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FOSS4G-Europe-2025/CommunitySprint

2025-07-18T18:49:21Z

Jive: /* Registered Attendees */

== Community Sprint ==

FOSS4G Europe 2025 is happy to host the '''OSGeo community sprint'''.

Participation is free of charge and anyone involved or interested in getting involved in OSGeo community projects is welcome.

You can choose to contribute to one or more projects. The sky is the limit. There’s always plenty to do – and it’s not all about programming. Translation, documentation, feedback, discussions, and testing are very important for projects! Conference registration is not a prerequisite for participation in the community sprint.

=== When ===

The community sprint will be held on Saturday and Sunday, 19-20 July. The rooms will be accessible between 9:00-19:00

=== Where ===

The community sprint will be hosted at the conference venue, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (building P) @ [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.344169&mlon=17.797409#map=18/43.344169/17.797409 openstreetmap.org/#map=18/43.344169/17.797409]

== Registered Attendees ==

The community sprint is free of charge but we kindly ask you to write down your name as it helps us with better planning for food and other resources.

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class="wikitable sortable"
!width="30"|No
!width="250"|Name
!width="250"|Email
!width="250"|Projects
!width="250"|Present on Sat 19th
!width="250"|Present on Sun 20th
!width="250"|Vegetarian food
|-
|1 || [[User:Tkardi|Tõnis Kärdi]] || tonis.kardi gmail com || || Yes || Yes ||
|+
|2 || [[User:astrid_emde|Astrid Emde]] || astrid (dot) emde (at) wheregroup (dot) com || Mapbender, OSGeoLive || Yes || No || Yes
|+
|3 || [[User:Mazingaro|Alen Mangafić]] || alen.mangafic gis si || GRASS - i.hyper || Yes || No || Yes - vegan
|+
|4 || [[User:Lvauchier|Léa Vauchier]] || lea (dot) vauchier (at) ign (dot) fr || pdal || Yes || No || Yes
|+
|5 || [[Salim Baidoun]] || salim (dot) salim (at) tomtom (dot) com || OSM Community editing Party || No || Yes || No-Halal
|+
|6 || Tomaž Žagar || tomaz.zagar gis si || GRASS - i.hyper || Yes || No || Yes - vegan
|+
|7 || Chiara Angiolini || Chiara (dot) Angiolini tomtom (dot) com || OSM Community editing Party || No || Yes || No
|+
|8 || [[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]] || luis (dot) de (dot) sousa (at) protonmail (dot) ch || OsGeo CRO, GRASS, GeoPython || Yes || Yes ||
|+
|9 || [[User:Bogato|Quentin Bouillaguet]] || quentin (dot) bouillaguet (at) ign (dot) fr || pdal || Yes || No ||
|+
|}

* Jody: GeoServer 3

== Workgroups ==

=== Project-name ===
To participate, copy this project skeleton and start a section below for your project.

'''Attending:'''
*user
*user

'''Goals:'''
*your goals

=== OSM Editing Party ===
Join us for a two-day Mapathon dedicated to enhancing OpenStreetMap data for Eastern Europe projects. for more information, please visit this [https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7343223529028415488/ page] to sign up.

'''Attending:'''
*Salim Baidoun
*Chiara Angiolini
*Mile Milkovski

'''Goals:'''
TomTom is thrilled to announce that we’ll be at FOSS4G Europe 2025 in Mostar, Bosnia! Join us for a two-day Mapathon dedicated to enhancing OpenStreetMap data for Eastern Europe projects.
Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned mapper, this is your chance to learn, connect, and make a real impact. Just bring your laptop, a mouse, and plenty of enthusiasm.

== Event Organization ==

The [https://2025.europe.foss4g.org/team Mostar LOC] is the proud organiser of the code sprint.
For any specific questions about the venue and capabilities you can contact [[User:Tkardi|Tõnis Kärdi]].

[[Category:FOSS4G-Europe]] [[Category:FOSS4G]] [[Category:Code_Sprints]]

Incubation Committee

2025-06-07T00:43:12Z

Jive: /* Committee Members */

The project incubation committee is responsible for overseeing the incubation process for new projects entering the foundation. The incubation committee provides resources to assist new projects to reach full membership, and makes recommendations to the board when they feel projects have completed incubation.

== About the Incubation Committee ==

The OSGeo Incubation Committee is an open source advocacy and outreach activity welcoming projects and development teams to our foundation.

The committee is responsible for:

# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ OSGeo project website] review
#* Reviewing applications to list projects on the OSGeo website
#* Preparing and recommend criteria and review process for projects to be listed on the OSGeo website
# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/#community Community project program]
#* Reviewing community project applications and recommending projects to the board to be accepted as community projects
#* Reporting on the status of projects in the community project program to the board periodically (via Chair)
#* Preparing and recommending community project process and criteria to the board.
#* See [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]] for more information
# [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ OSGeo Incubation process]
#* Reviewing applications for incubation and making recommendations to the board on projects that should be admitted into incubation.
#* Appointing [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/mentor/ mentors] for incubation projects.
#* Reviewing progress of projects against incubation requirements, and recommending projects for full project status to the board, when deemed appropriate.
#* Reporting on the status of projects in incubation and the incubation process to the board periodically (via Chair).
#* Preparing and recommending incubation process and criteria to the board.

The OSGeo incubation committee is not responsible for graduated OSGeo Projects. Graduated OSGeo projects are recognized as a committee who report directly to the board via their project officer.

== Supporting project teams ==

If you would like your software project to listed on the website, or apply to become an OSGeo Community project, please send a description of your project to the OSGeo Incubation Committee Mailing List.

We look forward to helping you!

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Responsibility
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
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| Geospatial 
- README or project description
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| Geospatial 
- User guide or quickstart
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| Free or Open Source License 
- See LICENSE.md
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| Free or Open Source License 
- Check headers
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| X
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| Free or Open Source License 
- Providence Review
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| Participatory 
- See CONTRIBUTING.md
| X
| X
| X
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| Participatory 
- History of pull requests or patches
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| X
| X
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| Participatory 
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
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| X
| X
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| Open Community 
- communication channel 
- decision making process
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| X
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| Active Healthy Community 
- user and developer collaboration 
- long term viability
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| Development Process 
- version control 
- issue tracker 
- leadership open to new members 
- transparent decision making
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| Documentation 
- user documentation 
- developer documentation
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| Release Procedure 
- release process 
- documented testing process 
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|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Foundation Resources
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| website project list
| X
| X
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| website choose-a-project
| X
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| OSGeo Live
| X
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| Marketing Collateral
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| Representation
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| project officer
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| infrastructure and facilities
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| promotion & marketing
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| budget
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| osgeo board
| project budget
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| fundraising
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|}

=== Financial support ===

The incubation process establishes a project as a full fledged OSGeo committee, with a project project officer, with direct access to OSGeo treasurer, and reporting to the board during annual general meeting.

While Community projects are not recognized as an independent committee, the OSGeo board maintains an "OSGeo Community" initiative with budget to support your activities. Attend one of the OSGeo board monthly meetings, or ask on the board mailing list, if your project has an activity that can benefit from financial support.

For more information see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf]

=== Branding ===

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Community
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Project
|-
| [[File:OSGeo community.png|frameless|OSGeo Community Project]]
| [[File:OSGeo project.png|frameless|OSGeo Project]]
|}

== Step 1: Add OSGeo Website Project Page ==

To be listed on the OSGeo website:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
# Have a free license or open source license
#* The license must be OSI approved
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy

If you have questions about the above, or would like guidance on setting up your open source project, please reach out to us.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology api
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: I would like to ask permission to to list my project "water topology api" on the OSGeo website in order to share my work with more people!
::
:: The project is built on PostGIS topology providing a REST API to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The repository is located here: https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ released using GPL license.
::
:: My OSGeo userid is "atlantis" and I will need permission to create a project page.
::
:: Thanks!

== Step 2: Join OSGeo Community Projects Initiative ==

Projects applying to the *OSGeo Community Projects* initiative are asked to:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
#* project page on the osgeo website
#* We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an OSGeo Live quickstart
# Have a free license or an open source license.
#* The license must be OSI approved
#* We ask that the project team check the file headers and double check the license has been appropriately applied
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy
#* We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests
#* Projects are required to have a code of conduct

OSGeo provides [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ code of conduct guidance], many projects selecting [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ contribution covenant]).

OSGeo [[Community Projects]] can take part in the incubation committee for guidance on open source use, setting up project governance, promoting the project, and building the project community. We look forward to working with you. For sensitive topics (patents, copyright, trademarks, and license) you wish to attend a video meeting.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology community project application
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: The Water Topology project would like to apply to join the OSGeo community program. We recently re-branded to just "water topology" to reflect client libraries being include in our project. The project provides web services built on PostGIS topology to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The osgeo project page is available here: https://osgeo.org/projects/watertopology and our user guide is located at https://watertopo.gitlab.host.net/ .
::
:: The repository remains at https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ with GPL license, contribution policy and code of conduct. We have checked our source code to ensure GPL license has been correctly applied. Our issue tracker is active, and we have received a number of merge-requests.
::
:: Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your questions!

== Step 3: Incubation process and Graduation ==

The *OSGeo Project* designation is intended to recognize established projects with a diverse community of developers and users with a proven track record.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* a project team applies for the OSGeo incubation program. Successful projects are teamed up with an experienced open source mentor to help answer questions, obtain legal council, and help guide work on transparency and community development as required.

Although incubation is a lot of work, this is opportunity for project teams to grow and improve and be publicly recognized for their accomplishment.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* we ask that project teams excel in each of areas mentioned above, see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] ( [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md markdown] ) or the comparison table on this page for more detail.

The OSGeo incubation process takes place in three stages:

# Initial Application
## Application request
## Mentor volunteer
# Incubator
## Project Status: project details, and a few resourcing questions for the system admin committee (see [[Project Status Template]]).
## Provenance Review: project team check to ensure the project is open source and has permission to distribute its source code.
## Project team and mentor work on [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] ( [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md markdown] ) priorities
# Graduation
## Mentor recommends project for graduation with motion to the incubation committee
## Committee chair informs the OSGeo board, who appoints the project team as a newly formed OSGeo committee

== Incubation ==

The following projects are currently in OSGeo incubation. The links provided are used to track the progress of incubation projects and are used by the developer team (and OSGeo mentor). In many cases the links will take you to a project specific wiki or website in order to be closer to their target community.

When projects have completed the graduation checklist their mentor will recommend them to the Incubation committee for graduation.

=== IstSOS ===

'''IstSOS''': http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS
# [[IstSOS Provenance Review]]
# [[IstSOS Incubation Status]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]

=== Opticks ===

'''Opticks''': http://opticks.org
# [[Opticks Incubation Status]]
# no provenance review provided
# [[Opticks Incubation Checklist]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Mark_Lucas|Mark Lucas]]

=== Oskari ===

'''Oskari''': http://oskari.org/
# [[Oskari Incubation Application]]
# [[Oskari Incubation Status]]
# [https://github.com/oskariorg/oskari-docs/wiki/Oskari-Incubation-Checklist Oskari Graduation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[Arnulf Christl]]

=== TEAM Engine ===

'''TEAM Engine''': http://teamengine.sourceforge.net
# [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1016 Incubation Application] from 2012
# [https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/wiki/OSGEO-Graduation TEAM Engine Incubation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jive|Jody Garnett]]

== Graduated ==

The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained.

* Community Mapbuilder: [[Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress]] | [[Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-14, Mentor: Steve Lime)
* deegree: [[deegree Incubation Status]] | [[deegree Provenance Review]] (Entered: 2008-06-09, Graduated 2010-02-04, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* FDO: [[FDO Incubation Status]] | [[FDO Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-06, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* GEOS: [[GEOS Incubation Status]] | [[GEOS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-11-02, Graduated 2012-04-28, Mentor: Frank Warmerdam)
* GDAL/OGR: [[GDAL Incubation Progress]] | [[GDAL Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* Geomajas: [[GeoMajas Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMajas Provenance Review]] (Entered 2010-03-04, Graduated 2010-11-22, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* GeoNetwork: [[GeoNetwork Incubation Status]] | [[GeoNetwork Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2008-06-21, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoNode: [[GeoNode Incubation Status]] [[GeoNode Provenance Review]] [[GeoNode Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2015-08-13, Graduated 2016-11-09, Mentor: David Bitner)
* GeoMOOSE: [[GeoMoose Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMoose Provenance Review]] | [[GeoMoose Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2011-12-08, Graduated 2013-04-19, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoTools: [[GeoTools Incubation Progress]] | [[GeoTools Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-07-18, Mentor: Cameron Shorter)
* GeoServer: [http://old.geoserver.org/OSGEO%20incubation%20questionnaire.html Incubation Questionnaire] | [http://old.geoserver.org/GeoServer%20Incubation%20Status.html Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Incubation-Checklist Incubation Checklist] | [[Geoserver Mentor Notes]] (Entered 2009-11-05, Graduated 2013-03-15, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* gvSIG: [[gvSIG Incubation Status]] | [[gvSIG Provenance Review]] | [[gvSIG Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2007-09-07, Graduated 2015-11-26, Mentor: Dimitris Kotzinos)
* GRASS: [[GRASS Incubation Progress]] | [[GRASS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Norman Vine and Arnulf Christl)
* Mapbender: [[Mapbender Incubation Progress]] | [[Mapbender Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-15, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* MapFish: [[MapFish Incubation Status]] | [[MapFish Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-11-09, Graduated 2011-09-01, Mentor: Gary Sherman)
* MapGuide Open: [[MapGuide Incubation Status]] | [[MapGuide Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2007-03-02, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* MapServer: [[MapServer incubation status]] | [[MapServer Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-12-16, Mentor: Chris Holmes)
* Marble: [[Marble Incubation Status]] | [[Marble Code Provenance Review]] | [[Marble Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2012-10-12, Graduated 2013-10-17, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* OpenLayers: [[OpenLayers Incubation Status]] | [[OpenLayers Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2007-11-16, Mentor: Howard Butler)
* Orfeo ToolBox (OTB): [[OTB Project Incubation Status]] | [[OTB Code Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-10-26, Graduated 2017-07-20, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* OSGeoLive: [[Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist|Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2017-10-05, Graduated 2018-04-14, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* pgRouting: [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Project Graduation Checklist] (Entered: 2022-07, Graduated 2024-11, Mentor: Angelos Tzotsos)
* PostGIS: [[PostGIS Incubation Status]] | [[PostGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-08-06, Graduated 2012-06-07, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* PROJ: [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2268 Incubation Application] | [https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/wiki/Incubation-checklist PROJ Graduation Checklist] (Entered 2019-05-04, Graduated 2019-11-26, Mentor: Michael Smith )
* pycsw: [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Status Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/pycsw-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] (Entered 2013-03-30, Graduated 2015-03-05, Mentor: Jeff McKenna)
* pygeoapi: [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeoIncubation-ProjectStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2021-11-03, Graduated 2022-08-21, Mentor: Michael Smith)
* PyWPS: [[PyWPS|Incubation Status]] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2009-02-27, Graduated 2018-04-11, Mentor: Tom Kralidis)
* OSSIM: [[OSSIM incubation status]] | [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimprovenance OSSIM Provenance Review] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2009-06-02, Mentor: Richard Gould)
* QGIS: [[QGIS Incubation Status]] | [[QGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-02, Graduated 2008-03-14, Mentor: Bob Bray)
* ZOO-Project: [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/OSGeoIncubationStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2011-11-09, Graduated 2023-06-21, Mentors: Tom Kralidis, Dimitris Kotzinos, Frank Warmerdam)

The initial projects to go through the incubation process helped define what is required. The above pages tracked the progress (and capture the experience) of these projects.

== Withdrawn ==

The following projects did not complete incubation:

* '''[http://www.rasdaman.org rasdaman]''': : [[ rasdaman Incubation Status ]] | [http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance Code Provenance] | [http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist Incubation Checklist] (Mentor [[User: Bruce.bannerman|Bruce Bannerman]] )
* '''[http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/ MetaCRS]''': :: [[MetaCRS Incubation Status]] (Mentor: Daniel Morissette)

== Committee Operation ==

The incubation committee operates within the OSGeo committee guidelines, operating in a close working relationship with the OSGeo board as reflected in our responsibilities above.

* Voting members: Voting members are maintained on this page as outlined below. This committee is volunteer based with committee member ship driven by email request to be added or removed. Inactive members (see below) are removed as needed to preserve committee function.
* Project mentors: Have volunteered to represent our organization at a personal level as a guest on the projects email list and meetings. Project mentors are responsible for recommending when a project is ready for graduation based on this first hand experience. For more information see mentor guidelines.
* Committee chair: Committee chair appointed by motion, result forward to the board for approval and recognition as an officer of the foundation. Committee chair is responsible for operation of the committee.
* Communication: This committee operates on the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator incubator mailing list]. With the occasional breakout IRC meeting, hangout, or phone call to explore specific issues.
* Decision making: Decision making is performed by email motion. Motions are held open for a two week period. Each motion requires a 50% quorum within the two week period. Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against). The committee chair is responsible for replying to the email thread with voting results and motion resolution.
** Email motions should be clearly worded and have a subject line “Motion:”.
** Motions are held open for a two week period to give everyone a chance to respond, this accounts for volunteers that are only available on weekends.
** At discretion of the chair a motion may be held open longer than two weeks.
** If a motion does not gather a 50% response within a two week period we may need to revisit our active member list – removing members that have not voted within the last year.
** Voting +0 and -0 are a good way to reach quorum for volunteers that have not had a chance to follow the discussion, or to abstain if you feel uncomfortable voting on a topic.
** There is no veto in the incubation committee, but we tend to respect -1 votes and withdraw motions that are divisive. It is noted that when reviewing graduation checklists -1 votes tend to track outstanding issues that are then addressed within the voting period.
* Independence: Our mandate is focused on providing to the OSGeo board as outlined above.

Example email:

Subject: motion: accept project x as a community project

The following motion has been made by Firstname Lastname:

Motion to accept project x as an community project.

This motion is held open for two weeks closing MONTH DAY, requiring 50% quorum,
from the following incubation committee members:

* LINE BY LINE BULLETED LIST OF CURRENT MEMBERS

A subsequent email will be sent when the motion is completed, either by the elapsed time period, or by unanimous consent before the closing period.

=== Committee Members ===

'''Volunteers Welcome''' - if you would like to take part we are always looking for new members, sign up to the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator email list], and introduce yourself to volunteer.

Current members:

* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]]
* Arnulf Christl
* Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
* [[User:darkblueb|Brian M Hamlin]]
* Daniel Morissette
* Dimitris Kotzinos
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] (chair)
* Michael Smith
* [[User:Nickbearman|Nick Bearman]]
* [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]]
* Steve Lime
* Tom Kralidis

'''Thank you''' - we ask that volunteers remain active, joining the discussion and voting on the email list. If you are unable to take part please send us an email. As volunteers we understand that life can get in the way of advocacy – you are welcome to rejoin at any time. We will also retire inactive members as needed. Prior members:

* Bruce Bannerman
* Landon Blake
* Robert Bray
* Howard Butler
* [[User:JoCook|Jo Cook]]
* Chris Holmes
* Julien-Samuel Lacroix
* Mark Lucas
* Judit Mays
* Jeff McKenna
* Markus Neteler
* Markus Schneider
* Cameron Shorter
* Paul Spencer
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Norman Vine

=== Documents ===

* Official incubator public web page is at: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/ (with members list).
* [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]]
* [[Incubation FAQ]]
* [[Official_IncCom_Documents]]
* Incubation process docs: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ (original [[Official_IncCom_Documents|wiki draft documents]])
* [[Incubation Badges]]

Draft or discussion documents
* Draft [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]]
* Draft [[5-star-rating]] - discussion about more fine incubation procedure
* OSGeo Distribution and Committer [[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html licenses] which can be used as is, or as an example for projects starting off with participatory open source.
** Geotools Copyright Assignment ([http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf pdf], [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.odt odt]) - previous example
** [[Project Copyright Assignment]] - previous example
* [[Contributor Agreement]] and FAQ
* [[Incubation Phases]] proposal

Document Refresh 2014
* [[Project Graduation Checklist]]

References:
* [[Project Infrastructure Migration]]
* [http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html Producing OSS] - by Karl Fogel - an excellent primer on running an FOSS project.

Reports:
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2012]]
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2011]]

Trac:
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority Open Incubator Trac Issues]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&keywords=%7Eapplication&order=priority Pending Incubation Applications]

== Meetings and Reports ==
Meetings are scheduled via [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator Mailing List] and take place via [[Getting_Started#Jump_on_IRC | IRC]] at the times specified in the [[Foundation Calendar]].
* [[IncCom Meeting1|First Meeting]] - March 13th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting2|Second Meeting]] - March 20th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting3|Third Meeting]] - March 27th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting4|Fourth Meeting]] - April 10th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting5|Fifth Meeting]] - April 24th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting6|Sixth Meeting]] - June 19th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting7|Seventh Meeting]] - August 7th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting8|Eighth Meeting]] - October 30th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting9|Nineth Meeting]] - February 12th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting10|Tenth Meeting]] - June 11th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting11|Eleventh Meeting]] - October 29th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting12|Twelfth Meeting]] - September 8th 2008
* [[IncCom Meeting13|Thirteenth Meeting]] - October 29th 2009
* [[IncCom Meeting14|Fourteenth Meeting]] - March 1th 2010
* [[IncCom Meeting15]] - Nov 21 2011
* [[IncCom Meeting16]] - Jan 17 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting17]] - March 19 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting18]] - May 21 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting19]] - July 23 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting20]] - Sep 24 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting21]] - Feb 18 2013
* [[IncCom Report22]] - 2013 Q2
* [[IncCom Report23]] - 2013 Q3
* [[IncCom Report24]] - 2014 Q1
* [[Fall 2014 Committee Report for OSGeo Journal]]

[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Committees]]

Category:Board Meetings 2025

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Board of Directors

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== OSGeo Foundation Board of Directors ==

The board is elected by the [https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members Charter Members] as outlined in the [[Board Election Procedure]].

Period: December 2023 - November 2025

* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/jeroen-ticheler/ Jeroen Ticheler] - Netherlands (Central European Time Zone UTC +1h)
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/bernasocchi/ Marco Bernasocchi] - Switzerland (Central European Time Zone UTC +1h)
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/codrina-maria-ilie/ Codrina Maria Ilie] - Bucharest, Romania (Central European Time Zone UTC +1h)
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/shinde/ Rajat Shinde] - India/Huntsville, AL, USA (currently) (Central Time UTC -5h)
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/vicky-vergara/ Vicky Vergara] - Naucalpan, Mexico (Central Standard Time UTC -6h)

Period: December 2022 - November 2024
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Athens, Greece (Central European Time UTC +2h) [[Executive_Positions|President]]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/michael-smith/ Michael Smith] - Hanover, New Hampshire, USA (Eastern Time UTC -5h) [[Treasurer]]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/tom-kralidis Tom Kralidis] - Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Eastern Time UTC -5h)
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Aanthieni Ariel Anthieni] - Buenos Aires, Argentina (Argentina Time UTC -3h)









More detailed information is available in the [[Board Member Profiles]].

= Board Activities and Meetings =

== Board Activities ==

=== Motions ===

The board is using Loomio to track motions and facilitate voting (see [[Board Voting Procedure]]):

* https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board

=== Actions ===

The board is an issue tracker for actions:

* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== Board Meetings ==

In general the OSGeo board meets on [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi] or [[IRC|IRC]] the last Monday of the month from [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=43&p2=49&p3=1234&p4=286&p5=157&p6=671&p7=207&p8=1091&p9=259 15.00 UTC]

Upcoming board meetings:

; Video call: board will get together for a video call and work through discussions and tasks in 1 hour [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi] meeting. May also consist of an informal "work party" of board members and officers to work on tasks and collaboration not easily handled in IRC / email.

* [[[Board_Meeting_2022-10-31]] [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2022&month=10&day=31&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=256&p2=286&p3=49&p4=269&p5=250&p6=37 16:00 UTC]

; IRC Meeting: [[IRC|Internet Rely Chat]] meetings are held on Libera.Chat [irc://irc.libera.chat/#osgeo OSGeo channel], please note that due to spam you are now required to register with the "NickServ" bot to verify your identity prior to posting messages on IRC. Before 2021, the board was using the FreeNode OSGeo channel that was [http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo logged] providing a great record of IRC meetings.

* none scheduled

; Face to Face Meeting: board will get together in person and work through discussions and tasks that are not easily handled in a 1 hour IRC meeting or via e-mail. For face to face meetings travel costs will be covered by the foundation.

* none scheduled

; Member meeting: board meeting with OSGeo members at OSGeo events providing a chance to listen and discuss our community. May also consist of informal "party" to celebrate our community, members, and what we accomplish together

* none scheduled

=== Previous meetings ===

[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2025|2025]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2024|2024]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2023|2023]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2022|2022]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2021|2021]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2020|2020]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2019|2019]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2018|2018]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2017|2017]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2016|2016]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2015|2015]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2014|2014]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2013|2013]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2012|2012]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2011|2011]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2010|2010]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2009|2009]] -
[[Board Meetings 2008|2008]] -
[[Board Meetings 2007|2007]] -
[[Board Meetings 2006|2006]] -
[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/board/board_meetings.html Earlier].

= Initiatives =

While the board is focused on decision making occasionally there is a call for a long term activity in support of our goals and objectives. We are especially proud of joint initiatives undertaken with other parties as a tangible result of collaboration and community building.

[https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/ Initiatives]:

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/geo-for-all/ GeoForAll] - education and research outreach

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/foss4g/ FOSS4G (Events)] - managed by the conference committee

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/foss4g-travel-grant-program/ Travel Grant Program] - facilitate accessibility and diversity at our global and regional FOSS4G events

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/open-geoscience/ Open GeoScience] - make scientific research, data and results transparent and accessible for science and society

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/un-initiative/ UN Initiatve] - support the UN migration to Open Source Geospatial software solutions

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/gsoc/ Google Summer of Code (GSoC)] - encourage university student participation in open source software development

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/osgeo-live-initiative/ OSGeoLive Initiative]

* [[OSGeo Community Project Initiative]]: created foster innovation and collaboration resulting in a lower barrier of entry to join the OSGeo Family. Managed by the board with the assistance of the incubation committee to [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_Community_Projects_Program review applicants].

* [[OSGeo Code Sprints Initiative]] - sponsorship program for projects and communities planning targeted software development.

* [[OSGeo Security Initiative]] - sponsorship program providing emergency funds for projects faced with an urgent security vulnerability.

* [https://www.osgeo.org/meta-crs-initiative/ Meta CRS Initiative] - gathers together interested parties from across several projections, and coordinate system related technologies

* [https://www.osgeo.org/opengis-harmonization/ OpenGIS Harmonization] - untangle the use of org.opengis java package between OSGeo GeoTools project and OGC GeoAPI Standard. This is a cross-project initiative as many projects in our Java family are affected by any change.

While the board is responsible for defining the scope and responsibilities of these activities, initiatives require participation for success. OSGeo projects and committees may have additional initiatives of interest beyond the ones listed here as overseen by the board.

Creating an initiative is a great way to setup for a recurring activity (such as GSoC) without the "overhead" of establishing a full OSGeo committee.

= Working Groups =

While the board is focused on decision making occasionally there is a call for action. The following working groups are focused on accomplishing a specific 2-3 week objective and will report back to the board list when completed. This is in contrast to long term activities handled by committees.

== 2021 Working Groups ==

* none at present

== 2015 Working Groups ==

* [[2015 Sponsorship Drive Working Group]] - contact prior sponsors, blog post inviting new sponsors
* [[GeoForAll OSGeo Relationship]]: Revised Education Committee mandate pending clarification of relationship with Geo4All advisory board (our GeoForAll representatives are Venkatesh Raghavan and Jeff McKenna)

= Planning =

== 2022 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2022 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee, initiative and project!

* [[OSGeo Budget 2022]]

== 2021 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2021 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee, initiative and project!

* [[OSGeo Budget 2021]]

== 2020 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2020 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee, initiative and project!

* [[OSGeo Budget 2020]]

== 2019 Planning ==

Documents:

* [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf OSGeo Financial Guidance]

=== Operational Budget for 2019 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee, initiative and project!

* [[OSGeo Budget 2019]]

== 2018 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2018 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee, initiative and project!

* [[OSGeo Budget 2018]]

=== Sponsorship Opportunities for 2018 ===

OSGeo maintains a sponsorship program recognizing financial contributions to our projects, initiatives and events.

* [[OSGeo Sponsorship Opportunities 2018]]

== 2017 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2017 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee:

* [[OSGeo Budget 2017]]

=== Sponsorship Opportunities for 2017 ===

The foundation recognizes sponsors who financially support our events, initiatives and open source projects.

* [[Sponsorship Opportunities for 2017]]

The following has been published as the following [http://www.osgeo.org/node/1755 blog post] and [http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship how to sponsor page].

== 2016 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2016 ===

Thanks to our sponsors, and a series of successful events, OSGeo does has an operational budget for 2016.

* [[OSGeo Budget 2016]]

The Board has divided the above budget up according to our priority as an organization. Please keep in mind that prior boards have taken this approach - and spent nothing due to lack of volunteers willing to lead the charge. The following is budget and does not provide a commitment to spend money on the actives listed - to do that we need your commitment as a volunteer!

=== Strategic Plan 2016 ===

''From Anne'': See the parallel Skate-Boarding of Fedora at http://fedoramagazine.org/lets-talk-about-fedora-project-objectives/ - I really like the idea of having 18 months goals, that are measurable, backed up by community agreement. Let's discuss this at the first Sprint. There are also [http://www.jonobacon.org/2014/11/14/ubuntu-governance-reboot/ some thoughts on Ubuntu governance] that can inspire us, but I haven't gone through the whole discussion yet, and there are many differences between OSGeo and Ubuntu; so I'm not sure on how much we can learn from it.

This section outlines OSGeo strategic plan for 2016 - this is a result of the [http://www.osgeo.org/about vision, mission and goals] established at the [[Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016|2016 face to face meeting]].

Strategic objectives for 2016:

* S01: showcasing excellence in our communities
* S02: proactively engage with external partners
* S03: Fostering our mission, vision and goals
* S04: Empowering our communities and extending our reach

These objectives were taken to the community for concrete / measurable actions volunteers were interested in tackling over the course of 2016.

Update: We did not receive enough feedback to form a strategic plan.

== 2013 Planning ==

* [[OSGeo Board : Board Priorities 2013]] - establish OSGeo as a low capital, volunteer focused organization focused supporting communities and initiatives which support themselves

= Reference =

* Please see foundation [https://www.osgeo.org/about/bylaws/ bylaws] for official responsibilities
* Arnulf Christl's [http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/49-OSGeo-Director-Retrospective.html OSGeo Director Retrospective]. Arnulf was an OSGeo Board member and President of OSGeo.
* for incoming Board members [[Board_of_Directors/OnboardingChecklist|OnboardingChecklist]]

== Documents ==
* [[https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf OSGeo Financial Guidance]]
* [[Executive Positions]] and [[Director Responsibilities]]
* [[Board Election Procedure]]
* [[Election 2022]]
* [[Election 2021]]
* [[Election 2020]]
* [[Election 2019]]
* Election 2018: [[Board_Election_2018_Results]] [[Election 2018 Candidate Manifestos]]
* Election 2017: [[Board_Election_2017_Results]] [[Election 2017 Candidate Manifestos]]
* Election 2016: [[Board_Election_2016_Results]] [[Election 2016 Candidate Manifestos]]
* Election 2015: [[Board_Election_2015_Results]] [[Election 2015 Candidate Manifestos]]
* Election 2014: [[Board Election 2014 Results]]
* Election 2013: [[Board Election 2013 Results]]
* Election 2012: [[Board Election 2012 Results]]
* Election 2011: [[Board Election 2011 Results]]
* Election 2010: [[Board Election 2010 Results]]
* Election 2009: [[Board Election 2009]], see 2009 section of [[Proposed Board Election Procedure]]
* Election 2008: [[Board Election 2008]], see 2008 section of [[Proposed Board Election Procedure]]
* Election 2007: [[Board Election 2007]], see 2007 section of [[Proposed Board Election Procedure]]
* [[Foundation Sponsorship]] (adopted), [[Project Sponsorship]] (adopted), [[Local Chapter Sponsorship]] (idea)
* [[Conflict Of Interest Policy]]
* [[Board_of_Directors/OnboardingChecklist]]

== Mailing list ==

The http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board mailing list is used for most public board discussions. There is also a private board mailing list used only for matters that are considered needful to be kept private.

== History of OSGeo Foundation Boards of Directors ==
* [[Board_Election_2024_Results|Board of Directors 2024]]
* [[Board_Election_2023_Results|Board of Directors 2023]]
* [[Board_Election_2022_Results|Board of Directors 2022]]
* [[Board_Election_2021_Results|Board of Directors 2021]]
* [[Board_Election_2020_Results|Board of Directors 2020]]
* [[Board Election 2019 Results|Board of Directors 2019]]
* [[Board_Election_2018_Results|Board of Directors 2018]] (Nov. 2018 - Oct. 2019)
* [[Board Election 2017 Results|Board of Directors 2017]] (Nov. 2017 - Oct. 2018)
* [[Board Election 2016 Results|Board of Directors 2016]] (Aug. 2016 - Aug. 2017)
* [[Board Election 2015 Results|Board of Directors 2015]] (Aug. 2015 - Aug. 2016)
* [[Board Election 2014 Results|Board of Directors 2014]] (Aug. 2014 - Aug. 2015)
* [[Board Election 2013 Results|Board of Directors 2013]] (Aug. 2013 - Aug. 2014)
* [[Board Election 2012 Results|Board of Directors 2012]] (Aug. 2012 - Aug. 2013)
* [[Board Election 2011 Results|Board of Directors 2011]] (Aug. 2011 - Aug. 2012)
* [[Board Election 2010 Results|Board of Directors 2010]] (Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2011)
* [[Board Election 2009 Results|Board of Directors 2009]] (Sept. 2009 - Aug. 2010)
* [[Board Election 2008 Results|Board of Directors 2008]] (July 2008 - Sept. 2009)
* [[Board Election 2007 Results|Board of Directors 2007]] (Aug. 2007 - July 2008)
* [[Interim Board of Directors 2006]] (Feb. 2006 - July 2007)

An interim Board of Directors with 5 members was elected on February 4th, 2006, by the initial members of the [http://www.osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation]. On March 18th, 2006, the board has been completed to now total nine members:

[[Category:Board]]

Board of Directors

2025-01-29T22:43:08Z

Jive: /* Previous meetings */

== OSGeo Foundation Board of Directors ==

The board is elected by the [https://www.osgeo.org/about/charter-members Charter Members] as outlined in the [[Board Election Procedure]].

Period: December 2023 - November 2025

* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/jeroen-ticheler/ Jeroen Ticheler] - Netherlands (Central European Time Zone UTC +1h)
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/bernasocchi/ Marco Bernasocchi] - Switzerland (Central European Time Zone UTC +1h)
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/codrina-maria-ilie/ Codrina Maria Ilie] - Bucharest, Romania (Central European Time Zone UTC +1h)
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/shinde/ Rajat Shinde] - India/Huntsville, AL, USA (currently) (Central Time UTC -5h)
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/vicky-vergara/ Vicky Vergara] - Naucalpan, Mexico (Central Standard Time UTC -6h)

Period: December 2022 - November 2024
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos Angelos Tzotsos] - Athens, Greece (Central European Time UTC +2h) [[Executive_Positions|President]]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/michael-smith/ Michael Smith] - Hanover, New Hampshire, USA (Eastern Time UTC -5h) [[Treasurer]]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/tom-kralidis Tom Kralidis] - Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Eastern Time UTC -5h)
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Aanthieni Ariel Anthieni] - Buenos Aires, Argentina (Argentina Time UTC -3h)









More detailed information is available in the [[Board Member Profiles]].

= Board Activities and Meetings =

== Board Activities ==

=== Motions ===

The board is using Loomio to track motions and facilitate voting (see [[Board Voting Procedure]]):

* https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board

=== Actions ===

The board is an issue tracker for actions:

* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== Board Meetings ==

In general the OSGeo board meets on [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi] or [[IRC|IRC]] the last Monday of the month from [http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=43&p2=49&p3=1234&p4=286&p5=157&p6=671&p7=207&p8=1091&p9=259 15.00 UTC]

Upcoming board meetings:

; Video call: board will get together for a video call and work through discussions and tasks in 1 hour [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi] meeting. May also consist of an informal "work party" of board members and officers to work on tasks and collaboration not easily handled in IRC / email.

* [[[Board_Meeting_2022-10-31]] [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2022&month=10&day=31&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=256&p2=286&p3=49&p4=269&p5=250&p6=37 16:00 UTC]

; IRC Meeting: [[IRC|Internet Rely Chat]] meetings are held on Libera.Chat [irc://irc.libera.chat/#osgeo OSGeo channel], please note that due to spam you are now required to register with the "NickServ" bot to verify your identity prior to posting messages on IRC. Before 2021, the board was using the FreeNode OSGeo channel that was [http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo logged] providing a great record of IRC meetings.

* none scheduled

; Face to Face Meeting: board will get together in person and work through discussions and tasks that are not easily handled in a 1 hour IRC meeting or via e-mail. For face to face meetings travel costs will be covered by the foundation.

* none scheduled

; Member meeting: board meeting with OSGeo members at OSGeo events providing a chance to listen and discuss our community. May also consist of informal "party" to celebrate our community, members, and what we accomplish together

* none scheduled

=== Previous meetings ===

[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2024|2025]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2024|2024]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2023|2023]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2022|2022]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2021|2021]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2020|2020]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2019|2019]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2018|2018]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2017|2017]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2016|2016]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2015|2015]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2014|2014]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2013|2013]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2012|2012]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2011|2011]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2010|2010]] -
[[:Category:Board_Meetings_2009|2009]] -
[[Board Meetings 2008|2008]] -
[[Board Meetings 2007|2007]] -
[[Board Meetings 2006|2006]] -
[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/board/board_meetings.html Earlier].

= Initiatives =

While the board is focused on decision making occasionally there is a call for a long term activity in support of our goals and objectives. We are especially proud of joint initiatives undertaken with other parties as a tangible result of collaboration and community building.

[https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/ Initiatives]:

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/geo-for-all/ GeoForAll] - education and research outreach

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/foss4g/ FOSS4G (Events)] - managed by the conference committee

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/foss4g-travel-grant-program/ Travel Grant Program] - facilitate accessibility and diversity at our global and regional FOSS4G events

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/open-geoscience/ Open GeoScience] - make scientific research, data and results transparent and accessible for science and society

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/un-initiative/ UN Initiatve] - support the UN migration to Open Source Geospatial software solutions

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/gsoc/ Google Summer of Code (GSoC)] - encourage university student participation in open source software development

* [https://www.osgeo.org/initiatives/osgeo-live-initiative/ OSGeoLive Initiative]

* [[OSGeo Community Project Initiative]]: created foster innovation and collaboration resulting in a lower barrier of entry to join the OSGeo Family. Managed by the board with the assistance of the incubation committee to [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Incubation_Committee#Step_2:_Join_Community_Projects_Program review applicants].

* [[OSGeo Code Sprints Initiative]] - sponsorship program for projects and communities planning targeted software development.

* [[OSGeo Security Initiative]] - sponsorship program providing emergency funds for projects faced with an urgent security vulnerability.

* [https://www.osgeo.org/meta-crs-initiative/ Meta CRS Initiative] - gathers together interested parties from across several projections, and coordinate system related technologies

* [https://www.osgeo.org/opengis-harmonization/ OpenGIS Harmonization] - untangle the use of org.opengis java package between OSGeo GeoTools project and OGC GeoAPI Standard. This is a cross-project initiative as many projects in our Java family are affected by any change.

While the board is responsible for defining the scope and responsibilities of these activities, initiatives require participation for success. OSGeo projects and committees may have additional initiatives of interest beyond the ones listed here as overseen by the board.

Creating an initiative is a great way to setup for a recurring activity (such as GSoC) without the "overhead" of establishing a full OSGeo committee.

= Working Groups =

While the board is focused on decision making occasionally there is a call for action. The following working groups are focused on accomplishing a specific 2-3 week objective and will report back to the board list when completed. This is in contrast to long term activities handled by committees.

== 2021 Working Groups ==

* none at present

== 2015 Working Groups ==

* [[2015 Sponsorship Drive Working Group]] - contact prior sponsors, blog post inviting new sponsors
* [[GeoForAll OSGeo Relationship]]: Revised Education Committee mandate pending clarification of relationship with Geo4All advisory board (our GeoForAll representatives are Venkatesh Raghavan and Jeff McKenna)

= Planning =

== 2022 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2022 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee, initiative and project!

* [[OSGeo Budget 2022]]

== 2021 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2021 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee, initiative and project!

* [[OSGeo Budget 2021]]

== 2020 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2020 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee, initiative and project!

* [[OSGeo Budget 2020]]

== 2019 Planning ==

Documents:

* [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf OSGeo Financial Guidance]

=== Operational Budget for 2019 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee, initiative and project!

* [[OSGeo Budget 2019]]

== 2018 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2018 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee, initiative and project!

* [[OSGeo Budget 2018]]

=== Sponsorship Opportunities for 2018 ===

OSGeo maintains a sponsorship program recognizing financial contributions to our projects, initiatives and events.

* [[OSGeo Sponsorship Opportunities 2018]]

== 2017 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2017 ===

The board is dividing this years budget up by committee:

* [[OSGeo Budget 2017]]

=== Sponsorship Opportunities for 2017 ===

The foundation recognizes sponsors who financially support our events, initiatives and open source projects.

* [[Sponsorship Opportunities for 2017]]

The following has been published as the following [http://www.osgeo.org/node/1755 blog post] and [http://www.osgeo.org/sponsorship how to sponsor page].

== 2016 Planning ==

=== Operational Budget for 2016 ===

Thanks to our sponsors, and a series of successful events, OSGeo does has an operational budget for 2016.

* [[OSGeo Budget 2016]]

The Board has divided the above budget up according to our priority as an organization. Please keep in mind that prior boards have taken this approach - and spent nothing due to lack of volunteers willing to lead the charge. The following is budget and does not provide a commitment to spend money on the actives listed - to do that we need your commitment as a volunteer!

=== Strategic Plan 2016 ===

''From Anne'': See the parallel Skate-Boarding of Fedora at http://fedoramagazine.org/lets-talk-about-fedora-project-objectives/ - I really like the idea of having 18 months goals, that are measurable, backed up by community agreement. Let's discuss this at the first Sprint. There are also [http://www.jonobacon.org/2014/11/14/ubuntu-governance-reboot/ some thoughts on Ubuntu governance] that can inspire us, but I haven't gone through the whole discussion yet, and there are many differences between OSGeo and Ubuntu; so I'm not sure on how much we can learn from it.

This section outlines OSGeo strategic plan for 2016 - this is a result of the [http://www.osgeo.org/about vision, mission and goals] established at the [[Board_Face_to_Face_Meeting_2016|2016 face to face meeting]].

Strategic objectives for 2016:

* S01: showcasing excellence in our communities
* S02: proactively engage with external partners
* S03: Fostering our mission, vision and goals
* S04: Empowering our communities and extending our reach

These objectives were taken to the community for concrete / measurable actions volunteers were interested in tackling over the course of 2016.

Update: We did not receive enough feedback to form a strategic plan.

== 2013 Planning ==

* [[OSGeo Board : Board Priorities 2013]] - establish OSGeo as a low capital, volunteer focused organization focused supporting communities and initiatives which support themselves

= Reference =

* Please see foundation [https://www.osgeo.org/about/bylaws/ bylaws] for official responsibilities
* Arnulf Christl's [http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/archives/49-OSGeo-Director-Retrospective.html OSGeo Director Retrospective]. Arnulf was an OSGeo Board member and President of OSGeo.
* for incoming Board members [[Board_of_Directors/OnboardingChecklist|OnboardingChecklist]]

== Documents ==
* [[https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf OSGeo Financial Guidance]]
* [[Executive Positions]] and [[Director Responsibilities]]
* [[Board Election Procedure]]
* [[Election 2022]]
* [[Election 2021]]
* [[Election 2020]]
* [[Election 2019]]
* Election 2018: [[Board_Election_2018_Results]] [[Election 2018 Candidate Manifestos]]
* Election 2017: [[Board_Election_2017_Results]] [[Election 2017 Candidate Manifestos]]
* Election 2016: [[Board_Election_2016_Results]] [[Election 2016 Candidate Manifestos]]
* Election 2015: [[Board_Election_2015_Results]] [[Election 2015 Candidate Manifestos]]
* Election 2014: [[Board Election 2014 Results]]
* Election 2013: [[Board Election 2013 Results]]
* Election 2012: [[Board Election 2012 Results]]
* Election 2011: [[Board Election 2011 Results]]
* Election 2010: [[Board Election 2010 Results]]
* Election 2009: [[Board Election 2009]], see 2009 section of [[Proposed Board Election Procedure]]
* Election 2008: [[Board Election 2008]], see 2008 section of [[Proposed Board Election Procedure]]
* Election 2007: [[Board Election 2007]], see 2007 section of [[Proposed Board Election Procedure]]
* [[Foundation Sponsorship]] (adopted), [[Project Sponsorship]] (adopted), [[Local Chapter Sponsorship]] (idea)
* [[Conflict Of Interest Policy]]
* [[Board_of_Directors/OnboardingChecklist]]

== Mailing list ==

The http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board mailing list is used for most public board discussions. There is also a private board mailing list used only for matters that are considered needful to be kept private.

== History of OSGeo Foundation Boards of Directors ==
* [[Board_Election_2024_Results|Board of Directors 2024]]
* [[Board_Election_2023_Results|Board of Directors 2023]]
* [[Board_Election_2022_Results|Board of Directors 2022]]
* [[Board_Election_2021_Results|Board of Directors 2021]]
* [[Board_Election_2020_Results|Board of Directors 2020]]
* [[Board Election 2019 Results|Board of Directors 2019]]
* [[Board_Election_2018_Results|Board of Directors 2018]] (Nov. 2018 - Oct. 2019)
* [[Board Election 2017 Results|Board of Directors 2017]] (Nov. 2017 - Oct. 2018)
* [[Board Election 2016 Results|Board of Directors 2016]] (Aug. 2016 - Aug. 2017)
* [[Board Election 2015 Results|Board of Directors 2015]] (Aug. 2015 - Aug. 2016)
* [[Board Election 2014 Results|Board of Directors 2014]] (Aug. 2014 - Aug. 2015)
* [[Board Election 2013 Results|Board of Directors 2013]] (Aug. 2013 - Aug. 2014)
* [[Board Election 2012 Results|Board of Directors 2012]] (Aug. 2012 - Aug. 2013)
* [[Board Election 2011 Results|Board of Directors 2011]] (Aug. 2011 - Aug. 2012)
* [[Board Election 2010 Results|Board of Directors 2010]] (Aug. 2010 - Aug. 2011)
* [[Board Election 2009 Results|Board of Directors 2009]] (Sept. 2009 - Aug. 2010)
* [[Board Election 2008 Results|Board of Directors 2008]] (July 2008 - Sept. 2009)
* [[Board Election 2007 Results|Board of Directors 2007]] (Aug. 2007 - July 2008)
* [[Interim Board of Directors 2006]] (Feb. 2006 - July 2007)

An interim Board of Directors with 5 members was elected on February 4th, 2006, by the initial members of the [http://www.osgeo.org Open Source Geospatial Foundation]. On March 18th, 2006, the board has been completed to now total nine members:

[[Category:Board]]

News Queue

2024-12-13T16:48:15Z

Jive: /* Press Releases */

This is a page is about how news gets posted for www.osgeo.org and about twitter news.

= News Editor =

News for osgeo.org goes through a news editor that ensures some degree of consistency and appropriateness. Currently the primary news editor is [[Jorge_Sanz]], with [[Astrid Emde]] and [[User:warmerda|Frank Warmerdam]] as backup editors.

The news editor team is also available on chat in [[Matrix]] at [https://matrix.to/#/#news_team:osgeo.org <code>#news_team:osgeo.org</code>] room and in [[IRC]] at the <code>#osgeo-news-team</code> room.

= Submitting News =

Email new news items to [mailto:news_item@osgeo.org news_item@osgeo.org]. This goes to the news editors. Projects, committees or other interested parties can submit a news item to that mailing list. Then the editor (or if they are unavailable the backup editor) would take care of formatting the item for consistency and putting it on the news page and forward the message to the OSGeo Announcements mailing list.

On occasion, the news editors may also post items based on stuff they see happening without explicit direction, though this isn't the main task of the editor.

= Mechanics of Posting =

== Announcements ==

'''Note''': These instructions are for News Editors.

* News items are published using the "Foundation News" content type in the new OSGeo website (Wordpress).
* It's interesting to put some of the content in the header section to make the article more appealing.
* If the post is about an OSGeo project or committee, use the ''Relations'' section to define explicitly the relationship.

; Announce mailing list

A clean plain text version of the announcement should be sent to the announce@mail.osgeo.org mailing list if the news item is significant (we aim to keep announcements down to 2-3 per week on the announce list). Please ensure that these emails follow good email styling. Less than 80 characters per line, plain text (no html!), formatted for easy reading as text, spell out urls fully with http prefixes so that url detecting email programs can turn them into followable links. Use the title of the item as the title of the email. Using your own email address as the From: is fine, but remove any personal "signature" from the email.

All announcements will need to be approved by an announce mailing list moderator. Hopefully any news editor will have an appropriate password. Approval can be done at:

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/admindb/announce

Please check the "delete all messages marked defer" flag at the bottom to clear all the other junk out of the queue after you approve your new announcement.

; Share on Social Media

Announcements should also be posted via the OSGeo social media accounts listed on this page.

Normally we post a link to the announcement on the OSGeo web site, but remove the "description" since it picks up the wrong stuff, and instead summarize the topic as the main test of the post.

It is also good to have an image to go with the post topic if one has been included with the story, or the generic OSGeo logo as a placeholder.

Coordinate on the marketing committee discourse category.

== Event Items ==

Events should be posted to the Events page on the website as soon as practical. New events can be posted at:

https://www.osgeo.org/events/

* Format the name of the event in the event item to include the city and country of the event too. eg. "Intergeo, Hannover, Germany" or "Indian National FOSS4G Conference, Hyderabad, India".

* Try to pick the appropriate time zone, and set the start time to 8am and end time to 5pm on the corresponding days.

* Make sure there is a link back to a more comprehensive description of the event.

* Limit events to those which have at least some OSGeo or open source geospatial aspect. If possible highlight that aspect in the post.

* Events may be submitted via the news_item alias, or directly added by those with Drupal editor access.

= Press Releases =

OSGeo official communication is structured as a press release. Occasionally when issuing a joint press release with another organization such as a partner or sponsor this text is actually sent out to news publications for distribution.

Some effort should also be made to ensure that any press releases from the [[Marketing Committee]] make it into the news stream, and vice versa that major announcements are proposed to [[Marketing Committee]] as press releases.

; About OSGeo Section

The [https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/ top-level Diamond and Platinum sponsors] have a perk of being mentioned in the about "OSGeo section" of OSGeo press releases and official communication. Check the [https://osgeo.org/sponsors sponsors] page to see the current list of Diamond and Platinum sponsors to be listed.

'''About Open Source Geospatial Foundation'''

The [https://osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation] is not-for-profit organization to "empower everyone with open source geospatial". The software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach and advocacy organization providing financial, organizational and legal support for the open source geospatial community.

OSGeo works with Re:Earth, QFieldCloud, GeoCat, T-Kartor and other sponsors, along with our partners to foster an open approach to software, standards, data and education.

When the foundation news items is about a specific sponsor, example "QFieldCloud platinum sponsor for 2026", more generic text can be used:

'''About OSGeo'''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development.

The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.

Visit [https://www.osgeo.org/ osgeo.org] for more information.

= Twitter =
== @osgeo ==
* https://twitter.com/osgeo
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]]. Board members.

== @foss4g ==
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G teams have access.
* https://twitter.com/foss4g

== @foss4ge ==
* Administrated by [[User:Jachym]] [[User:Astrid Emde]].
* https://twitter.com/foss4ge

= Fediverse =
* created 2ß23-03-25 by Astrid Emde

== @osgeo ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@osgeo
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]]. Board members.

== @foss4g ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@foss4g
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G teams have access.

== @foss4g ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@foss4geurope
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G Europe teams have access.

= Facebook =
* https://www.facebook.com/OSGeoFoundation/
* [[User:Laura_Mugeha | Laura Mugeha]], Jody Garnett, [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]], Michele Tobias, Alex Mandel

= LinkedIn =
* https://www.linkedin.com/company/osgeo
* Jody

* https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/foss4g/

[[Category: Marketing]]
[[Category: WebCom]]

News Queue

2024-12-13T16:47:23Z

Jive:

This is a page is about how news gets posted for www.osgeo.org and about twitter news.

= News Editor =

News for osgeo.org goes through a news editor that ensures some degree of consistency and appropriateness. Currently the primary news editor is [[Jorge_Sanz]], with [[Astrid Emde]] and [[User:warmerda|Frank Warmerdam]] as backup editors.

The news editor team is also available on chat in [[Matrix]] at [https://matrix.to/#/#news_team:osgeo.org <code>#news_team:osgeo.org</code>] room and in [[IRC]] at the <code>#osgeo-news-team</code> room.

= Submitting News =

Email new news items to [mailto:news_item@osgeo.org news_item@osgeo.org]. This goes to the news editors. Projects, committees or other interested parties can submit a news item to that mailing list. Then the editor (or if they are unavailable the backup editor) would take care of formatting the item for consistency and putting it on the news page and forward the message to the OSGeo Announcements mailing list.

On occasion, the news editors may also post items based on stuff they see happening without explicit direction, though this isn't the main task of the editor.

= Mechanics of Posting =

== Announcements ==

'''Note''': These instructions are for News Editors.

* News items are published using the "Foundation News" content type in the new OSGeo website (Wordpress).
* It's interesting to put some of the content in the header section to make the article more appealing.
* If the post is about an OSGeo project or committee, use the ''Relations'' section to define explicitly the relationship.

; Announce mailing list

A clean plain text version of the announcement should be sent to the announce@mail.osgeo.org mailing list if the news item is significant (we aim to keep announcements down to 2-3 per week on the announce list). Please ensure that these emails follow good email styling. Less than 80 characters per line, plain text (no html!), formatted for easy reading as text, spell out urls fully with http prefixes so that url detecting email programs can turn them into followable links. Use the title of the item as the title of the email. Using your own email address as the From: is fine, but remove any personal "signature" from the email.

All announcements will need to be approved by an announce mailing list moderator. Hopefully any news editor will have an appropriate password. Approval can be done at:

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/admindb/announce

Please check the "delete all messages marked defer" flag at the bottom to clear all the other junk out of the queue after you approve your new announcement.

; Share on Social Media

Announcements should also be posted via the OSGeo social media accounts listed on this page.

Normally we post a link to the announcement on the OSGeo web site, but remove the "description" since it picks up the wrong stuff, and instead summarize the topic as the main test of the post.

It is also good to have an image to go with the post topic if one has been included with the story, or the generic OSGeo logo as a placeholder.

Coordinate on the marketing committee discourse category.

== Event Items ==

Events should be posted to the Events page on the website as soon as practical. New events can be posted at:

https://www.osgeo.org/events/

* Format the name of the event in the event item to include the city and country of the event too. eg. "Intergeo, Hannover, Germany" or "Indian National FOSS4G Conference, Hyderabad, India".

* Try to pick the appropriate time zone, and set the start time to 8am and end time to 5pm on the corresponding days.

* Make sure there is a link back to a more comprehensive description of the event.

* Limit events to those which have at least some OSGeo or open source geospatial aspect. If possible highlight that aspect in the post.

* Events may be submitted via the news_item alias, or directly added by those with Drupal editor access.

= Press Releases =

OSGeo official communication is structured as a press release. Occasionally when issuing a joint press release with another organization such as a partner or sponsor this text is actually sent out to news publications for distribution.

Some effort should also be made to ensure that any press releases from the [[Marketing Committee]] make it into the news stream, and vice versa that major announcements are proposed to [[Marketing Committee]] as press releases.

; About OSGeo Section

The [https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/ top-level Diamond and Platinum sponsors] have a perk of being mentioned in the about "OSGeo section" of each press release announcement. Check the [https://osgeo.org/sponsors sponsors] page to see the current list of Diamond and Platinum sponsors to be listed.

'''About Open Source Geospatial Foundation'''

The [https://osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation] is not-for-profit organization to "empower everyone with open source geospatial". The software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach and advocacy organization providing financial, organizational and legal support for the open source geospatial community.

OSGeo works with Re:Earth, QFieldCloud, GeoCat, T-Kartor and other sponsors, along with our partners to foster an open approach to software, standards, data and education.

When the foundation news items is about a specific sponsor, example "QFieldCloud platinum sponsor for 2026", more generic text can be used:

'''About OSGeo'''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development.

The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.

Visit [https://www.osgeo.org/ osgeo.org] for more information.

= Twitter =
== @osgeo ==
* https://twitter.com/osgeo
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]]. Board members.

== @foss4g ==
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G teams have access.
* https://twitter.com/foss4g

== @foss4ge ==
* Administrated by [[User:Jachym]] [[User:Astrid Emde]].
* https://twitter.com/foss4ge

= Fediverse =
* created 2ß23-03-25 by Astrid Emde

== @osgeo ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@osgeo
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]]. Board members.

== @foss4g ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@foss4g
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G teams have access.

== @foss4g ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@foss4geurope
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G Europe teams have access.

= Facebook =
* https://www.facebook.com/OSGeoFoundation/
* [[User:Laura_Mugeha | Laura Mugeha]], Jody Garnett, [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]], Michele Tobias, Alex Mandel

= LinkedIn =
* https://www.linkedin.com/company/osgeo
* Jody

* https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/foss4g/

[[Category: Marketing]]
[[Category: WebCom]]

News Queue

2024-12-13T16:43:06Z

Jive: /* Announcements */

This is a page is about how news gets posted for www.osgeo.org and about twitter news.

= News Editor =

News for osgeo.org goes through a news editor that ensures some degree of consistency and appropriateness. Currently the primary news editor is [[Jorge_Sanz]], with [[Astrid Emde]] and [[User:warmerda|Frank Warmerdam]] as backup editors.

The news editor team is also available on chat in [[Matrix]] at [https://matrix.to/#/#news_team:osgeo.org <code>#news_team:osgeo.org</code>] room and in [[IRC]] at the <code>#osgeo-news-team</code> room.

= Submitting News =

Email new news items to [mailto:news_item@osgeo.org news_item@osgeo.org]. This goes to the news editors. Projects, committees or other interested parties can submit a news item to that mailing list. Then the editor (or if they are unavailable the backup editor) would take care of formatting the item for consistency and putting it on the news page and forward the message to the OSGeo Announcements mailing list.

On occasion, the news editors may also post items based on stuff they see happening without explicit direction, though this isn't the main task of the editor.

= Mechanics of Posting =

== Announcements ==

'''Note''': These instructions are for News Editors.

* News items are published using the "Foundation News" content type in the new OSGeo website (Wordpress).
* It's interesting to put some of the content in the header section to make the article more appealing.
* If the post is about an OSGeo project or committee, use the ''Relations'' section to define explicitly the relationship.

; About OSGeo Section

The [https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/ top-level Diamond and Platinum sponsors] have a perk of being mentioned in the about "OSGeo section" of each news announcement. Check the [https://osgeo.org/sponsors sponsors] page to see the current list of Diamond and Platinum sponsors to be listed.

'''About Open Source Geospatial Foundation'''

The [https://osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation] is not-for-profit organization to "empower everyone with open source geospatial". The software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach and advocacy organization providing financial, organizational and legal support for the open source geospatial community.

OSGeo works with Re:Earth, QFieldCloud, GeoCat, T-Kartor and other sponsors, along with our partners to foster an open approach to software, standards, data and education.

When the foundation news items is about a specific sponsor, example "QFieldCloud platinum sponsor for 2026", more generic text can be used:

'''About OSGeo'''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development.

The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.

Visit [https://www.osgeo.org/ osgeo.org] for more information.

; Announce mailing list

A clean plain text version of the announcement should be sent to the announce@mail.osgeo.org mailing list if the news item is significant (we aim to keep announcements down to 2-3 per week on the announce list). Please ensure that these emails follow good email styling. Less than 80 characters per line, plain text (no html!), formatted for easy reading as text, spell out urls fully with http prefixes so that url detecting email programs can turn them into followable links. Use the title of the item as the title of the email. Using your own email address as the From: is fine, but remove any personal "signature" from the email.

All announcements will need to be approved by an announce mailing list moderator. Hopefully any news editor will have an appropriate password. Approval can be done at:

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/admindb/announce

Please check the "delete all messages marked defer" flag at the bottom to clear all the other junk out of the queue after you approve your new announcement.

; Share on Social Media

Announcements should also be posted via the OSGeo social media accounts listed on this page.

Normally we post a link to the announcement on the OSGeo web site, but remove the "description" since it picks up the wrong stuff, and instead summarize the topic as the main test of the post.

It is also good to have an image to go with the post topic if one has been included with the story, or the generic OSGeo logo as a placeholder.

Coordinate on the marketing committee discourse category.

== Event Items ==

Events should be posted to the Events page on the website as soon as practical. New events can be posted at:

https://www.osgeo.org/events/

* Format the name of the event in the event item to include the city and country of the event too. eg. "Intergeo, Hannover, Germany" or "Indian National FOSS4G Conference, Hyderabad, India".

* Try to pick the appropriate time zone, and set the start time to 8am and end time to 5pm on the corresponding days.

* Make sure there is a link back to a more comprehensive description of the event.

* Limit events to those which have at least some OSGeo or open source geospatial aspect. If possible highlight that aspect in the post.

* Events may be submitted via the news_item alias, or directly added by those with Drupal editor access.

= Press Releases =

Some effort should also be made to ensure that any press releases from the [[Marketing Committee]] make it into the news stream, and vice versa that major announcements are proposed to [[Marketing Committee]] as press releases.

= Twitter =
== @osgeo ==
* https://twitter.com/osgeo
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]]. Board members.

== @foss4g ==
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G teams have access.
* https://twitter.com/foss4g

== @foss4ge ==
* Administrated by [[User:Jachym]] [[User:Astrid Emde]].
* https://twitter.com/foss4ge

= Fediverse =
* created 2ß23-03-25 by Astrid Emde

== @osgeo ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@osgeo
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]]. Board members.

== @foss4g ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@foss4g
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G teams have access.

== @foss4g ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@foss4geurope
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G Europe teams have access.

= Facebook =
* https://www.facebook.com/OSGeoFoundation/
* [[User:Laura_Mugeha | Laura Mugeha]], Jody Garnett, [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]], Michele Tobias, Alex Mandel

= LinkedIn =
* https://www.linkedin.com/company/osgeo
* Jody

* https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/foss4g/

[[Category: Marketing]]
[[Category: WebCom]]

News Queue

2024-12-13T16:42:38Z

Jive: /* Announcements */

This is a page is about how news gets posted for www.osgeo.org and about twitter news.

= News Editor =

News for osgeo.org goes through a news editor that ensures some degree of consistency and appropriateness. Currently the primary news editor is [[Jorge_Sanz]], with [[Astrid Emde]] and [[User:warmerda|Frank Warmerdam]] as backup editors.

The news editor team is also available on chat in [[Matrix]] at [https://matrix.to/#/#news_team:osgeo.org <code>#news_team:osgeo.org</code>] room and in [[IRC]] at the <code>#osgeo-news-team</code> room.

= Submitting News =

Email new news items to [mailto:news_item@osgeo.org news_item@osgeo.org]. This goes to the news editors. Projects, committees or other interested parties can submit a news item to that mailing list. Then the editor (or if they are unavailable the backup editor) would take care of formatting the item for consistency and putting it on the news page and forward the message to the OSGeo Announcements mailing list.

On occasion, the news editors may also post items based on stuff they see happening without explicit direction, though this isn't the main task of the editor.

= Mechanics of Posting =

== Announcements ==

'''Note''': These instructions are for News Editors.

* News items are published using the "Foundation News" content type in the new OSGeo website (Wordpress).
* It's interesting to put some of the content in the header section to make the article more appealing.
* If the post is about an OSGeo project or committee, use the ''Relations'' section to define explicitly the relationship.

; About OSGeo Section

The [https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/ top-level Diamond and Platinum sponsors] have a perk of being mentioned in the about "OSGeo section" of each news announcement. Check the [https://osgeo.org/sponsors sponsors] page to see the current list of Diamond and Platinum sponsors to be listed.

'''About Open Source Geospatial Foundation'''

The [https://osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation] is not-for-profit organization to “empower everyone with open source geospatial‘. The software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach and advocacy organization providing financial, organizational and legal support for the open source geospatial community.

OSGeo works with Re:Earth, QFieldCloud, GeoCat, T-Kartor and other sponsors, along with our partners to foster an open approach to software, standards, data and education.

When the foundation news items is about a specific sponsor, example "QFieldCloud platinum sponsor for 2026", more generic text can be used:

'''About OSGeo'''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development.

The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.

Visit [https://www.osgeo.org/ osgeo.org] for more information.

; Announce mailing list

A clean plain text version of the announcement should be sent to the announce@mail.osgeo.org mailing list if the news item is significant (we aim to keep announcements down to 2-3 per week on the announce list). Please ensure that these emails follow good email styling. Less than 80 characters per line, plain text (no html!), formatted for easy reading as text, spell out urls fully with http prefixes so that url detecting email programs can turn them into followable links. Use the title of the item as the title of the email. Using your own email address as the From: is fine, but remove any personal "signature" from the email.

All announcements will need to be approved by an announce mailing list moderator. Hopefully any news editor will have an appropriate password. Approval can be done at:

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/admindb/announce

Please check the "delete all messages marked defer" flag at the bottom to clear all the other junk out of the queue after you approve your new announcement.

; Share on Social Media

Announcements should also be posted via the OSGeo social media accounts listed on this page.

Normally we post a link to the announcement on the OSGeo web site, but remove the "description" since it picks up the wrong stuff, and instead summarize the topic as the main test of the post.

It is also good to have an image to go with the post topic if one has been included with the story, or the generic OSGeo logo as a placeholder.

Coordinate on the marketing committee discourse category.

== Event Items ==

Events should be posted to the Events page on the website as soon as practical. New events can be posted at:

https://www.osgeo.org/events/

* Format the name of the event in the event item to include the city and country of the event too. eg. "Intergeo, Hannover, Germany" or "Indian National FOSS4G Conference, Hyderabad, India".

* Try to pick the appropriate time zone, and set the start time to 8am and end time to 5pm on the corresponding days.

* Make sure there is a link back to a more comprehensive description of the event.

* Limit events to those which have at least some OSGeo or open source geospatial aspect. If possible highlight that aspect in the post.

* Events may be submitted via the news_item alias, or directly added by those with Drupal editor access.

= Press Releases =

Some effort should also be made to ensure that any press releases from the [[Marketing Committee]] make it into the news stream, and vice versa that major announcements are proposed to [[Marketing Committee]] as press releases.

= Twitter =
== @osgeo ==
* https://twitter.com/osgeo
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]]. Board members.

== @foss4g ==
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G teams have access.
* https://twitter.com/foss4g

== @foss4ge ==
* Administrated by [[User:Jachym]] [[User:Astrid Emde]].
* https://twitter.com/foss4ge

= Fediverse =
* created 2ß23-03-25 by Astrid Emde

== @osgeo ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@osgeo
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]]. Board members.

== @foss4g ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@foss4g
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G teams have access.

== @foss4g ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@foss4geurope
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G Europe teams have access.

= Facebook =
* https://www.facebook.com/OSGeoFoundation/
* [[User:Laura_Mugeha | Laura Mugeha]], Jody Garnett, [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]], Michele Tobias, Alex Mandel

= LinkedIn =
* https://www.linkedin.com/company/osgeo
* Jody

* https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/foss4g/

[[Category: Marketing]]
[[Category: WebCom]]

News Queue

2024-12-13T16:41:56Z

Jive: /* Mechanics of Posting */

This is a page is about how news gets posted for www.osgeo.org and about twitter news.

= News Editor =

News for osgeo.org goes through a news editor that ensures some degree of consistency and appropriateness. Currently the primary news editor is [[Jorge_Sanz]], with [[Astrid Emde]] and [[User:warmerda|Frank Warmerdam]] as backup editors.

The news editor team is also available on chat in [[Matrix]] at [https://matrix.to/#/#news_team:osgeo.org <code>#news_team:osgeo.org</code>] room and in [[IRC]] at the <code>#osgeo-news-team</code> room.

= Submitting News =

Email new news items to [mailto:news_item@osgeo.org news_item@osgeo.org]. This goes to the news editors. Projects, committees or other interested parties can submit a news item to that mailing list. Then the editor (or if they are unavailable the backup editor) would take care of formatting the item for consistency and putting it on the news page and forward the message to the OSGeo Announcements mailing list.

On occasion, the news editors may also post items based on stuff they see happening without explicit direction, though this isn't the main task of the editor.

= Mechanics of Posting =

== Announcements ==

'''Note''': These instructions are for News Editors.

* News items are published using the "Foundation News" content type in the new OSGeo website (Wordpress).
* It's interesting to put some of the content in the header section to make the article more appealing.
* If the post is about an OSGeo project or committee, use the ''Relations'' section to define explicitly the relationship.

; About OSGeo Section

The [https://www.osgeo.org/about/how-to-become-a-sponsor/ top-level Diamond and Platinum sponsors] have a perk of being mentioned in the about "OSGeo section" of each news announcement.

'''About Open Source Geospatial Foundation'''

The [https://osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation] is not-for-profit organization to “empower everyone with open source geospatial‘. The software foundation directly supports projects serving as an outreach and advocacy organization providing financial, organizational and legal support for the open source geospatial community.

OSGeo works with Re:Earth, QFieldCloud, GeoCat, T-Kartor and other sponsors, along with our partners to foster an open approach to software, standards, data and education.

Check the [https://osgeo.org/sponsors sponsors] page to see the current list of Diamond and Platinum sponsors to be listed.

When the foundation news items is about a specific sponsors "QFieldCloud platinum sponsor for 2026" more generic text can be used:

'''About OSGeo'''

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development.

The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration.

Visit [https://www.osgeo.org/ osgeo.org] for more information.

; Announce mailing list

A clean plain text version of the announcement should be sent to the announce@mail.osgeo.org mailing list if the news item is significant (we aim to keep announcements down to 2-3 per week on the announce list). Please ensure that these emails follow good email styling. Less than 80 characters per line, plain text (no html!), formatted for easy reading as text, spell out urls fully with http prefixes so that url detecting email programs can turn them into followable links. Use the title of the item as the title of the email. Using your own email address as the From: is fine, but remove any personal "signature" from the email.

All announcements will need to be approved by an announce mailing list moderator. Hopefully any news editor will have an appropriate password. Approval can be done at:

http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/admindb/announce

Please check the "delete all messages marked defer" flag at the bottom to clear all the other junk out of the queue after you approve your new announcement.

; Share on Social Media

Announcements should also be posted via the OSGeo social media accounts listed on this page.

Normally we post a link to the announcement on the OSGeo web site, but remove the "description" since it picks up the wrong stuff, and instead summarize the topic as the main test of the post.

It is also good to have an image to go with the post topic if one has been included with the story, or the generic OSGeo logo as a placeholder.

Coordinate on the marketing committee discourse category.

== Event Items ==

Events should be posted to the Events page on the website as soon as practical. New events can be posted at:

https://www.osgeo.org/events/

* Format the name of the event in the event item to include the city and country of the event too. eg. "Intergeo, Hannover, Germany" or "Indian National FOSS4G Conference, Hyderabad, India".

* Try to pick the appropriate time zone, and set the start time to 8am and end time to 5pm on the corresponding days.

* Make sure there is a link back to a more comprehensive description of the event.

* Limit events to those which have at least some OSGeo or open source geospatial aspect. If possible highlight that aspect in the post.

* Events may be submitted via the news_item alias, or directly added by those with Drupal editor access.

= Press Releases =

Some effort should also be made to ensure that any press releases from the [[Marketing Committee]] make it into the news stream, and vice versa that major announcements are proposed to [[Marketing Committee]] as press releases.

= Twitter =
== @osgeo ==
* https://twitter.com/osgeo
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]]. Board members.

== @foss4g ==
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G teams have access.
* https://twitter.com/foss4g

== @foss4ge ==
* Administrated by [[User:Jachym]] [[User:Astrid Emde]].
* https://twitter.com/foss4ge

= Fediverse =
* created 2ß23-03-25 by Astrid Emde

== @osgeo ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@osgeo
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]]. Board members.

== @foss4g ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@foss4g
* The password is available in the secure "access" file kept by SAC if not known.
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G teams have access.

== @foss4g ==
* https://fosstodon.org/@foss4geurope
* Administrated by [[User:Astrid Emde]]. Actual FOSS4G Europe teams have access.

= Facebook =
* https://www.facebook.com/OSGeoFoundation/
* [[User:Laura_Mugeha | Laura Mugeha]], Jody Garnett, [[User:Enock4seth | Enock Seth Nyamador]], Michele Tobias, Alex Mandel

= LinkedIn =
* https://www.linkedin.com/company/osgeo
* Jody

* https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/foss4g/

[[Category: Marketing]]
[[Category: WebCom]]

Incubation Committee

2024-11-29T00:00:38Z

Jive: /* Graduated */

The project incubation committee is responsible for overseeing the incubation process for new projects entering the foundation. The incubation committee provides resources to assist new projects to reach full membership, and makes recommendations to the board when they feel projects have completed incubation.

== About the Incubation Committee ==

The OSGeo Incubation Committee is an open source advocacy and outreach activity welcoming projects and development teams to our foundation.

The committee is responsible for:

# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ OSGeo project website] review
#* Reviewing applications to list projects on the OSGeo website
#* Preparing and recommend criteria and review process for projects to be listed on the OSGeo website
# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/#community Community project program]
#* Reviewing community project applications and recommending projects to the board to be accepted as community projects
#* Reporting on the status of projects in the community project program to the board periodically (via Chair)
#* Preparing and recommending community project process and criteria to the board.
#* See [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]] for more information
# [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ OSGeo Incubation process]
#* Reviewing applications for incubation and making recommendations to the board on projects that should be admitted into incubation.
#* Appointing [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/mentor/ mentors] for incubation projects.
#* Reviewing progress of projects against incubation requirements, and recommending projects for full project status to the board, when deemed appropriate.
#* Reporting on the status of projects in incubation and the incubation process to the board periodically (via Chair).
#* Preparing and recommending incubation process and criteria to the board.

The OSGeo incubation committee is not responsible for graduated OSGeo Projects. Graduated OSGeo projects are recognized as a committee who report directly to the board via their project officer.

== Supporting project teams ==

If you would like your software project to listed on the website, or apply to become an OSGeo Community project, please send a description of your project to the OSGeo Incubation Committee Mailing List.

We look forward to helping you!

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Responsibility
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| Geospatial 
- README or project description
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Geospatial 
- User guide or quickstart
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- See LICENSE.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Check headers
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Providence Review
|
|
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- See CONTRIBUTING.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- History of pull requests or patches
|
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
|
| X
| X
|-
| Open Community 
- communication channel 
- decision making process
|
|
| X
|-
| Active Healthy Community 
- user and developer collaboration 
- long term viability
|
|
| X
|-
| Development Process 
- version control 
- issue tracker 
- leadership open to new members 
- transparent decision making
|
|
| X
|-
| Documentation 
- user documentation 
- developer documentation
|
|
| X
|-
| Release Procedure 
- release process 
- documented testing process 
|
|
| X
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Foundation Resources
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| website project list
| X
| X
| X
|-
| website choose-a-project
| X
| X
| X
|-
| OSGeo Live
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Marketing Collateral
|
| X
| X
|-
| Representation
|
|
| project officer
|-
| infrastructure and facilities
|
| X
| X
|-
| promotion & marketing
|
| X
| X
|-
| budget
|
| osgeo board
| project budget
|-
| fundraising
|
| X
| X
|}

=== Financial support ===

The incubation process establishes a project as a full fledged OSGeo committee, with a project project officer, with direct access to OSGeo treasurer, and reporting to the board during annual general meeting.

While Community projects are not recognized as an independent committee, the OSGeo board maintains an "OSGeo Community" initiative with budget to support your activities. Attend one of the OSGeo board monthly meetings, or ask on the board mailing list, if your project has an activity that can benefit from financial support.

For more information see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf]

=== Branding ===

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Community
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Project
|-
| [[File:OSGeo community.png|frameless|OSGeo Community Project]]
| [[File:OSGeo project.png|frameless|OSGeo Project]]
|}

== Step 1: Add OSGeo Website Project Page ==

To be listed on the OSGeo website:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
# Have a free license or open source license
#* The license must be OSI approved
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy

If you have questions about the above, or would like guidance on setting up your open source project, please reach out to us.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology api
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: I would like to ask permission to to list my project "water topology api" on the OSGeo website in order to share my work with more people!
::
:: The project is built on PostGIS topology providing a REST API to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The repository is located here: https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ released using GPL license.
::
:: My OSGeo userid is "atlantis" and I will need permission to create a project page.
::
:: Thanks!

== Step 2: Join OSGeo Community Projects Initiative ==

Projects applying to the *OSGeo Community Projects* initiative are asked to:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
#* project page on the osgeo website
#* We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an OSGeo Live quickstart
# Have a free license or an open source license.
#* The license must be OSI approved
#* We ask that the project team check the file headers and double check the license has been appropriately applied
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy
#* We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests
#* Projects are required to have a code of conduct

OSGeo provides [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ code of conduct guidance], many projects selecting [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ contribution covenant]).

OSGeo [[Community Projects]] can take part in the incubation committee for guidance on open source use, setting up project governance, promoting the project, and building the project community. We look forward to working with you. For sensitive topics (patents, copyright, trademarks, and license) you wish to attend a video meeting.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology community project application
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: The Water Topology project would like to apply to join the OSGeo community program. We recently re-branded to just "water topology" to reflect client libraries being include in our project. The project provides web services built on PostGIS topology to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The osgeo project page is available here: https://osgeo.org/projects/watertopology and our user guide is located at https://watertopo.gitlab.host.net/ .
::
:: The repository remains at https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ with GPL license, contribution policy and code of conduct. We have checked our source code to ensure GPL license has been correctly applied. Our issue tracker is active, and we have received a number of merge-requests.
::
:: Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your questions!

== Step 3: Incubation process and Graduation ==

The *OSGeo Project* designation is intended to recognize established projects with a diverse community of developers and users with a proven track record.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* a project team applies for the OSGeo incubation program. Successful projects are teamed up with an experienced open source mentor to help answer questions, obtain legal council, and help guide work on transparency and community development as required.

Although incubation is a lot of work, this is opportunity for project teams to grow and improve and be publicly recognized for their accomplishment.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* we ask that project teams excel in each of areas mentioned above, see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] ( [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md markdown] ) or the comparison table on this page for more detail.

The OSGeo incubation process takes place in three stages:

# Initial Application
## Application request
## Mentor volunteer
# Incubator
## Project Status: project details, and a few resourcing questions for the system admin committee (see [[Project Status Template]]).
## Provenance Review: project team check to ensure the project is open source and has permission to distribute its source code.
## Project team and mentor work on [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] ( [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md markdown] ) priorities
# Graduation
## Mentor recommends project for graduation with motion to the incubation committee
## Committee chair informs the OSGeo board, who appoints the project team as a newly formed OSGeo committee

== Incubation ==

The following projects are currently in OSGeo incubation. The links provided are used to track the progress of incubation projects and are used by the developer team (and OSGeo mentor). In many cases the links will take you to a project specific wiki or website in order to be closer to their target community.

When projects have completed the graduation checklist their mentor will recommend them to the Incubation committee for graduation.

=== IstSOS ===

'''IstSOS''': http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS
# [[IstSOS Provenance Review]]
# [[IstSOS Incubation Status]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]

=== Opticks ===

'''Opticks''': http://opticks.org
# [[Opticks Incubation Status]]
# no provenance review provided
# [[Opticks Incubation Checklist]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Mark_Lucas|Mark Lucas]]

=== Oskari ===

'''Oskari''': http://oskari.org/
# [[Oskari Incubation Application]]
# [[Oskari Incubation Status]]
# [https://github.com/oskariorg/oskari-docs/wiki/Oskari-Incubation-Checklist Oskari Graduation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[Arnulf Christl]]

=== TEAM Engine ===

'''TEAM Engine''': http://teamengine.sourceforge.net
# [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1016 Incubation Application] from 2012
# [https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/wiki/OSGEO-Graduation TEAM Engine Incubation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jive|Jody Garnett]]

== Graduated ==

The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained.

* Community Mapbuilder: [[Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress]] | [[Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-14, Mentor: Steve Lime)
* deegree: [[deegree Incubation Status]] | [[deegree Provenance Review]] (Entered: 2008-06-09, Graduated 2010-02-04, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* FDO: [[FDO Incubation Status]] | [[FDO Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-06, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* GEOS: [[GEOS Incubation Status]] | [[GEOS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-11-02, Graduated 2012-04-28, Mentor: Frank Warmerdam)
* GDAL/OGR: [[GDAL Incubation Progress]] | [[GDAL Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* Geomajas: [[GeoMajas Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMajas Provenance Review]] (Entered 2010-03-04, Graduated 2010-11-22, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* GeoNetwork: [[GeoNetwork Incubation Status]] | [[GeoNetwork Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2008-06-21, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoNode: [[GeoNode Incubation Status]] [[GeoNode Provenance Review]] [[GeoNode Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2015-08-13, Graduated 2016-11-09, Mentor: David Bitner)
* GeoMOOSE: [[GeoMoose Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMoose Provenance Review]] | [[GeoMoose Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2011-12-08, Graduated 2013-04-19, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoTools: [[GeoTools Incubation Progress]] | [[GeoTools Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-07-18, Mentor: Cameron Shorter)
* GeoServer: [http://old.geoserver.org/OSGEO%20incubation%20questionnaire.html Incubation Questionnaire] | [http://old.geoserver.org/GeoServer%20Incubation%20Status.html Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Incubation-Checklist Incubation Checklist] | [[Geoserver Mentor Notes]] (Entered 2009-11-05, Graduated 2013-03-15, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* gvSIG: [[gvSIG Incubation Status]] | [[gvSIG Provenance Review]] | [[gvSIG Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2007-09-07, Graduated 2015-11-26, Mentor: Dimitris Kotzinos)
* GRASS: [[GRASS Incubation Progress]] | [[GRASS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Norman Vine and Arnulf Christl)
* Mapbender: [[Mapbender Incubation Progress]] | [[Mapbender Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-15, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* MapFish: [[MapFish Incubation Status]] | [[MapFish Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-11-09, Graduated 2011-09-01, Mentor: Gary Sherman)
* MapGuide Open: [[MapGuide Incubation Status]] | [[MapGuide Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2007-03-02, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* MapServer: [[MapServer incubation status]] | [[MapServer Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-12-16, Mentor: Chris Holmes)
* Marble: [[Marble Incubation Status]] | [[Marble Code Provenance Review]] | [[Marble Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2012-10-12, Graduated 2013-10-17, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* OpenLayers: [[OpenLayers Incubation Status]] | [[OpenLayers Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2007-11-16, Mentor: Howard Butler)
* Orfeo ToolBox (OTB): [[OTB Project Incubation Status]] | [[OTB Code Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-10-26, Graduated 2017-07-20, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* OSGeoLive: [[Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist|Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2017-10-05, Graduated 2018-04-14, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* pgRouting: [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Project Graduation Checklist] (Entered: 2022-07, Graduated 2024-11, Mentor: Angelos Tzotsos)
* PostGIS: [[PostGIS Incubation Status]] | [[PostGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-08-06, Graduated 2012-06-07, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* PROJ: [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2268 Incubation Application] | [https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/wiki/Incubation-checklist PROJ Graduation Checklist] (Entered 2019-05-04, Graduated 2019-11-26, Mentor: Michael Smith )
* pycsw: [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Status Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/pycsw-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] (Entered 2013-03-30, Graduated 2015-03-05, Mentor: Jeff McKenna)
* pygeoapi: [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeoIncubation-ProjectStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2021-11-03, Graduated 2022-08-21, Mentor: Michael Smith)
* PyWPS: [[PyWPS|Incubation Status]] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2009-02-27, Graduated 2018-04-11, Mentor: Tom Kralidis)
* OSSIM: [[OSSIM incubation status]] | [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimprovenance OSSIM Provenance Review] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2009-06-02, Mentor: Richard Gould)
* QGIS: [[QGIS Incubation Status]] | [[QGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-02, Graduated 2008-03-14, Mentor: Bob Bray)
* ZOO-Project: [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/OSGeoIncubationStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2011-11-09, Graduated 2023-06-21, Mentors: Tom Kralidis, Dimitris Kotzinos, Frank Warmerdam)

The initial projects to go through the incubation process helped define what is required. The above pages tracked the progress (and capture the experience) of these projects.

== Withdrawn ==

The following projects did not complete incubation:

* '''[http://www.rasdaman.org rasdaman]''': : [[ rasdaman Incubation Status ]] | [http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance Code Provenance] | [http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist Incubation Checklist] (Mentor [[User: Bruce.bannerman|Bruce Bannerman]] )
* '''[http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/ MetaCRS]''': :: [[MetaCRS Incubation Status]] (Mentor: Daniel Morissette)

== Committee Operation ==

The incubation committee operates within the OSGeo committee guidelines, operating in a close working relationship with the OSGeo board as reflected in our responsibilities above.

* Voting members: Voting members are maintained on this page as outlined below. This committee is volunteer based with committee member ship driven by email request to be added or removed. Inactive members (see below) are removed as needed to preserve committee function.
* Project mentors: Have volunteered to represent our organization at a personal level as a guest on the projects email list and meetings. Project mentors are responsible for recommending when a project is ready for graduation based on this first hand experience. For more information see mentor guidelines.
* Committee chair: Committee chair appointed by motion, result forward to the board for approval and recognition as an officer of the foundation. Committee chair is responsible for operation of the committee.
* Communication: This committee operates on the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator incubator mailing list]. With the occasional breakout IRC meeting, hangout, or phone call to explore specific issues.
* Decision making: Decision making is performed by email motion. Motions are held open for a two week period. Each motion requires a 50% quorum within the two week period. Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against). The committee chair is responsible for replying to the email thread with voting results and motion resolution.
** Email motions should be clearly worded and have a subject line “Motion:”.
** Motions are held open for a two week period to give everyone a chance to respond, this accounts for volunteers that are only available on weekends.
** At discretion of the chair a motion may be held open longer than two weeks.
** If a motion does not gather a 50% response within a two week period we may need to revisit our active member list – removing members that have not voted within the last year.
** Voting +0 and -0 are a good way to reach quorum for volunteers that have not had a chance to follow the discussion, or to abstain if you feel uncomfortable voting on a topic.
** There is no veto in the incubation committee, but we tend to respect -1 votes and withdraw motions that are divisive. It is noted that when reviewing graduation checklists -1 votes tend to track outstanding issues that are then addressed within the voting period.
* Independence: Our mandate is focused on providing to the OSGeo board as outlined above.

Example email:

Subject: motion: accept project x as a community project

The following motion has been made by Firstname Lastname:

Motion to accept project x as an community project.

This motion is held open for two weeks closing MONTH DAY, requiring 50% quorum,
from the following incubation committee members:

* LINE BY LINE BULLETED LIST OF CURRENT MEMBERS

A subsequent email will be sent when the motion is completed, either by the elapsed time period, or by unanimous consent before the closing period.

=== Committee Members ===

'''Volunteers Welcome''' - if you would like to take part we are always looking for new members, sign up to the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator email list], and introduce yourself to volunteer.

Current members:

* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]]
* Arnulf Christl
* Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
* [[User:darkblueb|Brian M Hamlin]]
* Daniel Morissette
* Dimitris Kotzinos
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:JoCook|Jo Cook]]
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] (chair)
* Michael Smith
* [[User:Nickbearman|Nick Bearman]]
* [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]]
* Steve Lime
* Tom Kralidis

'''Thank you''' - we ask that volunteers remain active, joining the discussion and voting on the email list. If you are unable to take part please send us an email. As volunteers we understand that life can get in the way of advocacy – you are welcome to rejoin at any time. We will also retire inactive members as needed. Prior members:

* Bruce Bannerman
* Landon Blake
* Robert Bray
* Howard Butler
* Chris Holmes
* Julien-Samuel Lacroix
* Mark Lucas
* Judit Mays
* Jeff McKenna
* Markus Neteler
* Markus Schneider
* Cameron Shorter
* Paul Spencer
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Norman Vine

=== Documents ===

* Official incubator public web page is at: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/ (with members list).
* [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]]
* [[Incubation FAQ]]
* [[Official_IncCom_Documents]]
* Incubation process docs: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ (original [[Official_IncCom_Documents|wiki draft documents]])
* [[Incubation Badges]]

Draft or discussion documents
* Draft [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]]
* Draft [[5-star-rating]] - discussion about more fine incubation procedure
* OSGeo Distribution and Committer [[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html licenses] which can be used as is, or as an example for projects starting off with participatory open source.
** Geotools Copyright Assignment ([http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf pdf], [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.odt odt]) - previous example
** [[Project Copyright Assignment]] - previous example
* [[Contributor Agreement]] and FAQ
* [[Incubation Phases]] proposal

Document Refresh 2014
* [[Project Graduation Checklist]]

References:
* [[Project Infrastructure Migration]]
* [http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html Producing OSS] - by Karl Fogel - an excellent primer on running an FOSS project.

Reports:
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2012]]
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2011]]

Trac:
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority Open Incubator Trac Issues]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&keywords=%7Eapplication&order=priority Pending Incubation Applications]

== Meetings and Reports ==
Meetings are scheduled via [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator Mailing List] and take place via [[Getting_Started#Jump_on_IRC | IRC]] at the times specified in the [[Foundation Calendar]].
* [[IncCom Meeting1|First Meeting]] - March 13th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting2|Second Meeting]] - March 20th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting3|Third Meeting]] - March 27th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting4|Fourth Meeting]] - April 10th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting5|Fifth Meeting]] - April 24th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting6|Sixth Meeting]] - June 19th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting7|Seventh Meeting]] - August 7th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting8|Eighth Meeting]] - October 30th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting9|Nineth Meeting]] - February 12th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting10|Tenth Meeting]] - June 11th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting11|Eleventh Meeting]] - October 29th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting12|Twelfth Meeting]] - September 8th 2008
* [[IncCom Meeting13|Thirteenth Meeting]] - October 29th 2009
* [[IncCom Meeting14|Fourteenth Meeting]] - March 1th 2010
* [[IncCom Meeting15]] - Nov 21 2011
* [[IncCom Meeting16]] - Jan 17 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting17]] - March 19 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting18]] - May 21 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting19]] - July 23 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting20]] - Sep 24 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting21]] - Feb 18 2013
* [[IncCom Report22]] - 2013 Q2
* [[IncCom Report23]] - 2013 Q3
* [[IncCom Report24]] - 2014 Q1
* [[Fall 2014 Committee Report for OSGeo Journal]]

[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Committees]]

Incubation Committee

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The project incubation committee is responsible for overseeing the incubation process for new projects entering the foundation. The incubation committee provides resources to assist new projects to reach full membership, and makes recommendations to the board when they feel projects have completed incubation.

== About the Incubation Committee ==

The OSGeo Incubation Committee is an open source advocacy and outreach activity welcoming projects and development teams to our foundation.

The committee is responsible for:

# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ OSGeo project website] review
#* Reviewing applications to list projects on the OSGeo website
#* Preparing and recommend criteria and review process for projects to be listed on the OSGeo website
# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/#community Community project program]
#* Reviewing community project applications and recommending projects to the board to be accepted as community projects
#* Reporting on the status of projects in the community project program to the board periodically (via Chair)
#* Preparing and recommending community project process and criteria to the board.
#* See [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]] for more information
# [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ OSGeo Incubation process]
#* Reviewing applications for incubation and making recommendations to the board on projects that should be admitted into incubation.
#* Appointing [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/mentor/ mentors] for incubation projects.
#* Reviewing progress of projects against incubation requirements, and recommending projects for full project status to the board, when deemed appropriate.
#* Reporting on the status of projects in incubation and the incubation process to the board periodically (via Chair).
#* Preparing and recommending incubation process and criteria to the board.

The OSGeo incubation committee is not responsible for graduated OSGeo Projects. Graduated OSGeo projects are recognized as a committee who report directly to the board via their project officer.

== Supporting project teams ==

If you would like your software project to listed on the website, or apply to become an OSGeo Community project, please send a description of your project to the OSGeo Incubation Committee Mailing List.

We look forward to helping you!

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Responsibility
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| Geospatial 
- README or project description
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Geospatial 
- User guide or quickstart
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- See LICENSE.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Check headers
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Providence Review
|
|
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- See CONTRIBUTING.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- History of pull requests or patches
|
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
|
| X
| X
|-
| Open Community 
- communication channel 
- decision making process
|
|
| X
|-
| Active Healthy Community 
- user and developer collaboration 
- long term viability
|
|
| X
|-
| Development Process 
- version control 
- issue tracker 
- leadership open to new members 
- transparent decision making
|
|
| X
|-
| Documentation 
- user documentation 
- developer documentation
|
|
| X
|-
| Release Procedure 
- release process 
- documented testing process 
|
|
| X
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Foundation Resources
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| website project list
| X
| X
| X
|-
| website choose-a-project
| X
| X
| X
|-
| OSGeo Live
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Marketing Collateral
|
| X
| X
|-
| Representation
|
|
| project officer
|-
| infrastructure and facilities
|
| X
| X
|-
| promotion & marketing
|
| X
| X
|-
| budget
|
| osgeo board
| project budget
|-
| fundraising
|
| X
| X
|}

=== Financial support ===

The incubation process establishes a project as a full fledged OSGeo committee, with a project project officer, with direct access to OSGeo treasurer, and reporting to the board during annual general meeting.

While Community projects are not recognized as an independent committee, the OSGeo board maintains an "OSGeo Community" initiative with budget to support your activities. Attend one of the OSGeo board monthly meetings, or ask on the board mailing list, if your project has an activity that can benefit from financial support.

For more information see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf]

=== Branding ===

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Community
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Project
|-
| [[File:OSGeo community.png|frameless|OSGeo Community Project]]
| [[File:OSGeo project.png|frameless|OSGeo Project]]
|}

== Step 1: Add OSGeo Website Project Page ==

To be listed on the OSGeo website:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
# Have a free license or open source license
#* The license must be OSI approved
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy

If you have questions about the above, or would like guidance on setting up your open source project, please reach out to us.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology api
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: I would like to ask permission to to list my project "water topology api" on the OSGeo website in order to share my work with more people!
::
:: The project is built on PostGIS topology providing a REST API to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The repository is located here: https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ released using GPL license.
::
:: My OSGeo userid is "atlantis" and I will need permission to create a project page.
::
:: Thanks!

== Step 2: Join OSGeo Community Projects Initiative ==

Projects applying to the *OSGeo Community Projects* initiative are asked to:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
#* project page on the osgeo website
#* We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an OSGeo Live quickstart
# Have a free license or an open source license.
#* The license must be OSI approved
#* We ask that the project team check the file headers and double check the license has been appropriately applied
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy
#* We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests
#* Projects are required to have a code of conduct

OSGeo provides [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ code of conduct guidance], many projects selecting [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ contribution covenant]).

OSGeo [[Community Projects]] can take part in the incubation committee for guidance on open source use, setting up project governance, promoting the project, and building the project community. We look forward to working with you. For sensitive topics (patents, copyright, trademarks, and license) you wish to attend a video meeting.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology community project application
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: The Water Topology project would like to apply to join the OSGeo community program. We recently re-branded to just "water topology" to reflect client libraries being include in our project. The project provides web services built on PostGIS topology to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The osgeo project page is available here: https://osgeo.org/projects/watertopology and our user guide is located at https://watertopo.gitlab.host.net/ .
::
:: The repository remains at https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ with GPL license, contribution policy and code of conduct. We have checked our source code to ensure GPL license has been correctly applied. Our issue tracker is active, and we have received a number of merge-requests.
::
:: Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your questions!

== Step 3: Incubation process and Graduation ==

The *OSGeo Project* designation is intended to recognize established projects with a diverse community of developers and users with a proven track record.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* a project team applies for the OSGeo incubation program. Successful projects are teamed up with an experienced open source mentor to help answer questions, obtain legal council, and help guide work on transparency and community development as required.

Although incubation is a lot of work, this is opportunity for project teams to grow and improve and be publicly recognized for their accomplishment.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* we ask that project teams excel in each of areas mentioned above, see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] ( [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md markdown] ) or the comparison table on this page for more detail.

The OSGeo incubation process takes place in three stages:

# Initial Application
## Application request
## Mentor volunteer
# Incubator
## Project Status: project details, and a few resourcing questions for the system admin committee (see [[Project Status Template]]).
## Provenance Review: project team check to ensure the project is open source and has permission to distribute its source code.
## Project team and mentor work on [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] ( [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md markdown] ) priorities
# Graduation
## Mentor recommends project for graduation with motion to the incubation committee
## Committee chair informs the OSGeo board, who appoints the project team as a newly formed OSGeo committee

== Incubation ==

The following projects are currently in OSGeo incubation. The links provided are used to track the progress of incubation projects and are used by the developer team (and OSGeo mentor). In many cases the links will take you to a project specific wiki or website in order to be closer to their target community.

When projects have completed the graduation checklist their mentor will recommend them to the Incubation committee for graduation.

=== IstSOS ===

'''IstSOS''': http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS
# [[IstSOS Provenance Review]]
# [[IstSOS Incubation Status]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]

=== Opticks ===

'''Opticks''': http://opticks.org
# [[Opticks Incubation Status]]
# no provenance review provided
# [[Opticks Incubation Checklist]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Mark_Lucas|Mark Lucas]]

=== Oskari ===

'''Oskari''': http://oskari.org/
# [[Oskari Incubation Application]]
# [[Oskari Incubation Status]]
# [https://github.com/oskariorg/oskari-docs/wiki/Oskari-Incubation-Checklist Oskari Graduation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[Arnulf Christl]]

=== TEAM Engine ===

'''TEAM Engine''': http://teamengine.sourceforge.net
# [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1016 Incubation Application] from 2012
# [https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/wiki/OSGEO-Graduation TEAM Engine Incubation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jive|Jody Garnett]]

== Graduated ==

The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained.

* Community Mapbuilder: [[Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress]] | [[Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-14, Mentor: Steve Lime)
* deegree: [[deegree Incubation Status]] | [[deegree Provenance Review]] (Entered: 2008-06-09, Graduated 2010-02-04, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* FDO: [[FDO Incubation Status]] | [[FDO Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-06, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* GEOS: [[GEOS Incubation Status]] | [[GEOS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-11-02, Graduated 2012-04-28, Mentor: Frank Warmerdam)
* GDAL/OGR: [[GDAL Incubation Progress]] | [[GDAL Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* Geomajas: [[GeoMajas Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMajas Provenance Review]] (Entered 2010-03-04, Graduated 2010-11-22, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* GeoNetwork: [[GeoNetwork Incubation Status]] | [[GeoNetwork Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2008-06-21, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoNode: [[GeoNode Incubation Status]] [[GeoNode Provenance Review]] [[GeoNode Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2015-08-13, Graduated 2016-11-09, Mentor: David Bitner)
* GeoMOOSE: [[GeoMoose Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMoose Provenance Review]] | [[GeoMoose Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2011-12-08, Graduated 2013-04-19, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoTools: [[GeoTools Incubation Progress]] | [[GeoTools Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-07-18, Mentor: Cameron Shorter)
* GeoServer: [http://old.geoserver.org/OSGEO%20incubation%20questionnaire.html Incubation Questionnaire] | [http://old.geoserver.org/GeoServer%20Incubation%20Status.html Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Incubation-Checklist Incubation Checklist] | [[Geoserver Mentor Notes]] (Entered 2009-11-05, Graduated 2013-03-15, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* gvSIG: [[gvSIG Incubation Status]] | [[gvSIG Provenance Review]] | [[gvSIG Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2007-09-07, Graduated 2015-11-26, Mentor: Dimitris Kotzinos)
* GRASS: [[GRASS Incubation Progress]] | [[GRASS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Norman Vine and Arnulf Christl)
* Mapbender: [[Mapbender Incubation Progress]] | [[Mapbender Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-15, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* MapFish: [[MapFish Incubation Status]] | [[MapFish Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-11-09, Graduated 2011-09-01, Mentor: Gary Sherman)
* MapGuide Open: [[MapGuide Incubation Status]] | [[MapGuide Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2007-03-02, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* MapServer: [[MapServer incubation status]] | [[MapServer Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-12-16, Mentor: Chris Holmes)
* Marble: [[Marble Incubation Status]] | [[Marble Code Provenance Review]] | [[Marble Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2012-10-12, Graduated 2013-10-17, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* OpenLayers: [[OpenLayers Incubation Status]] | [[OpenLayers Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2007-11-16, Mentor: Howard Butler)
* Orfeo ToolBox (OTB): [[OTB Project Incubation Status]] | [[OTB Code Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-10-26, Graduated 2017-07-20, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* OSGeoLive: [[Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist|Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2017-10-05, Graduated 2018-04-14, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* PostGIS: [[PostGIS Incubation Status]] | [[PostGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-08-06, Graduated 2012-06-07, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* PROJ: [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2268 Incubation Application] | [https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/wiki/Incubation-checklist PROJ Graduation Checklist] (Entered 2019-05-04, Graduated 2019-11-26, Mentor: Michael Smith )
* pycsw: [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Status Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/pycsw-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] (Entered 2013-03-30, Graduated 2015-03-05, Mentor: Jeff McKenna)
* pygeoapi: [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeoIncubation-ProjectStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2021-11-03, Graduated 2022-08-21, Mentor: Michael Smith)
* PyWPS: [[PyWPS|Incubation Status]] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2009-02-27, Graduated 2018-04-11, Mentor: Tom Kralidis)
* OSSIM: [[OSSIM incubation status]] | [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimprovenance OSSIM Provenance Review] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2009-06-02, Mentor: Richard Gould)
* QGIS: [[QGIS Incubation Status]] | [[QGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-02, Graduated 2008-03-14, Mentor: Bob Bray)
* ZOO-Project: [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/OSGeoIncubationStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2011-11-09, Graduated 2023-06-21, Mentors: Tom Kralidis, Dimitris Kotzinos, Frank Warmerdam)

The initial projects to go through the incubation process helped define what is required. The above pages tracked the progress (and capture the experience) of these projects.

== Withdrawn ==

The following projects did not complete incubation:

* '''[http://www.rasdaman.org rasdaman]''': : [[ rasdaman Incubation Status ]] | [http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance Code Provenance] | [http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist Incubation Checklist] (Mentor [[User: Bruce.bannerman|Bruce Bannerman]] )
* '''[http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/ MetaCRS]''': :: [[MetaCRS Incubation Status]] (Mentor: Daniel Morissette)

== Committee Operation ==

The incubation committee operates within the OSGeo committee guidelines, operating in a close working relationship with the OSGeo board as reflected in our responsibilities above.

* Voting members: Voting members are maintained on this page as outlined below. This committee is volunteer based with committee member ship driven by email request to be added or removed. Inactive members (see below) are removed as needed to preserve committee function.
* Project mentors: Have volunteered to represent our organization at a personal level as a guest on the projects email list and meetings. Project mentors are responsible for recommending when a project is ready for graduation based on this first hand experience. For more information see mentor guidelines.
* Committee chair: Committee chair appointed by motion, result forward to the board for approval and recognition as an officer of the foundation. Committee chair is responsible for operation of the committee.
* Communication: This committee operates on the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator incubator mailing list]. With the occasional breakout IRC meeting, hangout, or phone call to explore specific issues.
* Decision making: Decision making is performed by email motion. Motions are held open for a two week period. Each motion requires a 50% quorum within the two week period. Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against). The committee chair is responsible for replying to the email thread with voting results and motion resolution.
** Email motions should be clearly worded and have a subject line “Motion:”.
** Motions are held open for a two week period to give everyone a chance to respond, this accounts for volunteers that are only available on weekends.
** At discretion of the chair a motion may be held open longer than two weeks.
** If a motion does not gather a 50% response within a two week period we may need to revisit our active member list – removing members that have not voted within the last year.
** Voting +0 and -0 are a good way to reach quorum for volunteers that have not had a chance to follow the discussion, or to abstain if you feel uncomfortable voting on a topic.
** There is no veto in the incubation committee, but we tend to respect -1 votes and withdraw motions that are divisive. It is noted that when reviewing graduation checklists -1 votes tend to track outstanding issues that are then addressed within the voting period.
* Independence: Our mandate is focused on providing to the OSGeo board as outlined above.

Example email:

Subject: motion: accept project x as a community project

The following motion has been made by Firstname Lastname:

Motion to accept project x as an community project.

This motion is held open for two weeks closing MONTH DAY, requiring 50% quorum,
from the following incubation committee members:

* LINE BY LINE BULLETED LIST OF CURRENT MEMBERS

A subsequent email will be sent when the motion is completed, either by the elapsed time period, or by unanimous consent before the closing period.

=== Committee Members ===

'''Volunteers Welcome''' - if you would like to take part we are always looking for new members, sign up to the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator email list], and introduce yourself to volunteer.

Current members:

* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]]
* Arnulf Christl
* Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
* [[User:darkblueb|Brian M Hamlin]]
* Daniel Morissette
* Dimitris Kotzinos
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:JoCook|Jo Cook]]
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] (chair)
* Michael Smith
* [[User:Nickbearman|Nick Bearman]]
* [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]]
* Steve Lime
* Tom Kralidis

'''Thank you''' - we ask that volunteers remain active, joining the discussion and voting on the email list. If you are unable to take part please send us an email. As volunteers we understand that life can get in the way of advocacy – you are welcome to rejoin at any time. We will also retire inactive members as needed. Prior members:

* Bruce Bannerman
* Landon Blake
* Robert Bray
* Howard Butler
* Chris Holmes
* Julien-Samuel Lacroix
* Mark Lucas
* Judit Mays
* Jeff McKenna
* Markus Neteler
* Markus Schneider
* Cameron Shorter
* Paul Spencer
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Norman Vine

=== Documents ===

* Official incubator public web page is at: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/ (with members list).
* [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]]
* [[Incubation FAQ]]
* [[Official_IncCom_Documents]]
* Incubation process docs: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ (original [[Official_IncCom_Documents|wiki draft documents]])
* [[Incubation Badges]]

Draft or discussion documents
* Draft [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]]
* Draft [[5-star-rating]] - discussion about more fine incubation procedure
* OSGeo Distribution and Committer [[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html licenses] which can be used as is, or as an example for projects starting off with participatory open source.
** Geotools Copyright Assignment ([http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf pdf], [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.odt odt]) - previous example
** [[Project Copyright Assignment]] - previous example
* [[Contributor Agreement]] and FAQ
* [[Incubation Phases]] proposal

Document Refresh 2014
* [[Project Graduation Checklist]]

References:
* [[Project Infrastructure Migration]]
* [http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html Producing OSS] - by Karl Fogel - an excellent primer on running an FOSS project.

Reports:
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2012]]
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2011]]

Trac:
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority Open Incubator Trac Issues]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&keywords=%7Eapplication&order=priority Pending Incubation Applications]

== Meetings and Reports ==
Meetings are scheduled via [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator Mailing List] and take place via [[Getting_Started#Jump_on_IRC | IRC]] at the times specified in the [[Foundation Calendar]].
* [[IncCom Meeting1|First Meeting]] - March 13th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting2|Second Meeting]] - March 20th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting3|Third Meeting]] - March 27th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting4|Fourth Meeting]] - April 10th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting5|Fifth Meeting]] - April 24th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting6|Sixth Meeting]] - June 19th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting7|Seventh Meeting]] - August 7th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting8|Eighth Meeting]] - October 30th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting9|Nineth Meeting]] - February 12th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting10|Tenth Meeting]] - June 11th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting11|Eleventh Meeting]] - October 29th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting12|Twelfth Meeting]] - September 8th 2008
* [[IncCom Meeting13|Thirteenth Meeting]] - October 29th 2009
* [[IncCom Meeting14|Fourteenth Meeting]] - March 1th 2010
* [[IncCom Meeting15]] - Nov 21 2011
* [[IncCom Meeting16]] - Jan 17 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting17]] - March 19 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting18]] - May 21 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting19]] - July 23 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting20]] - Sep 24 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting21]] - Feb 18 2013
* [[IncCom Report22]] - 2013 Q2
* [[IncCom Report23]] - 2013 Q3
* [[IncCom Report24]] - 2014 Q1
* [[Fall 2014 Committee Report for OSGeo Journal]]

[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Committees]]

Marketing Committee Budget 2025

2024-11-27T23:16:26Z

Jive: /* Proposed Budget 2025 */

= OSGeo Budget =
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2025
* approved:

= Proposed Budget 2025 =

The following draft is for discussion.

'''Support:''' Marketing committee does not seek out and provide many explicit examples for sponsorship in our capacity as an outreach organization.

We do not wish to compete with general OSGeo sponsorship, or the regional events which we are supporting. Support is primarily sought with in-kind contributions from our OSGeo community. As example: Promoting USB sticks as paid for by a specific sponsor creates a competing sponsorship with the regional event sponsors providing USB sticks.

'''Marketing Committee Budget Request'''

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|-
! Committee Request
! Committee Support
! Committee Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Marketing/Outreach/Advocacy sprint (colocated prior to foss4g or regionale event)
|-
! Event Request
! Event Support
! Event Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Brochures, project sheet, USB sticks and banners for various FOSS4G and regional events in 2025
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | booth volunteers
| style="text-align:right;" |
| FOSS4G 2025 Full booth required, banners, table cloths, stickers, collateral, usb-sticks, ...
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | interview subjects
| style="text-align:right;" |
| podcast scale up 4 episodes foss4g content
|-
! Initiative Request
! Initiative Support
! Initiative Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $9,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZLW7x22kwku1_FwotJ3VsF1cnCXYmXT1U_5tSqWAST8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.qi1vy8vqbozc OSGeo Website Workplan] mix of financial and in-kind.
Initiative sponsors will be included on the workplan and in status updates to our community.

The "Graphic Design and Wordpress Theme" requires funding.

The "Website Content updates" are done in-kind by OSGeo marketing committee.
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Implement usability improvements recommended by 2024 report as short-listed by the board. This should be a cross-committee initiative in collaboration with the system admin committee.

The "OSGeo UserID Creation" form requires funding for SAC to rewrite/replace.

Initiative sponsors will be included on the workplan and in status updates to our community.
|-
! Request TOTAL
! Support TOTAL
! Budget TOTAL
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 25,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 35,000
| Total of budget and support targets defined above.
|}

[[Category:Marketing Budget]]

Marketing Committee Budget 2025

2024-11-27T23:09:33Z

Jive: /* Proposed Budget 2025 */

= OSGeo Budget =
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2025
* approved:

= Proposed Budget 2025 =

The following draft is for discussion.

'''Support:''' Marketing committee does not seek out and provide many explicit examples for sponsorship in our capacity as an outreach organization.

We do not wish to compete with general OSGeo sponsorship, or the regional events which we are supporting. Support is primarily sought with in-kind contributions from our OSGeo community. As example: Promoting USB sticks as paid for by a specific sponsor creates a competing sponsorship with the regional event sponsors providing USB sticks.

'''Marketing Committee Budget Request'''

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|-
! Committee Request
! Committee Support
! Committee Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Marketing/Outreach/Advocacy sprint (colocated prior to foss4g or regionale event)
|-
! Event Request
! Event Support
! Event Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Brochures, project sheet, USB sticks and banners for various FOSS4G and regional events in 2025
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | booth volunteers
| style="text-align:right;" |
| FOSS4G 2025 Full booth required, banners, table cloths, stickers, collateral, usb-sticks, ...
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | interview subjects
| style="text-align:right;" |
| podcast scale up 4 episodes foss4g content
|-
! Initiative Request
! Initiative Support
! Initiative Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $9,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZLW7x22kwku1_FwotJ3VsF1cnCXYmXT1U_5tSqWAST8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.qi1vy8vqbozc OSGeo Website Workplan] mix of financial and in-kind.
Initiative sponsors will be included on the workplan and in status updates to our community.

The "Graphic Design and Wordpress Theme" requires funding.

The "Website Content updates" are done in-kind by OSGeo marketing committee.
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Implement usability improvements recommended by 2024 report as short-listed by the board. This should be a cross-committee initiative in collaboration with the system admin committee.

Initiative sponsors will be included on the workplan and in status updates to our community.
|-
! Request TOTAL
! Support TOTAL
! Budget TOTAL
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 25,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 35,000
| Total of budget and support targets defined above.
|}

[[Category:Marketing Budget]]

OSGeo Budget 2025

2024-11-27T22:41:04Z

Jive: /* OSGeo Committees */

Draft budget for 2025, see [[OSGeo Budget 2024]] and [[Finance Committee#Documents]] for prior years.

Total Approved Budget for 2024: $149,000 USD

Total spending for 2024: TBD

Total Approved Budget for 2025: TBD

== OSGeo Board ==

OSGeo board operates according to our bylaws providing vision and direction for our foundation. The board has also taken on responsibility setting for an annual budget, building partner relationships, sponsorship program and code sprints.

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|-
! Board
! 2024 Approved
! 2025 Actual
! 2026 Draft
! Notes
|-
| Admin
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Operational expenses including liability insurance, tax filing fees, quickbooks, mail, IRS, bank fees.
|-
| Travel
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Travel to main FOSS4G, F2F meeting and regional/representative events
|-
| Partners and Sponsors
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Relationship building, attending b2b functions, foss4g/foss4ge/foss4gna/foss4g-asia breakfast meetings. Meetings with sponsors during events
|}

Total Board Budget for 2024: $15,000 USD

Total Board spending for 2024: TBD

Total Board Budget for 2025: TBD

== OSGeo Committees ==

The following committees have been formed to fulfill out goals as an organization, each committee is provided a mandate, with the chair of the committee represented as an officer of our organization.

* Code of Conduct Committee
* Conference Committee
* GeoForAll - committee acting as advisory board for the GeoForAll Initiative
* Incubation Committee - committee providing hands-on support for project teams adopting open source principles and practice.
* Marketing Committee - outreach and advocacy support
* Open GeoScience Committee
* Public Geospatial Data Committee
* System Administration Committee - foundation infrastructure
* UN Committee - committee responsible for our participation in the UN Open GIS program
* Standards Committee

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|-
! OSGeo Committees
! 2024 Approved [Requested]
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| SAC
| style="text-align:right;" | 21,500 [53,450]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OpenGeoScience
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Conference
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marketing
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000 [22,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| [[Marketing_Committee_Budget_2025]]
|-
| GeoForAll
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| UN Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Incubation Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|}

Total Committees Budget for 2024: $30,000 USD

Total Committees spending for 2024: TBD

Total Committees Budget for 2025: TBD

== OSGeo Initiatives ==

OSGeo initiatives have formed to pursue a specific short term, or long term goal. Initiatives maybe formed by a committee or the board as required. Initiatives are a great way to collaborate with projects, committees and partners.

* FOSS4G - event series produced in collaboration with the conference committee and local chapters
* GeoForAll - education and research program produced in collaboration with our partners
* Incubation - mentor program for open source projects to be recognized as OSGeo project
* Local Chapters - board outreach initiative establishing regional OSGeo groups for direct grassroots advoacacy
* GSoC - coordinate participation in google-summer-of-code and code-in activities
* Travel Grant Program - provides assistance for attending OSGeo events

Proposed initiatives:

* no new initiatives proposed for 2025

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|-
! OSGeo Initiatives
! 2024 Approved
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| FOSS4G
| style="text-align:right;" | (48,000)
| style="text-align:right;" | -
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Seed money for 2025.
|-
| Local Chapters
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board, considering putting aside money to help establish local chapters (for logistics, legal advise, kickoff meetings rather than any sponsorship or direct funding)
|-
| GSoC
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board.
|-
| Travel Grant Program
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by Conference Committee. Recommendation: 7k for FOSS4G 2024, 3k for local events
|-
| Events and Code Sprints
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board. Funding to help organize OSGeo Code Sprint and other events.
|-
| Community Projects
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board since community projects do not have an assigned officer to handle their budget. Board note: Budgeted TBD$ for the first TBD projects to ask.
|}

Total Initiatives Budget for 2024: $76,000 USD

Total Initiatives spending for 2024: TBD

Total Initiatives Budget for 2025: TBD

= Projects =

== OSGeo Projects ==

OSGeo Projects each have a project steering committee, the chair of which is acknowledged as a foundation officer with spending authority on behalf of their committee.

Notes:

* We have reached out (2025) to the projects mailing list.
* Board decided to not assign a default budget this year.
* Board decided that the maximum amount per project this year cannot be more than $TBD USD.
* This is a budget, representing planned spending in 2025 - actual balance available to each PSC (from fundraising, donations and sponsorship) may be considered when planning.
* If a project did not respond (or runs into an unforeseen expense) please contact the board throughout the year as budgets can be amended

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|-
! OSGeo Project
! 2024 Approved [Requested]
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| deegree
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GDAL/OGR
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoMOOSE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoNetwork
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoNode
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GEOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [$2000]
| [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-2025-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoServer 2025 sponsorship opportunities]
|-
| GeoTools
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GRASS GIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| gvSIG
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Mapbender
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| MapServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [4,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marble
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Need to report to the board to get a budget
|-
| OpenLayers
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OTB
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OSGeoLive
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PostGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PROJ
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| pycsw
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2025
|
|-
| pygeoapi
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,074
| style="text-align:right;" | [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2025
|
|-
| PyWPS
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| QGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| ZOO-Project
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
|}

Total Projects Budget for 2024: $28,000 USD

Total Projects spending for 2024: TBD

Total Projects Budget for 2025: TBD

== Community Projects ==

Community projects act through the board as they do not have a project officer. Board approved $TBD for each project (see Community Projects Initiative above)

Some guidance is offered by individual projects below.

Please note that this table records budget requests, not approved budgets.

* Community Projects can ask the Board for spending approval (since they do not have a Project Officer) from the approved Community Projects budget.
* Projects that have been accepted into the incubation program can ask the Incubation Committee for assistance to work on incubation (such requests are included in the incubation committee budget not here).

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! Community Project
! 2024 Approved [Requested]
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| GeoWebCache
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [250]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| mappyfile
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [300]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoHealthCheck
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [250]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
|}

= Events =

== Community Events ==

We have set aside a budget for community events in 2025:

* Supporting community building events is distinct from the development focused code-sprints below
* We are inviting community members to contact us about events (rather than try and adjust their event to fit into our code sprint guidelines)
* OSGeo is is focused on our outreach goals as an organization as such our primary contribution to events is free software and enthusiasm rather than finical, we use funding to enable our members rather than for sponsorship and visibility.
* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document]

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! Event Request
! 2024 Approved
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| List your event here
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|
|}

== Code Sprints ==

We have asked project teams for guidance to help set our code sprint budget:

* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document] ask for event details, budget and fundraising on your part.
* Our priority is to share the risk with organizers allowing access to funds early to book facilities as required
* Code sprint budget is structured carry funds from one event to the next allowing us to hold more code-sprints with a smaller annual budget.

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|-
! Sprint Request
! 2024 Approved
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| OSGeo Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| 4,395 surplus from Vienna. Not included in the budget.
|-
|}

= Approval and Amendments =

* Budget Meeting:
* Loomio Motion:
* Amendments:

[[Category:Budget]]
[[Category:Finance]]

Board Meeting 2024-12-01

2024-11-27T19:04:23Z

Jive: /* Current items */

This board meeting is '''scheduled Sunday 01 December 2024''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2024&month=12&day=01&hour=12&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=51&p6=312 '''12:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board Loomio] and actions on the [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues OSGeo todo] issue tracker.

This is a F2F meeting during the FOSS4G 2024 event.

Board members that will be present in Belém:
# Jeroen Ticheler
# Tom Kralidis
# Codrina Ilie
# Ariel Anthieni
# ''Add your name here''

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# OSGeo and UN/WMO collaboration
# OGC-ASF-OSGeo Joint Code Sprint 2025
# SAC Budget increase request
# FOSS4G Global and Regional events in the future
# OSGeo finances
## Status of OSGeo as a 501(c)(3) organization
## Relation to local and regional chapters
## OSGeo sponsor plan
# [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZLW7x22kwku1_FwotJ3VsF1cnCXYmXT1U_5tSqWAST8/edit?usp=sharing OSGeo Website Workplan]
# Status of UN Committee (UNGGIM - proposal: SDG Open Source Alliance )
# ''Add your topic here''

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, Jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2024-12-31]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2024]]

Marketing Committee Budget 2025

2024-11-19T23:27:41Z

Jive: /* Proposed Budget 2025 */

= OSGeo Budget =
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2025
* approved:

= Proposed Budget 2025 =

The following draft is for discussion.

'''Support:''' Marketing committee does not seek out and provide many explicit examples for sponsorship in our capacity as an outreach organization.

We do wish to compete with general OSGeo sponsorship, or the regional events which we are supporting. Support is primarily sought with in-kind contributions from our OSGeo community. As example: Promoting USB sticks as paid for by a specific sponsor offers a competing sponsorship opportunity with the regional sponsors of an event which is being provided USB sticks.

'''Marketing Committee Budget Request'''

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|-
! Committee Request
! Committee Support
! Committee Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Marketing/Outreach/Advocacy sprint (colocated prior to foss4g or regionale event)
|-
! Event Request
! Event Support
! Event Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Brochures, project sheet, USB sticks and banners for various FOSS4G and regional events in 2025
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | booth volunteers
| style="text-align:right;" |
| FOSS4G 2025 Full booth required, banners, table cloths, stickers, collateral, usb-sticks, ...
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | interview subjects
| style="text-align:right;" |
| podcast scale up 4 episodes foss4g content
|-
! Initiative Request
! Initiative Support
! Initiative Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $9,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZLW7x22kwku1_FwotJ3VsF1cnCXYmXT1U_5tSqWAST8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.qi1vy8vqbozc OSGeo Website Workplan] mix of financial and in-kind.
Initiative sponsors will be included on the workplan and in status updates to our community.
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Implement usability improvements recommended by 2024 report as short-listed by the board. This should be a cross-committee initiative in collaboration with the system admin committee.

Initiative sponsors will be included on the workplan and in status updates to our community.
|-
! Request TOTAL
! Support TOTAL
! Budget TOTAL
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 25,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 35,000
| Total of budget and support targets defined above.
|}

[[Category:Marketing Budget]]

Marketing Committee Budget 2025

2024-11-19T23:26:39Z

Jive: /* Proposed Budget 2025 */

= OSGeo Budget =
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2025
* approved:

= Proposed Budget 2025 =

The following draft is for discussion.

'''Support:''' Marketing committee does not seek out and provide many explicit examples for sponsorship in our capacity as an outreach organization.

We do wish to compete with general OSGeo sponsorship, or the regional events which we are supporting. Support is primarily sought with in-kind contributions from our OSGeo community. As example: Promoting USB sticks as paid for by a specific sponsor offers a competing sponsorship opportunity with the regional sponsors of an event which is being provided USB sticks.

'''Marketing Committee Budget Request'''

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|-
! Committee Request
! Committee Support
! Committee Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Marketing/Outreach/Advocacy sprint (colocated prior to foss4g or regionale event)
|-
! Event Request
! Event Support
! Event Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Brochures, project sheet, USB sticks and banners for various FOSS4G and regional events in 2025
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" | booth volunteers
| style="text-align:right;" |
| FOSS4G 2025 Full booth required, banners, table cloths, stickers, collateral, usb-sticks, ...
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | interview subjects
| style="text-align:right;" |
| podcast scale up 4 episodes foss4g content
|-
! Initiative Request
! Initiative Support
! Initiative Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $9,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZLW7x22kwku1_FwotJ3VsF1cnCXYmXT1U_5tSqWAST8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.qi1vy8vqbozc OSGeo Website Workplan] mix of financial and in-kind.
Initiative sponsors will be included on the workplan and in status updates to our community.
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Implement usability improvements recommended by 2024 report as short-listed by the board. This should be a cross-committee initiative in collaboration with the system admin committee.

Initiative sponsors will be included on the workplan and in status updates to our community.
|-
! Request TOTAL
! Support TOTAL
! Budget TOTAL
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 25,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000
| style="text-align:right;" | 35,000
| Sponsorship targets established above
|}

[[Category:Marketing Budget]]

Marketing Committee Budget 2025

2024-11-19T22:51:31Z

Jive: /* Proposed Budget 2025 */

= OSGeo Budget =
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2025
* approved:

= Proposed Budget 2025 =
The following draft is for discussion

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|-
! Request
! Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Marketing/Outreach/Advocacy sprint (colocated prior to foss4g or regionale event)
|-
! Event Request
| Event Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Brochures, project sheet, USB sticks and banners for various FOSS4G and regional events in 2025
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 3000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| FOSS4G 2025 Full booth required, banners, table cloths, stickers, collateral, usb-sticks, ...
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| podcast scale up 4 episodes foss4g content
|-
! Outreach Request
! Outreach Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $9,000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZLW7x22kwku1_FwotJ3VsF1cnCXYmXT1U_5tSqWAST8/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.qi1vy8vqbozc OSGeo Website Workplan] mix of financial and in-kind.
|-
! Request TOTAL
! Budget TOTAL
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | 20,000
| style="text-align:right;" |
| Sponsorship targets established above
|}

[[Category:Marketing Budget]]

OSGeo Budget 2025

2024-11-19T22:22:08Z

Jive: /* OSGeo Projects */

Draft budget for 2025, see [[OSGeo Budget 2024]] and [[Finance Committee#Documents]] for prior years.

Total Approved Budget for 2024: $149,000 USD

Total spending for 2024: TBD

Total Approved Budget for 2025: TBD

== OSGeo Board ==

OSGeo board operates according to our bylaws providing vision and direction for our foundation. The board has also taken on responsibility setting for an annual budget, building partner relationships, sponsorship program and code sprints.

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! Board
! 2024 Approved
! 2025 Actual
! 2026 Draft
! Notes
|-
| Admin
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Operational expenses including liability insurance, tax filing fees, quickbooks, mail, IRS, bank fees.
|-
| Travel
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Travel to main FOSS4G, F2F meeting and regional/representative events
|-
| Partners and Sponsors
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Relationship building, attending b2b functions, foss4g/foss4ge/foss4gna/foss4g-asia breakfast meetings. Meetings with sponsors during events
|}

Total Board Budget for 2024: $15,000 USD

Total Board spending for 2024: TBD

Total Board Budget for 2025: TBD

== OSGeo Committees ==

The following committees have been formed to fulfill out goals as an organization, each committee is provided a mandate, with the chair of the committee represented as an officer of our organization.

* Code of Conduct Committee
* Conference Committee
* GeoForAll - committee acting as advisory board for the GeoForAll Initiative
* Incubation Committee - committee providing hands-on support for project teams adopting open source principles and practice.
* Marketing Committee - outreach and advocacy support
* Open GeoScience Committee
* Public Geospatial Data Committee
* System Administration Committee - foundation infrastructure
* UN Committee - committee responsible for our participation in the UN Open GIS program
* Standards Committee

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|-
! OSGeo Committees
! 2024 Approved [Requested]
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| SAC
| style="text-align:right;" | 21,500 [53,450]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OpenGeoScience
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Conference
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marketing
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000 [22,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoForAll
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| UN Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Incubation Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|}

Total Committees Budget for 2024: $30,000 USD

Total Committees spending for 2024: TBD

Total Committees Budget for 2025: TBD

== OSGeo Initiatives ==

OSGeo initiatives have formed to pursue a specific short term, or long term goal. Initiatives maybe formed by a committee or the board as required. Initiatives are a great way to collaborate with projects, committees and partners.

* FOSS4G - event series produced in collaboration with the conference committee and local chapters
* GeoForAll - education and research program produced in collaboration with our partners
* Incubation - mentor program for open source projects to be recognized as OSGeo project
* Local Chapters - board outreach initiative establishing regional OSGeo groups for direct grassroots advoacacy
* GSoC - coordinate participation in google-summer-of-code and code-in activities
* Travel Grant Program - provides assistance for attending OSGeo events

Proposed initiatives:

* no new initiatives proposed for 2025

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|-
! OSGeo Initiatives
! 2024 Approved
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| FOSS4G
| style="text-align:right;" | (48,000)
| style="text-align:right;" | -
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Seed money for 2025.
|-
| Local Chapters
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board, considering putting aside money to help establish local chapters (for logistics, legal advise, kickoff meetings rather than any sponsorship or direct funding)
|-
| GSoC
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board.
|-
| Travel Grant Program
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by Conference Committee. Recommendation: 7k for FOSS4G 2024, 3k for local events
|-
| Events and Code Sprints
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board. Funding to help organize OSGeo Code Sprint and other events.
|-
| Community Projects
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board since community projects do not have an assigned officer to handle their budget. Board note: Budgeted TBD$ for the first TBD projects to ask.
|}

Total Initiatives Budget for 2024: $76,000 USD

Total Initiatives spending for 2024: TBD

Total Initiatives Budget for 2025: TBD

= Projects =

== OSGeo Projects ==

OSGeo Projects each have a project steering committee, the chair of which is acknowledged as a foundation officer with spending authority on behalf of their committee.

Notes:

* We have reached out (2025) to the projects mailing list.
* Board decided to not assign a default budget this year.
* Board decided that the maximum amount per project this year cannot be more than $TBD USD.
* This is a budget, representing planned spending in 2025 - actual balance available to each PSC (from fundraising, donations and sponsorship) may be considered when planning.
* If a project did not respond (or runs into an unforeseen expense) please contact the board throughout the year as budgets can be amended

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|-
! OSGeo Project
! 2024 Approved [Requested]
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| deegree
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GDAL/OGR
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoMOOSE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoNetwork
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoNode
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GEOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [$2000]
| [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-2025-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoServer 2025 sponsorship opportunities]
|-
| GeoTools
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GRASS GIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| gvSIG
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Mapbender
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| MapServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [4,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marble
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Need to report to the board to get a budget
|-
| OpenLayers
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OTB
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OSGeoLive
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PostGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PROJ
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| pycsw
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2025
|
|-
| pygeoapi
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,074
| style="text-align:right;" | [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2025
|
|-
| PyWPS
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| QGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| ZOO-Project
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
|}

Total Projects Budget for 2024: $28,000 USD

Total Projects spending for 2024: TBD

Total Projects Budget for 2025: TBD

== Community Projects ==

Community projects act through the board as they do not have a project officer. Board approved $TBD for each project (see Community Projects Initiative above)

Some guidance is offered by individual projects below.

Please note that this table records budget requests, not approved budgets.

* Community Projects can ask the Board for spending approval (since they do not have a Project Officer) from the approved Community Projects budget.
* Projects that have been accepted into the incubation program can ask the Incubation Committee for assistance to work on incubation (such requests are included in the incubation committee budget not here).

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|-
! Community Project
! 2024 Approved [Requested]
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| GeoWebCache
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [250]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| mappyfile
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [300]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoHealthCheck
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [250]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
|}

= Events =

== Community Events ==

We have set aside a budget for community events in 2025:

* Supporting community building events is distinct from the development focused code-sprints below
* We are inviting community members to contact us about events (rather than try and adjust their event to fit into our code sprint guidelines)
* OSGeo is is focused on our outreach goals as an organization as such our primary contribution to events is free software and enthusiasm rather than finical, we use funding to enable our members rather than for sponsorship and visibility.
* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document]

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|-
! Event Request
! 2024 Approved
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| List your event here
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|
|}

== Code Sprints ==

We have asked project teams for guidance to help set our code sprint budget:

* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document] ask for event details, budget and fundraising on your part.
* Our priority is to share the risk with organizers allowing access to funds early to book facilities as required
* Code sprint budget is structured carry funds from one event to the next allowing us to hold more code-sprints with a smaller annual budget.

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|-
! Sprint Request
! 2024 Approved
! 2024 Actual
! 2025 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| OSGeo Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| 4,395 surplus from Vienna. Not included in the budget.
|-
|}

= Approval and Amendments =

* Budget Meeting:
* Loomio Motion:
* Amendments:

[[Category:Budget]]
[[Category:Finance]]

Board Meeting 2024-09-24

2024-09-24T06:55:56Z

Jive: /* Current items */

This board meeting is '''scheduled Tuesday 24 September 2024''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2024&month=09&day=24&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=51&p6=312 '''18:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board Loomio] and actions on the [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues OSGeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2024-08-27]]
# Elections 2024 status
# AGM 2024
# Budget 2025
# Status of OSGeo as a 501(c)(3) organization
# website feedback
# Review pending actions
# ''Add your topic here''

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, Jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2024-10-29]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2024]]

Europe

2024-08-31T05:24:13Z

Jive: Discourse instructions

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo Chapter. 

Note: This is not the first time work has been done to create an OSGeo Europe Chapter. In fact, a legal entity was established in Belgium in 2017 and was closed in 2023. See the [[Europe archive]] for everything related to that. 

== Communication ==

Local chapter communication:

* Communication [https://discourse.osgeo.org/t/about-the-osgeo-europe-category/49883 OSGeo Europe] forum
* To post join [https://discourse.osgeo.org/g/europe OSGeo Europe] group
* Visit [https://discourse.osgeo.org/t/about-the-osgeo-europe-category/49883/1 About the OSGeo Europe category] for further instructions, including mailing-list access

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure (Initial talks at BOF FOSS4G Tartu 2024)
* Write and publish the Bylaws (Action: retrieve the documents from the previous EU Chapter)
* Create activity calendar
* Set up priorities and goals

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe conferences are becoming more popular every year. Europe faces specific legal challenges, such as the current Cyber Resilience Act, that have an impact on OSGeo projects, contributors and businesses in Europe. European institutions are interested in sponsoring OSGeo Europe, for which they need a legal and representative entity. OSGeo is registered in the USA, and can therefor not always easily support these challenges.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

== Mission and objectives ==

== General Meetings ==

* [[Europe-meeting-2024-07-18]]
* [[Europe-meeting-2024-08-22]]
* [[Europe-meeting-2024-09-19]]

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following people:

* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/jeroen-ticheler/ Jeroen Ticheler]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/codrina-maria-ilie/ Codrina Maria Ilie]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/ Angelos Tzotsos]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Lads Luís de Sousa]
* [[Jorge Sanz]]
* [[User:tkardi|Tõnis Kärdi]]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/jimenezshaw/ Javier Jimenez Shaw]

== Branding ==

Marketing committee logo template provides two options:

[[File:OSGeo europe.png|none|OSGeo Europe]]

[[File:OSGeo EU.png|none|OSGeo EU Local Chapter]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe

2024-08-30T20:36:05Z

Jive: /* Branding */

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo Chapter. 

Note: This is not the first time work has been done to create an OSGeo Europe Chapter. In fact, a legal entity was established in Belgium in 2017 and was closed in 2023. See the [[Europe archive]] for everything related to that. 

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure (Initial talks at BOF FOSS4G Tartu 2024)
* Write and publish the Bylaws (Action: retrieve the documents from the previous EU Chapter)
* Create activity calendar
* Set up priorities and goals

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe conferences are becoming more popular every year. Europe faces specific legal challenges, such as the current Cyber Resilience Act, that have an impact on OSGeo projects, contributors and businesses in Europe. European institutions are interested in sponsoring OSGeo Europe, for which they need a legal and representative entity. OSGeo is registered in the USA, and can therefor not always easily support these challenges.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

== Mission and objectives ==

== General Meetings ==

* [[Europe-meeting-2024-07-18]]
* [[Europe-meeting-2024-08-22]]
* [[Europe-meeting-2024-09-19]]

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following people:

* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/jeroen-ticheler/ Jeroen Ticheler]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/codrina-maria-ilie/ Codrina Maria Ilie]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/ Angelos Tzotsos]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Lads Luís de Sousa]
* [[Jorge Sanz]]
* [[User:tkardi|Tõnis Kärdi]]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/jimenezshaw/ Javier Jimenez Shaw]

== Branding ==

Marketing committee logo template provides two options:

[[File:OSGeo europe.png|none|OSGeo Europe]]

[[File:OSGeo EU.png|none|OSGeo EU Local Chapter]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

Europe

2024-08-30T20:33:52Z

Jive: /* Europe */

= Europe =

Welcome to the wiki page of the Europe OSGeo Chapter. 

Note: This is not the first time work has been done to create an OSGeo Europe Chapter. In fact, a legal entity was established in Belgium in 2017 and was closed in 2023. See the [[Europe archive]] for everything related to that. 

== ToDo list ==

* Decide about the legal structure (Initial talks at BOF FOSS4G Tartu 2024)
* Write and publish the Bylaws (Action: retrieve the documents from the previous EU Chapter)
* Create activity calendar
* Set up priorities and goals

== Introduction ==

FOSS4G Europe conferences are becoming more popular every year. Europe faces specific legal challenges, such as the current Cyber Resilience Act, that have an impact on OSGeo projects, contributors and businesses in Europe. European institutions are interested in sponsoring OSGeo Europe, for which they need a legal and representative entity. OSGeo is registered in the USA, and can therefor not always easily support these challenges.

== Why should OSGeo have a European local chapter ==

== Mission and objectives ==

== General Meetings ==

* [[Europe-meeting-2024-07-18]]
* [[Europe-meeting-2024-08-22]]
* [[Europe-meeting-2024-09-19]]

== List of initial members ==

The European OSGeo Chapter has the support of the following people:

* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/jeroen-ticheler/ Jeroen Ticheler]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/codrina-maria-ilie/ Codrina Maria Ilie]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/ Angelos Tzotsos]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Lads Luís de Sousa]
* [[Jorge Sanz]]
* [[User:tkardi|Tõnis Kärdi]]
* [https://www.osgeo.org/member/jimenezshaw/ Javier Jimenez Shaw]

== Branding ==

Marketing committee logo template provides two options:

[[File:OSGeo europe.png|thumb|OSGeo Europe]]

[[File:OSGeo EU.png|thumb|OSGeo EU Local Chapter]]

[[Category:Local Chapters]]
[[Category:Europe]]

File:OSGeo EU.png

2024-08-30T20:33:32Z

Jive:

OSGeo EU Local Chapter

File:OSGeo europe.png

2024-08-30T20:32:18Z

Jive:

OSGeo Europe

Incubation Committee

2024-08-26T19:58:05Z

Jive: /* Step 3: Incubation process and Graduation */

The project incubation committee is responsible for overseeing the incubation process for new projects entering the foundation. The incubation committee provides resources to assist new projects to reach full membership, and makes recommendations to the board when they feel projects have completed incubation.

== About the Incubation Committee ==

The OSGeo Incubation Committee is an open source advocacy and outreach activity welcoming projects and development teams to our foundation.

The committee is responsible for:

# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ OSGeo project website] review
#* Reviewing applications to list projects on the OSGeo website
#* Preparing and recommend criteria and review process for projects to be listed on the OSGeo website
# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/#community Community project program]
#* Reviewing community project applications and recommending projects to the board to be accepted as community projects
#* Reporting on the status of projects in the community project program to the board periodically (via Chair)
#* Preparing and recommending community project process and criteria to the board.
#* See [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]] for more information
# [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ OSGeo Incubation process]
#* Reviewing applications for incubation and making recommendations to the board on projects that should be admitted into incubation.
#* Appointing [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/mentor/ mentors] for incubation projects.
#* Reviewing progress of projects against incubation requirements, and recommending projects for full project status to the board, when deemed appropriate.
#* Reporting on the status of projects in incubation and the incubation process to the board periodically (via Chair).
#* Preparing and recommending incubation process and criteria to the board.

The OSGeo incubation committee is not responsible for graduated OSGeo Projects. Graduated OSGeo projects are recognized as a committee who report directly to the board via their project officer.

== Supporting project teams ==

If you would like your software project to listed on the website, or apply to become an OSGeo Community project, please send a description of your project to the OSGeo Incubation Committee Mailing List.

We look forward to helping you!

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Responsibility
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| Geospatial 
- README or project description
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Geospatial 
- User guide or quickstart
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- See LICENSE.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Check headers
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Providence Review
|
|
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- See CONTRIBUTING.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- History of pull requests or patches
|
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
|
| X
| X
|-
| Open Community 
- communication channel 
- decision making process
|
|
| X
|-
| Active Healthy Community 
- user and developer collaboration 
- long term viability
|
|
| X
|-
| Development Process 
- version control 
- issue tracker 
- leadership open to new members 
- transparent decision making
|
|
| X
|-
| Documentation 
- user documentation 
- developer documentation
|
|
| X
|-
| Release Procedure 
- release process 
- documented testing process 
|
|
| X
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Foundation Resources
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| website project list
| X
| X
| X
|-
| website choose-a-project
| X
| X
| X
|-
| OSGeo Live
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Marketing Collateral
|
| X
| X
|-
| Representation
|
|
| project officer
|-
| infrastructure and facilities
|
| X
| X
|-
| promotion & marketing
|
| X
| X
|-
| budget
|
| osgeo board
| project budget
|-
| fundraising
|
| X
| X
|}

=== Financial support ===

The incubation process establishes a project as a full fledged OSGeo committee, with a project project officer, with direct access to OSGeo treasurer, and reporting to the board during annual general meeting.

While Community projects are not recognized as an independent committee, the OSGeo board maintains an "OSGeo Community" initiative with budget to support your activities. Attend one of the OSGeo board monthly meetings, or ask on the board mailing list, if your project has an activity that can benefit from financial support.

For more information see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf]

=== Branding ===

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Community
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Project
|-
| [[File:OSGeo community.png|frameless|OSGeo Community Project]]
| [[File:OSGeo project.png|frameless|OSGeo Project]]
|}

== Step 1: Add OSGeo Website Project Page ==

To be listed on the OSGeo website:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
# Have a free license or open source license
#* The license must be OSI approved
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy

If you have questions about the above, or would like guidance on setting up your open source project, please reach out to us.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology api
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: I would like to ask permission to to list my project "water topology api" on the OSGeo website in order to share my work with more people!
::
:: The project is built on PostGIS topology providing a REST API to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The repository is located here: https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ released using GPL license.
::
:: My OSGeo userid is "atlantis" and I will need permission to create a project page.
::
:: Thanks!

== Step 2: Join OSGeo Community Projects Initiative ==

Projects applying to the *OSGeo Community Projects* initiative are asked to:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
#* project page on the osgeo website
#* We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an OSGeo Live quickstart
# Have a free license or an open source license.
#* The license must be OSI approved
#* We ask that the project team check the file headers and double check the license has been appropriately applied
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy
#* We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests
#* Projects are required to have a code of conduct

OSGeo provides [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ code of conduct guidance], many projects selecting [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ contribution covenant]).

OSGeo [[Community Projects]] can take part in the incubation committee for guidance on open source use, setting up project governance, promoting the project, and building the project community. We look forward to working with you. For sensitive topics (patents, copyright, trademarks, and license) you wish to attend a video meeting.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology community project application
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: The Water Topology project would like to apply to join the OSGeo community program. We recently re-branded to just "water topology" to reflect client libraries being include in our project. The project provides web services built on PostGIS topology to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The osgeo project page is available here: https://osgeo.org/projects/watertopology and our user guide is located at https://watertopo.gitlab.host.net/ .
::
:: The repository remains at https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ with GPL license, contribution policy and code of conduct. We have checked our source code to ensure GPL license has been correctly applied. Our issue tracker is active, and we have received a number of merge-requests.
::
:: Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your questions!

== Step 3: Incubation process and Graduation ==

The *OSGeo Project* designation is intended to recognize established projects with a diverse community of developers and users with a proven track record.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* a project team applies for the OSGeo incubation program. Successful projects are teamed up with an experienced open source mentor to help answer questions, obtain legal council, and help guide work on transparency and community development as required.

Although incubation is a lot of work, this is opportunity for project teams to grow and improve and be publicly recognized for their accomplishment.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* we ask that project teams excel in each of areas mentioned above, see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] ( [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md markdown] ) or the comparison table on this page for more detail.

The OSGeo incubation process takes place in three stages:

# Initial Application
## Application request
## Mentor volunteer
# Incubator
## Project Status: project details, and a few resourcing questions for the system admin committee (see [[Project Status Template]]).
## Provenance Review: project team check to ensure the project is open source and has permission to distribute its source code.
## Project team and mentor work on [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] ( [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md markdown] ) priorities
# Graduation
## Mentor recommends project for graduation with motion to the incubation committee
## Committee chair informs the OSGeo board, who appoints the project team as a newly formed OSGeo committee

== Incubation ==

The following projects are currently in OSGeo incubation. The links provided are used to track the progress of incubation projects and are used by the developer team (and OSGeo mentor). In many cases the links will take you to a project specific wiki or website in order to be closer to their target community.

When projects have completed the graduation checklist their mentor will recommend them to the Incubation committee for graduation.

=== IstSOS ===

'''IstSOS''': http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS
# [[IstSOS Provenance Review]]
# [[IstSOS Incubation Status]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]

=== Opticks ===

'''Opticks''': http://opticks.org
# [[Opticks Incubation Status]]
# no provenance review provided
# [[Opticks Incubation Checklist]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Mark_Lucas|Mark Lucas]]

=== Oskari ===

'''Oskari''': http://oskari.org/
# [[Oskari Incubation Application]]
# [[Oskari Incubation Status]]
# [https://github.com/oskariorg/oskari-docs/wiki/Oskari-Incubation-Checklist Oskari Graduation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[Arnulf Christl]]

=== TEAM Engine ===

'''TEAM Engine''': http://teamengine.sourceforge.net
# [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1016 Incubation Application] from 2012
# [https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/wiki/OSGEO-Graduation TEAM Engine Incubation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jive|Jody Garnett]]

=== pgRouting ===

'''pgRouting''': https://pgrouting.org/
* ''Mentor'': [[Angelos_Tzotsos | Angelos_Tzotsos]]
* Incubation Application:
** [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2784 trac]
** [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-July/004504.html mail]
* [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-October/004555.html Incubator Motion to enter Incubation]
** [https://www.loomio.com/d/GBF93tJo/accept-pgrouting-to-osgeo-incubation/1 Board Motion to accept pgRouting to incubation]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PgRouting_Incubation_Status Project Status]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Project Graduation Checklist]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aincubation Issues tagged for OSGeo incubation] (label=OSGeo incubation)
* Graduation: None at this stage

== Graduated ==

The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained.

* Community Mapbuilder: [[Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress]] | [[Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-14, Mentor: Steve Lime)
* deegree: [[deegree Incubation Status]] | [[deegree Provenance Review]] (Entered: 2008-06-09, Graduated 2010-02-04, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* FDO: [[FDO Incubation Status]] | [[FDO Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-06, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* GEOS: [[GEOS Incubation Status]] | [[GEOS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-11-02, Graduated 2012-04-28, Mentor: Frank Warmerdam)
* GDAL/OGR: [[GDAL Incubation Progress]] | [[GDAL Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* Geomajas: [[GeoMajas Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMajas Provenance Review]] (Entered 2010-03-04, Graduated 2010-11-22, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* GeoNetwork: [[GeoNetwork Incubation Status]] | [[GeoNetwork Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2008-06-21, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoNode: [[GeoNode Incubation Status]] [[GeoNode Provenance Review]] [[GeoNode Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2015-08-13, Graduated 2016-11-09, Mentor: David Bitner)
* GeoMOOSE: [[GeoMoose Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMoose Provenance Review]] | [[GeoMoose Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2011-12-08, Graduated 2013-04-19, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoTools: [[GeoTools Incubation Progress]] | [[GeoTools Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-07-18, Mentor: Cameron Shorter)
* GeoServer: [http://old.geoserver.org/OSGEO%20incubation%20questionnaire.html Incubation Questionnaire] | [http://old.geoserver.org/GeoServer%20Incubation%20Status.html Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Incubation-Checklist Incubation Checklist] | [[Geoserver Mentor Notes]] (Entered 2009-11-05, Graduated 2013-03-15, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* gvSIG: [[gvSIG Incubation Status]] | [[gvSIG Provenance Review]] | [[gvSIG Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2007-09-07, Graduated 2015-11-26, Mentor: Dimitris Kotzinos)
* GRASS: [[GRASS Incubation Progress]] | [[GRASS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Norman Vine and Arnulf Christl)
* Mapbender: [[Mapbender Incubation Progress]] | [[Mapbender Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-15, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* MapFish: [[MapFish Incubation Status]] | [[MapFish Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-11-09, Graduated 2011-09-01, Mentor: Gary Sherman)
* MapGuide Open: [[MapGuide Incubation Status]] | [[MapGuide Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2007-03-02, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* MapServer: [[MapServer incubation status]] | [[MapServer Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-12-16, Mentor: Chris Holmes)
* Marble: [[Marble Incubation Status]] | [[Marble Code Provenance Review]] | [[Marble Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2012-10-12, Graduated 2013-10-17, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* OpenLayers: [[OpenLayers Incubation Status]] | [[OpenLayers Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2007-11-16, Mentor: Howard Butler)
* Orfeo ToolBox (OTB): [[OTB Project Incubation Status]] | [[OTB Code Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-10-26, Graduated 2017-07-20, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* OSGeoLive: [[Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist|Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2017-10-05, Graduated 2018-04-14, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* PostGIS: [[PostGIS Incubation Status]] | [[PostGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-08-06, Graduated 2012-06-07, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* PROJ: [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2268 Incubation Application] | [https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/wiki/Incubation-checklist PROJ Graduation Checklist] (Entered 2019-05-04, Graduated 2019-11-26, Mentor: Michael Smith )
* pycsw: [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Status Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/pycsw-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] (Entered 2013-03-30, Graduated 2015-03-05, Mentor: Jeff McKenna)
* pygeoapi: [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeoIncubation-ProjectStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2021-11-03, Graduated 2022-08-21, Mentor: Michael Smith)
* PyWPS: [[PyWPS|Incubation Status]] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2009-02-27, Graduated 2018-04-11, Mentor: Tom Kralidis)
* OSSIM: [[OSSIM incubation status]] | [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimprovenance OSSIM Provenance Review] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2009-06-02, Mentor: Richard Gould)
* QGIS: [[QGIS Incubation Status]] | [[QGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-02, Graduated 2008-03-14, Mentor: Bob Bray)
* ZOO-Project: [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/OSGeoIncubationStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2011-11-09, Graduated 2023-06-21, Mentors: Tom Kralidis, Dimitris Kotzinos, Frank Warmerdam)

The initial projects to go through the incubation process helped define what is required. The above pages tracked the progress (and capture the experience) of these projects.

== Withdrawn ==

The following projects did not complete incubation:

* '''[http://www.rasdaman.org rasdaman]''': : [[ rasdaman Incubation Status ]] | [http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance Code Provenance] | [http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist Incubation Checklist] (Mentor [[User: Bruce.bannerman|Bruce Bannerman]] )
* '''[http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/ MetaCRS]''': :: [[MetaCRS Incubation Status]] (Mentor: Daniel Morissette)

== Committee Operation ==

The incubation committee operates within the OSGeo committee guidelines, operating in a close working relationship with the OSGeo board as reflected in our responsibilities above.

* Voting members: Voting members are maintained on this page as outlined below. This committee is volunteer based with committee member ship driven by email request to be added or removed. Inactive members (see below) are removed as needed to preserve committee function.
* Project mentors: Have volunteered to represent our organization at a personal level as a guest on the projects email list and meetings. Project mentors are responsible for recommending when a project is ready for graduation based on this first hand experience. For more information see mentor guidelines.
* Committee chair: Committee chair appointed by motion, result forward to the board for approval and recognition as an officer of the foundation. Committee chair is responsible for operation of the committee.
* Communication: This committee operates on the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator incubator mailing list]. With the occasional breakout IRC meeting, hangout, or phone call to explore specific issues.
* Decision making: Decision making is performed by email motion. Motions are held open for a two week period. Each motion requires a 50% quorum within the two week period. Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against). The committee chair is responsible for replying to the email thread with voting results and motion resolution.
** Email motions should be clearly worded and have a subject line “Motion:”.
** Motions are held open for a two week period to give everyone a chance to respond, this accounts for volunteers that are only available on weekends.
** At discretion of the chair a motion may be held open longer than two weeks.
** If a motion does not gather a 50% response within a two week period we may need to revisit our active member list – removing members that have not voted within the last year.
** Voting +0 and -0 are a good way to reach quorum for volunteers that have not had a chance to follow the discussion, or to abstain if you feel uncomfortable voting on a topic.
** There is no veto in the incubation committee, but we tend to respect -1 votes and withdraw motions that are divisive. It is noted that when reviewing graduation checklists -1 votes tend to track outstanding issues that are then addressed within the voting period.
* Independence: Our mandate is focused on providing to the OSGeo board as outlined above.

Example email:

Subject: motion: accept project x as a community project

The following motion has been made by Firstname Lastname:

Motion to accept project x as an community project.

This motion is held open for two weeks closing MONTH DAY, requiring 50% quorum,
from the following incubation committee members:

* LINE BY LINE BULLETED LIST OF CURRENT MEMBERS

A subsequent email will be sent when the motion is completed, either by the elapsed time period, or by unanimous consent before the closing period.

=== Committee Members ===

'''Volunteers Welcome''' - if you would like to take part we are always looking for new members, sign up to the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator email list], and introduce yourself to volunteer.

Current members:

* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]]
* Arnulf Christl
* Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
* [[User:darkblueb|Brian M Hamlin]]
* Daniel Morissette
* Dimitris Kotzinos
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:JoCook|Jo Cook]]
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] (chair)
* Michael Smith
* [[User:Nickbearman|Nick Bearman]]
* [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]]
* Steve Lime
* Tom Kralidis

'''Thank you''' - we ask that volunteers remain active, joining the discussion and voting on the email list. If you are unable to take part please send us an email. As volunteers we understand that life can get in the way of advocacy – you are welcome to rejoin at any time. We will also retire inactive members as needed. Prior members:

* Bruce Bannerman
* Landon Blake
* Robert Bray
* Howard Butler
* Chris Holmes
* Julien-Samuel Lacroix
* Mark Lucas
* Judit Mays
* Jeff McKenna
* Markus Neteler
* Markus Schneider
* Cameron Shorter
* Paul Spencer
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Norman Vine

=== Documents ===

* Official incubator public web page is at: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/ (with members list).
* [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]]
* [[Incubation FAQ]]
* [[Official_IncCom_Documents]]
* Incubation process docs: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ (original [[Official_IncCom_Documents|wiki draft documents]])
* [[Incubation Badges]]

Draft or discussion documents
* Draft [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]]
* Draft [[5-star-rating]] - discussion about more fine incubation procedure
* OSGeo Distribution and Committer [[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html licenses] which can be used as is, or as an example for projects starting off with participatory open source.
** Geotools Copyright Assignment ([http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf pdf], [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.odt odt]) - previous example
** [[Project Copyright Assignment]] - previous example
* [[Contributor Agreement]] and FAQ
* [[Incubation Phases]] proposal

Document Refresh 2014
* [[Project Graduation Checklist]]

References:
* [[Project Infrastructure Migration]]
* [http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html Producing OSS] - by Karl Fogel - an excellent primer on running an FOSS project.

Reports:
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2012]]
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2011]]

Trac:
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority Open Incubator Trac Issues]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&keywords=%7Eapplication&order=priority Pending Incubation Applications]

== Meetings and Reports ==
Meetings are scheduled via [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator Mailing List] and take place via [[Getting_Started#Jump_on_IRC | IRC]] at the times specified in the [[Foundation Calendar]].
* [[IncCom Meeting1|First Meeting]] - March 13th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting2|Second Meeting]] - March 20th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting3|Third Meeting]] - March 27th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting4|Fourth Meeting]] - April 10th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting5|Fifth Meeting]] - April 24th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting6|Sixth Meeting]] - June 19th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting7|Seventh Meeting]] - August 7th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting8|Eighth Meeting]] - October 30th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting9|Nineth Meeting]] - February 12th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting10|Tenth Meeting]] - June 11th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting11|Eleventh Meeting]] - October 29th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting12|Twelfth Meeting]] - September 8th 2008
* [[IncCom Meeting13|Thirteenth Meeting]] - October 29th 2009
* [[IncCom Meeting14|Fourteenth Meeting]] - March 1th 2010
* [[IncCom Meeting15]] - Nov 21 2011
* [[IncCom Meeting16]] - Jan 17 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting17]] - March 19 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting18]] - May 21 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting19]] - July 23 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting20]] - Sep 24 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting21]] - Feb 18 2013
* [[IncCom Report22]] - 2013 Q2
* [[IncCom Report23]] - 2013 Q3
* [[IncCom Report24]] - 2014 Q1
* [[Fall 2014 Committee Report for OSGeo Journal]]

[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Committees]]

Incubation Committee

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The project incubation committee is responsible for overseeing the incubation process for new projects entering the foundation. The incubation committee provides resources to assist new projects to reach full membership, and makes recommendations to the board when they feel projects have completed incubation.

== About the Incubation Committee ==

The OSGeo Incubation Committee is an open source advocacy and outreach activity welcoming projects and development teams to our foundation.

The committee is responsible for:

# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ OSGeo project website] review
#* Reviewing applications to list projects on the OSGeo website
#* Preparing and recommend criteria and review process for projects to be listed on the OSGeo website
# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/#community Community project program]
#* Reviewing community project applications and recommending projects to the board to be accepted as community projects
#* Reporting on the status of projects in the community project program to the board periodically (via Chair)
#* Preparing and recommending community project process and criteria to the board.
#* See [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]] for more information
# [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ OSGeo Incubation process]
#* Reviewing applications for incubation and making recommendations to the board on projects that should be admitted into incubation.
#* Appointing [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/mentor/ mentors] for incubation projects.
#* Reviewing progress of projects against incubation requirements, and recommending projects for full project status to the board, when deemed appropriate.
#* Reporting on the status of projects in incubation and the incubation process to the board periodically (via Chair).
#* Preparing and recommending incubation process and criteria to the board.

The OSGeo incubation committee is not responsible for graduated OSGeo Projects. Graduated OSGeo projects are recognized as a committee who report directly to the board via their project officer.

== Supporting project teams ==

If you would like your software project to listed on the website, or apply to become an OSGeo Community project, please send a description of your project to the OSGeo Incubation Committee Mailing List.

We look forward to helping you!

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Responsibility
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| Geospatial 
- README or project description
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Geospatial 
- User guide or quickstart
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- See LICENSE.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Check headers
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Providence Review
|
|
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- See CONTRIBUTING.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- History of pull requests or patches
|
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
|
| X
| X
|-
| Open Community 
- communication channel 
- decision making process
|
|
| X
|-
| Active Healthy Community 
- user and developer collaboration 
- long term viability
|
|
| X
|-
| Development Process 
- version control 
- issue tracker 
- leadership open to new members 
- transparent decision making
|
|
| X
|-
| Documentation 
- user documentation 
- developer documentation
|
|
| X
|-
| Release Procedure 
- release process 
- documented testing process 
|
|
| X
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Foundation Resources
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| website project list
| X
| X
| X
|-
| website choose-a-project
| X
| X
| X
|-
| OSGeo Live
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Marketing Collateral
|
| X
| X
|-
| Representation
|
|
| project officer
|-
| infrastructure and facilities
|
| X
| X
|-
| promotion & marketing
|
| X
| X
|-
| budget
|
| osgeo board
| project budget
|-
| fundraising
|
| X
| X
|}

=== Financial support ===

The incubation process establishes a project as a full fledged OSGeo committee, with a project project officer, with direct access to OSGeo treasurer, and reporting to the board during annual general meeting.

While Community projects are not recognized as an independent committee, the OSGeo board maintains an "OSGeo Community" initiative with budget to support your activities. Attend one of the OSGeo board monthly meetings, or ask on the board mailing list, if your project has an activity that can benefit from financial support.

For more information see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf]

=== Branding ===

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Community
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Project
|-
| [[File:OSGeo community.png|frameless|OSGeo Community Project]]
| [[File:OSGeo project.png|frameless|OSGeo Project]]
|}

== Step 1: Add OSGeo Website Project Page ==

To be listed on the OSGeo website:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
# Have a free license or open source license
#* The license must be OSI approved
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy

If you have questions about the above, or would like guidance on setting up your open source project, please reach out to us.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology api
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: I would like to ask permission to to list my project "water topology api" on the OSGeo website in order to share my work with more people!
::
:: The project is built on PostGIS topology providing a REST API to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The repository is located here: https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ released using GPL license.
::
:: My OSGeo userid is "atlantis" and I will need permission to create a project page.
::
:: Thanks!

== Step 2: Join OSGeo Community Projects Initiative ==

Projects applying to the *OSGeo Community Projects* initiative are asked to:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
#* project page on the osgeo website
#* We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an OSGeo Live quickstart
# Have a free license or an open source license.
#* The license must be OSI approved
#* We ask that the project team check the file headers and double check the license has been appropriately applied
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy
#* We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests
#* Projects are required to have a code of conduct

OSGeo provides [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ code of conduct guidance], many projects selecting [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ contribution covenant]).

OSGeo [[Community Projects]] can take part in the incubation committee for guidance on open source use, setting up project governance, promoting the project, and building the project community. We look forward to working with you. For sensitive topics (patents, copyright, trademarks, and license) you wish to attend a video meeting.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology community project application
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: The Water Topology project would like to apply to join the OSGeo community program. We recently re-branded to just "water topology" to reflect client libraries being include in our project. The project provides web services built on PostGIS topology to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The osgeo project page is available here: https://osgeo.org/projects/watertopology and our user guide is located at https://watertopo.gitlab.host.net/ .
::
:: The repository remains at https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ with GPL license, contribution policy and code of conduct. We have checked our source code to ensure GPL license has been correctly applied. Our issue tracker is active, and we have received a number of merge-requests.
::
:: Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your questions!

== Step 3: Incubation process and Graduation ==

The *OSGeo Project* designation is intended to recognize established projects with a diverse community of developers and users with a proven track record.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* a project team applies for the OSGeo incubation program. Successful projects are teamed up with an experienced open source mentor to help answer questions, obtain legal council, and help guide work on transparency and community development as required.

Although incubation is a lot of work, this is opportunity for project teams to grow and improve and be publicly recognized for their accomplishment.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* we ask that project teams excel in each of areas mentioned above, see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] ( [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.md markdown] ) or the comparison table on this page for more detail.

The OSGeo incubation process takes place in three stages:

# Initial Application
## Application request
## Mentor volunteer
# Incubator
## Project Status: project details, and a few resourcing questions for the system admin committee (see [[Project Status Template]]).
## Provenance Review: project team check to ensure the project is open source and has permission to distribute its source code.
## Project team and mentor work on [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] priorities
# Graduation
## Mentor recommends project for graduation with motion to the incubation committee
## Committee chair informs the OSGeo board, who appoints the project team as a newly formed OSGeo committee

== Incubation ==

The following projects are currently in OSGeo incubation. The links provided are used to track the progress of incubation projects and are used by the developer team (and OSGeo mentor). In many cases the links will take you to a project specific wiki or website in order to be closer to their target community.

When projects have completed the graduation checklist their mentor will recommend them to the Incubation committee for graduation.

=== IstSOS ===

'''IstSOS''': http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS
# [[IstSOS Provenance Review]]
# [[IstSOS Incubation Status]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]

=== Opticks ===

'''Opticks''': http://opticks.org
# [[Opticks Incubation Status]]
# no provenance review provided
# [[Opticks Incubation Checklist]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Mark_Lucas|Mark Lucas]]

=== Oskari ===

'''Oskari''': http://oskari.org/
# [[Oskari Incubation Application]]
# [[Oskari Incubation Status]]
# [https://github.com/oskariorg/oskari-docs/wiki/Oskari-Incubation-Checklist Oskari Graduation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[Arnulf Christl]]

=== TEAM Engine ===

'''TEAM Engine''': http://teamengine.sourceforge.net
# [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1016 Incubation Application] from 2012
# [https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/wiki/OSGEO-Graduation TEAM Engine Incubation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jive|Jody Garnett]]

=== pgRouting ===

'''pgRouting''': https://pgrouting.org/
* ''Mentor'': [[Angelos_Tzotsos | Angelos_Tzotsos]]
* Incubation Application:
** [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2784 trac]
** [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-July/004504.html mail]
* [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-October/004555.html Incubator Motion to enter Incubation]
** [https://www.loomio.com/d/GBF93tJo/accept-pgrouting-to-osgeo-incubation/1 Board Motion to accept pgRouting to incubation]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PgRouting_Incubation_Status Project Status]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Project Graduation Checklist]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aincubation Issues tagged for OSGeo incubation] (label=OSGeo incubation)
* Graduation: None at this stage

== Graduated ==

The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained.

* Community Mapbuilder: [[Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress]] | [[Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-14, Mentor: Steve Lime)
* deegree: [[deegree Incubation Status]] | [[deegree Provenance Review]] (Entered: 2008-06-09, Graduated 2010-02-04, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* FDO: [[FDO Incubation Status]] | [[FDO Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-06, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* GEOS: [[GEOS Incubation Status]] | [[GEOS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-11-02, Graduated 2012-04-28, Mentor: Frank Warmerdam)
* GDAL/OGR: [[GDAL Incubation Progress]] | [[GDAL Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* Geomajas: [[GeoMajas Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMajas Provenance Review]] (Entered 2010-03-04, Graduated 2010-11-22, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* GeoNetwork: [[GeoNetwork Incubation Status]] | [[GeoNetwork Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2008-06-21, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoNode: [[GeoNode Incubation Status]] [[GeoNode Provenance Review]] [[GeoNode Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2015-08-13, Graduated 2016-11-09, Mentor: David Bitner)
* GeoMOOSE: [[GeoMoose Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMoose Provenance Review]] | [[GeoMoose Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2011-12-08, Graduated 2013-04-19, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoTools: [[GeoTools Incubation Progress]] | [[GeoTools Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-07-18, Mentor: Cameron Shorter)
* GeoServer: [http://old.geoserver.org/OSGEO%20incubation%20questionnaire.html Incubation Questionnaire] | [http://old.geoserver.org/GeoServer%20Incubation%20Status.html Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Incubation-Checklist Incubation Checklist] | [[Geoserver Mentor Notes]] (Entered 2009-11-05, Graduated 2013-03-15, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* gvSIG: [[gvSIG Incubation Status]] | [[gvSIG Provenance Review]] | [[gvSIG Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2007-09-07, Graduated 2015-11-26, Mentor: Dimitris Kotzinos)
* GRASS: [[GRASS Incubation Progress]] | [[GRASS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Norman Vine and Arnulf Christl)
* Mapbender: [[Mapbender Incubation Progress]] | [[Mapbender Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-15, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* MapFish: [[MapFish Incubation Status]] | [[MapFish Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-11-09, Graduated 2011-09-01, Mentor: Gary Sherman)
* MapGuide Open: [[MapGuide Incubation Status]] | [[MapGuide Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2007-03-02, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* MapServer: [[MapServer incubation status]] | [[MapServer Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-12-16, Mentor: Chris Holmes)
* Marble: [[Marble Incubation Status]] | [[Marble Code Provenance Review]] | [[Marble Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2012-10-12, Graduated 2013-10-17, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* OpenLayers: [[OpenLayers Incubation Status]] | [[OpenLayers Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2007-11-16, Mentor: Howard Butler)
* Orfeo ToolBox (OTB): [[OTB Project Incubation Status]] | [[OTB Code Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-10-26, Graduated 2017-07-20, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* OSGeoLive: [[Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist|Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2017-10-05, Graduated 2018-04-14, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* PostGIS: [[PostGIS Incubation Status]] | [[PostGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-08-06, Graduated 2012-06-07, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* PROJ: [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2268 Incubation Application] | [https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/wiki/Incubation-checklist PROJ Graduation Checklist] (Entered 2019-05-04, Graduated 2019-11-26, Mentor: Michael Smith )
* pycsw: [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Status Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/pycsw-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] (Entered 2013-03-30, Graduated 2015-03-05, Mentor: Jeff McKenna)
* pygeoapi: [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeoIncubation-ProjectStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2021-11-03, Graduated 2022-08-21, Mentor: Michael Smith)
* PyWPS: [[PyWPS|Incubation Status]] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2009-02-27, Graduated 2018-04-11, Mentor: Tom Kralidis)
* OSSIM: [[OSSIM incubation status]] | [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimprovenance OSSIM Provenance Review] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2009-06-02, Mentor: Richard Gould)
* QGIS: [[QGIS Incubation Status]] | [[QGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-02, Graduated 2008-03-14, Mentor: Bob Bray)
* ZOO-Project: [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/OSGeoIncubationStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2011-11-09, Graduated 2023-06-21, Mentors: Tom Kralidis, Dimitris Kotzinos, Frank Warmerdam)

The initial projects to go through the incubation process helped define what is required. The above pages tracked the progress (and capture the experience) of these projects.

== Withdrawn ==

The following projects did not complete incubation:

* '''[http://www.rasdaman.org rasdaman]''': : [[ rasdaman Incubation Status ]] | [http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance Code Provenance] | [http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist Incubation Checklist] (Mentor [[User: Bruce.bannerman|Bruce Bannerman]] )
* '''[http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/ MetaCRS]''': :: [[MetaCRS Incubation Status]] (Mentor: Daniel Morissette)

== Committee Operation ==

The incubation committee operates within the OSGeo committee guidelines, operating in a close working relationship with the OSGeo board as reflected in our responsibilities above.

* Voting members: Voting members are maintained on this page as outlined below. This committee is volunteer based with committee member ship driven by email request to be added or removed. Inactive members (see below) are removed as needed to preserve committee function.
* Project mentors: Have volunteered to represent our organization at a personal level as a guest on the projects email list and meetings. Project mentors are responsible for recommending when a project is ready for graduation based on this first hand experience. For more information see mentor guidelines.
* Committee chair: Committee chair appointed by motion, result forward to the board for approval and recognition as an officer of the foundation. Committee chair is responsible for operation of the committee.
* Communication: This committee operates on the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator incubator mailing list]. With the occasional breakout IRC meeting, hangout, or phone call to explore specific issues.
* Decision making: Decision making is performed by email motion. Motions are held open for a two week period. Each motion requires a 50% quorum within the two week period. Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against). The committee chair is responsible for replying to the email thread with voting results and motion resolution.
** Email motions should be clearly worded and have a subject line “Motion:”.
** Motions are held open for a two week period to give everyone a chance to respond, this accounts for volunteers that are only available on weekends.
** At discretion of the chair a motion may be held open longer than two weeks.
** If a motion does not gather a 50% response within a two week period we may need to revisit our active member list – removing members that have not voted within the last year.
** Voting +0 and -0 are a good way to reach quorum for volunteers that have not had a chance to follow the discussion, or to abstain if you feel uncomfortable voting on a topic.
** There is no veto in the incubation committee, but we tend to respect -1 votes and withdraw motions that are divisive. It is noted that when reviewing graduation checklists -1 votes tend to track outstanding issues that are then addressed within the voting period.
* Independence: Our mandate is focused on providing to the OSGeo board as outlined above.

Example email:

Subject: motion: accept project x as a community project

The following motion has been made by Firstname Lastname:

Motion to accept project x as an community project.

This motion is held open for two weeks closing MONTH DAY, requiring 50% quorum,
from the following incubation committee members:

* LINE BY LINE BULLETED LIST OF CURRENT MEMBERS

A subsequent email will be sent when the motion is completed, either by the elapsed time period, or by unanimous consent before the closing period.

=== Committee Members ===

'''Volunteers Welcome''' - if you would like to take part we are always looking for new members, sign up to the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator email list], and introduce yourself to volunteer.

Current members:

* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]]
* Arnulf Christl
* Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
* [[User:darkblueb|Brian M Hamlin]]
* Daniel Morissette
* Dimitris Kotzinos
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:JoCook|Jo Cook]]
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] (chair)
* Michael Smith
* [[User:Nickbearman|Nick Bearman]]
* [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]]
* Steve Lime
* Tom Kralidis

'''Thank you''' - we ask that volunteers remain active, joining the discussion and voting on the email list. If you are unable to take part please send us an email. As volunteers we understand that life can get in the way of advocacy – you are welcome to rejoin at any time. We will also retire inactive members as needed. Prior members:

* Bruce Bannerman
* Landon Blake
* Robert Bray
* Howard Butler
* Chris Holmes
* Julien-Samuel Lacroix
* Mark Lucas
* Judit Mays
* Jeff McKenna
* Markus Neteler
* Markus Schneider
* Cameron Shorter
* Paul Spencer
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Norman Vine

=== Documents ===

* Official incubator public web page is at: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/ (with members list).
* [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]]
* [[Incubation FAQ]]
* [[Official_IncCom_Documents]]
* Incubation process docs: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ (original [[Official_IncCom_Documents|wiki draft documents]])
* [[Incubation Badges]]

Draft or discussion documents
* Draft [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]]
* Draft [[5-star-rating]] - discussion about more fine incubation procedure
* OSGeo Distribution and Committer [[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html licenses] which can be used as is, or as an example for projects starting off with participatory open source.
** Geotools Copyright Assignment ([http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf pdf], [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.odt odt]) - previous example
** [[Project Copyright Assignment]] - previous example
* [[Contributor Agreement]] and FAQ
* [[Incubation Phases]] proposal

Document Refresh 2014
* [[Project Graduation Checklist]]

References:
* [[Project Infrastructure Migration]]
* [http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html Producing OSS] - by Karl Fogel - an excellent primer on running an FOSS project.

Reports:
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2012]]
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2011]]

Trac:
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority Open Incubator Trac Issues]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&keywords=%7Eapplication&order=priority Pending Incubation Applications]

== Meetings and Reports ==
Meetings are scheduled via [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator Mailing List] and take place via [[Getting_Started#Jump_on_IRC | IRC]] at the times specified in the [[Foundation Calendar]].
* [[IncCom Meeting1|First Meeting]] - March 13th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting2|Second Meeting]] - March 20th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting3|Third Meeting]] - March 27th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting4|Fourth Meeting]] - April 10th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting5|Fifth Meeting]] - April 24th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting6|Sixth Meeting]] - June 19th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting7|Seventh Meeting]] - August 7th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting8|Eighth Meeting]] - October 30th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting9|Nineth Meeting]] - February 12th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting10|Tenth Meeting]] - June 11th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting11|Eleventh Meeting]] - October 29th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting12|Twelfth Meeting]] - September 8th 2008
* [[IncCom Meeting13|Thirteenth Meeting]] - October 29th 2009
* [[IncCom Meeting14|Fourteenth Meeting]] - March 1th 2010
* [[IncCom Meeting15]] - Nov 21 2011
* [[IncCom Meeting16]] - Jan 17 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting17]] - March 19 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting18]] - May 21 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting19]] - July 23 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting20]] - Sep 24 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting21]] - Feb 18 2013
* [[IncCom Report22]] - 2013 Q2
* [[IncCom Report23]] - 2013 Q3
* [[IncCom Report24]] - 2014 Q1
* [[Fall 2014 Committee Report for OSGeo Journal]]

[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Committees]]

Incubation Committee

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Jive: /* Step 2: Join OSGeo Community Project Initiative */

The project incubation committee is responsible for overseeing the incubation process for new projects entering the foundation. The incubation committee provides resources to assist new projects to reach full membership, and makes recommendations to the board when they feel projects have completed incubation.

== About the Incubation Committee ==

The OSGeo Incubation Committee is an open source advocacy and outreach activity welcoming projects and development teams to our foundation.

The committee is responsible for:

# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ OSGeo project website] review
#* Reviewing applications to list projects on the OSGeo website
#* Preparing and recommend criteria and review process for projects to be listed on the OSGeo website
# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/#community Community project program]
#* Reviewing community project applications and recommending projects to the board to be accepted as community projects
#* Reporting on the status of projects in the community project program to the board periodically (via Chair)
#* Preparing and recommending community project process and criteria to the board.
#* See [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]] for more information
# [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ OSGeo Incubation process]
#* Reviewing applications for incubation and making recommendations to the board on projects that should be admitted into incubation.
#* Appointing [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/mentor/ mentors] for incubation projects.
#* Reviewing progress of projects against incubation requirements, and recommending projects for full project status to the board, when deemed appropriate.
#* Reporting on the status of projects in incubation and the incubation process to the board periodically (via Chair).
#* Preparing and recommending incubation process and criteria to the board.

The OSGeo incubation committee is not responsible for graduated OSGeo Projects. Graduated OSGeo projects are recognized as a committee who report directly to the board via their project officer.

== Supporting project teams ==

If you would like your software project to listed on the website, or apply to become an OSGeo Community project, please send a description of your project to the OSGeo Incubation Committee Mailing List.

We look forward to helping you!

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Responsibility
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| Geospatial 
- README or project description
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Geospatial 
- User guide or quickstart
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- See LICENSE.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Check headers
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Providence Review
|
|
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- See CONTRIBUTING.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- History of pull requests or patches
|
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
|
| X
| X
|-
| Open Community 
- communication channel 
- decision making process
|
|
| X
|-
| Active Healthy Community 
- user and developer collaboration 
- long term viability
|
|
| X
|-
| Development Process 
- version control 
- issue tracker 
- leadership open to new members 
- transparent decision making
|
|
| X
|-
| Documentation 
- user documentation 
- developer documentation
|
|
| X
|-
| Release Procedure 
- release process 
- documented testing process 
|
|
| X
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Foundation Resources
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| website project list
| X
| X
| X
|-
| website choose-a-project
| X
| X
| X
|-
| OSGeo Live
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Marketing Collateral
|
| X
| X
|-
| Representation
|
|
| project officer
|-
| infrastructure and facilities
|
| X
| X
|-
| promotion & marketing
|
| X
| X
|-
| budget
|
| osgeo board
| project budget
|-
| fundraising
|
| X
| X
|}

=== Financial support ===

The incubation process establishes a project as a full fledged OSGeo committee, with a project project officer, with direct access to OSGeo treasurer, and reporting to the board during annual general meeting.

While Community projects are not recognized as an independent committee, the OSGeo board maintains an "OSGeo Community" initiative with budget to support your activities. Attend one of the OSGeo board monthly meetings, or ask on the board mailing list, if your project has an activity that can benefit from financial support.

For more information see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf]

=== Branding ===

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Community
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Project
|-
| [[File:OSGeo community.png|frameless|OSGeo Community Project]]
| [[File:OSGeo project.png|frameless|OSGeo Project]]
|}

== Step 1: Add OSGeo Website Project Page ==

To be listed on the OSGeo website:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
# Have a free license or open source license
#* The license must be OSI approved
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy

If you have questions about the above, or would like guidance on setting up your open source project, please reach out to us.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology api
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: I would like to ask permission to to list my project "water topology api" on the OSGeo website in order to share my work with more people!
::
:: The project is built on PostGIS topology providing a REST API to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The repository is located here: https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ released using GPL license.
::
:: My OSGeo userid is "atlantis" and I will need permission to create a project page.
::
:: Thanks!

== Step 2: Join OSGeo Community Projects Initiative ==

Projects applying to the *OSGeo Community Projects* initiative are asked to:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
#* project page on the osgeo website
#* We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an OSGeo Live quickstart
# Have a free license or an open source license.
#* The license must be OSI approved
#* We ask that the project team check the file headers and double check the license has been appropriately applied
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy
#* We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests
#* Projects are required to have a code of conduct

OSGeo provides [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ code of conduct guidance], many projects selecting [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ contribution covenant]).

OSGeo [[Community Projects]] can take part in the incubation committee for guidance on open source use, setting up project governance, promoting the project, and building the project community. We look forward to working with you. For sensitive topics (patents, copyright, trademarks, and license) you wish to attend a video meeting.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology community project application
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: The Water Topology project would like to apply to join the OSGeo community program. We recently re-branded to just "water topology" to reflect client libraries being include in our project. The project provides web services built on PostGIS topology to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The osgeo project page is available here: https://osgeo.org/projects/watertopology and our user guide is located at https://watertopo.gitlab.host.net/ .
::
:: The repository remains at https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ with GPL license, contribution policy and code of conduct. We have checked our source code to ensure GPL license has been correctly applied. Our issue tracker is active, and we have received a number of merge-requests.
::
:: Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your questions!

== Step 3: Incubation process and Graduation ==

The *OSGeo Project* designation is intended to recognize established projects with a diverse community of developers and users with a proven track record.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* a project team applies for the OSGeo incubation program. Successful projects are teamed up with an experienced open source mentor to help answer questions, obtain legal council, and help guide work on transparency and community development as required.

Although incubation is a lot of work, this is opportunity for project teams to grow and improve and be publicly recognized for their accomplishment.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* we ask that project teams excel in each of areas mentioned above, see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] or the comparison table on this page for more detail.

The OSGeo incubation process takes place in three stages:

# Initial Application
## Application request
## Mentor volunteer
# Incubator
## Project Status: project details, and a few resourcing questions for the system admin committee (see [[Project Status Template]]).
## Provenance Review: project team check to ensure the project is open source and has permission to distribute its source code.
## Project team and mentor work on [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] priorities
# Graduation
## Mentor recommends project for graduation with motion to the incubation committee
## Committee chair informs the OSGeo board, who appoints the project team as a newly formed OSGeo committee

== Incubation ==

The following projects are currently in OSGeo incubation. The links provided are used to track the progress of incubation projects and are used by the developer team (and OSGeo mentor). In many cases the links will take you to a project specific wiki or website in order to be closer to their target community.

When projects have completed the graduation checklist their mentor will recommend them to the Incubation committee for graduation.

=== IstSOS ===

'''IstSOS''': http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS
# [[IstSOS Provenance Review]]
# [[IstSOS Incubation Status]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]

=== Opticks ===

'''Opticks''': http://opticks.org
# [[Opticks Incubation Status]]
# no provenance review provided
# [[Opticks Incubation Checklist]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Mark_Lucas|Mark Lucas]]

=== Oskari ===

'''Oskari''': http://oskari.org/
# [[Oskari Incubation Application]]
# [[Oskari Incubation Status]]
# [https://github.com/oskariorg/oskari-docs/wiki/Oskari-Incubation-Checklist Oskari Graduation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[Arnulf Christl]]

=== TEAM Engine ===

'''TEAM Engine''': http://teamengine.sourceforge.net
# [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1016 Incubation Application] from 2012
# [https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/wiki/OSGEO-Graduation TEAM Engine Incubation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jive|Jody Garnett]]

=== pgRouting ===

'''pgRouting''': https://pgrouting.org/
* ''Mentor'': [[Angelos_Tzotsos | Angelos_Tzotsos]]
* Incubation Application:
** [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2784 trac]
** [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-July/004504.html mail]
* [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-October/004555.html Incubator Motion to enter Incubation]
** [https://www.loomio.com/d/GBF93tJo/accept-pgrouting-to-osgeo-incubation/1 Board Motion to accept pgRouting to incubation]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PgRouting_Incubation_Status Project Status]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Project Graduation Checklist]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aincubation Issues tagged for OSGeo incubation] (label=OSGeo incubation)
* Graduation: None at this stage

== Graduated ==

The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained.

* Community Mapbuilder: [[Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress]] | [[Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-14, Mentor: Steve Lime)
* deegree: [[deegree Incubation Status]] | [[deegree Provenance Review]] (Entered: 2008-06-09, Graduated 2010-02-04, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* FDO: [[FDO Incubation Status]] | [[FDO Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-06, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* GEOS: [[GEOS Incubation Status]] | [[GEOS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-11-02, Graduated 2012-04-28, Mentor: Frank Warmerdam)
* GDAL/OGR: [[GDAL Incubation Progress]] | [[GDAL Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* Geomajas: [[GeoMajas Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMajas Provenance Review]] (Entered 2010-03-04, Graduated 2010-11-22, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* GeoNetwork: [[GeoNetwork Incubation Status]] | [[GeoNetwork Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2008-06-21, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoNode: [[GeoNode Incubation Status]] [[GeoNode Provenance Review]] [[GeoNode Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2015-08-13, Graduated 2016-11-09, Mentor: David Bitner)
* GeoMOOSE: [[GeoMoose Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMoose Provenance Review]] | [[GeoMoose Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2011-12-08, Graduated 2013-04-19, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoTools: [[GeoTools Incubation Progress]] | [[GeoTools Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-07-18, Mentor: Cameron Shorter)
* GeoServer: [http://old.geoserver.org/OSGEO%20incubation%20questionnaire.html Incubation Questionnaire] | [http://old.geoserver.org/GeoServer%20Incubation%20Status.html Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Incubation-Checklist Incubation Checklist] | [[Geoserver Mentor Notes]] (Entered 2009-11-05, Graduated 2013-03-15, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* gvSIG: [[gvSIG Incubation Status]] | [[gvSIG Provenance Review]] | [[gvSIG Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2007-09-07, Graduated 2015-11-26, Mentor: Dimitris Kotzinos)
* GRASS: [[GRASS Incubation Progress]] | [[GRASS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Norman Vine and Arnulf Christl)
* Mapbender: [[Mapbender Incubation Progress]] | [[Mapbender Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-15, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* MapFish: [[MapFish Incubation Status]] | [[MapFish Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-11-09, Graduated 2011-09-01, Mentor: Gary Sherman)
* MapGuide Open: [[MapGuide Incubation Status]] | [[MapGuide Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2007-03-02, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* MapServer: [[MapServer incubation status]] | [[MapServer Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-12-16, Mentor: Chris Holmes)
* Marble: [[Marble Incubation Status]] | [[Marble Code Provenance Review]] | [[Marble Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2012-10-12, Graduated 2013-10-17, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* OpenLayers: [[OpenLayers Incubation Status]] | [[OpenLayers Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2007-11-16, Mentor: Howard Butler)
* Orfeo ToolBox (OTB): [[OTB Project Incubation Status]] | [[OTB Code Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-10-26, Graduated 2017-07-20, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* OSGeoLive: [[Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist|Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2017-10-05, Graduated 2018-04-14, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* PostGIS: [[PostGIS Incubation Status]] | [[PostGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-08-06, Graduated 2012-06-07, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* PROJ: [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2268 Incubation Application] | [https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/wiki/Incubation-checklist PROJ Graduation Checklist] (Entered 2019-05-04, Graduated 2019-11-26, Mentor: Michael Smith )
* pycsw: [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Status Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/pycsw-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] (Entered 2013-03-30, Graduated 2015-03-05, Mentor: Jeff McKenna)
* pygeoapi: [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeoIncubation-ProjectStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2021-11-03, Graduated 2022-08-21, Mentor: Michael Smith)
* PyWPS: [[PyWPS|Incubation Status]] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2009-02-27, Graduated 2018-04-11, Mentor: Tom Kralidis)
* OSSIM: [[OSSIM incubation status]] | [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimprovenance OSSIM Provenance Review] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2009-06-02, Mentor: Richard Gould)
* QGIS: [[QGIS Incubation Status]] | [[QGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-02, Graduated 2008-03-14, Mentor: Bob Bray)
* ZOO-Project: [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/OSGeoIncubationStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2011-11-09, Graduated 2023-06-21, Mentors: Tom Kralidis, Dimitris Kotzinos, Frank Warmerdam)

The initial projects to go through the incubation process helped define what is required. The above pages tracked the progress (and capture the experience) of these projects.

== Withdrawn ==

The following projects did not complete incubation:

* '''[http://www.rasdaman.org rasdaman]''': : [[ rasdaman Incubation Status ]] | [http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance Code Provenance] | [http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist Incubation Checklist] (Mentor [[User: Bruce.bannerman|Bruce Bannerman]] )
* '''[http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/ MetaCRS]''': :: [[MetaCRS Incubation Status]] (Mentor: Daniel Morissette)

== Committee Operation ==

The incubation committee operates within the OSGeo committee guidelines, operating in a close working relationship with the OSGeo board as reflected in our responsibilities above.

* Voting members: Voting members are maintained on this page as outlined below. This committee is volunteer based with committee member ship driven by email request to be added or removed. Inactive members (see below) are removed as needed to preserve committee function.
* Project mentors: Have volunteered to represent our organization at a personal level as a guest on the projects email list and meetings. Project mentors are responsible for recommending when a project is ready for graduation based on this first hand experience. For more information see mentor guidelines.
* Committee chair: Committee chair appointed by motion, result forward to the board for approval and recognition as an officer of the foundation. Committee chair is responsible for operation of the committee.
* Communication: This committee operates on the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator incubator mailing list]. With the occasional breakout IRC meeting, hangout, or phone call to explore specific issues.
* Decision making: Decision making is performed by email motion. Motions are held open for a two week period. Each motion requires a 50% quorum within the two week period. Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against). The committee chair is responsible for replying to the email thread with voting results and motion resolution.
** Email motions should be clearly worded and have a subject line “Motion:”.
** Motions are held open for a two week period to give everyone a chance to respond, this accounts for volunteers that are only available on weekends.
** At discretion of the chair a motion may be held open longer than two weeks.
** If a motion does not gather a 50% response within a two week period we may need to revisit our active member list – removing members that have not voted within the last year.
** Voting +0 and -0 are a good way to reach quorum for volunteers that have not had a chance to follow the discussion, or to abstain if you feel uncomfortable voting on a topic.
** There is no veto in the incubation committee, but we tend to respect -1 votes and withdraw motions that are divisive. It is noted that when reviewing graduation checklists -1 votes tend to track outstanding issues that are then addressed within the voting period.
* Independence: Our mandate is focused on providing to the OSGeo board as outlined above.

Example email:

Subject: motion: accept project x as a community project

The following motion has been made by Firstname Lastname:

Motion to accept project x as an community project.

This motion is held open for two weeks closing MONTH DAY, requiring 50% quorum,
from the following incubation committee members:

* LINE BY LINE BULLETED LIST OF CURRENT MEMBERS

A subsequent email will be sent when the motion is completed, either by the elapsed time period, or by unanimous consent before the closing period.

=== Committee Members ===

'''Volunteers Welcome''' - if you would like to take part we are always looking for new members, sign up to the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator email list], and introduce yourself to volunteer.

Current members:

* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]]
* Arnulf Christl
* Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
* [[User:darkblueb|Brian M Hamlin]]
* Daniel Morissette
* Dimitris Kotzinos
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:JoCook|Jo Cook]]
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] (chair)
* Michael Smith
* [[User:Nickbearman|Nick Bearman]]
* [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]]
* Steve Lime
* Tom Kralidis

'''Thank you''' - we ask that volunteers remain active, joining the discussion and voting on the email list. If you are unable to take part please send us an email. As volunteers we understand that life can get in the way of advocacy – you are welcome to rejoin at any time. We will also retire inactive members as needed. Prior members:

* Bruce Bannerman
* Landon Blake
* Robert Bray
* Howard Butler
* Chris Holmes
* Julien-Samuel Lacroix
* Mark Lucas
* Judit Mays
* Jeff McKenna
* Markus Neteler
* Markus Schneider
* Cameron Shorter
* Paul Spencer
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Norman Vine

=== Documents ===

* Official incubator public web page is at: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/ (with members list).
* [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]]
* [[Incubation FAQ]]
* [[Official_IncCom_Documents]]
* Incubation process docs: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ (original [[Official_IncCom_Documents|wiki draft documents]])
* [[Incubation Badges]]

Draft or discussion documents
* Draft [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]]
* Draft [[5-star-rating]] - discussion about more fine incubation procedure
* OSGeo Distribution and Committer [[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html licenses] which can be used as is, or as an example for projects starting off with participatory open source.
** Geotools Copyright Assignment ([http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf pdf], [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.odt odt]) - previous example
** [[Project Copyright Assignment]] - previous example
* [[Contributor Agreement]] and FAQ
* [[Incubation Phases]] proposal

Document Refresh 2014
* [[Project Graduation Checklist]]

References:
* [[Project Infrastructure Migration]]
* [http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html Producing OSS] - by Karl Fogel - an excellent primer on running an FOSS project.

Reports:
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2012]]
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2011]]

Trac:
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority Open Incubator Trac Issues]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&keywords=%7Eapplication&order=priority Pending Incubation Applications]

== Meetings and Reports ==
Meetings are scheduled via [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator Mailing List] and take place via [[Getting_Started#Jump_on_IRC | IRC]] at the times specified in the [[Foundation Calendar]].
* [[IncCom Meeting1|First Meeting]] - March 13th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting2|Second Meeting]] - March 20th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting3|Third Meeting]] - March 27th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting4|Fourth Meeting]] - April 10th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting5|Fifth Meeting]] - April 24th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting6|Sixth Meeting]] - June 19th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting7|Seventh Meeting]] - August 7th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting8|Eighth Meeting]] - October 30th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting9|Nineth Meeting]] - February 12th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting10|Tenth Meeting]] - June 11th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting11|Eleventh Meeting]] - October 29th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting12|Twelfth Meeting]] - September 8th 2008
* [[IncCom Meeting13|Thirteenth Meeting]] - October 29th 2009
* [[IncCom Meeting14|Fourteenth Meeting]] - March 1th 2010
* [[IncCom Meeting15]] - Nov 21 2011
* [[IncCom Meeting16]] - Jan 17 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting17]] - March 19 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting18]] - May 21 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting19]] - July 23 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting20]] - Sep 24 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting21]] - Feb 18 2013
* [[IncCom Report22]] - 2013 Q2
* [[IncCom Report23]] - 2013 Q3
* [[IncCom Report24]] - 2014 Q1
* [[Fall 2014 Committee Report for OSGeo Journal]]

[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Committees]]

Incubation Committee

2024-08-26T19:25:04Z

Jive: /* Step 2: Join OSGeo Community Projects Initiative */

The project incubation committee is responsible for overseeing the incubation process for new projects entering the foundation. The incubation committee provides resources to assist new projects to reach full membership, and makes recommendations to the board when they feel projects have completed incubation.

== About the Incubation Committee ==

The OSGeo Incubation Committee is an open source advocacy and outreach activity welcoming projects and development teams to our foundation.

The committee is responsible for:

# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ OSGeo project website] review
#* Reviewing applications to list projects on the OSGeo website
#* Preparing and recommend criteria and review process for projects to be listed on the OSGeo website
# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/#community Community project program]
#* Reviewing community project applications and recommending projects to the board to be accepted as community projects
#* Reporting on the status of projects in the community project program to the board periodically (via Chair)
#* Preparing and recommending community project process and criteria to the board.
#* See [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]] for more information
# [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ OSGeo Incubation process]
#* Reviewing applications for incubation and making recommendations to the board on projects that should be admitted into incubation.
#* Appointing [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/mentor/ mentors] for incubation projects.
#* Reviewing progress of projects against incubation requirements, and recommending projects for full project status to the board, when deemed appropriate.
#* Reporting on the status of projects in incubation and the incubation process to the board periodically (via Chair).
#* Preparing and recommending incubation process and criteria to the board.

The OSGeo incubation committee is not responsible for graduated OSGeo Projects. Graduated OSGeo projects are recognized as a committee who report directly to the board via their project officer.

== Supporting project teams ==

If you would like your software project to listed on the website, or apply to become an OSGeo Community project, please send a description of your project to the OSGeo Incubation Committee Mailing List.

We look forward to helping you!

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Responsibility
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| Geospatial 
- README or project description
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Geospatial 
- User guide or quickstart
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- See LICENSE.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Check headers
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Providence Review
|
|
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- See CONTRIBUTING.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- History of pull requests or patches
|
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
|
| X
| X
|-
| Open Community 
- communication channel 
- decision making process
|
|
| X
|-
| Active Healthy Community 
- user and developer collaboration 
- long term viability
|
|
| X
|-
| Development Process 
- version control 
- issue tracker 
- leadership open to new members 
- transparent decision making
|
|
| X
|-
| Documentation 
- user documentation 
- developer documentation
|
|
| X
|-
| Release Procedure 
- release process 
- documented testing process 
|
|
| X
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Foundation Resources
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| website project list
| X
| X
| X
|-
| website choose-a-project
| X
| X
| X
|-
| OSGeo Live
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Marketing Collateral
|
| X
| X
|-
| Representation
|
|
| project officer
|-
| infrastructure and facilities
|
| X
| X
|-
| promotion & marketing
|
| X
| X
|-
| budget
|
| osgeo board
| project budget
|-
| fundraising
|
| X
| X
|}

=== Financial support ===

The incubation process establishes a project as a full fledged OSGeo committee, with a project project officer, with direct access to OSGeo treasurer, and reporting to the board during annual general meeting.

While Community projects are not recognized as an independent committee, the OSGeo board maintains an "OSGeo Community" initiative with budget to support your activities. Attend one of the OSGeo board monthly meetings, or ask on the board mailing list, if your project has an activity that can benefit from financial support.

For more information see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf]

=== Branding ===

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Community
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Project
|-
| [[File:OSGeo community.png|frameless|OSGeo Community Project]]
| [[File:OSGeo project.png|frameless|OSGeo Project]]
|}

== Step 1: Add OSGeo Website Project Page ==

To be listed on the OSGeo website:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
# Have a free license or open source license
#* The license must be OSI approved
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy

If you have questions about the above, or would like guidance on setting up your open source project, please reach out to us.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology api
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: I would like to ask permission to to list my project "water topology api" on the OSGeo website in order to share my work with more people!
::
:: The project is built on PostGIS topology providing a REST API to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The repository is located here: https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ released using GPL license.
::
:: My OSGeo userid is "atlantis" and I will need permission to create a project page.
::
:: Thanks!

== Step 2: Join OSGeo Community Project Initiative ==

Projects applying to the *OSGeo Community* initiatve are asked to:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
#* project page on the osgeo website
#* We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an OSGeo Live quickstart
# Have a free license or an open source license.
#* The license must be OSI approved
#* We ask that the project team check the file headers and double check the license has been appropriately applied
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy
#* We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests
#* Projects are required to have a code of conduct

OSGeo provides [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ code of conduct guidance], many projects selecting [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ contribution covenant]).

OSGeo [[Community Projects]] can take part in the incubation committee for guidance on open source use, setting up project governance, promoting the project, and building the project community. We look forward to working with you. For sensitive topics (patents, copyright, trademarks, and license) you wish to attend a video meeting.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology community project application
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: The Water Topology project would like to apply to join the OSGeo community program. We recently re-branded to just "water topology" to reflect client libraries being include in our project. The project provides web services built on PostGIS topology to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The osgeo project page is available here: https://osgeo.org/projects/watertopology and our user guide is located at https://watertopo.gitlab.host.net/ .
::
:: The repository remains at https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ with GPL license, contribution policy and code of conduct. We have checked our source code to ensure GPL license has been correctly applied. Our issue tracker is active, and we have received a number of merge-requests.
::
:: Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your questions!

== Step 3: Incubation process and Graduation ==

The *OSGeo Project* designation is intended to recognize established projects with a diverse community of developers and users with a proven track record.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* a project team applies for the OSGeo incubation program. Successful projects are teamed up with an experienced open source mentor to help answer questions, obtain legal council, and help guide work on transparency and community development as required.

Although incubation is a lot of work, this is opportunity for project teams to grow and improve and be publicly recognized for their accomplishment.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* we ask that project teams excel in each of areas mentioned above, see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] or the comparison table on this page for more detail.

The OSGeo incubation process takes place in three stages:

# Initial Application
## Application request
## Mentor volunteer
# Incubator
## Project Status: project details, and a few resourcing questions for the system admin committee (see [[Project Status Template]]).
## Provenance Review: project team check to ensure the project is open source and has permission to distribute its source code.
## Project team and mentor work on [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] priorities
# Graduation
## Mentor recommends project for graduation with motion to the incubation committee
## Committee chair informs the OSGeo board, who appoints the project team as a newly formed OSGeo committee

== Incubation ==

The following projects are currently in OSGeo incubation. The links provided are used to track the progress of incubation projects and are used by the developer team (and OSGeo mentor). In many cases the links will take you to a project specific wiki or website in order to be closer to their target community.

When projects have completed the graduation checklist their mentor will recommend them to the Incubation committee for graduation.

=== IstSOS ===

'''IstSOS''': http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS
# [[IstSOS Provenance Review]]
# [[IstSOS Incubation Status]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]

=== Opticks ===

'''Opticks''': http://opticks.org
# [[Opticks Incubation Status]]
# no provenance review provided
# [[Opticks Incubation Checklist]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Mark_Lucas|Mark Lucas]]

=== Oskari ===

'''Oskari''': http://oskari.org/
# [[Oskari Incubation Application]]
# [[Oskari Incubation Status]]
# [https://github.com/oskariorg/oskari-docs/wiki/Oskari-Incubation-Checklist Oskari Graduation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[Arnulf Christl]]

=== TEAM Engine ===

'''TEAM Engine''': http://teamengine.sourceforge.net
# [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1016 Incubation Application] from 2012
# [https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/wiki/OSGEO-Graduation TEAM Engine Incubation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jive|Jody Garnett]]

=== pgRouting ===

'''pgRouting''': https://pgrouting.org/
* ''Mentor'': [[Angelos_Tzotsos | Angelos_Tzotsos]]
* Incubation Application:
** [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2784 trac]
** [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-July/004504.html mail]
* [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-October/004555.html Incubator Motion to enter Incubation]
** [https://www.loomio.com/d/GBF93tJo/accept-pgrouting-to-osgeo-incubation/1 Board Motion to accept pgRouting to incubation]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PgRouting_Incubation_Status Project Status]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Project Graduation Checklist]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aincubation Issues tagged for OSGeo incubation] (label=OSGeo incubation)
* Graduation: None at this stage

== Graduated ==

The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained.

* Community Mapbuilder: [[Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress]] | [[Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-14, Mentor: Steve Lime)
* deegree: [[deegree Incubation Status]] | [[deegree Provenance Review]] (Entered: 2008-06-09, Graduated 2010-02-04, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* FDO: [[FDO Incubation Status]] | [[FDO Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-06, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* GEOS: [[GEOS Incubation Status]] | [[GEOS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-11-02, Graduated 2012-04-28, Mentor: Frank Warmerdam)
* GDAL/OGR: [[GDAL Incubation Progress]] | [[GDAL Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* Geomajas: [[GeoMajas Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMajas Provenance Review]] (Entered 2010-03-04, Graduated 2010-11-22, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* GeoNetwork: [[GeoNetwork Incubation Status]] | [[GeoNetwork Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2008-06-21, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoNode: [[GeoNode Incubation Status]] [[GeoNode Provenance Review]] [[GeoNode Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2015-08-13, Graduated 2016-11-09, Mentor: David Bitner)
* GeoMOOSE: [[GeoMoose Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMoose Provenance Review]] | [[GeoMoose Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2011-12-08, Graduated 2013-04-19, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoTools: [[GeoTools Incubation Progress]] | [[GeoTools Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-07-18, Mentor: Cameron Shorter)
* GeoServer: [http://old.geoserver.org/OSGEO%20incubation%20questionnaire.html Incubation Questionnaire] | [http://old.geoserver.org/GeoServer%20Incubation%20Status.html Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Incubation-Checklist Incubation Checklist] | [[Geoserver Mentor Notes]] (Entered 2009-11-05, Graduated 2013-03-15, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* gvSIG: [[gvSIG Incubation Status]] | [[gvSIG Provenance Review]] | [[gvSIG Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2007-09-07, Graduated 2015-11-26, Mentor: Dimitris Kotzinos)
* GRASS: [[GRASS Incubation Progress]] | [[GRASS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Norman Vine and Arnulf Christl)
* Mapbender: [[Mapbender Incubation Progress]] | [[Mapbender Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-15, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* MapFish: [[MapFish Incubation Status]] | [[MapFish Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-11-09, Graduated 2011-09-01, Mentor: Gary Sherman)
* MapGuide Open: [[MapGuide Incubation Status]] | [[MapGuide Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2007-03-02, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* MapServer: [[MapServer incubation status]] | [[MapServer Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-12-16, Mentor: Chris Holmes)
* Marble: [[Marble Incubation Status]] | [[Marble Code Provenance Review]] | [[Marble Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2012-10-12, Graduated 2013-10-17, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* OpenLayers: [[OpenLayers Incubation Status]] | [[OpenLayers Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2007-11-16, Mentor: Howard Butler)
* Orfeo ToolBox (OTB): [[OTB Project Incubation Status]] | [[OTB Code Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-10-26, Graduated 2017-07-20, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* OSGeoLive: [[Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist|Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2017-10-05, Graduated 2018-04-14, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* PostGIS: [[PostGIS Incubation Status]] | [[PostGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-08-06, Graduated 2012-06-07, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* PROJ: [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2268 Incubation Application] | [https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/wiki/Incubation-checklist PROJ Graduation Checklist] (Entered 2019-05-04, Graduated 2019-11-26, Mentor: Michael Smith )
* pycsw: [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Status Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/pycsw-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] (Entered 2013-03-30, Graduated 2015-03-05, Mentor: Jeff McKenna)
* pygeoapi: [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeoIncubation-ProjectStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2021-11-03, Graduated 2022-08-21, Mentor: Michael Smith)
* PyWPS: [[PyWPS|Incubation Status]] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2009-02-27, Graduated 2018-04-11, Mentor: Tom Kralidis)
* OSSIM: [[OSSIM incubation status]] | [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimprovenance OSSIM Provenance Review] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2009-06-02, Mentor: Richard Gould)
* QGIS: [[QGIS Incubation Status]] | [[QGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-02, Graduated 2008-03-14, Mentor: Bob Bray)
* ZOO-Project: [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/OSGeoIncubationStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2011-11-09, Graduated 2023-06-21, Mentors: Tom Kralidis, Dimitris Kotzinos, Frank Warmerdam)

The initial projects to go through the incubation process helped define what is required. The above pages tracked the progress (and capture the experience) of these projects.

== Withdrawn ==

The following projects did not complete incubation:

* '''[http://www.rasdaman.org rasdaman]''': : [[ rasdaman Incubation Status ]] | [http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance Code Provenance] | [http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist Incubation Checklist] (Mentor [[User: Bruce.bannerman|Bruce Bannerman]] )
* '''[http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/ MetaCRS]''': :: [[MetaCRS Incubation Status]] (Mentor: Daniel Morissette)

== Committee Operation ==

The incubation committee operates within the OSGeo committee guidelines, operating in a close working relationship with the OSGeo board as reflected in our responsibilities above.

* Voting members: Voting members are maintained on this page as outlined below. This committee is volunteer based with committee member ship driven by email request to be added or removed. Inactive members (see below) are removed as needed to preserve committee function.
* Project mentors: Have volunteered to represent our organization at a personal level as a guest on the projects email list and meetings. Project mentors are responsible for recommending when a project is ready for graduation based on this first hand experience. For more information see mentor guidelines.
* Committee chair: Committee chair appointed by motion, result forward to the board for approval and recognition as an officer of the foundation. Committee chair is responsible for operation of the committee.
* Communication: This committee operates on the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator incubator mailing list]. With the occasional breakout IRC meeting, hangout, or phone call to explore specific issues.
* Decision making: Decision making is performed by email motion. Motions are held open for a two week period. Each motion requires a 50% quorum within the two week period. Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against). The committee chair is responsible for replying to the email thread with voting results and motion resolution.
** Email motions should be clearly worded and have a subject line “Motion:”.
** Motions are held open for a two week period to give everyone a chance to respond, this accounts for volunteers that are only available on weekends.
** At discretion of the chair a motion may be held open longer than two weeks.
** If a motion does not gather a 50% response within a two week period we may need to revisit our active member list – removing members that have not voted within the last year.
** Voting +0 and -0 are a good way to reach quorum for volunteers that have not had a chance to follow the discussion, or to abstain if you feel uncomfortable voting on a topic.
** There is no veto in the incubation committee, but we tend to respect -1 votes and withdraw motions that are divisive. It is noted that when reviewing graduation checklists -1 votes tend to track outstanding issues that are then addressed within the voting period.
* Independence: Our mandate is focused on providing to the OSGeo board as outlined above.

Example email:

Subject: motion: accept project x as a community project

The following motion has been made by Firstname Lastname:

Motion to accept project x as an community project.

This motion is held open for two weeks closing MONTH DAY, requiring 50% quorum,
from the following incubation committee members:

* LINE BY LINE BULLETED LIST OF CURRENT MEMBERS

A subsequent email will be sent when the motion is completed, either by the elapsed time period, or by unanimous consent before the closing period.

=== Committee Members ===

'''Volunteers Welcome''' - if you would like to take part we are always looking for new members, sign up to the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator email list], and introduce yourself to volunteer.

Current members:

* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]]
* Arnulf Christl
* Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
* [[User:darkblueb|Brian M Hamlin]]
* Daniel Morissette
* Dimitris Kotzinos
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:JoCook|Jo Cook]]
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] (chair)
* Michael Smith
* [[User:Nickbearman|Nick Bearman]]
* [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]]
* Steve Lime
* Tom Kralidis

'''Thank you''' - we ask that volunteers remain active, joining the discussion and voting on the email list. If you are unable to take part please send us an email. As volunteers we understand that life can get in the way of advocacy – you are welcome to rejoin at any time. We will also retire inactive members as needed. Prior members:

* Bruce Bannerman
* Landon Blake
* Robert Bray
* Howard Butler
* Chris Holmes
* Julien-Samuel Lacroix
* Mark Lucas
* Judit Mays
* Jeff McKenna
* Markus Neteler
* Markus Schneider
* Cameron Shorter
* Paul Spencer
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Norman Vine

=== Documents ===

* Official incubator public web page is at: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/ (with members list).
* [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]]
* [[Incubation FAQ]]
* [[Official_IncCom_Documents]]
* Incubation process docs: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ (original [[Official_IncCom_Documents|wiki draft documents]])
* [[Incubation Badges]]

Draft or discussion documents
* Draft [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]]
* Draft [[5-star-rating]] - discussion about more fine incubation procedure
* OSGeo Distribution and Committer [[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html licenses] which can be used as is, or as an example for projects starting off with participatory open source.
** Geotools Copyright Assignment ([http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf pdf], [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.odt odt]) - previous example
** [[Project Copyright Assignment]] - previous example
* [[Contributor Agreement]] and FAQ
* [[Incubation Phases]] proposal

Document Refresh 2014
* [[Project Graduation Checklist]]

References:
* [[Project Infrastructure Migration]]
* [http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html Producing OSS] - by Karl Fogel - an excellent primer on running an FOSS project.

Reports:
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2012]]
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2011]]

Trac:
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority Open Incubator Trac Issues]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&keywords=%7Eapplication&order=priority Pending Incubation Applications]

== Meetings and Reports ==
Meetings are scheduled via [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator Mailing List] and take place via [[Getting_Started#Jump_on_IRC | IRC]] at the times specified in the [[Foundation Calendar]].
* [[IncCom Meeting1|First Meeting]] - March 13th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting2|Second Meeting]] - March 20th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting3|Third Meeting]] - March 27th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting4|Fourth Meeting]] - April 10th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting5|Fifth Meeting]] - April 24th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting6|Sixth Meeting]] - June 19th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting7|Seventh Meeting]] - August 7th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting8|Eighth Meeting]] - October 30th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting9|Nineth Meeting]] - February 12th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting10|Tenth Meeting]] - June 11th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting11|Eleventh Meeting]] - October 29th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting12|Twelfth Meeting]] - September 8th 2008
* [[IncCom Meeting13|Thirteenth Meeting]] - October 29th 2009
* [[IncCom Meeting14|Fourteenth Meeting]] - March 1th 2010
* [[IncCom Meeting15]] - Nov 21 2011
* [[IncCom Meeting16]] - Jan 17 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting17]] - March 19 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting18]] - May 21 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting19]] - July 23 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting20]] - Sep 24 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting21]] - Feb 18 2013
* [[IncCom Report22]] - 2013 Q2
* [[IncCom Report23]] - 2013 Q3
* [[IncCom Report24]] - 2014 Q1
* [[Fall 2014 Committee Report for OSGeo Journal]]

[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Committees]]

Incubation Committee

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Jive: /* Step 2: Join Community Projects Program */

The project incubation committee is responsible for overseeing the incubation process for new projects entering the foundation. The incubation committee provides resources to assist new projects to reach full membership, and makes recommendations to the board when they feel projects have completed incubation.

== About the Incubation Committee ==

The OSGeo Incubation Committee is an open source advocacy and outreach activity welcoming projects and development teams to our foundation.

The committee is responsible for:

# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ OSGeo project website] review
#* Reviewing applications to list projects on the OSGeo website
#* Preparing and recommend criteria and review process for projects to be listed on the OSGeo website
# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/#community Community project program]
#* Reviewing community project applications and recommending projects to the board to be accepted as community projects
#* Reporting on the status of projects in the community project program to the board periodically (via Chair)
#* Preparing and recommending community project process and criteria to the board.
#* See [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]] for more information
# [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ OSGeo Incubation process]
#* Reviewing applications for incubation and making recommendations to the board on projects that should be admitted into incubation.
#* Appointing [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/mentor/ mentors] for incubation projects.
#* Reviewing progress of projects against incubation requirements, and recommending projects for full project status to the board, when deemed appropriate.
#* Reporting on the status of projects in incubation and the incubation process to the board periodically (via Chair).
#* Preparing and recommending incubation process and criteria to the board.

The OSGeo incubation committee is not responsible for graduated OSGeo Projects. Graduated OSGeo projects are recognized as a committee who report directly to the board via their project officer.

== Supporting project teams ==

If you would like your software project to listed on the website, or apply to become an OSGeo Community project, please send a description of your project to the OSGeo Incubation Committee Mailing List.

We look forward to helping you!

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Responsibility
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| Geospatial 
- README or project description
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Geospatial 
- User guide or quickstart
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- See LICENSE.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Check headers
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Providence Review
|
|
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- See CONTRIBUTING.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- History of pull requests or patches
|
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
|
| X
| X
|-
| Open Community 
- communication channel 
- decision making process
|
|
| X
|-
| Active Healthy Community 
- user and developer collaboration 
- long term viability
|
|
| X
|-
| Development Process 
- version control 
- issue tracker 
- leadership open to new members 
- transparent decision making
|
|
| X
|-
| Documentation 
- user documentation 
- developer documentation
|
|
| X
|-
| Release Procedure 
- release process 
- documented testing process 
|
|
| X
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Foundation Resources
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| website project list
| X
| X
| X
|-
| website choose-a-project
| X
| X
| X
|-
| OSGeo Live
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Marketing Collateral
|
| X
| X
|-
| Representation
|
|
| project officer
|-
| infrastructure and facilities
|
| X
| X
|-
| promotion & marketing
|
| X
| X
|-
| budget
|
| osgeo board
| project budget
|-
| fundraising
|
| X
| X
|}

=== Financial support ===

The incubation process establishes a project as a full fledged OSGeo committee, with a project project officer, with direct access to OSGeo treasurer, and reporting to the board during annual general meeting.

While Community projects are not recognized as an independent committee, the OSGeo board maintains an "OSGeo Community" initiative with budget to support your activities. Attend one of the OSGeo board monthly meetings, or ask on the board mailing list, if your project has an activity that can benefit from financial support.

For more information see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf]

=== Branding ===

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Community
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Project
|-
| [[File:OSGeo community.png|frameless|OSGeo Community Project]]
| [[File:OSGeo project.png|frameless|OSGeo Project]]
|}

== Step 1: Add OSGeo Website Project Page ==

To be listed on the OSGeo website:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
# Have a free license or open source license
#* The license must be OSI approved
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy

If you have questions about the above, or would like guidance on setting up your open source project, please reach out to us.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology api
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: I would like to ask permission to to list my project "water topology api" on the OSGeo website in order to share my work with more people!
::
:: The project is built on PostGIS topology providing a REST API to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The repository is located here: https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ released using GPL license.
::
:: My OSGeo userid is "atlantis" and I will need permission to create a project page.
::
:: Thanks!

== Step 2: Join OSGeo Community Projects Initiative ==

Projects applying to the *OSGeo Community* initiatve are asked to:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
#* project page on the osgeo website
#* We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an OSGeo Live quickstart
# Have a free license or an open source license.
#* The license must be OSI approved
#* We ask that the project team check the file headers and double check the license has been appropriately applied
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy
#* We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests
#* Projects are required to have a code of conduct

OSGeo provides [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ code of conduct guidance], many projects selecting [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ contribution covenant]).

OSGeo [[Community Projects]] can take part in the incubation committee for guidance on open source use, setting up project governance, promoting the project, and building the project community. We look forward to working with you. For sensitive topics (patents, copyright, trademarks, and license) you wish to attend a video meeting.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology community project application
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: The Water Topology project would like to apply to join the OSGeo community program. We recently re-branded to just "water topology" to reflect client libraries being include in our project. The project provides web services built on PostGIS topology to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The osgeo project page is available here: https://osgeo.org/projects/watertopology and our user guide is located at https://watertopo.gitlab.host.net/ .
::
:: The repository remains at https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ with GPL license, contribution policy and code of conduct. We have checked our source code to ensure GPL license has been correctly applied. Our issue tracker is active, and we have received a number of merge-requests.
::
:: Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your questions!

== Step 3: Incubation process and Graduation ==

The *OSGeo Project* designation is intended to recognize established projects with a diverse community of developers and users with a proven track record.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* a project team applies for the OSGeo incubation program. Successful projects are teamed up with an experienced open source mentor to help answer questions, obtain legal council, and help guide work on transparency and community development as required.

Although incubation is a lot of work, this is opportunity for project teams to grow and improve and be publicly recognized for their accomplishment.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* we ask that project teams excel in each of areas mentioned above, see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] or the comparison table on this page for more detail.

The OSGeo incubation process takes place in three stages:

# Initial Application
## Application request
## Mentor volunteer
# Incubator
## Project Status: project details, and a few resourcing questions for the system admin committee (see [[Project Status Template]]).
## Provenance Review: project team check to ensure the project is open source and has permission to distribute its source code.
## Project team and mentor work on [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] priorities
# Graduation
## Mentor recommends project for graduation with motion to the incubation committee
## Committee chair informs the OSGeo board, who appoints the project team as a newly formed OSGeo committee

== Incubation ==

The following projects are currently in OSGeo incubation. The links provided are used to track the progress of incubation projects and are used by the developer team (and OSGeo mentor). In many cases the links will take you to a project specific wiki or website in order to be closer to their target community.

When projects have completed the graduation checklist their mentor will recommend them to the Incubation committee for graduation.

=== IstSOS ===

'''IstSOS''': http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS
# [[IstSOS Provenance Review]]
# [[IstSOS Incubation Status]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]

=== Opticks ===

'''Opticks''': http://opticks.org
# [[Opticks Incubation Status]]
# no provenance review provided
# [[Opticks Incubation Checklist]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Mark_Lucas|Mark Lucas]]

=== Oskari ===

'''Oskari''': http://oskari.org/
# [[Oskari Incubation Application]]
# [[Oskari Incubation Status]]
# [https://github.com/oskariorg/oskari-docs/wiki/Oskari-Incubation-Checklist Oskari Graduation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[Arnulf Christl]]

=== TEAM Engine ===

'''TEAM Engine''': http://teamengine.sourceforge.net
# [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1016 Incubation Application] from 2012
# [https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/wiki/OSGEO-Graduation TEAM Engine Incubation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jive|Jody Garnett]]

=== pgRouting ===

'''pgRouting''': https://pgrouting.org/
* ''Mentor'': [[Angelos_Tzotsos | Angelos_Tzotsos]]
* Incubation Application:
** [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2784 trac]
** [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-July/004504.html mail]
* [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-October/004555.html Incubator Motion to enter Incubation]
** [https://www.loomio.com/d/GBF93tJo/accept-pgrouting-to-osgeo-incubation/1 Board Motion to accept pgRouting to incubation]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PgRouting_Incubation_Status Project Status]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Project Graduation Checklist]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aincubation Issues tagged for OSGeo incubation] (label=OSGeo incubation)
* Graduation: None at this stage

== Graduated ==

The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained.

* Community Mapbuilder: [[Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress]] | [[Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-14, Mentor: Steve Lime)
* deegree: [[deegree Incubation Status]] | [[deegree Provenance Review]] (Entered: 2008-06-09, Graduated 2010-02-04, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* FDO: [[FDO Incubation Status]] | [[FDO Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-06, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* GEOS: [[GEOS Incubation Status]] | [[GEOS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-11-02, Graduated 2012-04-28, Mentor: Frank Warmerdam)
* GDAL/OGR: [[GDAL Incubation Progress]] | [[GDAL Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* Geomajas: [[GeoMajas Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMajas Provenance Review]] (Entered 2010-03-04, Graduated 2010-11-22, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* GeoNetwork: [[GeoNetwork Incubation Status]] | [[GeoNetwork Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2008-06-21, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoNode: [[GeoNode Incubation Status]] [[GeoNode Provenance Review]] [[GeoNode Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2015-08-13, Graduated 2016-11-09, Mentor: David Bitner)
* GeoMOOSE: [[GeoMoose Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMoose Provenance Review]] | [[GeoMoose Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2011-12-08, Graduated 2013-04-19, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoTools: [[GeoTools Incubation Progress]] | [[GeoTools Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-07-18, Mentor: Cameron Shorter)
* GeoServer: [http://old.geoserver.org/OSGEO%20incubation%20questionnaire.html Incubation Questionnaire] | [http://old.geoserver.org/GeoServer%20Incubation%20Status.html Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Incubation-Checklist Incubation Checklist] | [[Geoserver Mentor Notes]] (Entered 2009-11-05, Graduated 2013-03-15, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* gvSIG: [[gvSIG Incubation Status]] | [[gvSIG Provenance Review]] | [[gvSIG Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2007-09-07, Graduated 2015-11-26, Mentor: Dimitris Kotzinos)
* GRASS: [[GRASS Incubation Progress]] | [[GRASS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Norman Vine and Arnulf Christl)
* Mapbender: [[Mapbender Incubation Progress]] | [[Mapbender Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-15, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* MapFish: [[MapFish Incubation Status]] | [[MapFish Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-11-09, Graduated 2011-09-01, Mentor: Gary Sherman)
* MapGuide Open: [[MapGuide Incubation Status]] | [[MapGuide Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2007-03-02, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* MapServer: [[MapServer incubation status]] | [[MapServer Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-12-16, Mentor: Chris Holmes)
* Marble: [[Marble Incubation Status]] | [[Marble Code Provenance Review]] | [[Marble Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2012-10-12, Graduated 2013-10-17, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* OpenLayers: [[OpenLayers Incubation Status]] | [[OpenLayers Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2007-11-16, Mentor: Howard Butler)
* Orfeo ToolBox (OTB): [[OTB Project Incubation Status]] | [[OTB Code Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-10-26, Graduated 2017-07-20, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* OSGeoLive: [[Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist|Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2017-10-05, Graduated 2018-04-14, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* PostGIS: [[PostGIS Incubation Status]] | [[PostGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-08-06, Graduated 2012-06-07, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* PROJ: [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2268 Incubation Application] | [https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/wiki/Incubation-checklist PROJ Graduation Checklist] (Entered 2019-05-04, Graduated 2019-11-26, Mentor: Michael Smith )
* pycsw: [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Status Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/pycsw-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] (Entered 2013-03-30, Graduated 2015-03-05, Mentor: Jeff McKenna)
* pygeoapi: [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeoIncubation-ProjectStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2021-11-03, Graduated 2022-08-21, Mentor: Michael Smith)
* PyWPS: [[PyWPS|Incubation Status]] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2009-02-27, Graduated 2018-04-11, Mentor: Tom Kralidis)
* OSSIM: [[OSSIM incubation status]] | [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimprovenance OSSIM Provenance Review] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2009-06-02, Mentor: Richard Gould)
* QGIS: [[QGIS Incubation Status]] | [[QGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-02, Graduated 2008-03-14, Mentor: Bob Bray)
* ZOO-Project: [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/OSGeoIncubationStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2011-11-09, Graduated 2023-06-21, Mentors: Tom Kralidis, Dimitris Kotzinos, Frank Warmerdam)

The initial projects to go through the incubation process helped define what is required. The above pages tracked the progress (and capture the experience) of these projects.

== Withdrawn ==

The following projects did not complete incubation:

* '''[http://www.rasdaman.org rasdaman]''': : [[ rasdaman Incubation Status ]] | [http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance Code Provenance] | [http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist Incubation Checklist] (Mentor [[User: Bruce.bannerman|Bruce Bannerman]] )
* '''[http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/ MetaCRS]''': :: [[MetaCRS Incubation Status]] (Mentor: Daniel Morissette)

== Committee Operation ==

The incubation committee operates within the OSGeo committee guidelines, operating in a close working relationship with the OSGeo board as reflected in our responsibilities above.

* Voting members: Voting members are maintained on this page as outlined below. This committee is volunteer based with committee member ship driven by email request to be added or removed. Inactive members (see below) are removed as needed to preserve committee function.
* Project mentors: Have volunteered to represent our organization at a personal level as a guest on the projects email list and meetings. Project mentors are responsible for recommending when a project is ready for graduation based on this first hand experience. For more information see mentor guidelines.
* Committee chair: Committee chair appointed by motion, result forward to the board for approval and recognition as an officer of the foundation. Committee chair is responsible for operation of the committee.
* Communication: This committee operates on the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator incubator mailing list]. With the occasional breakout IRC meeting, hangout, or phone call to explore specific issues.
* Decision making: Decision making is performed by email motion. Motions are held open for a two week period. Each motion requires a 50% quorum within the two week period. Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against). The committee chair is responsible for replying to the email thread with voting results and motion resolution.
** Email motions should be clearly worded and have a subject line “Motion:”.
** Motions are held open for a two week period to give everyone a chance to respond, this accounts for volunteers that are only available on weekends.
** At discretion of the chair a motion may be held open longer than two weeks.
** If a motion does not gather a 50% response within a two week period we may need to revisit our active member list – removing members that have not voted within the last year.
** Voting +0 and -0 are a good way to reach quorum for volunteers that have not had a chance to follow the discussion, or to abstain if you feel uncomfortable voting on a topic.
** There is no veto in the incubation committee, but we tend to respect -1 votes and withdraw motions that are divisive. It is noted that when reviewing graduation checklists -1 votes tend to track outstanding issues that are then addressed within the voting period.
* Independence: Our mandate is focused on providing to the OSGeo board as outlined above.

Example email:

Subject: motion: accept project x as a community project

The following motion has been made by Firstname Lastname:

Motion to accept project x as an community project.

This motion is held open for two weeks closing MONTH DAY, requiring 50% quorum,
from the following incubation committee members:

* LINE BY LINE BULLETED LIST OF CURRENT MEMBERS

A subsequent email will be sent when the motion is completed, either by the elapsed time period, or by unanimous consent before the closing period.

=== Committee Members ===

'''Volunteers Welcome''' - if you would like to take part we are always looking for new members, sign up to the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator email list], and introduce yourself to volunteer.

Current members:

* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]]
* Arnulf Christl
* Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
* [[User:darkblueb|Brian M Hamlin]]
* Daniel Morissette
* Dimitris Kotzinos
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:JoCook|Jo Cook]]
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] (chair)
* Michael Smith
* [[User:Nickbearman|Nick Bearman]]
* [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]]
* Steve Lime
* Tom Kralidis

'''Thank you''' - we ask that volunteers remain active, joining the discussion and voting on the email list. If you are unable to take part please send us an email. As volunteers we understand that life can get in the way of advocacy – you are welcome to rejoin at any time. We will also retire inactive members as needed. Prior members:

* Bruce Bannerman
* Landon Blake
* Robert Bray
* Howard Butler
* Chris Holmes
* Julien-Samuel Lacroix
* Mark Lucas
* Judit Mays
* Jeff McKenna
* Markus Neteler
* Markus Schneider
* Cameron Shorter
* Paul Spencer
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Norman Vine

=== Documents ===

* Official incubator public web page is at: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/ (with members list).
* [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]]
* [[Incubation FAQ]]
* [[Official_IncCom_Documents]]
* Incubation process docs: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ (original [[Official_IncCom_Documents|wiki draft documents]])
* [[Incubation Badges]]

Draft or discussion documents
* Draft [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]]
* Draft [[5-star-rating]] - discussion about more fine incubation procedure
* OSGeo Distribution and Committer [[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html licenses] which can be used as is, or as an example for projects starting off with participatory open source.
** Geotools Copyright Assignment ([http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf pdf], [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.odt odt]) - previous example
** [[Project Copyright Assignment]] - previous example
* [[Contributor Agreement]] and FAQ
* [[Incubation Phases]] proposal

Document Refresh 2014
* [[Project Graduation Checklist]]

References:
* [[Project Infrastructure Migration]]
* [http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html Producing OSS] - by Karl Fogel - an excellent primer on running an FOSS project.

Reports:
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2012]]
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2011]]

Trac:
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority Open Incubator Trac Issues]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&keywords=%7Eapplication&order=priority Pending Incubation Applications]

== Meetings and Reports ==
Meetings are scheduled via [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator Mailing List] and take place via [[Getting_Started#Jump_on_IRC | IRC]] at the times specified in the [[Foundation Calendar]].
* [[IncCom Meeting1|First Meeting]] - March 13th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting2|Second Meeting]] - March 20th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting3|Third Meeting]] - March 27th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting4|Fourth Meeting]] - April 10th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting5|Fifth Meeting]] - April 24th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting6|Sixth Meeting]] - June 19th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting7|Seventh Meeting]] - August 7th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting8|Eighth Meeting]] - October 30th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting9|Nineth Meeting]] - February 12th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting10|Tenth Meeting]] - June 11th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting11|Eleventh Meeting]] - October 29th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting12|Twelfth Meeting]] - September 8th 2008
* [[IncCom Meeting13|Thirteenth Meeting]] - October 29th 2009
* [[IncCom Meeting14|Fourteenth Meeting]] - March 1th 2010
* [[IncCom Meeting15]] - Nov 21 2011
* [[IncCom Meeting16]] - Jan 17 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting17]] - March 19 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting18]] - May 21 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting19]] - July 23 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting20]] - Sep 24 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting21]] - Feb 18 2013
* [[IncCom Report22]] - 2013 Q2
* [[IncCom Report23]] - 2013 Q3
* [[IncCom Report24]] - 2014 Q1
* [[Fall 2014 Committee Report for OSGeo Journal]]

[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Committees]]

Marketing Committee

2024-05-07T20:19:41Z

Jive: /* Mailing list */

==About==
The OSGeo Marketing committee are volunteers who promote OSGeo and related activities.

The committee is responsible for administering a limited budget provided by the OSGeo Foundation for supporting the OSGeo Foundation.

{{:Marketing Committee Members}}

== Sponsorship Areas ==

In line with [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-02-26#Board_Priorities OSGeo Board Priorities], the Marketing Committee aims to limited matching sponsorship for a few targeted areas. These include:
; OSGeo [[Exhibition Pack]]
: 100% funding covered for the non-consumable items in one Exhibition Pack per OSGeo Local Organising Committee, as outlined in: [[Exhibition Pack]]

== Meetings ==
All our meetings are open to anyone who wants to listen in or comment. Please refer to [[Marketing Meetings]] for agenda, date, times and minutes.

== Discourse ==

The marketing committee communication:

* OSGeo Discourse: [https://discourse.osgeo.org/c/committees/marketing/46 Marketing]
* Follow [https://discourse.osgeo.org/t/welcome-to-osgeo-marketing/28185 instructions to use as email list] to send and receive email from marketing@discourse.osgeo.org
* For more information see [https://discourse.osgeo.org/t/welcome-to-osgeo/5 welcome to osgeo topic]
* The [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/ mailing list archives] have been migrated to discourse
* [https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-moderation-guide/63116 Discourse moderation guide] available for committee members

= Historical Content =
The following content is from historical versions of this wiki page, which hasn't been moved to the current page.

All are welcome to work with and contribute to this committee. There are several ways to get involved and various tools that we used to manage our work.
* Join our mailing list and introduce yourself. Subscribe [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing here]. Read the public list archives [http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/marketing/ here].
* Files and documents are stored in an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subversion_(software) SVN repository] located here: [http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/ http://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/]
* Static web pages are managed in our Drupal website tools at: http://www.osgeo.org All content development typically takes place in the Wiki and is copied to the static web site once stable.

All pages in this Wiki related to Marketing should be tagged with [http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category:Marketing Category:Marketing].

== Goals ==
To promote the Foundation mission, its Projects and [[Local Chapters]].
To develop a comprehensive marketing strategy for the near and medium future.

== Marketing Activities ==

Previous activities:
* '''Digital asset rebranding and website reboot''' - RFP process to revamp the OSGeo visual and online presence. Contacted to Get Interactive
* [[Web site design]], site/content/layout improvements, site assets
* [[Exhibition Pack]] [http://fromtheinsidelookingin.blogspot.com/2008/10/conference-booths.html] - nearing completion, [[Live GIS Disc | Demonstration DVD]] ongoing
* [[Marketing Material development]] see [[Marketing Material Samples]]

== Marketing Pipeline ==
[[Marketing Pipeline]] lists the various channels where OSGeo and OSGeo projects are promoted.

== Event Coordination ==
The Marketing Committee helps to coordinate the Foundation's presence at tradeshows, conferences, workshops, etc. We can coordinate the booth, supply materials, arrange for speakers, etc. Please see out [[Event Management]] page for more information.

Upcoming events are listed on the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Category:Events Category:Events] page by adding the Category to the corresponding page.

== Documents ==
''This needs to be fleshed out and upated'' --[[User:Arnulf Christl|Arnulf Christl]] 12:49, 17 April 2012 (PDT)
* Public facing documents can be found at: http://www.osgeo.org/visibility
* Documents under development, or historical documents can be found in Subversion under: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/
* Brochures: http://www.osgeo.org/visibility
* Flyers: https://svn.osgeo.org/osgeo/marketing/
* Presentation Templates: http://www.osgeo.org/visibility
* [[GenericOSGeoPresentation]]
* [[Library]] - repository for white papers, presentations etc.
* [[Case_Studies]] contains a list of relevant Geospatial Open Source case studies useful for justifying the use of GeoFOSS.
* [[GeoConnexion Column]]
* [[OSGeo Marketing Discussions]]

== Old Press Releases ==
Check out the OSGeo Foundation ([[Press Release Process]]). If you have [[News Queue | news]] you think is worthy of an OSGeo press release, or want to help translate some text? Let us know!

== Press Releases ==
* 21 June 2012, [[Marketing Committee Press Release 1]] - Calling for "OSGeo Advocate" profiles
* 6 March 2006 - [https://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/open_source_geospatial_foundation_initial_press_release.html "OSGeo Created"]
* [[Press Release 2006-07-19 "OSGeo at 6-month mark"]]
* [http://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/foss4g_conference_summary.html Press Release 2006-10-06 "FOSS4G 2006 Conference Summary"]
* [[Press_Release_2006-10-19 "Tyler selected as ED"]]
* [[Press_Release_2007-08-03 "Service Provider Directory Launched"]]

''The Marketing Committee was formerly known as the [[Promotion and Visibility Committee]].''

[[Category:Events]]
[[Category: Marketing]]
[[Category:Committees]]

Board Meeting 2024-04-30

2024-04-27T01:49:27Z

Jive: /* Current items */

This board meeting is '''scheduled Tuesday 30 April 2024''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2024&month=04&day=30&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=51&p6=312 '''18:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board Loomio] and actions on the [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues OSGeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2024-03-26]]
# Executive positions (continued)
# OSGeo BoF at FOSS4G Europe status - OSGeo meeting plans
# “How to Sponsor” text done, draft page on website
# FOSS4G SotM Oceania TGP Request [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-April/013520.html]
# EC funding for FOSS4G Europe 2024
# GeoStyler code sprint funding request
# MDM2024: Collaboration proposal [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-April/013519.html]
# Utilization of a new room on meet.osgeo.org for local chapters [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-April/013523.html]
# OSGeo deal with Geo Week 2025 Event
# Review pending actions
# ''Add your topic here''

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, Jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2024-05-28]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2024]]

Marketing Committee Budget 2024

2024-04-05T15:22:00Z

Jive: /* Proposed Budget 2024 */

= OSGeo Budget =
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2024
* approved:

= Proposed Budget 2024 =
The following draft is for discussion

{|class="wikitable" border="2" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6" rules="all" style="margin:1em 1em 1em 0; border:solid 1px #AAAAAAAA; border-collapse:collapse; font-size:95%; empty-cells:show;"
|-
! Request
! Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $3,000
| style="text-align:right;" | --
| Marketing/Outreach/Advocacy sprint Event (could be at FOSS4G 2024)
|-
! Event Request
| Event Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000
| Brochures, project sheet, USB sticks and banners for various FOSS4G's in 2024
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000
| FOSS4G 2024 Full booth required, banners, table cloths, stickers, collateral, usb-sticks, ...
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | --
| podcast scale up
|-
! Outreach Request
! Outreach Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| OSGeo website map integration (quick EOI to our community)
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $10,000
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| Graphics Designer support for website updates
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| Collateral QA and updates
|-
! Request TOTAL
! Budget TOTAL
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $22,000
| style="text-align:right;" | $3,000
| Sponsorship targets established above
|}

== OSGeo website map integration ==

The OSGeo website was designed with a map and color palette (obviously); but the initial OSM integration was so poor it is an open only visible to from the member filter menu and GeoForAll labs.

We assumed that as a geospatial software foundation our community would be able to handle this but no volunteers have stepped forward.

This activity is to source vector tile based map using osgeo software, the associated cartography following our style guide, and integration with our website listings for: members, service providers, local chapters, and geoforall labs.

Budget: We are *still* seeking an OSGeo project to take this on. As we are a geospatial community it should be a great way for an organization to showcase their work and technology: "Cartography PARTY, rendering PROJECT, data (c) Open Street Map ODpl"

Deliverable: vector tile service, cartography in keeping with style guide, wordpress theme integration with system admin committee

== Graphic designer support ==

We have had a number of requests for the website stacking up from the very simple, to the more demanding.

* https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=SysAdmin%2FWebSite&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=component&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&order=type trac.osgeo.org]
* update social media options (need icons for mastodon, x, etc...)
* set up tiles for the public facing committees (presently we have a bullet point list)
* the sponsors page is not laying out very clear between different categories, it appears to be single column now?
* adjust how frequent sponsors images are listed at the bottom of the screen (rather than the proposed removing of bronze sponsors)
* make sponsors more visually separate at the bottom of each page (there was some confusion on about osgeo pages leading to request to remove sponsor logos from these pages)
* make it easier to supply/scale logos (current limitation on exact size and placing on a white background is error prone)
* make it easier to supply screenshots with laptop, webpage, browser frame

Preference would be to contact original graphic designer (from GeoBeyond) if available. Going with an alternate choice will require reviewing the decisions made going into the initial design (while there are presentations and meeting notes such a diversion would increase level of effort).

Budget: $10000: sponsorship activity, highlight sponsors in status updates throughout the year

Deliverable: design guidance and collaboration with sysadmin committee to update wordpress website.

== Collateral ==

Projects did not have access to InDesign and chose a wide range of technologies to produce one page PDFs (InkScape, Scribus, Sketch). While Jody made some effort to make these presentations consistent; variations in fonts, logo position are still present. There is also the good idea to have QA codes available for folks to download the PDF to their phone.

Updated banner designs with space allocated for sponsor logos (to be affixed with magnets or similar). This is an also an opportunity to better show case the branding integration of regional aerial/drone photography.

It would also be great to do up t-shirt designs for the OSGeo projects.

This is a hard topic for our community as volunteers would like to edit the material but do not have easy access to the applications required. The hard truth is that the output is required to be available for use in printshops world wide: InDesign (good), PDF CMYK (okay), SVG CMYK (poor). There may also be a cloud based solution that would work.

Budget: $5000: seek sponsorship and engagement from planned events and local chapters.

Deliverable: Original files, PDF (CMYK) for printing in A4/Letter.

[[Category:Marketing]]

Board Meeting 2024-03-26

2024-03-21T20:10:29Z

Jive:

This board meeting is '''scheduled Tuesday 26 March 2024''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2024&month=03&day=26&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=51&p6=312 '''18:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board Loomio] and actions on the [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues OSGeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2024-02-27]]
# Executive positions (continued)
# FOSS4G 2026 [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-March/013495.html]
# OSGeo BoF at FOSS4G Europe status
# Formation of OSGeo Nepal chapter [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-March/013488.html]
# FOSS4G-Europe 2024 TGP application [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-March/013487.html]
# GRASS Community Meeting budget [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS_Community_Meeting_2024:_Budget]
# OSGeo Website (or UserID) initiative [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-March/013486.html]
# “How to Sponsor” text progress
# Review pending actions
# Community project [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/torchgeo/ TorchGeo] accepted into [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3150 incubation] with Brian Hamlin as mentor
# ''Add your topic here''

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, Jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2024-04-30]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2024]]

TrademarkFAQ

2024-02-09T23:12:54Z

Jive:

''The website has '''official details''' for [https://www.osgeo.org/legal-information/ legal information] and [https://www.osgeo.org/about/branding-material/ branding information].''

== What's the purpose of this wiki page? ==

This page addresses common questions which arise about the use of the OSGeo Trademarks and [[Logos]].

Our code is free, but we do strictly enforce our trademark rights; we must, in order to keep them valid. This means that, while you have considerable freedom to redistribute and modify our software, there are tight restrictions on your ability to use the OSGeo name and logos, even when built into binaries that we provide.

For the details approvied by the OSGeo board see [https://www.osgeo.org/legal-information/ legal information] as this community wiki is at best informal.

== What are the OSGeo Trademarks and Logos? ==

The OSGeo trademarks include, among others, the names The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, OSGeo, OSGeo.org, and the [[Logo | compass logo]].

The OSGeo logo is displayed without the(R) symbols. TM in superscript can be added but it is not required (Thanks to Jennifer Daehler for this information).

== Can I put OSGeo banners on my website? Can I link to you? ==

Thanks for your support -- of course you may. Please read how to put [[Logo Use#Linking to OSGeo | OSGeo banners on your website and how to link OSGeo]].

== Can I make a t-shirt/desktop wallpaper/baseball cap with the logo on? ==

'''Historical:''' ''Sure, if it's just for you, or if it's for others and no money or other consideration changes hands -- but note you are specifically precluded from producing items with the OSGeo name or logo for distribution at tradeshows, local user group meetings, etc.''

'''Historical:''' ''As an experiment OSGeo operated a [http://www.cafepress.com/osgeo CafePress store] but this did not raise money and is no longer maintained.''

One of the FOSS4G events setup [https://www.redbubble.com/shop/foss4g+t-shirts RedBubble] and as expected knockoffs immediately appeared in that search.

We do support our projects and local chapters in using branding as part of their promotion, please talk to marketing committee and review [https://www.osgeo.org/about/branding-material/ branding information].

== Can I modify your logos and distribute the result? ==

'''Historical:''' [[Image:OSGeo Logo 150by65 pixel.png|thumb|right|150px|Logo in 150 pixels width]] ''To maintain our legal standing with respect to our trademarks and to prevent confusion or misunderstanding within the marketplace, you may not modify the logos. This is an open community, so feel free to discuss this policy. Please see our [[Trademark Guidelines]] and [[Logo Use]] guidelines on how you can link the [[Logo]] variations we currently provide.''

Please see website [https://www.osgeo.org/about/branding-material/ branding information] for information on how to use the logo, and our new branding makes allowances for sub-brands which is great.

== You didn't answer my question. ==

No problem. Simply contact marketing committee for branding questions, and OSGeo Board for legal questions and you will get all the answers you need.

See https://www.osgeo.org/about/board/

TrademarkFAQ

2024-02-09T23:11:05Z

Jive:

''The website has '''official details''' for [https://www.osgeo.org/legal-information/ legal information] and [https://www.osgeo.org/about/branding-material/ branding information].''

== What's the purpose of this wiki page? ==

This page addresses common questions which arise about the use of the OSGeo Trademarks and [[Logos]].

Our code is free, but we do strictly enforce our trademark rights; we must, in order to keep them valid. This means that, while you have considerable freedom to redistribute and modify our software, there are tight restrictions on your ability to use the OSGeo name and logos, even when built into binaries that we provide.

For the details approvied by the OSGeo board see [https://www.osgeo.org/legal-information/ legal information] as this community wiki is at best informal.

== What are the OSGeo Trademarks and Logos? ==

The OSGeo trademarks include, among others, the names The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, OSGeo, OSGeo.org, and the [[Logo | compass logo]].

The OSGeo logo is displayed without the(R) symbols. TM in superscript can be added but it is not required (Thanks to Jennifer Daehler for this information).

== Can I put OSGeo banners on my website? Can I link to you? ==

Thanks for your support -- of course you may. Please read how to put [[Logo Use#Linking to OSGeo | OSGeo banners on your website and how to link OSGeo]].

== Can I make a t-shirt/desktop wallpaper/baseball cap with the logo on? ==

Sure, if it's just for you, or if it's for others and no money or other consideration changes hands -- but note you are specifically precluded from producing items with the OSGeo name or logo for distribution at tradeshows, local user group meetings, etc.

As an experiment OSGeo operated a [http://www.cafepress.com/osgeo CafePress store] but this did not raise money and is no longer maintained.

One of the FOSS4G events setup [https://www.redbubble.com/shop/foss4g+t-shirts RedBubble] and as expected knockoffs immediately appeared in that search.

== Can I modify your logos and distribute the result? ==

> Historical: [[Image:OSGeo Logo 150by65 pixel.png|thumb|right|150px|Logo in 150 pixels width]] To maintain our legal standing with respect to our trademarks and to prevent confusion or misunderstanding within the marketplace, you may not modify the logos. This is an open community, so feel free to discuss this policy. Please see our [[Trademark Guidelines]] and [[Logo Use]] guidelines on how you can link the [[Logo]] variations we currently provide.

Please see website [https://www.osgeo.org/about/branding-material/ branding information] for information on how to use the logo, and our new branding makes allowances for sub-brands which is great.

== You didn't answer my question. ==

No problem. Simply contact marketing committee for branding questions, and OSGeo Board for legal questions and you will get all the answers you need.

See https://www.osgeo.org/about/board/

Board Meeting 2024-02-06

2024-02-06T07:09:56Z

Jive: /* Agenda */

This board meeting is '''scheduled Tuesday 06 February 2024''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2024&month=02&day=06&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=51&p6=312 '''18:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board Loomio] and actions on the [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues OSGeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2024-01-30]]
# OSGeo Budget 2024
# UN committee [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013459.html]
# OSGeo and Russia / Belarus [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013445.html]
# Spam filtering on info@osgeo.org and on contact form
# Discourse and Mailman mailing lists (pros and cons?)
# Local chapters VS local groups (web page & discourse)[https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3133]
# Sponsorship call out, [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/250 sponsor logos], and common questions
# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/torchgeo/ TorchGeo] community project application
# Review pending actions
# ''Add your topic here''

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, Jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2024-02-27]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2024]]

Incubation Committee

2024-01-29T20:19:21Z

Jive: /* Committee Members */

The project incubation committee is responsible for overseeing the incubation process for new projects entering the foundation. The incubation committee provides resources to assist new projects to reach full membership, and makes recommendations to the board when they feel projects have completed incubation.

== About the Incubation Committee ==

The OSGeo Incubation Committee is an open source advocacy and outreach activity welcoming projects and development teams to our foundation.

The committee is responsible for:

# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/ OSGeo project website] review
#* Reviewing applications to list projects on the OSGeo website
#* Preparing and recommend criteria and review process for projects to be listed on the OSGeo website
# [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/#community Community project program]
#* Reviewing community project applications and recommending projects to the board to be accepted as community projects
#* Reporting on the status of projects in the community project program to the board periodically (via Chair)
#* Preparing and recommending community project process and criteria to the board.
#* See [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]] for more information
# [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ OSGeo Incubation process]
#* Reviewing applications for incubation and making recommendations to the board on projects that should be admitted into incubation.
#* Appointing [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/mentor/ mentors] for incubation projects.
#* Reviewing progress of projects against incubation requirements, and recommending projects for full project status to the board, when deemed appropriate.
#* Reporting on the status of projects in incubation and the incubation process to the board periodically (via Chair).
#* Preparing and recommending incubation process and criteria to the board.

The OSGeo incubation committee is not responsible for graduated OSGeo Projects. Graduated OSGeo projects are recognized as a committee who report directly to the board via their project officer.

== Supporting project teams ==

If you would like your software project to listed on the website, or apply to become an OSGeo Community project, please send a description of your project to the OSGeo Incubation Committee Mailing List.

We look forward to helping you!

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Responsibility
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| Geospatial 
- README or project description
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Geospatial 
- User guide or quickstart
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- See LICENSE.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Check headers
|
| X
| X
|-
| Free or Open Source License 
- Providence Review
|
|
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- See CONTRIBUTING.md
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- History of pull requests or patches
|
| X
| X
|-
| Participatory 
- CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
|
| X
| X
|-
| Open Community 
- communication channel 
- decision making process
|
|
| X
|-
| Active Healthy Community 
- user and developer collaboration 
- long term viability
|
|
| X
|-
| Development Process 
- version control 
- issue tracker 
- leadership open to new members 
- transparent decision making
|
|
| X
|-
| Documentation 
- user documentation 
- developer documentation
|
|
| X
|-
| Release Procedure 
- release process 
- documented testing process 
|
|
| X
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Foundation Resources
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Website Listing
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Community
! scope="col" width="155" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | OSGeo Project
|-
| website project list
| X
| X
| X
|-
| website choose-a-project
| X
| X
| X
|-
| OSGeo Live
| X
| X
| X
|-
| Marketing Collateral
|
| X
| X
|-
| Representation
|
|
| project officer
|-
| infrastructure and facilities
|
| X
| X
|-
| promotion & marketing
|
| X
| X
|-
| budget
|
| osgeo board
| project budget
|-
| fundraising
|
| X
| X
|}

=== Financial support ===

The incubation process establishes a project as a full fledged OSGeo committee, with a project project officer, with direct access to OSGeo treasurer, and reporting to the board during annual general meeting.

While Community projects are not recognized as an independent committee, the OSGeo board maintains an "OSGeo Community" initiative with budget to support your activities. Attend one of the OSGeo board monthly meetings, or ask on the board mailing list, if your project has an activity that can benefit from financial support.

For more information see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf osgeo_financial_guidence.pdf]

=== Branding ===

{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Community
! scope="col" width="310" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Project
|-
| [[File:OSGeo community.png|frameless|OSGeo Community Project]]
| [[File:OSGeo project.png|frameless|OSGeo Project]]
|}

== Step 1: Add OSGeo Website Project Page ==

To be listed on the OSGeo website:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
# Have a free license or open source license
#* The license must be OSI approved
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy

If you have questions about the above, or would like guidance on setting up your open source project, please reach out to us.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology api
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: I would like to ask permission to to list my project "water topology api" on the OSGeo website in order to share my work with more people!
::
:: The project is built on PostGIS topology providing a REST API to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The repository is located here: https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ released using GPL license.
::
:: My OSGeo userid is "atlantis" and I will need permission to create a project page.
::
:: Thanks!

== Step 2: Join Community Projects Program ==

Projects applying to the *OSGeo Community* program are asked to:

# Be geospatial
#* Confirm by checking README or project description
#* project page on the osgeo website
#* We ask projects have some user documentation, for example an OSGeo Live quickstart
# Have a free license or an open source license.
#* The license must be OSI approved
#* We ask that the project team check the file headers and double check the license has been appropriately applied
# Welcome participation and new contributors.
#* We look for a clear contribution policy
#* We ask that the project demonstrate collaboration, perhaps with a history of bug report or pull requests
#* Projects are required to have a code of conduct

OSGeo provides [https://www.osgeo.org/code_of_conduct/ code of conduct guidance], many projects selecting [https://www.contributor-covenant.org/ contribution covenant]).

OSGeo [[Community Projects]] can take part in the incubation committee for guidance on open source use, setting up project governance, promoting the project, and building the project community. We look forward to working with you. For sensitive topics (patents, copyright, trademarks, and license) you wish to attend a video meeting.

Here is an example email request ([https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator mailing list sign up required]):

: '''to''': incubator@lists.osgeo.org
:
: '''subject''': water topology community project application
:
: '''message''':
:
:: Incubation committee:
::
:: The Water Topology project would like to apply to join the OSGeo community program. We recently re-branded to just "water topology" to reflect client libraries being include in our project. The project provides web services built on PostGIS topology to help with watershed analysis and maintenance.
::
:: The osgeo project page is available here: https://osgeo.org/projects/watertopology and our user guide is located at https://watertopo.gitlab.host.net/ .
::
:: The repository remains at https://gitlab.host.net/watertopo/ with GPL license, contribution policy and code of conduct. We have checked our source code to ensure GPL license has been correctly applied. Our issue tracker is active, and we have received a number of merge-requests.
::
:: Thank you for your consideration and we look forward to your questions!

== Step 3: Incubation process and Graduation ==

The *OSGeo Project* designation is intended to recognize established projects with a diverse community of developers and users with a proven track record.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* a project team applies for the OSGeo incubation program. Successful projects are teamed up with an experienced open source mentor to help answer questions, obtain legal council, and help guide work on transparency and community development as required.

Although incubation is a lot of work, this is opportunity for project teams to grow and improve and be publicly recognized for their accomplishment.

To be recognized as an *OSGeo Project* we ask that project teams excel in each of areas mentioned above, see [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] or the comparison table on this page for more detail.

The OSGeo incubation process takes place in three stages:

# Initial Application
## Application request
## Mentor volunteer
# Incubator
## Project Status: project details, and a few resourcing questions for the system admin committee (see [[Project Status Template]]).
## Provenance Review: project team check to ensure the project is open source and has permission to distribute its source code.
## Project team and mentor work on [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/incubation/documents/graduation_checklist.pdf graduation checklist] priorities
# Graduation
## Mentor recommends project for graduation with motion to the incubation committee
## Committee chair informs the OSGeo board, who appoints the project team as a newly formed OSGeo committee

== Incubation ==

The following projects are currently in OSGeo incubation. The links provided are used to track the progress of incubation projects and are used by the developer team (and OSGeo mentor). In many cases the links will take you to a project specific wiki or website in order to be closer to their target community.

When projects have completed the graduation checklist their mentor will recommend them to the Incubation committee for graduation.

=== IstSOS ===

'''IstSOS''': http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/IstSOS
# [[IstSOS Provenance Review]]
# [[IstSOS Incubation Status]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jeff_McKenna|Jeff McKenna]]

=== Opticks ===

'''Opticks''': http://opticks.org
# [[Opticks Incubation Status]]
# no provenance review provided
# [[Opticks Incubation Checklist]]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Mark_Lucas|Mark Lucas]]

=== Oskari ===

'''Oskari''': http://oskari.org/
# [[Oskari Incubation Application]]
# [[Oskari Incubation Status]]
# [https://github.com/oskariorg/oskari-docs/wiki/Oskari-Incubation-Checklist Oskari Graduation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[Arnulf Christl]]

=== TEAM Engine ===

'''TEAM Engine''': http://teamengine.sourceforge.net
# [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1016 Incubation Application] from 2012
# [https://github.com/opengeospatial/teamengine/wiki/OSGEO-Graduation TEAM Engine Incubation Checklist]
# ''Mentor'': [[User: Jive|Jody Garnett]]

=== pgRouting ===

'''pgRouting''': https://pgrouting.org/
* ''Mentor'': [[Angelos_Tzotsos | Angelos_Tzotsos]]
* Incubation Application:
** [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2784 trac]
** [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-July/004504.html mail]
* [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2022-October/004555.html Incubator Motion to enter Incubation]
** [https://www.loomio.com/d/GBF93tJo/accept-pgrouting-to-osgeo-incubation/1 Board Motion to accept pgRouting to incubation]
* [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/PgRouting_Incubation_Status Project Status]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Project Graduation Checklist]
* [https://github.com/pgRouting/pgrouting/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Aincubation Issues tagged for OSGeo incubation] (label=OSGeo incubation)
* Graduation: None at this stage

== Graduated ==

The following status and provenance documents are for historical purposes, and are no longer actively maintained.

* Community Mapbuilder: [[Community Mapbuilder Incubation Progress]] | [[Community Mapbuilder Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-14, Mentor: Steve Lime)
* deegree: [[deegree Incubation Status]] | [[deegree Provenance Review]] (Entered: 2008-06-09, Graduated 2010-02-04, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* FDO: [[FDO Incubation Status]] | [[FDO Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-06, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* GEOS: [[GEOS Incubation Status]] | [[GEOS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-11-02, Graduated 2012-04-28, Mentor: Frank Warmerdam)
* GDAL/OGR: [[GDAL Incubation Progress]] | [[GDAL Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* Geomajas: [[GeoMajas Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMajas Provenance Review]] (Entered 2010-03-04, Graduated 2010-11-22, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* GeoNetwork: [[GeoNetwork Incubation Status]] | [[GeoNetwork Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2008-06-21, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoNode: [[GeoNode Incubation Status]] [[GeoNode Provenance Review]] [[GeoNode Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2015-08-13, Graduated 2016-11-09, Mentor: David Bitner)
* GeoMOOSE: [[GeoMoose Incubation Status]] | [[GeoMoose Provenance Review]] | [[GeoMoose Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2011-12-08, Graduated 2013-04-19, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* GeoTools: [[GeoTools Incubation Progress]] | [[GeoTools Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-07-18, Mentor: Cameron Shorter)
* GeoServer: [http://old.geoserver.org/OSGEO%20incubation%20questionnaire.html Incubation Questionnaire] | [http://old.geoserver.org/GeoServer%20Incubation%20Status.html Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] | [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-Incubation-Checklist Incubation Checklist] | [[Geoserver Mentor Notes]] (Entered 2009-11-05, Graduated 2013-03-15, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* gvSIG: [[gvSIG Incubation Status]] | [[gvSIG Provenance Review]] | [[gvSIG Incubation Checklist]] (Entered 2007-09-07, Graduated 2015-11-26, Mentor: Dimitris Kotzinos)
* GRASS: [[GRASS Incubation Progress]] | [[GRASS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2008-02-08, Mentor: Norman Vine and Arnulf Christl)
* Mapbender: [[Mapbender Incubation Progress]] | [[Mapbender Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2006-07-15, Mentor: Paul Spencer)
* MapFish: [[MapFish Incubation Status]] | [[MapFish Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-11-09, Graduated 2011-09-01, Mentor: Gary Sherman)
* MapGuide Open: [[MapGuide Incubation Status]] | [[MapGuide Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2007-03-02, Mentor: Daniel Morissette)
* MapServer: [[MapServer incubation status]] | [[MapServer Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-02-04, Graduated 2008-12-16, Mentor: Chris Holmes)
* Marble: [[Marble Incubation Status]] | [[Marble Code Provenance Review]] | [[Marble Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2012-10-12, Graduated 2013-10-17, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* OpenLayers: [[OpenLayers Incubation Status]] | [[OpenLayers Provenance Review]] (Entered 2006-11-10, Graduated 2007-11-16, Mentor: Howard Butler)
* Orfeo ToolBox (OTB): [[OTB Project Incubation Status]] | [[OTB Code Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-10-26, Graduated 2017-07-20, Mentor: Landon Blake)
* OSGeoLive: [[Live_GIS_Incubation_Graduation_Checklist|Graduation Checklist]] (Entered 2017-10-05, Graduated 2018-04-14, Mentor: Jody Garnett)
* PostGIS: [[PostGIS Incubation Status]] | [[PostGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2009-08-06, Graduated 2012-06-07, Mentor: Arnulf Christl)
* PROJ: [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/2268 Incubation Application] | [https://github.com/OSGeo/PROJ/wiki/Incubation-checklist PROJ Graduation Checklist] (Entered 2019-05-04, Graduated 2019-11-26, Mentor: Michael Smith )
* pycsw: [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Status Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/Project-Graduation-Checklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/pycsw-Provenance-Review Provenance Review] (Entered 2013-03-30, Graduated 2015-03-05, Mentor: Jeff McKenna)
* pygeoapi: [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeoIncubation-ProjectStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2021-11-03, Graduated 2022-08-21, Mentor: Michael Smith)
* PyWPS: [[PyWPS|Incubation Status]] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/geopython/pywps/wiki/ProjectProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2009-02-27, Graduated 2018-04-11, Mentor: Tom Kralidis)
* OSSIM: [[OSSIM incubation status]] | [http://trac.osgeo.org/ossim/wiki/ossimprovenance OSSIM Provenance Review] (Entered 2006-02-27, Graduated 2009-06-02, Mentor: Richard Gould)
* QGIS: [[QGIS Incubation Status]] | [[QGIS Provenance Review]] (Entered 2007-03-02, Graduated 2008-03-14, Mentor: Bob Bray)
* ZOO-Project: [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/OSGeoIncubationStatus Incubation Status] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProjectGraduationChecklist Graduation Checklist] | [https://github.com/ZOO-Project/ZOO-Project/wiki/ProvenanceReview Provenance Review] (Entered 2011-11-09, Graduated 2023-06-21, Mentors: Tom Kralidis, Dimitris Kotzinos, Frank Warmerdam)

The initial projects to go through the incubation process helped define what is required. The above pages tracked the progress (and capture the experience) of these projects.

== Withdrawn ==

The following projects did not complete incubation:

* '''[http://www.rasdaman.org rasdaman]''': : [[ rasdaman Incubation Status ]] | [http://rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoCodeProvenance Code Provenance] | [http://www.rasdaman.org/wiki/OSGeoIncubationChecklist Incubation Checklist] (Mentor [[User: Bruce.bannerman|Bruce Bannerman]] )
* '''[http://trac.osgeo.org/metacrs/ MetaCRS]''': :: [[MetaCRS Incubation Status]] (Mentor: Daniel Morissette)

== Committee Operation ==

The incubation committee operates within the OSGeo committee guidelines, operating in a close working relationship with the OSGeo board as reflected in our responsibilities above.

* Voting members: Voting members are maintained on this page as outlined below. This committee is volunteer based with committee member ship driven by email request to be added or removed. Inactive members (see below) are removed as needed to preserve committee function.
* Project mentors: Have volunteered to represent our organization at a personal level as a guest on the projects email list and meetings. Project mentors are responsible for recommending when a project is ready for graduation based on this first hand experience. For more information see mentor guidelines.
* Committee chair: Committee chair appointed by motion, result forward to the board for approval and recognition as an officer of the foundation. Committee chair is responsible for operation of the committee.
* Communication: This committee operates on the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator incubator mailing list]. With the occasional breakout IRC meeting, hangout, or phone call to explore specific issues.
* Decision making: Decision making is performed by email motion. Motions are held open for a two week period. Each motion requires a 50% quorum within the two week period. Voting consists of +1 (approval), +0 (slight agreement), -0 (slight disagreement), -1 (against). The committee chair is responsible for replying to the email thread with voting results and motion resolution.
** Email motions should be clearly worded and have a subject line “Motion:”.
** Motions are held open for a two week period to give everyone a chance to respond, this accounts for volunteers that are only available on weekends.
** At discretion of the chair a motion may be held open longer than two weeks.
** If a motion does not gather a 50% response within a two week period we may need to revisit our active member list – removing members that have not voted within the last year.
** Voting +0 and -0 are a good way to reach quorum for volunteers that have not had a chance to follow the discussion.
** There is no veto in the incubation committee, but we tend to respect -1 votes and withdraw motions that are divisive. It is noted that when reviewing graduation checklists -1 votes tend to track outstanding issues that are then addressed within the voting period.
* Independence: Our mandate is focused on providing to the OSGeo board as outlined above.

Example email:

Subject: motion: accept project x as a community project

The following motion has been made by Firstname Lastname:

Motion to accept project x as an community project.

This motion is held open for two weeks closing MONTH DAY, requiring 50% quorum,
from the following incubation committee members:

* LINE BY LINE BULLETED LIST OF CURRENT MEMBERS

A subsequent email will be sent when the motion is completed, either by the elapsed time period, or by unanimous consent before the closing period.

=== Committee Members ===

'''Volunteers Welcome''' - if you would like to take part we are always looking for new members, sign up to the [https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator email list], and introduce yourself to volunteer.

Current members:

* [[User:Kalxas|Angelos Tzotsos]]
* Arnulf Christl
* Bob (CI-StPaul) Basques
* [[User:darkblueb|Brian M Hamlin]]
* Daniel Morissette
* Dimitris Kotzinos
* Frank Warmerdam
* [[User:JoCook|Jo Cook]]
* [[User:Jive|Jody Garnett]] (chair)
* Michael Smith
* [[User:Robe|Regina Obe]]
* Steve Lime
* Tom Kralidis

'''Thank you''' - we ask that volunteers remain active, joining the discussion and voting on the email list. If you are unable to take part please send us an email. As volunteers we understand that life can get in the way of advocacy – you are welcome to rejoin at any time. We will also retire inactive members as needed. Prior members:

* Bruce Bannerman
* Landon Blake
* Robert Bray
* Howard Butler
* Chris Holmes
* Julien-Samuel Lacroix
* Mark Lucas
* Judit Mays
* Jeff McKenna
* Markus Neteler
* Markus Schneider
* Cameron Shorter
* Paul Spencer
* Jeroen Ticheler
* Norman Vine

=== Documents ===

* Official incubator public web page is at: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/ (with members list).
* [[OSGeo_Community_Projects]]
* [[Incubation FAQ]]
* [[Official_IncCom_Documents]]
* Incubation process docs: https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/incubation-process/ (original [[Official_IncCom_Documents|wiki draft documents]])
* [[Incubation Badges]]

Draft or discussion documents
* Draft [[Commiter Responsibilities Guidelines]]
* Draft [[5-star-rating]] - discussion about more fine incubation procedure
* OSGeo Distribution and Committer [[http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/legal/licenses.html licenses] which can be used as is, or as an example for projects starting off with participatory open source.
** Geotools Copyright Assignment ([http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.pdf pdf], [http://download.osgeo.org/osgeo/legal/GeotoolsAssignmentToOSGeo.odt odt]) - previous example
** [[Project Copyright Assignment]] - previous example
* [[Contributor Agreement]] and FAQ
* [[Incubation Phases]] proposal

Document Refresh 2014
* [[Project Graduation Checklist]]

References:
* [[Project Infrastructure Migration]]
* [http://producingoss.com/html-chunk/index.html Producing OSS] - by Karl Fogel - an excellent primer on running an FOSS project.

Reports:
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2012]]
* [[Incubation Committee Report 2011]]

Trac:
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&order=priority Open Incubator Trac Issues]
* [http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=new&status=assigned&status=reopened&component=Incubator&keywords=%7Eapplication&order=priority Pending Incubation Applications]

== Meetings and Reports ==
Meetings are scheduled via [http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator Mailing List] and take place via [[Getting_Started#Jump_on_IRC | IRC]] at the times specified in the [[Foundation Calendar]].
* [[IncCom Meeting1|First Meeting]] - March 13th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting2|Second Meeting]] - March 20th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting3|Third Meeting]] - March 27th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting4|Fourth Meeting]] - April 10th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting5|Fifth Meeting]] - April 24th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting6|Sixth Meeting]] - June 19th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting7|Seventh Meeting]] - August 7th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting8|Eighth Meeting]] - October 30th 2006
* [[IncCom Meeting9|Nineth Meeting]] - February 12th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting10|Tenth Meeting]] - June 11th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting11|Eleventh Meeting]] - October 29th 2007
* [[IncCom Meeting12|Twelfth Meeting]] - September 8th 2008
* [[IncCom Meeting13|Thirteenth Meeting]] - October 29th 2009
* [[IncCom Meeting14|Fourteenth Meeting]] - March 1th 2010
* [[IncCom Meeting15]] - Nov 21 2011
* [[IncCom Meeting16]] - Jan 17 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting17]] - March 19 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting18]] - May 21 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting19]] - July 23 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting20]] - Sep 24 2012
* [[IncCom Meeting21]] - Feb 18 2013
* [[IncCom Report22]] - 2013 Q2
* [[IncCom Report23]] - 2013 Q3
* [[IncCom Report24]] - 2014 Q1
* [[Fall 2014 Committee Report for OSGeo Journal]]

[[Category:Incubation]]
[[Category:Committees]]

OSGeo Budget 2024

2024-01-29T20:12:01Z

Jive: /* OSGeo Committees */

Draft budget for 2024, see [[OSGeo Budget 2023]] and [[Finance Committee#Documents]] for prior years.

Total Approved Budget for 2023: $171,650 USD

Total spending for 2023: TBD

Total Approved Budget for 2024: TBD

== OSGeo Board ==

OSGeo board operates according to our bylaws providing vision and direction for our foundation. The board has also taken on responsibility setting for an annual budget, building partner relationships, sponsorship program and code sprints.

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|-
! Board
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft
! Notes
|-
| Admin
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| Operational expenses including liability insurance, tax filing fees, quickbooks, mail, IRS, bank fees.
|-
| Travel
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| Travel to main FOSS4G, F2F meeting and regional/representative events
|-
| Partners and Sponsors
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| Relationship building, attending b2b functions, foss4g/foss4ge/foss4gna/foss4g-asia breakfast meetings. Meetings with sponsors during events
|}

Total Board Budget for 2023: $20,000 USD

Total Board spending for 2023: TBD

Total Board Budget for 2024: $20,000 USD

== OSGeo Committees ==

The following committees have been formed to fulfill out goals as an organization, each committee is provided a mandate, with the chair of the committee represented as an officer of our organization.

* Code of Conduct Committee
* Conference Committee
* GeoForAll - committee acting as advisory board for the GeoForAll Initiative
* Incubation Committee - committee providing hands-on support for project teams adopting open source principles and practice.
* Marketing Committee - outreach and advocacy support
* Open GeoScience Committee
* System Administration Committee - foundation infrastructure
* UN Committee - committee responsible for our participation in the UN Open GIS program

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|-
! OSGeo Committees
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| SAC
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,550 [32,550]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [53,450]
| [[SAC:Budget#2024|SAC:Budget 2024]]
|-
| OpenGeoScience
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,500 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2023-December/013429.html
|-
| Conference
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marketing
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,500 [7,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [22,000]
| [[Marketing Committee Budget 2024]]
|-
| GeoForAll
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| UN Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Incubation Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,000 [8,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|}

Total Committees Budget for 2023: $48,550 USD

Total Committees spending for 2023: TBD

Total Committees Budget for 2023: TBD

== OSGeo Initiatives ==

OSGeo initiatives have formed to pursue a specific short term, or long term goal. Initiatives maybe formed by a committee or the board as required. Initiatives are a great way to collaborate with projects, committees and partners.

* FOSS4G - event series produced in collaboration with the conference committee and local chapters
* GeoForAll - education and research program produced in collaboration with our partners
* Incubation - mentor program for open source projects to be recognized as OSGeo project
* Local Chapters - board outreach initiative establishing regional OSGeo groups for direct grassroots advoacacy
* GSoC - coordinate participation in google-summer-of-code and code-in activities
* Travel Grant Program - provides assistance for attending OSGeo events

Proposed initiatives:

* no new initiatives proposed for 2024

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|-
! OSGeo Initiatives
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| FOSS4G
| style="text-align:right;" | (56,478)
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | (48,000)
| Seed money for 2024. Not accounted in the total budget, since they are expected to return after the conference.
|-
| Local Chapters
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board, considering putting aside money to help establish local chapters (for logistics, legal advise, kickoff meetings rather than any sponsorship or direct funding)
|-
| GSoC
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board.
|-
| Travel Grant Program
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by Conference Committee. Recommendation: 10k for FOSS4G 2024, 5k for local events
|-
| Events and Code Sprints
| style="text-align:right;" | 20,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board. Funding to help organize OSGeo Code Sprint and other events.
|-
| Community Projects
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board since community projects do not have an assigned officer to handle their budget. We have around 30 projects expected in 2024. Board note: Budgeted 300$ for each project. To be amended if we hit the ceiling of the budget.
|-
| opengis.org namespace fix
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000 [20,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000?
| style="text-align:right;" | none
| Activity completed
|}

Total Initiatives Budget for 2023: $55,000 USD

Total Initiatives spending for 2023: TBD

Total Initiatives Budget for 2024: TBD

= Projects =

== OSGeo Projects ==

OSGeo Projects each have a project steering committee, the chair of which is acknowledged as a foundation officer with spending authority on behalf of their committee.

Notes:

* We have reached out (2024) to the projects mailing list.
* Board decided to assign a default budget of $1000 for any project that has reported to the board within the year.
* Projects with a plan may of course ask for increased funding
* This is a budget, representing planned spending in 2024 - actual balance available to each PSC (from fundraising, donations and sponsorship) may be considered when planning.
* If a project did not respond (or runs into an unforeseen expense) please contact the board throughout the year as budgets can be amended

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|-
! OSGeo Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| deegree
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/deegree/deegree3/wiki/deegree-budget-2024 deegree 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities and Budget]
|-
| GDAL/OGR
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoMOOSE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [4,000]
| [https://github.com/geomoose/geomoose/wiki/PSC-Meeting-2023-12-08#Vote-on-Budget-proposal-for-2024 PSC budget meeting ]
|-
| GeoNetwork
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/wiki/GeoNetwork-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoNetwork 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GeoNode
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GEOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,700 [5,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoServer 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GeoTools
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [10,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoTools 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GRASS GIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,400 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [[GRASS GIS Budget 2024]]
|-
| gvSIG
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2024 gvSIG Budget 2024]
|-
| Mapbender
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| MapServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,500
| https://github.com/MapServer/MapServer/wiki/MapServer-2024-Budget
|-
| Marble
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Need to report to the board to get a budget
|-
| OpenLayers
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/wiki/OpenLayers-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities
|-
| OTB
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OSGeoLive
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PostGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500 [3,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PROJ
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| pycsw
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,393
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| pygeoapi
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | [4,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| PyWPS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| QGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
|
|-
| ZOO-Project
| style="text-align:right;" | 300
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| 2023 budget as community project
|-
|}

Total Projects Budget for 2023: $48,100 USD

Total Projects spending for 2023: TBD

Total Projects Budget for 2024: TBD

== Community Projects ==

Community projects act through the board as they do not have a project officer. Board approved $300 for each project (see Community Projects Initiative above)

Some guidance is offered by individual projects below.

Please note that this table records budget requests, not approved budgets.

* Community Projects can ask the Board for spending approval (since they do not have a Project Officer) from the approved Community Projects budget.
* Projects that have been accepted into the incubation program can ask the Incubation Committee for assistance to work on incubation (such requests are included in the incubation committee budget not here).

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! Community Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| GeoWebCache
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [5000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 250
| 2023 Activity covered by opengis initiative
|-
| mappyfile
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | [300]
| https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013451.html
|-
| GeoHealthCheck
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | [250]
| https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2023-December/013434.html
|-
|}

= Events =

== Community Events ==

We have set aside a budget for community events in 2024:

* Supporting community building events is distinct from the development focused code-sprints below
* We are inviting community members to contact us about events (rather than try and adjust their event to fit into our code sprint guidelines)
* OSGeo is is focused on our outreach goals as an organization as such our primary contribution to events is free software and enthusiasm rather than finical, we use funding to enable our members rather than for sponsorship and visibility.
* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document]

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! Event Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| List your event here
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|
|}

== Code Sprints ==

We have asked project teams for guidance to help set our code sprint budget:

* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document] ask for event details, budget and fundraising on your part.
* Our priority is to share the risk with organizers allowing access to funds early to book facilities as required
* Code sprint budget is structured carry funds from one event to the next allowing us to hold more code-sprints with a smaller annual budget.

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! Sprint Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| OSGeo Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Bolsena Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GRASS GIS Community Meeting
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,500]
| [[GRASS GIS Community Meeting 2024: Budget]]
|-
|}

= Approval and Amendments =

* Budget Meeting: [[Board_Meeting_2023-12-26]]
* Loomio Motion: TBD
* Amendments: TBD

[[Category:Budget]]
[[Category:Finance]]

Board Meeting 2024-01-30

2024-01-24T03:39:03Z

Jive: /* Current items */

This board meeting is '''scheduled Tuesday 30 January 2024''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2024&month=01&day=30&hour=18&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=51&p6=312 '''18:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board Loomio] and actions on the [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues OSGeo todo] issue tracker.

== Agenda ==

=== Current items ===

# ''roll call''
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2023-12-26]]
# Welcome new board members
# OSGeo Budget 2024
# Review pending actions
# sponsorship call out
# ''Add your topic here''

== Minutes ==

* Presiding:
* Scribing:
* Attending:
* Guests:

=== Actions ===

* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

== IRC Log ==
* no log, Jitsi meeting

== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2024-02-27]]

[[Category:Board]]
[[Category:Board Meetings 2024]]

OSGeo Budget 2024

2024-01-09T23:54:17Z

Jive: /* OSGeo Projects */

Draft budget for 2024, see [[OSGeo Budget 2023]] and [[Finance Committee#Documents]] for prior years.

Total Approved Budget for 2023: $171,650 USD

Total spending for 2023: TBD

Total Approved Budget for 2024: TBD

== OSGeo Board ==

OSGeo board operates according to our bylaws providing vision and direction for our foundation. The board has also taken on responsibility setting for an annual budget, building partner relationships, sponsorship program and code sprints.

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|-
! Board
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft
! Notes
|-
| Admin
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| Operational expenses including liability insurance, tax filing fees, quickbooks, mail, IRS, bank fees.
|-
| Travel
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| Travel to main FOSS4G, F2F meeting and regional/representative events
|-
| Partners and Sponsors
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| Relationship building, attending b2b functions, foss4g/foss4ge/foss4gna/foss4g-asia breakfast meetings. Meetings with sponsors during events
|}

Total Board Budget for 2023: $20,000 USD

Total Board spending for 2023: TBD

Total Board Budget for 2024: $20,000 USD

== OSGeo Committees ==

The following committees have been formed to fulfill out goals as an organization, each committee is provided a mandate, with the chair of the committee represented as an officer of our organization.

* Code of Conduct Committee
* Conference Committee
* GeoForAll - committee acting as advisory board for the GeoForAll Initiative
* Incubation Committee - committee providing hands-on support for project teams adopting open source principles and practice.
* Marketing Committee - outreach and advocacy support
* Open GeoScience Committee
* System Administration Committee - foundation infrastructure
* UN Committee - committee responsible for our participation in the UN Open GIS program

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|-
! OSGeo Committees
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| SAC
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,550 [32,550]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [53450]
| [[SAC:Budget#2024|SAC:Budget 2024]]
|-
| OpenGeoScience
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,500 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Conference
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marketing
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,500 [7,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoForAll
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| UN Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Incubation Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,000 [8,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|}

Total Committees Budget for 2023: $48,550 USD

Total Committees spending for 2023: TBD

Total Committees Budget for 2023: TBD

== OSGeo Initiatives ==

OSGeo initiatives have formed to pursue a specific short term, or long term goal. Initiatives maybe formed by a committee or the board as required. Initiatives are a great way to collaborate with projects, committees and partners.

* FOSS4G - event series produced in collaboration with the conference committee and local chapters
* GeoForAll - education and research program produced in collaboration with our partners
* Incubation - mentor program for open source projects to be recognized as OSGeo project
* Local Chapters - board outreach initiative establishing regional OSGeo groups for direct grassroots advoacacy
* GSoC - coordinate participation in google-summer-of-code and code-in activities
* Travel Grant Program - provides assistance for attending OSGeo events

Proposed initiatives:

* no new initiatives proposed for 2024

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|-
! OSGeo Initiatives
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| FOSS4G
| style="text-align:right;" | (56,478)
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Seed money for 2024. Not accounted in the total budget, since they are expected to return after the conference.
|-
| Local Chapters
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board, considering putting aside money to help establish local chapters (for logistics, legal advise, kickoff meetings rather than any sponsorship or direct funding)
|-
| GSoC
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board.
|-
| Travel Grant Program
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by Conference Committee. Recommendation: 10k for FOSS4G 2024, 5k for local events
|-
| Events and Code Sprints
| style="text-align:right;" | 20,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board. Funding to help organize OSGeo Code Sprint and other events.
|-
| Community Projects
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board since community projects do not have an assigned officer to handle their budget. We have around 30 projects expected in 2024. Board note: Budgeted 300$ for each project. To be amended if we hit the ceiling of the budget.
|-
| opengis.org namespace fix
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000 [20,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000?
| style="text-align:right;" | none
| Activity completed
|}

Total Initiatives Budget for 2023: $55,000 USD

Total Initiatives spending for 2023: TBD

Total Initiatives Budget for 2024: TBD

= Projects =

== OSGeo Projects ==

OSGeo Projects each have a project steering committee, the chair of which is acknowledged as a foundation officer with spending authority on behalf of their committee.

Notes:

* We have reached out (2024) to the projects mailing list.
* Board decided to assign a default budget of $1000 for any project that has reported to the board within the year.
* Projects with a plan may of course ask for increased funding
* This is a budget, representing planned spending in 2024 - actual balance available to each PSC (from fundraising, donations and sponsorship) may be considered when planning.
* If a project did not respond (or runs into an unforeseen expense) please contact the board throughout the year as budgets can be amended

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|-
! OSGeo Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| deegree
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/deegree/deegree3/wiki/deegree-budget-2024 deegree 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities and Budget]
|-
| GDAL/OGR
| style="text-align:right;" | 1000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoMOOSE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [4250]
| [https://github.com/geomoose/geomoose/wiki/PSC-Meeting-2023-11-17#budget-plan-for-2024 PSC budget meeting (used 1750 for sprint estimate)]
|-
| GeoNetwork
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork/wiki/GeoNetwork-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoNetwork 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GeoNode
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GEOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,700 [5,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoServer 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GeoTools
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000 [10,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoTools 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GRASS GIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,400 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [[GRASS GIS Budget 2024]]
|-
| gvSIG
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2024 gvSIG Budget 2024]
|-
| Mapbender
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| MapServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marble
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Need to report to the board to get a budget
|-
| OpenLayers
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/wiki/OpenLayers-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities
|-
| OTB
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OSGeoLive
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PostGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500 [3,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PROJ
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| pycsw
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,393
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| pygeoapi
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | [4,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| PyWPS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| QGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
|
|-
| ZOO-Project
| style="text-align:right;" | 300
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| 2023 budget as community project
|-
|}

Total Projects Budget for 2023: $48,100 USD

Total Projects spending for 2023: TBD

Total Projects Budget for 2024: TBD

== Community Projects ==

Community projects act through the board as they do not have a project officer. Board approved $300 for each project (see Community Projects Initiative above)

Some guidance is offered by individual projects below.

Please note that this table records budget requests, not approved budgets.

* Community Projects can ask the Board for spending approval (since they do not have a Project Officer) from the approved Community Projects budget.
* Projects that have been accepted into the incubation program can ask the Incubation Committee for assistance to work on incubation (such requests are included in the incubation committee budget not here).

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|-
! Community Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| istSOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [1000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoWebCache
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [5000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | none
| 2023 Activity covered by opengis initiative
|-
|}

= Events =

== Community Events ==

We have set aside a budget for community events in 2024:

* Supporting community building events is distinct from the development focused code-sprints below
* We are inviting community members to contact us about events (rather than try and adjust their event to fit into our code sprint guidelines)
* OSGeo is is focused on our outreach goals as an organization as such our primary contribution to events is free software and enthusiasm rather than finical, we use funding to enable our members rather than for sponsorship and visibility.
* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document]

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! Event Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| List your event here
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|
|}

== Code Sprints ==

We have asked project teams for guidance to help set our code sprint budget:

* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document] ask for event details, budget and fundraising on your part.
* Our priority is to share the risk with organizers allowing access to funds early to book facilities as required
* Code sprint budget is structured carry funds from one event to the next allowing us to hold more code-sprints with a smaller annual budget.

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! Sprint Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| OSGeo Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Bolsena Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GRASS GIS Community Meeting
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,500]
| [[GRASS GIS Community Meeting 2024: Budget]]
|-
|}

= Approval and Amendments =

* Budget Meeting: [[Board_Meeting_2023-12-26]]
* Loomio Motion: TBD
* Amendments: TBD

[[Category:Budget]]
[[Category:Finance]]

OSGeo Budget 2024

2024-01-08T02:25:06Z

Jive: /* OSGeo Initiatives */

Draft budget for 2024, see [[OSGeo Budget 2023]] and [[Finance Committee#Documents]] for prior years.

Total Approved Budget for 2023: $171,650 USD

Total spending for 2023: TBD

Total Approved Budget for 2024: TBD

== OSGeo Board ==

OSGeo board operates according to our bylaws providing vision and direction for our foundation. The board has also taken on responsibility setting for an annual budget, building partner relationships, sponsorship program and code sprints.

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! Board
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft
! Notes
|-
| Admin
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| Operational expenses including liability insurance, tax filing fees, quickbooks, mail, IRS, bank fees.
|-
| Travel
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| Travel to main FOSS4G, F2F meeting and regional/representative events
|-
| Partners and Sponsors
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| Relationship building, attending b2b functions, foss4g/foss4ge/foss4gna/foss4g-asia breakfast meetings. Meetings with sponsors during events
|}

Total Board Budget for 2023: $20,000 USD

Total Board spending for 2023: TBD

Total Board Budget for 2024: $20,000 USD

== OSGeo Committees ==

The following committees have been formed to fulfill out goals as an organization, each committee is provided a mandate, with the chair of the committee represented as an officer of our organization.

* Code of Conduct Committee
* Conference Committee
* GeoForAll - committee acting as advisory board for the GeoForAll Initiative
* Incubation Committee - committee providing hands-on support for project teams adopting open source principles and practice.
* Marketing Committee - outreach and advocacy support
* Open GeoScience Committee
* System Administration Committee - foundation infrastructure
* UN Committee - committee responsible for our participation in the UN Open GIS program

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|-
! OSGeo Committees
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| SAC
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,550 [32,550]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [53450]
| [[SAC:Budget#2024|SAC:Budget 2024]]
|-
| OpenGeoScience
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,500 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Conference
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marketing
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,500 [7,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoForAll
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| UN Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Incubation Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,000 [8,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|}

Total Committees Budget for 2023: $48,550 USD

Total Committees spending for 2023: TBD

Total Committees Budget for 2023: TBD

== OSGeo Initiatives ==

OSGeo initiatives have formed to pursue a specific short term, or long term goal. Initiatives maybe formed by a committee or the board as required. Initiatives are a great way to collaborate with projects, committees and partners.

* FOSS4G - event series produced in collaboration with the conference committee and local chapters
* GeoForAll - education and research program produced in collaboration with our partners
* Incubation - mentor program for open source projects to be recognized as OSGeo project
* Local Chapters - board outreach initiative establishing regional OSGeo groups for direct grassroots advoacacy
* GSoC - coordinate participation in google-summer-of-code and code-in activities
* Travel Grant Program - provides assistance for attending OSGeo events

Proposed initiatives:

* no new initiatives proposed for 2024

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|-
! OSGeo Initiatives
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| FOSS4G
| style="text-align:right;" | (56,478)
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Seed money for 2024. Not accounted in the total budget, since they are expected to return after the conference.
|-
| Local Chapters
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board, considering putting aside money to help establish local chapters (for logistics, legal advise, kickoff meetings rather than any sponsorship or direct funding)
|-
| GSoC
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board.
|-
| Travel Grant Program
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by Conference Committee. Recommendation: 10k for FOSS4G 2024, 5k for local events
|-
| Events and Code Sprints
| style="text-align:right;" | 20,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board. Funding to help organize OSGeo Code Sprint and other events.
|-
| Community Projects
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board since community projects do not have an assigned officer to handle their budget. We have around 30 projects expected in 2024. Board note: Budgeted 300$ for each project. To be amended if we hit the ceiling of the budget.
|-
| opengis.org namespace fix
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000 [20,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000?
| style="text-align:right;" | none
| Activity completed
|}

Total Initiatives Budget for 2023: $55,000 USD

Total Initiatives spending for 2023: TBD

Total Initiatives Budget for 2024: TBD

= Projects =

== OSGeo Projects ==

OSGeo Projects each have a project steering committee, the chair of which is acknowledged as a foundation officer with spending authority on behalf of their committee.

Notes:

* We have reached out (2024) to the projects mailing list.
* Board decided to assign a default budget of $1000 for any project that has reported to the board within the year.
* Projects with a plan may of course ask for increased funding
* This is a budget, representing planned spending in 2024 - actual balance available to each PSC (from fundraising, donations and sponsorship) may be considered when planning.
* If a project did not respond (or runs into an unforeseen expense) please contact the board throughout the year as budgets can be amended

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|-
! OSGeo Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| deegree
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/deegree/deegree3/wiki/deegree-budget-2024 deegree 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities and Budget]
|-
| GDAL/OGR
| style="text-align:right;" | 1000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoMOOSE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [4250]
| [https://github.com/geomoose/geomoose/wiki/PSC-Meeting-2023-11-17#budget-plan-for-2024 PSC budget meeting (used 1750 for sprint estimate)]
|-
| GeoNetwork
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoNode
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GEOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,700 [5,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoServer 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GeoTools
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000 [10,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoTools 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GRASS GIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,400 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [[GRASS GIS Budget 2024]]
|-
| gvSIG
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2024 gvSIG Budget 2024]
|-
| Mapbender
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| MapServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marble
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Need to report to the board to get a budget
|-
| OpenLayers
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/wiki/OpenLayers-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities
|-
| OTB
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OSGeoLive
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PostGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500 [3,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PROJ
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| pycsw
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,393
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| pygeoapi
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | [4,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| PyWPS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| QGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
|
|-
| ZOO-Project
| style="text-align:right;" | 300
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| 2023 budget as community project
|-
|}

Total Projects Budget for 2023: $48,100 USD

Total Projects spending for 2023: TBD

Total Projects Budget for 2024: TBD

== Community Projects ==

Community projects act through the board as they do not have a project officer. Board approved $300 for each project (see Community Projects Initiative above)

Some guidance is offered by individual projects below.

Please note that this table records budget requests, not approved budgets.

* Community Projects can ask the Board for spending approval (since they do not have a Project Officer) from the approved Community Projects budget.
* Projects that have been accepted into the incubation program can ask the Incubation Committee for assistance to work on incubation (such requests are included in the incubation committee budget not here).

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|-
! Community Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| istSOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [1000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoWebCache
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [5000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | none
| 2023 Activity covered by opengis initiative
|-
|}

= Events =

== Community Events ==

We have set aside a budget for community events in 2024:

* Supporting community building events is distinct from the development focused code-sprints below
* We are inviting community members to contact us about events (rather than try and adjust their event to fit into our code sprint guidelines)
* OSGeo is is focused on our outreach goals as an organization as such our primary contribution to events is free software and enthusiasm rather than finical, we use funding to enable our members rather than for sponsorship and visibility.
* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document]

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|-
! Event Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| List your event here
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|
|}

== Code Sprints ==

We have asked project teams for guidance to help set our code sprint budget:

* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document] ask for event details, budget and fundraising on your part.
* Our priority is to share the risk with organizers allowing access to funds early to book facilities as required
* Code sprint budget is structured carry funds from one event to the next allowing us to hold more code-sprints with a smaller annual budget.

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|-
! Sprint Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| OSGeo Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Bolsena Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GRASS GIS Community Meeting
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,500]
| [[GRASS GIS Community Meeting 2024: Budget]]
|-
|}

= Approval and Amendments =

* Budget Meeting: [[Board_Meeting_2023-12-26]]
* Loomio Motion: TBD
* Amendments: TBD

[[Category:Budget]]
[[Category:Finance]]

OSGeo Budget 2024

2024-01-08T02:23:59Z

Jive: /* Community Projects */

Draft budget for 2024, see [[OSGeo Budget 2023]] and [[Finance Committee#Documents]] for prior years.

Total Approved Budget for 2023: $171,650 USD

Total spending for 2023: TBD

Total Approved Budget for 2024: TBD

== OSGeo Board ==

OSGeo board operates according to our bylaws providing vision and direction for our foundation. The board has also taken on responsibility setting for an annual budget, building partner relationships, sponsorship program and code sprints.

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! Board
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft
! Notes
|-
| Admin
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| Operational expenses including liability insurance, tax filing fees, quickbooks, mail, IRS, bank fees.
|-
| Travel
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| Travel to main FOSS4G, F2F meeting and regional/representative events
|-
| Partners and Sponsors
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| Relationship building, attending b2b functions, foss4g/foss4ge/foss4gna/foss4g-asia breakfast meetings. Meetings with sponsors during events
|}

Total Board Budget for 2023: $20,000 USD

Total Board spending for 2023: TBD

Total Board Budget for 2024: $20,000 USD

== OSGeo Committees ==

The following committees have been formed to fulfill out goals as an organization, each committee is provided a mandate, with the chair of the committee represented as an officer of our organization.

* Code of Conduct Committee
* Conference Committee
* GeoForAll - committee acting as advisory board for the GeoForAll Initiative
* Incubation Committee - committee providing hands-on support for project teams adopting open source principles and practice.
* Marketing Committee - outreach and advocacy support
* Open GeoScience Committee
* System Administration Committee - foundation infrastructure
* UN Committee - committee responsible for our participation in the UN Open GIS program

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|-
! OSGeo Committees
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| SAC
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,550 [32,550]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [53450]
| [[SAC:Budget#2024|SAC:Budget 2024]]
|-
| OpenGeoScience
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,500 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Conference
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marketing
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,500 [7,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoForAll
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| UN Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Incubation Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,000 [8,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|}

Total Committees Budget for 2023: $48,550 USD

Total Committees spending for 2023: TBD

Total Committees Budget for 2023: TBD

== OSGeo Initiatives ==

OSGeo initiatives have formed to pursue a specific short term, or long term goal. Initiatives maybe formed by a committee or the board as required. Initiatives are a great way to collaborate with projects, committees and partners.

* FOSS4G - event series produced in collaboration with the conference committee and local chapters
* GeoForAll - education and research program produced in collaboration with our partners
* Incubation - mentor program for open source projects to be recognized as OSGeo project
* Local Chapters - board outreach initiative establishing regional OSGeo groups for direct grassroots advoacacy
* GSoC - coordinate participation in google-summer-of-code and code-in activities
* Travel Grant Program - provides assistance for attending OSGeo events

Proposed initiatives:

* security - proposed emergency funding for osgeo projects confronted with disruptive security issue. Application similar to code-sprint requires both a solid budget and a formal CVE report to work against.
* opengis harmonization - proposed response to [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/142 #142] coordinating required activities across projects (rather than as individual budget requests listed below).

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|-
! OSGeo Initiatives
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| FOSS4G
| style="text-align:right;" | (56,478)
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Seed money for 2024. Not accounted in the total budget, since they are expected to return after the conference.
|-
| Local Chapters
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board, considering putting aside money to help establish local chapters (for logistics, legal advise, kickoff meetings rather than any sponsorship or direct funding)
|-
| GSoC
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board.
|-
| Travel Grant Program
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by Conference Committee. Recommendation: 10k for FOSS4G 2024, 5k for local events
|-
| Events and Code Sprints
| style="text-align:right;" | 20,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board. Funding to help organize OSGeo Code Sprint and other events.
|-
| Community Projects
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board since community projects do not have an assigned officer to handle their budget. We have around 30 projects expected in 2024. Board note: Budgeted 300$ for each project. To be amended if we hit the ceiling of the budget.
|-
| opengis.org namespace fix
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000 [20,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000?
| style="text-align:right;" | none
| Activity completed
|}

Total Initiatives Budget for 2023: $55,000 USD

Total Initiatives spending for 2023: TBD

Total Initiatives Budget for 2024: TBD

= Projects =

== OSGeo Projects ==

OSGeo Projects each have a project steering committee, the chair of which is acknowledged as a foundation officer with spending authority on behalf of their committee.

Notes:

* We have reached out (2024) to the projects mailing list.
* Board decided to assign a default budget of $1000 for any project that has reported to the board within the year.
* Projects with a plan may of course ask for increased funding
* This is a budget, representing planned spending in 2024 - actual balance available to each PSC (from fundraising, donations and sponsorship) may be considered when planning.
* If a project did not respond (or runs into an unforeseen expense) please contact the board throughout the year as budgets can be amended

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|-
! OSGeo Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| deegree
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/deegree/deegree3/wiki/deegree-budget-2024 deegree 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities and Budget]
|-
| GDAL/OGR
| style="text-align:right;" | 1000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoMOOSE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [4250]
| [https://github.com/geomoose/geomoose/wiki/PSC-Meeting-2023-11-17#budget-plan-for-2024 PSC budget meeting (used 1750 for sprint estimate)]
|-
| GeoNetwork
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoNode
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GEOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,700 [5,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoServer 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GeoTools
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000 [10,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoTools 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GRASS GIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,400 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [[GRASS GIS Budget 2024]]
|-
| gvSIG
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2024 gvSIG Budget 2024]
|-
| Mapbender
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| MapServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marble
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Need to report to the board to get a budget
|-
| OpenLayers
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/wiki/OpenLayers-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities
|-
| OTB
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OSGeoLive
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PostGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500 [3,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PROJ
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| pycsw
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,393
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| pygeoapi
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | [4,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| PyWPS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| QGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
|
|-
| ZOO-Project
| style="text-align:right;" | 300
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| 2023 budget as community project
|-
|}

Total Projects Budget for 2023: $48,100 USD

Total Projects spending for 2023: TBD

Total Projects Budget for 2024: TBD

== Community Projects ==

Community projects act through the board as they do not have a project officer. Board approved $300 for each project (see Community Projects Initiative above)

Some guidance is offered by individual projects below.

Please note that this table records budget requests, not approved budgets.

* Community Projects can ask the Board for spending approval (since they do not have a Project Officer) from the approved Community Projects budget.
* Projects that have been accepted into the incubation program can ask the Incubation Committee for assistance to work on incubation (such requests are included in the incubation committee budget not here).

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|-
! Community Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| istSOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [1000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoWebCache
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [5000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | none
| 2023 Activity covered by opengis initiative
|-
|}

= Events =

== Community Events ==

We have set aside a budget for community events in 2024:

* Supporting community building events is distinct from the development focused code-sprints below
* We are inviting community members to contact us about events (rather than try and adjust their event to fit into our code sprint guidelines)
* OSGeo is is focused on our outreach goals as an organization as such our primary contribution to events is free software and enthusiasm rather than finical, we use funding to enable our members rather than for sponsorship and visibility.
* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document]

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|-
! Event Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| List your event here
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|
|}

== Code Sprints ==

We have asked project teams for guidance to help set our code sprint budget:

* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document] ask for event details, budget and fundraising on your part.
* Our priority is to share the risk with organizers allowing access to funds early to book facilities as required
* Code sprint budget is structured carry funds from one event to the next allowing us to hold more code-sprints with a smaller annual budget.

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|-
! Sprint Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| OSGeo Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Bolsena Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GRASS GIS Community Meeting
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,500]
| [[GRASS GIS Community Meeting 2024: Budget]]
|-
|}

= Approval and Amendments =

* Budget Meeting: [[Board_Meeting_2023-12-26]]
* Loomio Motion: TBD
* Amendments: TBD

[[Category:Budget]]
[[Category:Finance]]

OSGeo Budget 2024

2024-01-08T02:05:17Z

Jive: /* OSGeo Initiatives */

Draft budget for 2024, see [[OSGeo Budget 2023]] and [[Finance Committee#Documents]] for prior years.

Total Approved Budget for 2023: $171,650 USD

Total spending for 2023: TBD

Total Approved Budget for 2024: TBD

== OSGeo Board ==

OSGeo board operates according to our bylaws providing vision and direction for our foundation. The board has also taken on responsibility setting for an annual budget, building partner relationships, sponsorship program and code sprints.

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|-
! Board
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft
! Notes
|-
| Admin
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| Operational expenses including liability insurance, tax filing fees, quickbooks, mail, IRS, bank fees.
|-
| Travel
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| Travel to main FOSS4G, F2F meeting and regional/representative events
|-
| Partners and Sponsors
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| Relationship building, attending b2b functions, foss4g/foss4ge/foss4gna/foss4g-asia breakfast meetings. Meetings with sponsors during events
|}

Total Board Budget for 2023: $20,000 USD

Total Board spending for 2023: TBD

Total Board Budget for 2024: $20,000 USD

== OSGeo Committees ==

The following committees have been formed to fulfill out goals as an organization, each committee is provided a mandate, with the chair of the committee represented as an officer of our organization.

* Code of Conduct Committee
* Conference Committee
* GeoForAll - committee acting as advisory board for the GeoForAll Initiative
* Incubation Committee - committee providing hands-on support for project teams adopting open source principles and practice.
* Marketing Committee - outreach and advocacy support
* Open GeoScience Committee
* System Administration Committee - foundation infrastructure
* UN Committee - committee responsible for our participation in the UN Open GIS program

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|-
! OSGeo Committees
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| SAC
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,550 [32,550]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [53450]
| [[SAC:Budget#2024|SAC:Budget 2024]]
|-
| OpenGeoScience
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,500 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Conference
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marketing
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,500 [7,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoForAll
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| UN Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Incubation Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,000 [8,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|}

Total Committees Budget for 2023: $48,550 USD

Total Committees spending for 2023: TBD

Total Committees Budget for 2023: TBD

== OSGeo Initiatives ==

OSGeo initiatives have formed to pursue a specific short term, or long term goal. Initiatives maybe formed by a committee or the board as required. Initiatives are a great way to collaborate with projects, committees and partners.

* FOSS4G - event series produced in collaboration with the conference committee and local chapters
* GeoForAll - education and research program produced in collaboration with our partners
* Incubation - mentor program for open source projects to be recognized as OSGeo project
* Local Chapters - board outreach initiative establishing regional OSGeo groups for direct grassroots advoacacy
* GSoC - coordinate participation in google-summer-of-code and code-in activities
* Travel Grant Program - provides assistance for attending OSGeo events

Proposed initiatives:

* security - proposed emergency funding for osgeo projects confronted with disruptive security issue. Application similar to code-sprint requires both a solid budget and a formal CVE report to work against.
* opengis harmonization - proposed response to [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/142 #142] coordinating required activities across projects (rather than as individual budget requests listed below).

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|-
! OSGeo Initiatives
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| FOSS4G
| style="text-align:right;" | (56,478)
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Seed money for 2024. Not accounted in the total budget, since they are expected to return after the conference.
|-
| Local Chapters
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board, considering putting aside money to help establish local chapters (for logistics, legal advise, kickoff meetings rather than any sponsorship or direct funding)
|-
| GSoC
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board.
|-
| Travel Grant Program
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by Conference Committee. Recommendation: 10k for FOSS4G 2024, 5k for local events
|-
| Events and Code Sprints
| style="text-align:right;" | 20,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board. Funding to help organize OSGeo Code Sprint and other events.
|-
| Community Projects
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board since community projects do not have an assigned officer to handle their budget. We have around 30 projects expected in 2024. Board note: Budgeted 300$ for each project. To be amended if we hit the ceiling of the budget.
|-
| opengis.org namespace fix
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000 [20,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 10,000?
| style="text-align:right;" | none
| Activity completed
|}

Total Initiatives Budget for 2023: $55,000 USD

Total Initiatives spending for 2023: TBD

Total Initiatives Budget for 2024: TBD

= Projects =

== OSGeo Projects ==

OSGeo Projects each have a project steering committee, the chair of which is acknowledged as a foundation officer with spending authority on behalf of their committee.

Notes:

* We have reached out (2024) to the projects mailing list.
* Board decided to assign a default budget of $1000 for any project that has reported to the board within the year.
* Projects with a plan may of course ask for increased funding
* This is a budget, representing planned spending in 2024 - actual balance available to each PSC (from fundraising, donations and sponsorship) may be considered when planning.
* If a project did not respond (or runs into an unforeseen expense) please contact the board throughout the year as budgets can be amended

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|-
! OSGeo Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| deegree
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/deegree/deegree3/wiki/deegree-budget-2024 deegree 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities and Budget]
|-
| GDAL/OGR
| style="text-align:right;" | 1000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoMOOSE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [4250]
| [https://github.com/geomoose/geomoose/wiki/PSC-Meeting-2023-11-17#budget-plan-for-2024 PSC budget meeting (used 1750 for sprint estimate)]
|-
| GeoNetwork
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoNode
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GEOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,700 [5,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoServer 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GeoTools
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000 [10,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoTools 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GRASS GIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,400 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [[GRASS GIS Budget 2024]]
|-
| gvSIG
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2024 gvSIG Budget 2024]
|-
| Mapbender
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| MapServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marble
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Need to report to the board to get a budget
|-
| OpenLayers
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/wiki/OpenLayers-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities
|-
| OTB
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OSGeoLive
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PostGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500 [3,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PROJ
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| pycsw
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,393
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| pygeoapi
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | [4,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| PyWPS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| QGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
|
|-
| ZOO-Project
| style="text-align:right;" | 300
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| 2023 budget as community project
|-
|}

Total Projects Budget for 2023: $48,100 USD

Total Projects spending for 2023: TBD

Total Projects Budget for 2024: TBD

== Community Projects ==

Community projects act through the board as they do not have a project officer. Board approved $300 for each project (see Community Projects Initiative above)

Some guidance is offered by individual projects below.

Please note that this table records budget requests, not approved budgets.

* Community Projects can ask the Board for spending approval (since they do not have a Project Officer) from the approved Community Projects budget.
* Projects that have been accepted into the incubation program can ask the Incubation Committee for assistance to work on incubation (such requests are included in the incubation committee budget not here).

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|-
! Community Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| istSOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [1000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoWebCache
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [5000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
|}

= Events =

== Community Events ==

We have set aside a budget for community events in 2024:

* Supporting community building events is distinct from the development focused code-sprints below
* We are inviting community members to contact us about events (rather than try and adjust their event to fit into our code sprint guidelines)
* OSGeo is is focused on our outreach goals as an organization as such our primary contribution to events is free software and enthusiasm rather than finical, we use funding to enable our members rather than for sponsorship and visibility.
* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document]

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! Event Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| List your event here
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|
|}

== Code Sprints ==

We have asked project teams for guidance to help set our code sprint budget:

* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document] ask for event details, budget and fundraising on your part.
* Our priority is to share the risk with organizers allowing access to funds early to book facilities as required
* Code sprint budget is structured carry funds from one event to the next allowing us to hold more code-sprints with a smaller annual budget.

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! Sprint Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| OSGeo Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Bolsena Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GRASS GIS Community Meeting
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,500]
| [[GRASS GIS Community Meeting 2024: Budget]]
|-
|}

= Approval and Amendments =

* Budget Meeting: [[Board_Meeting_2023-12-26]]
* Loomio Motion: TBD
* Amendments: TBD

[[Category:Budget]]
[[Category:Finance]]

OSGeo Budget 2024

2024-01-08T02:03:57Z

Jive: /* OSGeo Initiatives */

Draft budget for 2024, see [[OSGeo Budget 2023]] and [[Finance Committee#Documents]] for prior years.

Total Approved Budget for 2023: $171,650 USD

Total spending for 2023: TBD

Total Approved Budget for 2024: TBD

== OSGeo Board ==

OSGeo board operates according to our bylaws providing vision and direction for our foundation. The board has also taken on responsibility setting for an annual budget, building partner relationships, sponsorship program and code sprints.

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! Board
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft
! Notes
|-
| Admin
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000
| Operational expenses including liability insurance, tax filing fees, quickbooks, mail, IRS, bank fees.
|-
| Travel
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| Travel to main FOSS4G, F2F meeting and regional/representative events
|-
| Partners and Sponsors
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| Relationship building, attending b2b functions, foss4g/foss4ge/foss4gna/foss4g-asia breakfast meetings. Meetings with sponsors during events
|}

Total Board Budget for 2023: $20,000 USD

Total Board spending for 2023: TBD

Total Board Budget for 2024: $20,000 USD

== OSGeo Committees ==

The following committees have been formed to fulfill out goals as an organization, each committee is provided a mandate, with the chair of the committee represented as an officer of our organization.

* Code of Conduct Committee
* Conference Committee
* GeoForAll - committee acting as advisory board for the GeoForAll Initiative
* Incubation Committee - committee providing hands-on support for project teams adopting open source principles and practice.
* Marketing Committee - outreach and advocacy support
* Open GeoScience Committee
* System Administration Committee - foundation infrastructure
* UN Committee - committee responsible for our participation in the UN Open GIS program

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|-
! OSGeo Committees
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| SAC
| style="text-align:right;" | 32,550 [32,550]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [53450]
| [[SAC:Budget#2024|SAC:Budget 2024]]
|-
| OpenGeoScience
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,500 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Conference
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marketing
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,500 [7,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoForAll
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| UN Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Incubation Committee
| style="text-align:right;" | 6,000 [8,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|}

Total Committees Budget for 2023: $48,550 USD

Total Committees spending for 2023: TBD

Total Committees Budget for 2023: TBD

== OSGeo Initiatives ==

OSGeo initiatives have formed to pursue a specific short term, or long term goal. Initiatives maybe formed by a committee or the board as required. Initiatives are a great way to collaborate with projects, committees and partners.

* FOSS4G - event series produced in collaboration with the conference committee and local chapters
* GeoForAll - education and research program produced in collaboration with our partners
* Incubation - mentor program for open source projects to be recognized as OSGeo project
* Local Chapters - board outreach initiative establishing regional OSGeo groups for direct grassroots advoacacy
* GSoC - coordinate participation in google-summer-of-code and code-in activities
* Travel Grant Program - provides assistance for attending OSGeo events

Proposed initiatives:

* security - proposed emergency funding for osgeo projects confronted with disruptive security issue. Application similar to code-sprint requires both a solid budget and a formal CVE report to work against.
* opengis harmonization - proposed response to [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/142 #142] coordinating required activities across projects (rather than as individual budget requests listed below).

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|-
! OSGeo Initiatives
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| FOSS4G
| style="text-align:right;" | (56,478)
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Seed money for 2024. Not accounted in the total budget, since they are expected to return after the conference.
|-
| Local Chapters
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board, considering putting aside money to help establish local chapters (for logistics, legal advise, kickoff meetings rather than any sponsorship or direct funding)
|-
| GSoC
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by board.
|-
| Travel Grant Program
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by Conference Committee. Recommendation: 10k for FOSS4G 2024, 5k for local events
|-
| Events and Code Sprints
| style="text-align:right;" | 20,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board. Funding to help organize OSGeo Code Sprint and other events.
|-
| Community Projects
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Managed by the board since community projects do not have an assigned officer to handle their budget. We have around 30 projects expected in 2024. Board note: Budgeted 300$ for each project. To be amended if we hit the ceiling of the budget.
|-
| opengis.org namespace fix
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000 [20,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | none
| style="text-align:right;" | none
| Activity completed
|
|}

Total Initiatives Budget for 2023: $55,000 USD

Total Initiatives spending for 2023: TBD

Total Initiatives Budget for 2024: TBD

= Projects =

== OSGeo Projects ==

OSGeo Projects each have a project steering committee, the chair of which is acknowledged as a foundation officer with spending authority on behalf of their committee.

Notes:

* We have reached out (2024) to the projects mailing list.
* Board decided to assign a default budget of $1000 for any project that has reported to the board within the year.
* Projects with a plan may of course ask for increased funding
* This is a budget, representing planned spending in 2024 - actual balance available to each PSC (from fundraising, donations and sponsorship) may be considered when planning.
* If a project did not respond (or runs into an unforeseen expense) please contact the board throughout the year as budgets can be amended

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|-
! OSGeo Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| deegree
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,000 [2,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/deegree/deegree3/wiki/deegree-budget-2024 deegree 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities and Budget]
|-
| GDAL/OGR
| style="text-align:right;" | 1000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoMOOSE
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [4250]
| [https://github.com/geomoose/geomoose/wiki/PSC-Meeting-2023-11-17#budget-plan-for-2024 PSC budget meeting (used 1750 for sprint estimate)]
|-
| GeoNetwork
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoNode
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GEOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,700 [5,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geoserver/geoserver/wiki/GeoServer-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoServer 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GeoTools
| style="text-align:right;" | 2000 [10,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [2,000]
| [https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities GeoTools 2024 Sponsorship Opportunities]
|-
| GRASS GIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,400 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [[GRASS GIS Budget 2024]]
|-
| gvSIG
| style="text-align:right;" | 5,000 [5,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
| [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GvSIG_Budget_2024 gvSIG Budget 2024]
|-
| Mapbender
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| MapServer
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Marble
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| Need to report to the board to get a budget
|-
| OpenLayers
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000 [3,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/openlayers/openlayers/wiki/OpenLayers-2024-Sponsorship-Opportunities
|-
| OTB
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| OSGeoLive
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PostGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,500 [3,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| PROJ
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| pycsw
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500 [2,500]
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,393
| style="text-align:right;" | [3,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pycsw/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| pygeoapi
| style="text-align:right;" | 4,000 [4,000]
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | [4,000]
| https://github.com/geopython/pygeoapi/wiki/OSGeo-Budget-2024
|-
| PyWPS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| QGIS
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,000]
|
|-
| ZOO-Project
| style="text-align:right;" | 300
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| 2023 budget as community project
|-
|}

Total Projects Budget for 2023: $48,100 USD

Total Projects spending for 2023: TBD

Total Projects Budget for 2024: TBD

== Community Projects ==

Community projects act through the board as they do not have a project officer. Board approved $300 for each project (see Community Projects Initiative above)

Some guidance is offered by individual projects below.

Please note that this table records budget requests, not approved budgets.

* Community Projects can ask the Board for spending approval (since they do not have a Project Officer) from the approved Community Projects budget.
* Projects that have been accepted into the incubation program can ask the Incubation Committee for assistance to work on incubation (such requests are included in the incubation committee budget not here).

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|-
! Community Project
! 2023 Approved [Requested]
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| istSOS
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [1000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GeoWebCache
| style="text-align:right;" | 300 [5000]
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
|}

= Events =

== Community Events ==

We have set aside a budget for community events in 2024:

* Supporting community building events is distinct from the development focused code-sprints below
* We are inviting community members to contact us about events (rather than try and adjust their event to fit into our code sprint guidelines)
* OSGeo is is focused on our outreach goals as an organization as such our primary contribution to events is free software and enthusiasm rather than finical, we use funding to enable our members rather than for sponsorship and visibility.
* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document]

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|-
! Event Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| List your event here
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
| style="text-align:right;" | 0
|
|}

== Code Sprints ==

We have asked project teams for guidance to help set our code sprint budget:

* Please note our [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/blob/master/board/documents/osgeo_financial_guidance.pdf financial guidance document] ask for event details, budget and fundraising on your part.
* Our priority is to share the risk with organizers allowing access to funds early to book facilities as required
* Code sprint budget is structured carry funds from one event to the next allowing us to hold more code-sprints with a smaller annual budget.

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|-
! Sprint Request
! 2023 Approved
! 2023 Actual
! 2024 Draft [Requested]
! Notes
|-
| OSGeo Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 15,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| Bolsena Code Sprint
| style="text-align:right;" | 3,000
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
| style="text-align:right;" | TBD
|
|-
| GRASS GIS Community Meeting
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" |
| style="text-align:right;" | [5,500]
| [[GRASS GIS Community Meeting 2024: Budget]]
|-
|}

= Approval and Amendments =

* Budget Meeting: [[Board_Meeting_2023-12-26]]
* Loomio Motion: TBD
* Amendments: TBD

[[Category:Budget]]
[[Category:Finance]]

Marketing Committee Budget 2024

2023-12-29T16:55:05Z

Jive: /* Proposed Budget 2024 */

= OSGeo Budget =
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2024
* approved:

= Proposed Budget 2024 =
The following draft is for discussion

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|-
! Committee Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $3,000
| Marketing/Outreach/Advocacy sprint Event (could be at FOSS4G 2024)
|-
! Event Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000
| Brochures, project sheet, USB sticks and banners for various FOSS4G's in 2024
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000
| FOSS4G 2024 Full booth required, banners, table cloths, stickers, collateral, usb-sticks, ...
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000
| podcast scale up
|-
! Outreach
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| OSGeo website map integration (quick EOI to our community)
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $10,000
| Graphics Designer support for website updates
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| Collateral QA and updates
|-
! TOTAL
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $22,000
| Sponsorship targets established above
|}

== OSGeo website map integration ==

The OSGeo website was designed with a map and color palette (obviously); but the initial OSM integration was so poor it is an open only visible to from the member filter menu and GeoForAll labs.

We assumed that as a geospatial software foundation our community would be able to handle this but no volunteers have stepped forward.

This activity is to source vector tile based map using osgeo software, the associated cartography following our style guide, and integration with our website listings for: members, service providers, local chapters, and geoforall labs.

Budget: We are *still* seeking an OSGeo project to take this on. As we are a geospatial community it should be a great way for an organization to showcase their work and technology: "Cartography PARTY, rendering PROJECT, data (c) Open Street Map ODpl"

Deliverable: vector tile service, cartography in keeping with style guide, wordpress theme integration with system admin committee

== Graphic designer support ==

We have had a number of requests for the website stacking up from the very simple, to the more demanding.

* https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=SysAdmin%2FWebSite&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=component&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&order=type trac.osgeo.org]
* update social media options (need icons for mastodon, x, etc...)
* set up tiles for the public facing committees (presently we have a bullet point list)
* the sponsors page is not laying out very clear between different categories, it appears to be single column now?
* adjust how frequent sponsors images are listed at the bottom of the screen (rather than the proposed removing of bronze sponsors)
* make sponsors more visually separate at the bottom of each page (there was some confusion on about osgeo pages leading to request to remove sponsor logos from these pages)
* make it easier to supply/scale logos (current limitation on exact size and placing on a white background is error prone)
* make it easier to supply screenshots with laptop, webpage, browser frame

Preference would be to contact original graphic designer (from GeoBeyond) if available. Going with an alternate choice will require reviewing the decisions made going into the initial design (while there are presentations and meeting notes such a diversion would increase level of effort).

Budget: $10000: sponsorship activity, highlight sponsors in status updates throughout the year

Deliverable: design guidance and collaboration with sysadmin committee to update wordpress website.

== Collateral ==

Projects did not have access to InDesign and chose a wide range of technologies to produce one page PDFs (InkScape, Scribus, Sketch). While Jody made some effort to make these presentations consistent; variations in fonts, logo position are still present. There is also the good idea to have QA codes available for folks to download the PDF to their phone.

Updated banner designs with space allocated for sponsor logos (to be affixed with magnets or similar). This is an also an opportunity to better show case the branding integration of regional aerial/drone photography.

It would also be great to do up t-shirt designs for the OSGeo projects.

This is a hard topic for our community as volunteers would like to edit the material but do not have easy access to the applications required. The hard truth is that the output is required to be available for use in printshops world wide: InDesign (good), PDF CMYK (okay), SVG CMYK (poor). There may also be a cloud based solution that would work.

Budget: $5000: seek sponsorship and engagement from planned events and local chapters.

Deliverable: Original files, PDF (CMYK) for printing in A4/Letter.

[[Category:Marketing]]

Marketing Committee Budget 2024

2023-12-29T16:49:37Z

Jive: /* Proposed Budget 2024 */

= OSGeo Budget =
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2024
* approved:

= Proposed Budget 2024 =
The following draft is for discussion

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|-
! Committee Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | '''$3,000'''
| Marketing/Outreach/Advocacy sprint Event (could be at FOSS4G 2024)
|-
! Event Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | '''$2,000'''
| Brochures, project sheet, USB sticks and banners for various FOSS4G's in 2024
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | '''$1,000'''
| FOSS4G 2024 Full booth required, banners, table cloths, stickers, collateral, usb-sticks, ...
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | '''$1,000'''
| podcast scale up
|-
! Outreach
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| OSGeo website map integration (quick EOI to our community)
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | '''$10,000'''
| Graphics Designer support for website updates
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | '''$5,000'''
| Collateral QA and updates
|-
! TOTAL
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | '''$22,000'''
| Sponsorship targets established above
|}

== OSGeo website map integration ==

The OSGeo website was designed with a map and color palette (obviously); but the initial OSM integration was so poor it is an open only visible to from the member filter menu and GeoForAll labs.

We assumed that as a geospatial software foundation our community would be able to handle this but no volunteers have stepped forward.

This activity is to source vector tile based map using osgeo software, the associated cartography following our style guide, and integration with our website listings for: members, service providers, local chapters, and geoforall labs.

Budget: We are *still* seeking an OSGeo project to take this on. As we are a geospatial community it should be a great way for an organization to showcase their work and technology: "Cartography PARTY, rendering PROJECT, data (c) Open Street Map ODpl"

== Graphic designer support ==

We have had a number of requests for the website stacking up from the very simple, to the more demanding.

* https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=SysAdmin%2FWebSite&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=component&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&order=type trac.osgeo.org]
* update social media options (need icons for mastodon, x, etc...)
* set up tiles for the public facing committees (presently we have a bullet point list)
* the sponsors page is not laying out very clear between different categories, it appears to be single column now?
* adjust how frequent sponsors images are listed at the bottom of the screen (rather than the proposed removing of bronze sponsors)
* make sponsors more visually separate at the bottom of each page (there was some confusion on about osgeo pages leading to request to remove sponsor logos from these pages)
* make it easier to supply/scale logos (current limitation on exact size and placing on a white background is error prone)
* make it easier to supply screenshots with laptop, webpage, browser frame

Preference would be to contact original graphic designer (from GeoBeyond) if available. Going with an alternate choice will require reviewing the decisions made going into the initial design (while there are presentations and meeting notes such a diversion would increase level of effort).
roughouidance to pass to sysadmin committee for action.

Budget: $10000: sponsorship activity, highlight sponsors in status updates throughout the year

== Collateral ==

Projects did not have access to InDesign and chose a wide range of technologies to produce one page PDFs (InkScape, Scribus, Sketch). While Jody made some effort to make these presentations consistent; variations in fonts, logo position are still present. There is also the good idea to have QA codes available for folks to download the PDF to their phone.

Updated banner designs with space allocated for sponsor logos (to be affixed with magnets or similar). This is an also an opportunity to better show case the branding integration of regional aerial/drone photography.

This is a hard topic for our community as volunteers would like to edit the material but do not have easy access to the applications required. The hard truth is that the output is required to be available for use in printshops world wide: InDesign (good), PDF CMYK (okay), SVG CMYK (poor). There may also be a cloud based solution that would work.

Budget: $5000: seek sponsorship and engagement from planned events and local chapters.

[[Category:Marketing]]

Marketing Committee Budget 2024

2023-12-29T16:48:41Z

Jive: /* Proposed Budget 2024 */

= OSGeo Budget =
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2024
* approved:

= Proposed Budget 2024 =
The following draft is for discussion

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|-
! Committee Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $3,000
| Marketing/Outreach/Advocacy sprint Event (could be at FOSS4G 2024)
|-
! Event Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000
| Brochures, project sheet, USB sticks and banners for various FOSS4G's in 2024
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000
| FOSS4G 2024 Full booth required, banners, table cloths, stickers, collateral, usb-sticks, ...
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000
| podcast scale up
|-
! Outreach
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| OSGeo website map integration (quick EOI to our community)
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $10,000
| Graphics Designer support for website updates
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| Collateral QA and updates
|-
! TOTAL (''Does not cover Tentative'')
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | '''$22,000''' (''tbd'')
| Sponsorship targets established above
|}

== OSGeo website map integration ==

The OSGeo website was designed with a map and color palette (obviously); but the initial OSM integration was so poor it is an open only visible to from the member filter menu and GeoForAll labs.

We assumed that as a geospatial software foundation our community would be able to handle this but no volunteers have stepped forward.

This activity is to source vector tile based map using osgeo software, the associated cartography following our style guide, and integration with our website listings for: members, service providers, local chapters, and geoforall labs.

Budget: We are *still* seeking an OSGeo project to take this on. As we are a geospatial community it should be a great way for an organization to showcase their work and technology: "Cartography PARTY, rendering PROJECT, data (c) Open Street Map ODpl"

== Graphic designer support ==

We have had a number of requests for the website stacking up from the very simple, to the more demanding.

* https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=SysAdmin%2FWebSite&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=component&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&order=type trac.osgeo.org]
* update social media options (need icons for mastodon, x, etc...)
* set up tiles for the public facing committees (presently we have a bullet point list)
* the sponsors page is not laying out very clear between different categories, it appears to be single column now?
* adjust how frequent sponsors images are listed at the bottom of the screen (rather than the proposed removing of bronze sponsors)
* make sponsors more visually separate at the bottom of each page (there was some confusion on about osgeo pages leading to request to remove sponsor logos from these pages)
* make it easier to supply/scale logos (current limitation on exact size and placing on a white background is error prone)
* make it easier to supply screenshots with laptop, webpage, browser frame

Preference would be to contact original graphic designer (from GeoBeyond) if available. Going with an alternate choice will require reviewing the decisions made going into the initial design (while there are presentations and meeting notes such a diversion would increase level of effort).
roughouidance to pass to sysadmin committee for action.

Budget: $10000: sponsorship activity, highlight sponsors in status updates throughout the year

== Collateral ==

Projects did not have access to InDesign and chose a wide range of technologies to produce one page PDFs (InkScape, Scribus, Sketch). While Jody made some effort to make these presentations consistent; variations in fonts, logo position are still present. There is also the good idea to have QA codes available for folks to download the PDF to their phone.

Updated banner designs with space allocated for sponsor logos (to be affixed with magnets or similar). This is an also an opportunity to better show case the branding integration of regional aerial/drone photography.

This is a hard topic for our community as volunteers would like to edit the material but do not have easy access to the applications required. The hard truth is that the output is required to be available for use in printshops world wide: InDesign (good), PDF CMYK (okay), SVG CMYK (poor). There may also be a cloud based solution that would work.

Budget: $5000: seek sponsorship and engagement from planned events and local chapters.

[[Category:Marketing]]

Marketing Committee Budget 2024

2023-12-29T16:46:53Z

Jive: /* Proposed Budget 2024 */

= OSGeo Budget =
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2024
* approved:

= Proposed Budget 2024 =
The following draft is for discussion

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|-
! Committee Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $3,000
| Marketing/Outreach/Advocacy sprint Event (could be at FOSS4G 2024)
|-
! Event Budget
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $2,000
| Brochures, project sheet, USB sticks and banners for various FOSS4G's in 2024
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000
| FOSS4G 2024 Full booth required, banners, table cloths, stickers, collateral, usb-sticks, ...
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $1,000
| podcast scale up
|-
! Tentative
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | in-kind
| OSGeo website map integration (quick EOI to our community)
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $10,000
| Graphics Designer support for website updates
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | $5,000
| Collateral QA and updates
|-
! TOTAL (''Does not cover Tentative'')
! Item
|-
| style="text-align:right;" | '''$7,000''' (''tbd'')
| Pending discussion of tentative items above
|}

== OSGeo website map integration ==

The OSGeo website was designed with a map and color palette (obviously); but the initial OSM integration was so poor it is an open only visible to from the member filter menu and GeoForAll labs.

We assumed that as a geospatial software foundation our community would be able to handle this but no volunteers have stepped forward.

This activity is to source vector tile based map using osgeo software, the associated cartography following our style guide, and integration with our website listings for: members, service providers, local chapters, and geoforall labs.

Budget: We are *still* seeking an OSGeo project to take this on. As we are a geospatial community it should be a great way for an organization to showcase their work and technology: "Cartography PARTY, rendering PROJECT, data (c) Open Street Map ODpl"

== Graphic designer support ==

We have had a number of requests for the website stacking up from the very simple, to the more demanding.

* https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues
* [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/query?status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&component=SysAdmin%2FWebSite&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=component&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&order=type trac.osgeo.org]
* update social media options (need icons for mastodon, x, etc...)
* set up tiles for the public facing committees (presently we have a bullet point list)
* the sponsors page is not laying out very clear between different categories, it appears to be single column now?
* adjust how frequent sponsors images are listed at the bottom of the screen (rather than the proposed removing of bronze sponsors)
* make sponsors more visually separate at the bottom of each page (there was some confusion on about osgeo pages leading to request to remove sponsor logos from these pages)
* make it easier to supply/scale logos (current limitation on exact size and placing on a white background is error prone)
* make it easier to supply screenshots with laptop, webpage, browser frame

Preference would be to contact original graphic designer (from GeoBeyond) if available. Going with an alternate choice will require reviewing the decisions made going into the initial design (while there are presentations and meeting notes such a diversion would increase level of effort).
roughouidance to pass to sysadmin committee for action.

Budget: $10000: sponsorship activity, highlight sponsors in status updates throughout the year

== Collateral ==

Projects did not have access to InDesign and chose a wide range of technologies to produce one page PDFs (InkScape, Scribus, Sketch). While Jody made some effort to make these presentations consistent; variations in fonts, logo position are still present. There is also the good idea to have QA codes available for folks to download the PDF to their phone.

Updated banner designs with space allocated for sponsor logos (to be affixed with magnets or similar). This is an also an opportunity to better show case the branding integration of regional aerial/drone photography.

This is a hard topic for our community as volunteers would like to edit the material but do not have easy access to the applications required. The hard truth is that the output is required to be available for use in printshops world wide: InDesign (good), PDF CMYK (okay), SVG CMYK (poor). There may also be a cloud based solution that would work.

Budget: $5000: seek sponsorship and engagement from planned events and local chapters.

[[Category:Marketing]]