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FOSS4G-Europe-2025/CommunitySprint

2025-07-19T09:48:30Z

Jsonsingh: /* 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 ||
|+
|10 || [[User:jsonsingh|Json Singh]] || contact (at) jsonsingh (dot) com || || Yes || Yes ||
|+
|}

* 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]]

User:Jsonsingh

2025-07-19T09:48:16Z

Jsonsingh: Created page with "More details on https://jsonsingh.com"

More details on https://jsonsingh.com

FOSS4G-Europe-2025/BirdsOfAFeather

2025-07-16T16:10:10Z

Jsonsingh: /* Planning for FOSS4G Europe 2026 */

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

= General Information =

At the [[FOSS4G-Europe-2025]] conference in Mostar, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

= How to organize a BOF =

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in BoF rooms at specified timeslots or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!

The FOSS4G Europe conference provides the BoF rooms at the University of Mostar where the parallel sessions of FOSS4G Europe 2025 take place, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki by you yourself.

The room names follow the encoding:

EL - Faculty of Economics (lecture room) @ [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.344195&mlon=17.796311#map=18/43.344195/17.796311 openstreetmap.org/#map=18/43.344195/17.79631]

SA - Socrates (amphitheatre) @ [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.344128&mlon=17.796726#map=18/43.344128/17.796726 openstreetmap.org/#map=18/43.344128/17.796726]

CA - Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy (amphitheatre) @ [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.346468&mlon=17.796709#map=18/43.346468/17.796709 openstreetmap.org/#map=18/43.346468/17.796709]

PA - Faculty of Philosophy (amphitheatre) @ [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.344169&mlon=17.797409#map=18/43.344169/17.797409 openstreetmap.org/#map=18/43.344169/17.797409]

= Wednesday 16 July 18:30-19:30 =
== Room EL11 ==
=== Planning for FOSS4G Europe 2026 ===

* Description: Planning for FOSS4G Europe 2026. Let's start the discussion on where and when we want to meet (or should we at all?) next year as the global FOSS4G in 2026 will be in Hiroshima, Japan.
* Person to contact: [[User:Tkardi|Tõnis Kärdi]] @tkardi

'''Agenda'''
* Discussion on the location for FOSS4G Europe 2026

'''Who is coming''':
* [[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]]
* Json Singh

== Room SA01 ==
=== TomTom - Community-Driven, Open by Nature—Advancing Data for All ===

* Description: '''TomTom - Community-Driven, Open by Nature—Advancing Data for All'''
* Person to contact: '''Salim Baidoun Email: salim.baidoun@tomtom.com'''

'''Agenda'''
* TomTom in the Geospatial world
* Partnerships in OSM
* TomTom product stack and solutions

'''Who is coming''':
* Salim Baidoun
* Chiara Angiolini
* Mile Milkovski
* Mick Larson
* Federica Gaspari

== Room SA02 ==
=== The FOSS4G ideas and potential contributions to digital evidence for criminal justice ===

* Description: This is a follow-up discussion and brainstorming triggered by Emma Irving's keynote talk "What Lawyers Need from You: Making Geospatial Technology Work for Criminal Justice". Let's connect people interested in this topic and discuss our perspective and ideas for improvements in this domain.
* Person to contact: [[User:imincik|Ivan Mincik]]

'''Who is coming''':
* Emma Irving

== Room CA01 ==
=== Organization of the local/regional OSGEO Chapter ===

* Description:
''"When I started my journey organizing FOSS4G in Mostar, I set one clear goal: to ignite the formation of a regional OSGeo Chapter.
FOSS4G Mostar is not the result – it’s just the beginning. Join me on this quest."''

Let's plant seeds for lasting collaboration. Let’s make the open geospatial movement stronger and more connected.

* Person to contact: Marko Puljic marko.puljic(at)ecoplan(dot)ba

'''Agenda''' 

- Why to start local/regional OSGeo Chapter? What should be our mission? goals? 

- What does it take to build one? 

- Who can help us to reach this goal? 

- Mapping who is ready to contribute

'''Who should join?'''
- Anyone thinking starting a local chapter
- Members of existing chapters willing to share experience
- NGOs, universities, companies and public sector representatives

'''Who is coming''':
* Marko Puljic
* Salim Baidoun

== Room PA01 ==
=== Title ===

* Description: ...
* Person to contact: ...

'''Agenda'''
* ...

'''Who is coming''':
* ...

= Thursday 17 July 18:15-19:15 =
== Room EL11 !!! This room is no longer available for BoF==
=== Title ===

* Description: Due to space limitations, this room is no longer available for BoF sessions.
* Person to contact: ...

'''Agenda'''
* ...

'''Who is coming''':
* ...

== Room SA01 ==
=== Mapping Connectivity: How Open School Geospatial Data Powers Digital Inclusion ===
Nearly half of the world’s 6 million schools still lack internet access - a barrier to learning, opportunity, and equity. In this Birds of a Feather session, we’ll explore how [https://giga.global/ Giga] is using open geospatial data and tools to map school locations and connectivity status, helping governments, partners, and communities make smarter investments and close the digital divide.

We'll also explore the power of open school data beyond connectivity: how can we better support disaster response, infrastructure planning, and public health, unlocking broader social impact through transparency and collaboration.

Join us to exchange ideas, discuss open data standards, and connect with others working at the intersection of FOSS, mapping, and meaningful access.

* Person to contact: Mick Larson - mlarson@unicef.org

'''Agenda'''
* The connectivity challenge
* Open geospatial data and tools for connectivity
* Further impact

'''Who is coming''':
* Mick Larson (UNICEF)
* Salim Baidoun

== Room SA02 ==
=== TomTom and the Open Map communities ===

* Description: '''TomTom and the Open Map communities'''
* Person to contact: Salim Baidoun Email: salim.baidoun@tomtom.com

'''Agenda'''
* Firechats
* Collaboration models

'''Who is coming''':
* Salim Baidoun
* Chiara Angiolini
* Mile Milkovski

== Room CA01 ==
=== QGIS trainers & educators ===

* Description: There are a bunch of people here who deliver QGIS training in their respective communities. This is a great chance to get together and compare notes! Trainers in other open source tools might also be interested - everyone welcome!
* Person to contact: John Bryant

'''Agenda'''
* ...

'''Who is coming''':
* John Bryant
* Tomaž Šturm
* Berit Mohr
* Jakub Bobrowski
* Kurt Menke
* Federica Gaspari
* Hans van der Kwast
*

== Room PA01 ==

=== OSGeo-Europe: can/should an European association take shape? ===

* Description: A European association is yet to take shape. Should it? Is the momentum there?
* Person to contact: [[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]]

'''Agenda'''
* Report on efforts to set up an association the previous months.
* What would be the purpose of such an association?
* Where to register?
* Who's willing to take part?
* The Cyber-Resilience Act (CRA)

'''Who is coming''':
* [[User:Tkardi|Tõnis Kärdi]]

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

FOSS4G-Europe-2025/BirdsOfAFeather

2025-07-16T16:09:37Z

Jsonsingh: /* Planning for FOSS4G Europe 2026 */

= Introduction =

Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions are unstructured timeslots where people can self-organise themselves to discuss topics of interest.

= General Information =

At the [[FOSS4G-Europe-2025]] conference in Mostar, a number of spaces have been reserved for people to flock together in Birds of a Feather sessions.

= How to organize a BOF =

BoF sessions are informal gatherings of people around a specific topic. BoF's can be held in BoF rooms at specified timeslots or taken off-site for breakfast, lunch, or dinner!

The FOSS4G Europe conference provides the BoF rooms at the University of Mostar where the parallel sessions of FOSS4G Europe 2025 take place, but the setup of the bird-of-feather meetup is done informally using this wiki by you yourself.

The room names follow the encoding:

EL - Faculty of Economics (lecture room) @ [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.344195&mlon=17.796311#map=18/43.344195/17.796311 openstreetmap.org/#map=18/43.344195/17.79631]

SA - Socrates (amphitheatre) @ [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.344128&mlon=17.796726#map=18/43.344128/17.796726 openstreetmap.org/#map=18/43.344128/17.796726]

CA - Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Geodesy (amphitheatre) @ [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.346468&mlon=17.796709#map=18/43.346468/17.796709 openstreetmap.org/#map=18/43.346468/17.796709]

PA - Faculty of Philosophy (amphitheatre) @ [https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=43.344169&mlon=17.797409#map=18/43.344169/17.797409 openstreetmap.org/#map=18/43.344169/17.797409]

= Wednesday 16 July 18:30-19:30 =
== Room EL11 ==
=== Planning for FOSS4G Europe 2026 ===

* Description: Planning for FOSS4G Europe 2026. Let's start the discussion on where and when we want to meet (or should we at all?) next year as the global FOSS4G in 2026 will be in Hiroshima, Japan.
* Person to contact: [[User:Tkardi|Tõnis Kärdi]] @tkardi

'''Agenda'''
* Discussion on the location for FOSS4G Europe 2026

'''Who is coming''':
* [[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]]
* [[User:jsonsingh|Json Singh]]

== Room SA01 ==
=== TomTom - Community-Driven, Open by Nature—Advancing Data for All ===

* Description: '''TomTom - Community-Driven, Open by Nature—Advancing Data for All'''
* Person to contact: '''Salim Baidoun Email: salim.baidoun@tomtom.com'''

'''Agenda'''
* TomTom in the Geospatial world
* Partnerships in OSM
* TomTom product stack and solutions

'''Who is coming''':
* Salim Baidoun
* Chiara Angiolini
* Mile Milkovski
* Mick Larson
* Federica Gaspari

== Room SA02 ==
=== The FOSS4G ideas and potential contributions to digital evidence for criminal justice ===

* Description: This is a follow-up discussion and brainstorming triggered by Emma Irving's keynote talk "What Lawyers Need from You: Making Geospatial Technology Work for Criminal Justice". Let's connect people interested in this topic and discuss our perspective and ideas for improvements in this domain.
* Person to contact: [[User:imincik|Ivan Mincik]]

'''Who is coming''':
* Emma Irving

== Room CA01 ==
=== Organization of the local/regional OSGEO Chapter ===

* Description:
''"When I started my journey organizing FOSS4G in Mostar, I set one clear goal: to ignite the formation of a regional OSGeo Chapter.
FOSS4G Mostar is not the result – it’s just the beginning. Join me on this quest."''

Let's plant seeds for lasting collaboration. Let’s make the open geospatial movement stronger and more connected.

* Person to contact: Marko Puljic marko.puljic(at)ecoplan(dot)ba

'''Agenda''' 

- Why to start local/regional OSGeo Chapter? What should be our mission? goals? 

- What does it take to build one? 

- Who can help us to reach this goal? 

- Mapping who is ready to contribute

'''Who should join?'''
- Anyone thinking starting a local chapter
- Members of existing chapters willing to share experience
- NGOs, universities, companies and public sector representatives

'''Who is coming''':
* Marko Puljic
* Salim Baidoun

== Room PA01 ==
=== Title ===

* Description: ...
* Person to contact: ...

'''Agenda'''
* ...

'''Who is coming''':
* ...

= Thursday 17 July 18:15-19:15 =
== Room EL11 !!! This room is no longer available for BoF==
=== Title ===

* Description: Due to space limitations, this room is no longer available for BoF sessions.
* Person to contact: ...

'''Agenda'''
* ...

'''Who is coming''':
* ...

== Room SA01 ==
=== Mapping Connectivity: How Open School Geospatial Data Powers Digital Inclusion ===
Nearly half of the world’s 6 million schools still lack internet access - a barrier to learning, opportunity, and equity. In this Birds of a Feather session, we’ll explore how [https://giga.global/ Giga] is using open geospatial data and tools to map school locations and connectivity status, helping governments, partners, and communities make smarter investments and close the digital divide.

We'll also explore the power of open school data beyond connectivity: how can we better support disaster response, infrastructure planning, and public health, unlocking broader social impact through transparency and collaboration.

Join us to exchange ideas, discuss open data standards, and connect with others working at the intersection of FOSS, mapping, and meaningful access.

* Person to contact: Mick Larson - mlarson@unicef.org

'''Agenda'''
* The connectivity challenge
* Open geospatial data and tools for connectivity
* Further impact

'''Who is coming''':
* Mick Larson (UNICEF)
* Salim Baidoun

== Room SA02 ==
=== TomTom and the Open Map communities ===

* Description: '''TomTom and the Open Map communities'''
* Person to contact: Salim Baidoun Email: salim.baidoun@tomtom.com

'''Agenda'''
* Firechats
* Collaboration models

'''Who is coming''':
* Salim Baidoun
* Chiara Angiolini
* Mile Milkovski

== Room CA01 ==
=== QGIS trainers & educators ===

* Description: There are a bunch of people here who deliver QGIS training in their respective communities. This is a great chance to get together and compare notes! Trainers in other open source tools might also be interested - everyone welcome!
* Person to contact: John Bryant

'''Agenda'''
* ...

'''Who is coming''':
* John Bryant
* Tomaž Šturm
* Berit Mohr
* Jakub Bobrowski
* Kurt Menke
* Federica Gaspari
* Hans van der Kwast
*

== Room PA01 ==

=== OSGeo-Europe: can/should an European association take shape? ===

* Description: A European association is yet to take shape. Should it? Is the momentum there?
* Person to contact: [[User:Lads|Luís de Sousa]]

'''Agenda'''
* Report on efforts to set up an association the previous months.
* What would be the purpose of such an association?
* Where to register?
* Who's willing to take part?
* The Cyber-Resilience Act (CRA)

'''Who is coming''':
* [[User:Tkardi|Tõnis Kärdi]]

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

News Queue

2024-12-19T19:01:23Z

Jsonsingh: Fixed the accidental change in LinkedIn Entry

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/

= Blue Sky =
* https://bsky.app/profile/osgeo.bsky.social
* [https://jsonsingh.com json singh]

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

News Queue

2024-12-19T19:00:52Z

Jsonsingh: Updated bluesky entry

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

= Blue Sky =
* https://bsky.app/profile/osgeo.bsky.social
* [https://jsonsingh.com json singh]

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

News Queue

2024-12-19T18:59:29Z

Jsonsingh: Added bluesky account entry

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

= LinkedIn =
* https://bsky.app/profile/osgeo.bsky.social
* [[User:jsonsingh]]

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

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

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-05T20:22:45Z

Jsonsingh: /* Gleo & WebGL */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-05T20:22:11Z

Jsonsingh: /* Maplibre & Pmtiles */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-05T15:28:56Z

Jsonsingh: /* Thursday 5 Dec 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-05T15:27:45Z

Jsonsingh: /* Location: Hangar/ Meeting Room (Sala Para) (Behind the Registration Desk) / Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM */

File:Screenshot 2024-12-05 at 12.27.02.png

2024-12-05T15:27:30Z

Jsonsingh:

Map of Hangar FOSS4G Venue

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-05T15:25:32Z

Jsonsingh: Added location for BoF Gleo and WebGL

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-05T15:24:51Z

Jsonsingh: /* Maplibre & Pmtiles */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-05T13:53:44Z

Jsonsingh: /* Maplibre & Pmtiles */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-05T13:44:59Z

Jsonsingh: /* Maplibre BoF */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-05T06:15:39Z

Jsonsingh: /* Maplibre BoF */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-05T06:14:04Z

Jsonsingh: Updated members

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-04T17:29:47Z

Jsonsingh: /* Location: Hangar/ Meeting Room (Sala Para) (Behind the Registration Desk) / Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-04T17:29:14Z

Jsonsingh: /* Location: Hangar/ Meeting Room (Sala Para) (Behind the Registration Desk) / Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM */

File:Foss4G belem map.png

2024-12-04T17:28:47Z

Jsonsingh:

FOSS4G Belem map marked with meeting room

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-04T16:52:37Z

Jsonsingh: /* Location: Hangar (Room Name TBD) / Time: 18:00 - 19:00 */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-04T16:51:49Z

Jsonsingh: /* Location: Hangar/ Meeting Room (Sala Para) (Behind the Registration Desk) / Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM */

File:Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 13.48.21.png

2024-12-04T16:51:31Z

Jsonsingh:

Meeting Room aka Sala Para

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-04T16:50:52Z

Jsonsingh: Updated room and uploaded photo

File:Screenshot 2024-12-04 at 13.48.01.png

2024-12-04T16:50:28Z

Jsonsingh:

FOSS4G Belem Hangar Map

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-04T14:56:10Z

Jsonsingh: Added Maplibre BoF

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-04T14:41:55Z

Jsonsingh: /* Location: Hangar (Room Name TBD) / Time: 18:00 - 19:00 */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-04T14:26:27Z

Jsonsingh: /* Location: Hangar (Room Name TBD) / Time: 18:00 - 19:00 */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-04T11:54:58Z

Jsonsingh: /* Cloud-Native Geospatial */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-03T21:14:21Z

Jsonsingh: /* Cloud-Native Geospatial */

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-03T20:08:58Z

Jsonsingh: Added a new attendee

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-03T19:23:40Z

Jsonsingh: Updated time and location. Made a list

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-03T19:18:44Z

Jsonsingh: Updated Room Name

FOSS4G 2024 BirdsOfAFeather

2024-12-03T19:18:08Z

Jsonsingh: Added BoF for Cloud-Native Geospatial