Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-30 Thread Paolo Cavallini
Lorenzo Becchi ha scritto: > Web Form > - needs development > - needs moderation too > - doesn't offer public debate ("can you please refine your offer?!?", > "I'm not sure what you want to say about...", ecc.) Using drupal webform extension, no development is needed (we used successfully for our

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-28 Thread Landon Blake
quested or after three (3) months. Landon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael P. Gerlek Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:28 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted On irc we've just worked ou

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-28 Thread Michael P. Gerlek
TECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael > P. Gerlek > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:13 PM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted > > Erp, in my initial proposal I was referring to using the > discuss list as &

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-28 Thread Michael P. Gerlek
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Landon Blake > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:08 PM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted > > I'm not sure about this Lorenzo. I think Frank Wammerdam said that he > would take care of setting u

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-28 Thread Landon Blake
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:09 PM To: OSGeo Discussions; System Administration Committee Discussion/OSGeo Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted Landon, hi I guess that moderation should be made through mailman system am I wrong? "The list moderators have more limited p

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-28 Thread Lorenzo Becchi
2 AM To: Frank Warmerdam; Landon Blake Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted I've no interest in maintaining a wiki page -- but I'd be happy to own the occasional (biweekly) summary emails pointing to the wiki. Landon? -mpg -Original Message- From: Frank

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-28 Thread Landon Blake
2008 12:18 PM > To: Michael P. Gerlek; Landon Blake > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted > > Michael P. Gerlek wrote: > > Umm, me and Landon, I think. > > > > -mpg > > > > > > > >> -Original Message- > >>

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-27 Thread Lorenzo Becchi
Mailing list mailman has already a moderation system. Wiki the wiki page is a mess to me too. no way to decide who can moderate who. Web Form needs moderation too needs development needs Mateusz Loskot wrote: Landon Blake wrote: I like this idea. But it means that someone has to volunteer to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-26 Thread Mateusz Loskot
Michael P. Gerlek wrote: +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. +1 and I'm willing to offer some time to be a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-26 Thread Lorenzo Becchi
wow, the thing is getting bigger... I18n, is a great idea but I still feel that a set of mailing list can do honestly the dirty job. I volunteer, hopefully I'll not be the only one, to moderate the first English mailing list. ciao Lorenzo Tim Bowden wrote: On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 18:50 +0100

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-25 Thread Tim Bowden
On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 18:50 +0100, Yves Jacolin wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to give my 2 cent's. OSGeo is an internationnal fundation, which > means a lot of people from differents countries AND langages. However, all > this website seems only speaking english, they are, may be, only here for

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-25 Thread Steve Lime
It's a valid point. The GJC is certainly not limited to just the US and Canada but that's definitely where the bulk of the posts come from. I would encourage OSGeo to consider partnerships with sites from all over the world... Steve >>> On 1/25/2008 at 11:50 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Yv

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-25 Thread Yves Jacolin
Hi, I would like to give my 2 cent's. OSGeo is an internationnal fundation, which means a lot of people from differents countries AND langages. However, all this website seems only speaking english, they are, may be, only here for example. It seems important to me to take care for I18n and loca

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-25 Thread Steve Lime
Something like this, at least at the moment, is going to be relatively low traffic. I search the GJC periodically for Open Source related positions and they do show up but not that often. That says to me that partnering with existing sites would be more efficient and would result in broader acce

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-25 Thread Tim Bowden
On Fri, 2008-01-25 at 08:40 -0800, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: > On 25-Jan-08, at 6:31 AM, Fawcett, David wrote: > > > http://www.gjc.org/ ? > > Nice.. maps and RSS - great improvements since I last used it. I'd > much rather go with something like this, since neither mailing lists > or c

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-25 Thread Michael P. Gerlek
L PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Warmerdam > Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 8:28 AM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted > > > Folks, > > I have attempted to summarize some of the suggestion in the > wi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-25 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
On 25-Jan-08, at 6:31 AM, Fawcett, David wrote: http://www.gjc.org/ ? Nice.. maps and RSS - great improvements since I last used it. I'd much rather go with something like this, since neither mailing lists or customising our web site tools could match its function or its history. If t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-25 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Folks, I have attempted to summarize some of the suggestion in the wiki and my intent going forward is to at least post an "advice on finding / filling jobs" page to the web site eventually. http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Jobs_Board Setting up a mailing list would be possible if we have a v

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-25 Thread Fawcett, David
http://www.gjc.org/ ? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cory Horner Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 2:24 AM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted On 24-Jan-08, at 11:21 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-25 Thread Cory Horner
On 24-Jan-08, at 11:21 PM, Vasile Craciunescu wrote: What do you guys think about using something like http:// www.jobberbase.com Jobberbase seems to have a lot of potential. For any OSGeo job board, there really *must* be a GeoRSS feed! A wiki would not have well-formed-enough data, nor

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Vasile Craciunescu
What do you guys think about using something like http://www.jobberbase.com Cheers, Vasile ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Alex Mandel
Mateusz Loskot wrote: Lorenzo Becchi wrote: Frank Warmerdam wrote: Would it be acceptable to have job postings on this list? not to me Should we try and setup a job postings / job wanted mailing list? it would be the best solution to me. everybody can subscribe just for time he/she's r

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Tim Bowden
On Thu, 2008-01-24 at 17:46 -0800, Jody Garnett wrote: > Frank Warmerdam wrote: > > Today (and certainly not for the first time) I received an email from > > someone trying to find potential employees with skills in a variety of > > OSGeo projects. My question is whether there is something we can

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
Looks like there are a lot of job board packages available: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=open+source+job+posting+board&btnG=Google+Search Stephen Woodbridge wrote: As Bob B said, I don't think my vote counts for much in this discussion, but given the options, I would prefer a and archive

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Stephen Woodbridge
As Bob B said, I don't think my vote counts for much in this discussion, but given the options, I would prefer a and archived/search email list or a dedicated job posting engine. Unless there is an existing OS job posting engine that is easy to drop in and use, I think the list is the most fle

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Jody Garnett
Frank Warmerdam wrote: Today (and certainly not for the first time) I received an email from someone trying to find potential employees with skills in a variety of OSGeo projects. My question is whether there is something we can do to address this need - and the corresponding need for folks who

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Bruce . Bannerman
Landon, > I wonder if the wiki would be a more appropriate place for job postings? > That would cut down on the spam. We could post the job openings there > and delete them after a few weeks. That way a job posting wouldn't get > buried in other e-mails. > IMO: I tend to be rather old fashione

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Mateusz Loskot
Lorenzo Becchi wrote: Mailing list -mailman has already a moderation system Wiki - surely a mess: - to post something you need to know how Wiki syntax works - moderation is so difficult because you don't have a cue and have to look at any change. Web Form - needs development - needs moderatio

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Bob Basques
Frank, I would be interested in leads of this type. I'm trying to expand our employment base, and recruit new developers. But the work needs to be there first. I would vote yes. But I don't think I count for much on this List. bobb Frank Warmerdam wrote: Folks, The OSGeo Service Pro

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Lorenzo Becchi
Mailing list -mailman has already a moderation system Wiki - surely a mess: - to post something you need to know how Wiki syntax works - moderation is so difficult because you don't have a cue and have to look at any change. Web Form - needs development - needs moderation too - doesn't offer p

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Landon Blake
I'm down for whatever. :] Landon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mateusz Loskot Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:32 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted Landon Blake wrote: > I like t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Mateusz Loskot
Landon Blake wrote: I like this idea. But it means that someone has to volunteer to moderate. :] Another similar suggestion would be to collect job postings until there were X postings. I think we could combine this with a wiki page. I would be willing to maintain a wiki page for job postings.

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Landon Blake
: Thursday, January 24, 2008 4:17 PM To: OSGeo Discussions Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted (We've actually discussed this once before, I think, very early on. How time flies.) >From my perspective, as a hypothetical seeker of employees, I want to reach as many people a

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Mateusz Loskot
Lorenzo Becchi wrote: Frank Warmerdam wrote: Would it be acceptable to have job postings on this list? not to me Should we try and setup a job postings / job wanted mailing list? it would be the best solution to me. everybody can subscribe just for time he/she's ready to be spammed Th

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Michael P. Gerlek
play the same game for things like press releases. -mpg > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Landon Blake > Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 3:46 PM > To: OSGeo Discussions > Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postin

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo)
On 24-Jan-08, at 3:46 PM, Landon Blake wrote: I wonder if the wiki would be a more appropriate place for job postings? That would cut down on the spam. We could post the job openings there and delete them after a few weeks. That way a job posting wouldn't get buried in other e-mails. I like

RE: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Landon Blake
I wonder if the wiki would be a more appropriate place for job postings? That would cut down on the spam. We could post the job openings there and delete them after a few weeks. That way a job posting wouldn't get buried in other e-mails. Landon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Lorenzo Becchi
Frank Warmerdam wrote: Would it be acceptable to have job postings on this list? not to me Should we try and setup a job postings / job wanted mailing list? it would be the best solution to me. everybody can subscribe just for time he/she's ready to be spammed :-) Lorenzo __

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Job Postings / Job Wanted

2008-01-24 Thread Bruce . Bannerman
Frank, IMO: This is a good idea. I'd prefer to see a separate mailing list though. The list could help foster a growing industry. Bruce Bannerman Frank Warmerdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25/01/08 08:12 AM Please respond to OSGeo Discussions To OSGeo cc Subj