucky to have attended the previous FOSS4G-CEE event in Bucharest, and meet you there i

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Season's greetings (ICA-OSGeo Lab Network)

2013-12-19 Thread Jeff McKenna
Dear All, As 2013 is nearly over, let me take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for your support and contributions which helped to build up the *"Geo for All"* http://www.geoforall.org/ initiative. It has been amazing to see our humble initiative grow rapidly and this has bee

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Ottawa Award

2013-12-24 Thread Jeff McKenna
Congratulations Javed, thanks for your passion! (the photo lives at http://www.osgeo.org/sites/osgeo.org/files/News_Item/OSGEO12Dec13Award.jpeg) -jeff On 2013-12-24 6:27 AM, Anne Ghisla wrote: > Javed Syed, Analyst with T-Data, receiving the OSGeo Ottawa Award > for FOSS Excellence for his con

[OSGeo-Discuss] Happy holidays and Merry Christmas

2013-12-25 Thread Jeff McKenna
I wish everyone a safe holiday season, all around our global community. Merry Christmas everyone. -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo at AGSE 2013

2013-12-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you Franz, for sharing our passion. I'm also interested in seeing your slides from these talks. -jeff On 2013-12-30 2:20 AM, Dr. Franz-Josef Behr wrote: > I just wanted to inform the list that I had the opportunity promote our > goals with two talks: > > AGSE 2013, 16 - 19 Dezember 201

[OSGeo-Discuss] 2014 Budget

2014-01-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi OSGeo community, Now is the time to start thinking of our 2014 Budget (where we need to place funds to get things moving in the Foundation). I've already heard some rumblings for some packaging funding - it's all fair game so please come forward with your ideas and/or amounts requested. 2014

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: MapWindow conference 2014

2014-01-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Original Message Subject: [OSGeo-Conf] MapWindow conference 2014 Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 10:41:21 +0100 From: Bart van den Eijnden To: conference_...@lists.osgeo.org Hey, just A FYI just noticed this conference in Hungary where apparently there is some relationship with OSGeo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo India event

2014-01-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks for sharing this Ravi, it looks like you had some great workshops by OSGeo leaders there. Wonderful! -jeff On 1/30/2014, 6:50 AM, Ravi Kumar wrote: > Hi, > OSGeo India had a 3 day Societal GIS training workshop in the south > Indian 2nd tier city of Rajahmundry. > http://wiki.osgeo.org/

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Inauguration of two OSGeo labs in Sri Lanka

2014-01-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Original Message Subject:[SriLanka] Inauguration of two OSGeo labs in Sri Lanka Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 19:44:40 +0600 From: nimalika fernando To: srila...@lists.osgeo.org Dear All, I am happy to announce that two OSGeo labs will be inaugurated in Sri Lanka

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New to OSGeo

2014-01-31 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hello Umang, Welcome to the OSGeo community! You might start by joining the pgRouting discussion list, and introducing yourself there, where you will find the help you need to get started (subscribe at http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/pgrouting-users). Again welcome! And thanks for your

[OSGeo-Discuss] New home for FOSS4G-Europe discussions

2014-01-31 Thread Jeff McKenna
General note that FOSS4G-Europe discussions now will live at the new 'conference-europe' mailing list (this replaces the old 'conference-cee' list). Past subscribers have been moved to the new list (thanks Frank). Others can subscribe at http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/conference-

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: [Conference-europe] hello again!

2014-02-05 Thread Jeff McKenna
Original Message Subject: [Conference-europe] hello again! Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2014 14:53:07 +0100 From: Peter Baumann Organization: Jacobs University Bremen To: Dear all, surprised? Yes, indeed, this list was used for FOSS4G-CEE. Building on this conference series, we now are

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FOSS4G Sri Lanka -2014 (Colombo) Call for Presentations

2014-02-05 Thread Jeff McKenna
Original Message Subject:[SriLanka] FOSS4G Sri Lanka -2014 -Colombo- Call for Presentations Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2014 11:44:22 -0800 From: nimalika fernando To: srila...@lists.osgeo.org Dear All, The first Sri Lankan FOSS4G event, "FOSS4G Sri Lanka 2014" is go

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FOSS4G Sri Lanka -2014 (Colombo) Call for Presentations

2014-02-06 Thread Jeff McKenna
..and now there is a wonderful FOSS4G Sri Lanka logo! http://twitpic.com/duk4th -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How to create mailing list

2014-02-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Ben, I see that you now have an OSGeo China mailing list (http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osgeo-china), great. Maybe you can update the link to this list on your local chapter page (see bottom at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/China). If there was an old mailing list (by the looks

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] How to create mailing list

2014-02-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
My apologies, Bu, not Ben :) Still drinking my morning coffee. -jeff On 2/13/2014, 8:35 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote: > Hi Ben, > > I see that you now have an OSGeo China mailing list > (http://lists.osgeo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/osgeo-china), great. > Maybe you can update t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ML statistics

2014-02-19 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Martin, Yes I try to maintain that Stats page, but I do lag behind. Markus has a wonderful cron job that emails me stats every month. Here they are for February 1st: - OSGeo mailman server unique subscribers 2014_02_01: 23326 - mailman_list,enabled_subscribers qgis-user,2451 foss4g2009-ann

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FOSS4G Sri Lanka -2014 - Event held on 23 Feb 2014

2014-02-26 Thread Jeff McKenna
(to go along with Anne's report) Original Message Subject:[SriLanka] FOSS4G Sri Lanka -2014 - Event held on 23 Feb 2014 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 15:17:50 +0600 From: nimalika fernando To: srila...@lists.osgeo.org Dear All, I am happy to inform that FOSS4G Sri

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board meeting 2014-03-06: Minutes

2014-03-07 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks for sharing this Anne! The next meeting agenda page is http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-04-10 -jeff On 2014-03-07, 7:35 AM, Anne Ghisla wrote: > Hello all, > > yesterday the Board discussed the following items during its > monthly meeting: > > - approval of 2014 budget -

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Vienna Code Sprint 2014 - media reach out

2014-04-01 Thread Jeff McKenna
_ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board meeting 2014-04-10: Minutes

2014-04-11 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks for the minutes Bart! It was a good meeting with lots of interesting topics covered, and we'd love input from the community on any of items discussed. Thanks for sharing Bart! -jeff On 2014-04-11, 10:10 AM, Bart van den Eijnden wrote: > Hello all, > > yesterday the Board discussed the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Upgrade Planning 2014 - Project Feedback

2014-04-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
I think this call should also go to our Local Chapters around the world (from traveling to local chapters, I know that they face challenges as our infrastructure is currently just based in North America). Sending... -jeff On 2014-04-18, 8:50 PM, Alex Mandel wrote: > Calling all Project Steerin

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Local Chapter Guidance

2014-04-23 Thread Jeff McKenna
All of your initial thoughts are correct Phil, follow MPG's advice and get something going: informal, wiki page (copy another chapter's structure), and mailing list (file a ticket on Trac), and start meeting once a month after work. I do see formal Chapters in OSGeo (I notice the Japan chapter jus

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Upgrade Planning 2014 - Project Feedback

2014-04-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
I have added an idea to the SAC Transition Plan page (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Infrastructure_Transition_Plan_2014). What happened recently during our infrastructure 'challenges' was that when I awoke one morning (Atlantic, AST timezone) all of our SysAdmins were on the West coast of North Ameri

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Whitebox GAT v. 3.2.0 released

2014-05-03 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hello John, Congrats on your project release. Keep in mind our foundation, OSGeo, as it can help you move into the Open Source realm. I'd note that it took me a lot of time to find the (read-only) source for your project (https://code.google.com/p/whitebox-geospatial-analysis-tools/), and I'm no

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Whitebox GAT

2014-05-03 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi John, Thanks for your response. I guess my next question is how does the community contribute to your project. Please respond to this mailing list so others can learn of your project. Don't take my questions the wrong way: that we are discussing your project on this OSGeo list is great for y

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Discuss Digest, Vol 89, Issue 2

2014-05-03 Thread Jeff McKenna
reach the person managing the list at > discuss-ow...@lists.osgeo.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. Whitebox GAT v. 3.2.0 released

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Membership and/or upcoming elections

2014-05-07 Thread Jeff McKenna
Also note that I've already planned to discuss elections at the next Board meeting next week (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-05-15)...this likely woke up the Seven-borg :) -jeff On 2014-05-07, 8:44 AM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote: > Folks, there always was a lot of discussion and d

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Voting process (Re: OSGeo Membership and/or upcoming elections)

2014-05-16 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Jorge, I am very appreciative for you championing this. I did some digging and found a discussion thread from last year on the Foundations mailing list, of what some other Open Source orgs use for voting software. Some highlights: - Condorcet Internet Voting Service (used by the OpenMRS c

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Voting process (Re: OSGeo Membership and/or upcoming elections)

2014-05-16 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2014-05-16, 12:06 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: > > - maybe this is the most interesting, the Open Source Initiative used > "evote" (https://github.com/mdipierro/evote), will paste the full email > from OSI: > > > At the Open Source Initiative, we just

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Voting process (Re: OSGeo Membership and/or upcoming elections)

2014-05-17 Thread Jeff McKenna
Wow limesurvey does look good (doesn't good documentation make a difference when looking at new software? ha). Seriously though, I did play a little with their demo service...and I notice that they do offer cheap hosting (250 "responses" for $22, no other fees, no monthly anything, basically we pa

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FOSS4G-Europe 2014 – Early Bird Registration extended to May 30

2014-05-22 Thread Jeff McKenna
--- It’s been a busy few weeks as things start to come together for FOSS4G Europe 2014 – but now, admittedly with some delay, we have managed the challenge of compiling an exciting program, to be published over the next days. To give everyone time to have a look at the schedule before booking,

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] anyone can make available pgsql export from wms shootout?

2014-05-23 Thread Jeff McKenna
For Windows I've used osm2pgsql (all of my steps are documented here: https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/RenderingOsmDataWindows). -jeff -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ On 2014-05-23, 9:03 AM, Duarte Carreira wrote:

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] anyone can make available pgsql export from wms shootout?

2014-05-23 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Duarte, No problem. Also, as you use that page, feel free to edit it directly there with any updates/mistakes/new version info. Thanks! -jeff -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ On 2014-05-23, 11:38 AM, dncarreira wrote: >

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Voting process (Re: OSGeo Membership and/or upcoming elections)

2014-05-29 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Jorge, I tried your demo, seems a perfect fit. Questions: - would we just leave it hosted there and buy 250 responses for $22 ? (seems like a good way to me) - what exactly do you think they mean by "Our survey tool is available in over 80 languages. You can even execute the exact same surve

[OSGeo-Discuss] Sad News, Doug Nebert

2014-06-04 Thread Jeff McKenna
wishing to send their prayers to Doug's family, see the touching letter from Mark Reichard, OGC President. http://www.opengeospatial.org/blog/2038 -- Jeff McKenna President, OSGeo ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.os

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

2014-06-28 Thread Jeff McKenna
Bruce, you have been contributing to OSGeo for so long, and it is a big oversight that you are not a Charter member. I have admired your professionalism for a long time. In fact I can see you as a future Board member of OSGeo. I do want to use Charter member input more for the foundation decisio

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Membership fee (was: Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members)

2014-07-05 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Dirk, Several people have told me privately how impressed they were with your thoughts on this issue; I myself am not surprised to hear this about you, as you've impressed me with your vision before. In fact I hope you consider joining the OSGeo Board for this next term, we really need your le

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FOSS4G-NOR, 17. september

2014-07-10 Thread Jeff McKenna
FOSS4G-Norway! http://foss4g.no/ Original Message Subject:Vær med på høstens FOSS4G-NOR, 17. september Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2014 13:14:16 + From: Alexander Salveson Nossum To: Alexander Salveson Nossum Hei alle sammen! Også i år tar vi initiativet til e

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Using ArcGIS Desktop with PostGIS [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

2014-07-11 Thread Jeff McKenna
___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org<mailto:Discuss@lists.osgeo.org> > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > -- > Gavin Fleming > t: 0218620670 > w: 0218630660 > c: 0845965680 > f: 0866164820 > Paarl > South Africa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Digest, Vol 94, Issue 24 (actually: president's role in OSGEO)

2014-07-18 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Dimitris, Although your points make sense, the reality is that the President is requested specifically for many things, in person, or on a Skype call, writing a support letter, shaking a hand, giving a talk, etc etc. This is why I am so busy lately, and obviously why Arnulf was as well. For a

[OSGeo-Discuss] A wonderful FOSS4G event...

2014-07-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hello all, I want to publicly thank Peter Baumann and the whole organizing committee for such a fun and inspiring FOSS4G-Europe event. I have the same feeling now that I had after I came back from other vibrant events such as FOSS4G-CEE in Bucharest and FOSS4G-BA in Argentina. These smaller even

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination for Thijs van Menen

2014-07-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
I would like to second this nomination for Thijs. I know he is a huge supporter of OSGeo and FOSS4G use in his government agency in the Netherlands, and I am honoured to call him my friend. He usually greets me with a big smile and a big laugh, and those who know me know that is the quickest way

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: OSGeo Charter Member Nomination: Stephan Meißl

2014-07-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
I also support the nomination for Stephan, by Helmut and Mike. Stephan does a lot of work for OGC standards support in the MapServer project, and he is a great representative of the Viennese community. He also somehow magically brought together the QGIS development team with the 'C tribe code spr

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination for Ivan Mincik

2014-07-22 Thread Jeff McKenna
+1 PS. Ivan you are very quiet on Twitter! @imincik -jeff @mapserving ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination for Bruce Bannerman

2014-07-22 Thread Jeff McKenna
It is with pleasure and honour that I second the nomination of Bruce as a Charter Member. Seeing him work so hard on the FOSS4G 2009 committee, and then watching him do all the little and thankless tasks for all these years since, including helping with the Incubation Committee, makes me feel stro

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination for Iván Sánchez

2014-07-23 Thread Jeff McKenna
I second the nomination for Iván. Passionate is right, plus smart, funny, and a great international representative of OSGeo and OSM. Hard to put into words because I think he brings so much to the community. I really appreciate his hard work and I like being around him any chance I get. -jeff

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination for Iván Sánchez

2014-07-24 Thread Jeff McKenna
ha, good point! :) -jeff On 2014-07-24, 8:04 AM, Iván Sánchez Ortega wrote: > > Does this mean you still haven't got a chance to visit me in Norway? Shame on > you, Jeff, shame on you. > > :-P > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org ht

[OSGeo-Discuss] Gender bias in nominations

2014-07-24 Thread Jeff McKenna
It has been reported to me directly that there are not enough female nominations for Charter members. I just want to bring this to the attention of the whole community. Thanks all, -jeff ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gender bias in nominations

2014-07-24 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi María, I agree with you fully. -jeff On 2014-07-24, 11:55 AM, María Arias de Reyna wrote: > > On the other hand, no one should be nominated just because of their > gender. In the long run, it doesn't help increasing female numbers. (It > won't be the first time someone thinks I am where I a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Gender bias in nominations

2014-07-24 Thread Jeff McKenna
ghtest. I'm far more concerned > about a bias towards people from the US or Northern/Western Europe if we > are trying to be truly global. > > Jo > > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2014 at 3:55 PM, María Arias de Reyna > mailto:delawen+os...@gmail.com>> wrote: &

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination for Kate Chapman

2014-07-25 Thread Jeff McKenna
I also want to support the nomination for Kate Chapman. Schuyler wrote an excellent summary of her activities. For me, I've been in her circles for a long time and I've watched her become a worldwide leader in helping challenged areas of the world share information. I finally got to sit down and

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 40 nominations!

2014-07-27 Thread Jeff McKenna
Awesome stats Jorge, thanks for compiling this! PS. I notice that the nomination period ends this Friday, take note all! -jeff On 2014-07-27, 5:22 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote: > After 8 days of nominations, we have 40 candidates[1] and 5 more > waiting for confirmation so this year we will have our b

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: FOSS4G 2014 Code Sprint Sept. 13th

2014-07-30 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hello Sprinters, There has already been some activity with projects planning for the FOSS4G code sprint [0] [1] and probably others that I haven't noticed. Now would be a good time to send emails to project mailing lists to organize and plan. If you are attending, signing up on the wiki [3] g

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination for Florin IOSUB

2014-07-31 Thread Jeff McKenna
I also support the nomination of Florin. He is a key member of that vibrant geo-spatial.org/Romania chapter, that definitely deserves a voice in the organization of OSGeo. -jeff On 2014-07-30 3:04 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: I strongly second this nomination. I know Florin for many years

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination of Andreea Marin

2014-07-31 Thread Jeff McKenna
It's my pleasure to second Andreea's nomination by Markus. She may come off as a little quiet at first, but Andreea is another super active and passionate member of the geo-spatial.org/RomaniaChapter. I am very appreciative for all of Andreea's and the geo-spatial.org family's work. -jeff

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination of Tanya Haddad

2014-07-31 Thread Jeff McKenna
I also would like to second the nomination for Tanya. The text that Eli wrote so well describes her work for OSGeo. I have had the pleasure of bumping shoulders with her in both the OSGeo world and the coastal world, and she is a wonderful vocal voice for Open Source and Standards use. She a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination for Ionuț Iosifescu

2014-08-01 Thread Jeff McKenna
I fully agree Anne, that it is always important to recognize other contributions than just code. As I explained in my recent FOSS4G-Europe keynote (and this was surprising to a lot of people they told me), the current OSGeo President fits exactly into those 'other contributions than code' real

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nominations finish tomorrow!!

2014-08-01 Thread Jeff McKenna
Indeed as I informed the Board privately last night, in another non-profit software org there is a hostile take-over trying to happen...so our bylaws on elections are very important. But if Venka and other Charter members want changes in the bylaws it should be made possible, and considered st

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nomination for Chris Helm

2014-08-01 Thread Jeff McKenna
I second the nomination of Chris. I met Chris in person at FOSS4G Denver (and Andrew finally in fact ha!), but I've been watching how he is regarded in the community for a while - building cool software, holding events like JS.Geo (which I see he has announced for September)...he is full of en

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Nominations finish tomorrow!!

2014-08-02 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks for adding this to the Board agenda Eli (your draft text looks good), I agree it makes sense to keep Charter Members aware of this, even though it is unlikely to happen. -jeff On 2014-08-02 1:04 AM, Eli Adam wrote: When I approach someone who I want to nominate for charter membershi

[OSGeo-Discuss] Announcing FOSS4G-ASIA 2014 (December)

2014-08-08 Thread Jeff McKenna
On behalf of the organizing committee, it's my pleasure to announce the first ever FOSS4G-ASIA event, 2-5 December 2014, in Bangkok. http://www.foss4g-asia.org/2014/ This is an international event, bringing together the FOSS4G family from all over the world. It will also be a 'reunion' of sor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Charter Member elections results

2014-08-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
Wonderful news, thanks Jorge! Amazing, 245 community leaders, managing the direction of OSGeo. What a community we have! (actually I think it is 244 active Charter Members, with Lorenzo retiring) Jorge, how many Charter Members did not place any votes? -jeff On 2014-08-09 9:24 AM, Jorge S

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Board of Directors members nominations start

2014-08-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Jorge, I notice that the cutoff time for nominations differs from what is stated in the wiki and what is stated here in this message. -jeff On 2014-08-09 9:26 AM, Jorge Sanz wrote: Hi all, The nominations for the OSGeo Board of Directors has started[1]. Please take a minute to understa

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Election 2014] Board nomination for Michael Smith

2014-08-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
I second the nomination of Mike Smith for the Board of Directors, so nicely written by DanielM. Mike is one of those who could join the Board and make an impact right away (because is so familiar already with how the Board runs, and knows the OSGeo community so well). He was also nominated fo

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Portland: volunteers for OSGeo Booth

2014-08-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi everyone, Initial plans for an OSGeo Booth are coming together (many thanks to PDX-OSGeo), but we need more help with booth-duty and materials. If you can spare some time in Portland, add your name to a timeslot and help out: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2014_OSGeo_Booth Thanks! -je

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] installation problems ms4w

2014-08-18 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hi Annette, Try to use the 'zip archive' download instead of that installer, and see if that helps. I am also working on a new MS4W version. -jeff -- Jeff McKenna MapServer Consulting and Training Services http://www.gatewaygeomatics.com/ On 2014-08-18 8:29 AM, anne

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board candidates: what are your plans?

2014-08-20 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thank you to Johan for mentioning this. I agree that it is a good time for Board candidates to speak and explain their vision/plans. I would like to explain my vision, status, and plans through the following sections: President - I was initially named as President of OSGeo in Decemb

[OSGeo-Discuss] REMINDER: Sol Katz nominations end tomorrow

2014-08-21 Thread Jeff McKenna
2010: Helena Mitasova 2009: Daniel Morissette 2008: Paul Ramsey 2007: Steve Lime 2006: Markus Neteler 2005: Frank Warmerdam Selection Committee 2014 Jeff McKenna (chair) Frank Warmerdam Markus Neteler Steve Lime Paul Ramsey Sophia Parafina Daniel Morissette Helena Mitasova Martin Davi

[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Portland birds of a feather sessions

2014-08-28 Thread Jeff McKenna
A wiki page is now available outlining possible rooms and timeslots for use for BOFs in Portland. Feel free to use them for your own topic of interest! :) Thanks to the local organizers for making the rooms available. http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2014_BirdsOfAFeather -jeff

[OSGeo-Discuss] REMINDER: Annual General Meeting in Portland

2014-08-29 Thread Jeff McKenna
A reminder that there will be an OSGeo AGM (annual general meeting) at FOSS4G Portland, on the Thursday after the last session, from 16:30-17:30. It would be great to have volunteers give a lighting update, on topics such as committee activities, your local chapter activities, or any topic rel

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G Portland: volunteers for OSGeo Booth

2014-09-03 Thread Jeff McKenna
We still need help with the OSGeo Booth duties. Signup here: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G2014_OSGeo_Booth thanks, -jeff On 2014-08-15 2:38 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Hi everyone, Initial plans for an OSGeo Booth are coming together (many thanks to PDX-OSGeo), but we need more help with

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] REMINDER: Annual General Meeting in Portland

2014-09-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
6:41 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote: A reminder that there will be an OSGeo AGM (annual general meeting) at FOSS4G Portland, on the Thursday after the last session, from 16:30-17:30. It would be great to have volunteers give a lighting update, on topics such as committee activities, your local chapter

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G 2014 Live Stream

2014-09-09 Thread Jeff McKenna
Thanks Kristin! PS. the words I hear now that i have "boots on the ground" so far is that workshops, everything has went very well. :) You are wonderful hosts. -jeff On 2014-09-09 1:58 PM, Kristin Bott wrote: The FOSS4G 2014 live stream site is up: https://2014.foss4g.org/live/ [1] Start

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

2014-09-12 Thread Jeff McKenna
For the record Arnulf forgot that the Board meeting starts at 8am at the same location, discussing of course the exact topics that he mentioned (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-09-13). But please don't let me hinder your energy, definitely tackle the areas that need love (revivin

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

2014-09-13 Thread Jeff McKenna
da item, OSGeo is far from the only open source community. Unaffiliated projects in Github can claim that for example. It might be better to aim for something a bit more distinct. See you soon, Andrew On September 12, 2014 7:28:08 PM PDT, Jeff McKenna wrote: For the record Arnulf forgot tha

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

2014-09-14 Thread Jeff McKenna
nowledge we have a problem with FOSS4G organising? 2) what other solutions to this problem do you see and why are they better than co-organising with Eclipse/LocationTech? Bart Sent from my iPhone On 14 sep. 2014, at 03:25, Venkatesh Raghavan wrote: Dear All, On 2014/09/14 0:11, Jeff

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo:UK local chapter update

2014-09-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
Hey thanks for this news Jo. Nothing wrong with a full reboot and coming back stronger, I did the same thing a few years ago. We appreciate all the work that you did for the Nottingham event. I'll look forward to more of your UK Chapter updates :) -jeff On 2014-09-15 1:27 PM, Jo Cook wro

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

2014-09-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
On 2014-09-15 1:22 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote: the members in OSGeo are individuals and the members in Eclipse/LocationTech are businesses Daniel this statement is not true, regarding OSGeo. OSGeo members are made up of all walks of life, and many are running private businesses all around

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

2014-09-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
membership is still personal. Bart Sent from my iPhone On 15 sep. 2014, at 19:45, Jeff McKenna wrote: On 2014-09-15 1:22 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote: the members in OSGeo are individuals and the members in Eclipse/LocationTech are businesses Daniel this statement is not true, regarding

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

2014-09-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
conflict). Having a mentor to email or Skype can be of great assistance. -- Jody Garnett On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Jeff McKenna mailto:jmcke...@gatewaygeomatics.com>> wrote: Why is there this sudden need to point out things like this? This is the part that makes my heart drop.

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

2014-09-15 Thread Jeff McKenna
doing a cool job and have accumulated enough merit to go ahead as a leader. This would not work in this way in LocationTech. Both ways have reasons to exist and are good. Right? Cheers. Arnulf Am 2014-09-15 10:45, schrieb Jeff McKenna: On 2014-09-15 1:22 PM, Daniel Morissette wrote: the

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Hacking OSGeo

2014-09-16 Thread Jeff McKenna
, or awareness, in the OSGeo board prior to the formation of LocationTech? Very pertinent questions form Rich. I hope we will receive some lucid answers. Best Venka Rich On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 4:18 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote: Arnulf, I definitely agree that both foundations fill a role and need to

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