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User:Dbrookshier

2006-06-09T15:42:02Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier:

Please note that I no longer work for CollabNet and I am thus no longer the community manager. Please feel free to contact me but please use Andrew Kelly for contacts moving forward

* Andrew Kelly
* CollabNet
* work (781) 639-1394
* E-mail akelly@collab.net
* work arkelly84 (AIM)

Committee Guidelines

2006-06-09T15:32:30Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Guidelines for Committee Chairs */

This is a proposed list of guidelines for OSGeo committees on effective operation ''OSGeo style''. It is a rewriting of the [[Committee Chair Guidelines]]

== How your OSGeo Committee Works ==

* While input from all is welcome, a committee is an official body of the foundation, and should keep good track of it's own voting members. Committee members can be added to and removed from the committee by motion in a duely established meeting.

* By and large OSGeo committees should be operated on a consensus basis. If a committee member is strenuously objecting to something, all reasonable efforts should be made to hear their objections, and adapt policy in some commonly acceptable way. If that proves not to be possible a motion can be passed by a majority of the committee assembled for a duely announced meeting. If voting is close enough that it is hard to know whether something has passed then consensus has not been achieved.

* Generally speaking folks with skills and interest should be welcomed to join a committee. A large committee that isn't having problems reaching consensus is generally a good thing, especially if all or most members are actually contributing to the work of the committee and the "cost" of inactive members is not high.

* Anyone can become a committee member. Voting members of OSGeo have no special status at the committee level, and any qualified member of the community is encouraged to participate in committees.

* A committee's chair is technically assigned by the board of directors.

* If a chair is resigning, or if the committee would like to select a new chair, a motion on the topic should be fielded at a committee meeting and the result forwarded to the board for approval; this should be a formality. There should be no harm in the new chair acting as chair till this is finalized.

* In theory, each committee is subject to the board, which can direct it by an official motion. This might be to alter policy, mandate, membership, chairmanship, or the existence of the committee. Individual board members cannot direct a committee.

== Decision Making ==

When voting it is traditional to indicate support as "+1", a veto as "-1", weak support as "+0", and weak lack of support as "-0". If a motion isn't getting +1's from the majority of those present and voting perhaps it requires further discussion.

Chairs run meetings and should exercise some discretion in soliciting motions, when to declare the motion passed or whether to defer a controversial motion for further discussion and a vote at a later meeting (if it is felt that important parties are missing from the discussion).

Motions may also be made by email on the primary email list of the committee. As long as the motions collect at least two +1's, and no -1 vetos over a period of two business days, they will be considered passed, subject to the judgement of the chair (who might choose to defer a motion to a meeting for instance). Some committees may chose to only rarely "meet", instead handling most committee business by email.

== Guidelines for Committee Chairs ==

* Make sure your committee subdomain (ie. incubator.osgeo.org) has a bit of content indicating the mission of the committee, the members and pointers to other documents.
* Blow away all unneeded mailing lists (commits and issues are used by svn and the issue manager, so should not be removed). There should be at least one committee email list where all members (and any other interested parties) can be subscribed.
* Meetings should generally be via IRC, and announced well in advance by email on the committee mailing list. Use the World Clock like [http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2006&hour=16&min=0&sec=0 1600 UTC] to indicate time in all time zones (be sure to select the correct date so that day-light savings time is taken into account).
* Recurring meeting times are desirable, and should be noted in the [[Foundation Calendar]].
* Meetings should have an agenda prepared ahead of time, usually in the wiki.
* Generally speaking, any interested parties should be welcomed to join committee mailing lists, speak, and join IRC meetings. In IRC meetings the Chair will sometimes need to exert influence to keep discussions on topic and meetings progressing. Off-topic discussions can be directed back to the mailing list.
* For non-trivial matters it is encouraged that official motions of the committee be well formed and clear. For complex policies, they ought to be written up in advance of a meeting so the committee members have an opportunity to review them in advance.
* Know your committee's mandate. Generally a committee is formed by a motion of the board of directors, and that motion will include details on the responsibilities and role of the committee.

Website Committee

2006-06-09T01:35:19Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* CollabNet Issues */

This is the main wiki page for the OSGeo Website Committee.
Started as per the [[Web Site Committee Motion]] approved by the board at the [[First Board Meeting]].

== Official Site ==

The official home of the OSGeo Web Site Committee, including a current members list is at:
[https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/ https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/]

== Meeting Agendas and Minutes ==

* March 9, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060309]]
* March 15, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060315]]
* March 22, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060322]]
* March 29, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060329]]
* April 5, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060405]]
* May 17, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060517]]

== Other Pages ==

[[WebCom OSGeo Site Focus]] - Collaborative area for designing site features, layout, etc. Based on the user focus being determined by VisCom at [[VisComTargets]]

== Tasks ==

If you have a task for the Web Site Committee, please submit it via our [https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/servlets/Scarab Project Tracker] (must be logged in to add a task). This will allow us to assign and manage our work efficiently.

You can view our scratchpad at [[WebComTODO]], but this is for general items only, not specific tasks.

== CollabNet Issues ==

The following are issues that have been reported by the community and entered by the community manager. Status is in ( ) if there is anything worth reporting. The date is the date the issue was reported and these are sorted with the most recent at the top of the list.

* CNSC-014702 SSL not required 6/8/06 15:13
* CNSC-014445 Mail "browse this thread" not working on OSGeo.org 5/19/06 10:58 (Seen currently as working as designed but requesting they still fix this)
* CNSC-004316 Scope a CVS to SVN import for OSGeo.org (Autodesk) 5/10/06 11:45 (Pending SOW)
* CNSC-004047 Integrate search with external tools 4/22/06 12:09 (SOW needs to be created - should happen next week)
* CNSC-003950 Problems with cross postings between email lists at osgeo.org. 4/13/06 11:38 (seen as working as designed. It is believed that this is an issue of behavior with users that have MS Exchange)
* CNSC-003897 OSGeo.org Users wants to ues svn hooks 4/7/06 16:17 (Probably off the horizon because we have a workaround for some users that can parse the svn commit emails
* CNSC-003896 Customer (Autodesk OSGeo.org) needs an RSS Agragator 4/7/06 15:57 ( We have an SOW out on this but engineering and support have not responded yet)
* CNSC-003825 Date for RSS Announce feed is current date and time on osgeo.org 3/30/06 21:43 (this is currently being fixed!!!!!)
* CNSC-003805 Customer wants to explor SSO 3/29/06 12:46 (Need to start an SOW when we have an LDAP for our donated server)
CNSC-003324 users-digest@mapguide.osgeo.org email digest is sending emails more than once a day. One user has reported 19+ emails in one day from the referenced digest. 3/21/06 (This issue was erroneously closed, but still active because Services at Collab has a SOW to fix this)
* CNSC-003187 OSGeo.org customer would like all email addresses hidden from spambots 3/14/06 14:25 (Request sent to product management)
* CNSC-003085 Need to ability to deny large emails in certain lists. 3/10/06 7:55 (Request sent to product management)

Website Committee

2006-06-09T01:29:57Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* CollabNet Issues */

This is the main wiki page for the OSGeo Website Committee.
Started as per the [[Web Site Committee Motion]] approved by the board at the [[First Board Meeting]].

== Official Site ==

The official home of the OSGeo Web Site Committee, including a current members list is at:
[https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/ https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/]

== Meeting Agendas and Minutes ==

* March 9, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060309]]
* March 15, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060315]]
* March 22, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060322]]
* March 29, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060329]]
* April 5, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060405]]
* May 17, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060517]]

== Other Pages ==

[[WebCom OSGeo Site Focus]] - Collaborative area for designing site features, layout, etc. Based on the user focus being determined by VisCom at [[VisComTargets]]

== Tasks ==

If you have a task for the Web Site Committee, please submit it via our [https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/servlets/Scarab Project Tracker] (must be logged in to add a task). This will allow us to assign and manage our work efficiently.

You can view our scratchpad at [[WebComTODO]], but this is for general items only, not specific tasks.

== CollabNet Issues ==

The following are issues that have been reported by the community and entered by the community manager. Status is in ( ) if there is anything worth reporting. The date is the date the issue was reported and these are sorted with the most recent at the top of the list.

* CNSC-014702 SSL not required 6/8/06 15:13
* CNSC-014445 Mail "browse this thread" not working on OSGeo.org 5/19/06 10:58 (Seen currently as working as designed but requesting they still fix this)
* CNSC-004316 Scope a CVS to SVN import for OSGeo.org (Autodesk) 5/10/06 11:45 (Pending SOW)
* CNSC-004047 Integrate search with external tools 4/22/06 12:09 (SOW needs to be created - should happen next week)
* CNSC-003950 Problems with cross postings between email lists at osgeo.org. 4/13/06 11:38 (seen as working as designed. It is believed that this is an issue of behavior with users that have MS Exchange)
* CNSC-003897 OSGeo.org Users wants to ues svn hooks 4/7/06 16:17 (Probably off the horizon because we have a workaround for some users that can parse the svn commit emails
* CNSC-003896 Customer (Autodesk OSGeo.org) needs an RSS Agragator 4/7/06 15:57 ( We have an SOW out on this but engineering and support have not responded yet)
* CNSC-003825 Date for RSS Announce feed is current date and time on osgeo.org 3/30/06 21:43 (this is currently being fixed!!!!!)
* CNSC-003805 Customer wants to explor SSO 3/29/06 12:46 (Need to start an SOW when we have an LDAP for our donated server)
* CNSC-003187 OSGeo.org customer would like all email addresses hidden from spambots 3/14/06 14:25 (Request sent to product management)
* CNSC-003085 Need to ability to deny large emails in certain lists. 3/10/06 7:55 (Request sent to product management)

Website Committee

2006-06-09T01:29:02Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* CollabNet Issues */

This is the main wiki page for the OSGeo Website Committee.
Started as per the [[Web Site Committee Motion]] approved by the board at the [[First Board Meeting]].

== Official Site ==

The official home of the OSGeo Web Site Committee, including a current members list is at:
[https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/ https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/]

== Meeting Agendas and Minutes ==

* March 9, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060309]]
* March 15, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060315]]
* March 22, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060322]]
* March 29, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060329]]
* April 5, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060405]]
* May 17, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060517]]

== Other Pages ==

[[WebCom OSGeo Site Focus]] - Collaborative area for designing site features, layout, etc. Based on the user focus being determined by VisCom at [[VisComTargets]]

== Tasks ==

If you have a task for the Web Site Committee, please submit it via our [https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/servlets/Scarab Project Tracker] (must be logged in to add a task). This will allow us to assign and manage our work efficiently.

You can view our scratchpad at [[WebComTODO]], but this is for general items only, not specific tasks.

== CollabNet Issues ==

The following are issues that have been reported by the community and entered by the community manager. Status is in ( ) if there is anything worth reporting.

* CNSC-014702 SSL not required 6/8/06 15:13
* CNSC-014445 Mail "browse this thread" not working on OSGeo.org 5/19/06 10:58 (Seen currently as working as designed but requesting they still fix this)
* CNSC-004316 Scope a CVS to SVN import for OSGeo.org (Autodesk) 5/10/06 11:45 (Pending SOW)
* CNSC-004047 Integrate search with external tools 4/22/06 12:09 (SOW needs to be created - should happen next week)
* CNSC-003950 Problems with cross postings between email lists at osgeo.org. 4/13/06 11:38 (seen as working as designed. It is believed that this is an issue of behavior with users that have MS Exchange)
* CNSC-003897 OSGeo.org Users wants to ues svn hooks 4/7/06 16:17 (Probably off the horizon because we have a workaround for some users that can parse the svn commit emails
* CNSC-003896 Customer (Autodesk OSGeo.org) needs an RSS Agragator 4/7/06 15:57 ( We have an SOW out on this but engineering and support have not responded yet)
* CNSC-003825 Date for RSS Announce feed is current date and time on osgeo.org 3/30/06 21:43 (this is currently being fixed!!!!!)
* CNSC-003805 Customer wants to explor SSO 3/29/06 12:46 (Need to start an SOW when we have an LDAP for our donated server)
* CNSC-003187 OSGeo.org customer would like all email addresses hidden from spambots 3/14/06 14:25 (Request sent to product management)
* CNSC-003085 Need to ability to deny large emails in certain lists. 3/10/06 7:55 (Request sent to product management)

Website Committee

2006-06-09T01:28:06Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Tasks */

This is the main wiki page for the OSGeo Website Committee.
Started as per the [[Web Site Committee Motion]] approved by the board at the [[First Board Meeting]].

== Official Site ==

The official home of the OSGeo Web Site Committee, including a current members list is at:
[https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/ https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/]

== Meeting Agendas and Minutes ==

* March 9, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060309]]
* March 15, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060315]]
* March 22, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060322]]
* March 29, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060329]]
* April 5, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060405]]
* May 17, 2006 [[WebCom Meeting 20060517]]

== Other Pages ==

[[WebCom OSGeo Site Focus]] - Collaborative area for designing site features, layout, etc. Based on the user focus being determined by VisCom at [[VisComTargets]]

== Tasks ==

If you have a task for the Web Site Committee, please submit it via our [https://webcommittee.osgeo.org/servlets/Scarab Project Tracker] (must be logged in to add a task). This will allow us to assign and manage our work efficiently.

You can view our scratchpad at [[WebComTODO]], but this is for general items only, not specific tasks.

== CollabNet Issues ==

The following are issues that have been reported by the community and entered by the community manager. Status is in ( ) if there is anything worth reporting.

CNSC-014702 SSL not required 6/8/06 15:13
CNSC-014445 Mail "browse this thread" not working on OSGeo.org 5/19/06 10:58 (Seen currently as working as designed but requesting they still fix this)
CNSC-004316 Scope a CVS to SVN import for OSGeo.org (Autodesk) 5/10/06 11:45 (Pending SOW)
CNSC-004047 Integrate search with external tools 4/22/06 12:09 (SOW needs to be created - should happen next week)
CNSC-003950 Problems with cross postings between email lists at osgeo.org. 4/13/06 11:38 (seen as working as designed. It is believed that this is an issue of behavior with users that have MS Exchange)
CNSC-003897 OSGeo.org Users wants to ues svn hooks 4/7/06 16:17 (Probably off the horizon because we have a workaround for some users that can parse the svn commit emails
CNSC-003896 Customer (Autodesk OSGeo.org) needs an RSS Agragator 4/7/06 15:57 ( We have an SOW out on this but engineering and support have not responded yet)
CNSC-003825 Date for RSS Announce feed is current date and time on osgeo.org 3/30/06 21:43 (this is currently being fixed!!!!!)
CNSC-003805 Customer wants to explor SSO 3/29/06 12:46 (Need to start an SOW when we have an LDAP for our donated server)
CNSC-003187 OSGeo.org customer would like all email addresses hidden from spambots 3/14/06 14:25 (Request sent to product management)
CNSC-003085 Need to ability to deny large emails in certain lists. 3/10/06 7:55 (Request sent to product management)

All Members

2006-05-22T19:03:49Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier:

{| border="1" class="wikitable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;"
! style="background:#efefef;" | Name
! style="background:#ffdead;" | Affiliations
! style="background:#efefef;" | OSGeo Projects
! style="background:#ffdead;" | (Lat,Lon)
! style="background:#efefef;" | About
|-
| Add yourself
| Everyone is welcome
| In which OSGeo Projects and Committees are you involved
| Input lat/long here
| Copy and paste this entry, put it last, and add your information
|-
| Chris Holmes
| [http://topp.openplans.org The Open Planning Project], [http://geoserver.org GeoServer]
| [http://incubator.osgeo.org Incubator], [http://board.osgeo.org Board], [http://geotools.org GeoTools]
| (40.72,-74.00)
| I come from the Java side of the OSGeo fence, getting my start in GeoServer, where I was lead developer for a couple years, and GeoTools, where I still serve on the PMC. My time is made possible by [http://topp.openplans.org The Open Planning Project (TOPP)], a great non-profit in New York that has been the lead supporter of GeoServer for years now. I spent the last year in Zambia on a Fulbright Scholarship, looking at the potential for open source software to help implement spatial data infrastructures in developing countries. It was a bit of a failure, but I learned a ton, and I see a lot of potential for open source in developing countries, towards truly open spatial data infrastructures. I'm back at TOPP, in a new role as VP of Strategic Development, helping to grow the organization, and figuring out how to make our geospatial stuff self sustaining. Once that's rolling, I hope to reinvest extra revenue in to figuring out and building a truly open geospatial web. And just like apache and linux are the bedrock that the World Wide Web rests on, so too do I believe that the geospatial web necessarily must be built on a foundation of OS Geo software. My continuing thoughts on all of this can be found at http://cholmes.wordpress.com
|-
| Michael P. Gerlek
| [http://www.lizardtech.com LizardTech]
| [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion and Visibility Committee]
| (47.673166,-122.530143)
| Engineer at LizardTech, doing MrSID and JPEG 2000 stuff and playing with with the next generation of technologies for supporting raster data GIS workflows. Yes, we're a closed-software shop -- but we support and use open source and open standards. I think there is room in the world for both the open and closed development models, and I have a strong interest in helping "closed" companies understand the value of, and contribute to, the open software world. [[User:mpg]]
|-
| Frank Warmerdam
| Independent
| [http://www.gdal.org GDAL/OGR], [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu MapServer], [http://incubator.osgeo.org Incubator], [http://board.osgeo.org Board]
| (45.45,-77.25)
| Lead developer of GDAL/OGR and freelance geospatial software developer.
|-
| Jason Birch
| [http://www.nanaimo.ca/ City of Nanaimo]
| [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Site], [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion & Visibility]
| (49.155, -124.005)
| I am a long-time GIS/IT/'Net junkie, and am currently working for the City of Nanaimo's IT department as a Sr. Applications Analyst (GIS Specialist). I am excited about what I see happening in the open source geospatial world, with OSGeo as a catalyst. [[User:Jasonbirch]]
|-
|Howard Butler
| [http://www.hobu.biz/ Hobu, Inc]
| [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Site Committee],
| (42.00, -93.00)
| MapServer hacker, MTSC member. GDAL hacker. ESRI ArcSDE hack. Purveyor of Windows binary builds [[User:hobu]]
|-
| Daniel Brookshier
| CollabNet
| All, I am the community manager
| 33.036478,-96.715007
| I am the community manager for the site. I help/mentor/guide users and projects to ensure that the community is a successs. If you have a question, email me at dbrookshier @ collab net
|-
| Markus Neteler
| [http://mpa.itc.it ITC-irst], [http://www.cealp.it CEA], [http://www.gdf-hannover.de GDF Hannover]
| [http://grass.itc.it GRASS GIS], [http://board.osgeo.org Board], [http://geodata.osgeo.org Public Geodata Com.], [http://edu.osgeo.org Education Com.], [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion & Visibility Com.]
| (46.06714, 11.15113)
| Developer of GRASS GIS, researcher at ITC-irst + CEA, Trento, Italy and co-founder of GDF Hannover [[User:neteler]]
|-
| R. Paul Warriner
| [http://www.orchardparkny.org/ Town of Orchard Park]
| [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Site Committee]
| (43.17, -78.69)
| Network Coordinator, old oil field hand (really, I do know what a frac job is), started with remote data comm. from well sites in '84 as a truckdriver, turned computer jockey by Linux in '93, found ArcView 1.0 the same year (I think), and the rest is ..... (oh yeah, I did some of that Calculus, Organic Chemistry, and Thermo thingy stuff along the way). [[User:RPaulW]]
|-
|Bart van den Eijnden
| [http://www.osgis.nl/ OSGIS]
| [http://chameleon.maptools.org Chameleon],
| (52.0768396070808, 5.12454)
| Freelancer working with several open source GIS tools, mainly Chameleon, Mapserver and Geoserver.
[[User:bartvde]]
|-
| Helena Mitasova
| [http://skagit.meas.ncsu.edu/~helena/ North Carolina State University]
| [http://grass.itc.it GRASS GIS], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Core_Curriculum_Project Curriculum project]
| (35.77, -78.69)
| Researcher at NCSU (geospatial technology, environmental modeling, sustainable development), Developer of GRASS GIS. [[User:Helena]]
|-
| Daniel Morissette
| [http://www.mapgears.com/ Mapgears]
| [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://www.gdal.org GDAL/OGR]
| (48.42, -71.04)
| Involved in MapServer, GDAL/OGR and most [http://maptools.org/ MapTools.org] projects, mostly around webmapping and data access and distribution. [[User:dmorissette]]
|-
| Ari Jolma
| [http://users.tkk.fi/~jolma/index.html TKK]
| [http://www.gdal.org GDAL/OGR], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Core_Curriculum_Project Curriculum project]
| (60° 16' , 24° 47' 4'')
| Professor at TKK, Finland (geoinformatics, environmental information systems, water resources systems), [http://map.hut.fi/PerlForGeoinformatics/ just another Perl hacker] [[User:ajolma]]
|-
| Jeff McKenna
| [http://www.dmsolutions.ca DM Solutions Group]
| [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer]
| (45.401397610, -75.725861625)
| MapServer documentation, [http://www.maptools/ms4w MS4W] maintainer, [http://www.maptools.org maptools] co-maintainer. [[User:jmckenna]]
|-
| Ian Turton
| [http://www.geovista.psu.edu/members/turton/index.html work][http://pennspace.blogspot.com/ blog]
| [http://www.geotools.org GeoTools]
| (40.7932, -77.847)
| [http://www.geotools.org GeoTools] founder and developer, [http://www.geovistastudio.psu.edu GeoVistaStudio] benevolent dictator, [http://geoserver.org GeoServer] user. [[User:ianturton]]
|-
| David Blasby
| [http://topp.openplans.org The Open Planning Project], [http://geoserver.org GeoServer], [http://geotools.org GeoTools]
| [http://geotools.org GeoTools]
| (varies)
| Currently, I'm the Project Lead for Geoserver and am on the GeoTools Project Management Committee. I'm just starting a GeoWiki (Public Participation GIS) (please contact me if you're interested). I was the orginal creator of PostGIS, and have contributed to several OS GIS projects, including JTS, JUMP, and Mapserver.
|-
| Andrey Kiselev
| "Radar" R&D Centre (Russia)
| GDAL/OGR
| (60.04,30.33)
| Freelance developer and contributor to GDAL/OGR project.
|-
| Helton Uchoa
| [http://www.geolivre.org.br Geolivre Community], [http://www.open3dgis.org Open 3D GIS Project]
| [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Site Committee] and [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Public_Geospatial_Data_Project Public Geospatial Data Project]
| (-22.96, -43.11)
| I'm a Geomatics Enginner and I work at [http://www.opengeo.com.br OpenGEO Company] as a GIS Specialist. I'm responsible for many GIS projects using FOSS and the OpenGIS Specifications in Brazil and I have some relevant papers and scientific articles presented in Brazilian and Latin-American conferences and published in scientific magazines. In last year, I have helped, as a teacher, introduce the GNU/FSF philosophy at the Transportation Engineering Department of IME ([http://www.ime.eb.br Military Institute of Engineering - IME], Brazil). I have worked in Geolivre Rio 2004 and 2005 as member of organization commitee. Now I'm working in [http://www.geolivre.org Geolivre Conference 2007]. [[User:Uchoa]]
|-
| Toru Mori
| [http://www.orkney.co.jp/english Orkney, Inc.]
| [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://grass.itc.it GRASS GIS]
| (35.448, 139.642)
| President of Orkney, Inc. Advocate of Open Geospatial tools in Japan and Asia. Promote open geospatial data. [[User:moritoru]]
|-
| Allan Doyle
| [http://www.eogeo.org EOGEO],[http://museum.mit.edu/cmp MIT Museum],[http://spg.gsfc.nasa.gov/ NASA Earth Science Data Systems Standards Process Group]
| [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Public_Geospatial_Data_Project Public Geospatial Data Project]
| (42.28, -71.24)
| President of [http://www.eogeo.org EOGEO] and [http://www.intl-interfaces.com International Interfaces], long-time geo-interoperability interests, opensourced (is that a verb?) [http://openmap.bbn.com OpenMap], originator of OGC testbed idea, Web Mapping Testbed, WMS spec editor, worked on WMS Context, [http://www.georss.org GeoRSS]. [http://www.eogeo.org/Members/adoyle more details]. [http://think.random-stuff.org Blog][[User:adoyle]]
|-
| Ned Horning
| [http://cbc.amnh.org/ Center for Biodiversity and Conservation], [http://www.amnh.org/ American Museum of Natural History]
| [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Core_Curriculum_Project Curriculum project]
|(43.9933, -73.0407)
|Program manager for [http://geospatial.amnh.org/ remote sensing/GIS]. Promoter of open source geospatial tools in the global conservation community.
|-
| Paul Spencer
| [http://www.dmsolutions.ca DM Solutions Group]
| [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/ MapServer], [http://chameleon.maptools.org Chameleon], [http://ka-map.maptools.org kaMap], [http://maptools.org/maplab/index.phtml MapLab], [http://maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml MS4W], [http://openev.sourceforge.net/ OpenEV]
| (45.401397610, -75.725861625)
| CTO of DM Solutions Group, designer/developer/contributor to many open source packages, especially based on MapServer. Recent interest/focus is on AJAX clients for mapping applications. [[User:pagameba]]
|-
| Mark Lucas
| remotesensing.org
| [http://www.remotesensing.org remotesensing.org] and [http://www.ossim.org ossim]
| (27.9690219N, 080.5590534W altitude sea level + 5m)
| CTO, original founder of ImageLinks and remotesensing.org. Board of Directors [http://www.oss-institute.org/ Open Source Software Institute] and the [http://www.ncospr.org/ National Center for Open Source Policy and Research]. Member of Open Technology Development Tiger team for the Department of Defense (USA). Lead a team of talented developers on the OSSIM and [http://www.ossim.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=3 osgPlanet] projects. Previously spent 22 years in the United States Air Force and [http://www.nro.gov/ National Reconnaissance Office] and the [http://www.fas.org/irp/nro/hall3.htm Secretary of the Air Force Special Projects] organization working with various classified programs. Prior to Radiant Blue Technologies, was a Lead Scientist for Intelligence Data Systems, Titan Corporation, and L3-Communciations. [http://web.mac.com/mlucas17/iWeb/Site/Welcome.html Personal Web site]. [[User:mlucas17]]
|-
| Jo Walsh
| [http://okfn.org/geo/ Open Knowledge Foundation],[http://mappinghacks.com/ Mapping Hacks], [http://publicgeodata.org Public Geodata]
| Open Geodata committee
| (42.368297,-71.108696)
| Came to geospatial software through collaborative mapping on the semantic web work. Organising events to get geospatial hackers together with data-creating people and promote public access to state collected geodata. If you are in Europe please see [http://publicgeodata.org Public Geodata] and consider writing to an MEP about public domain data and "intellectual property rights" issues. If you collect GPS tracks, please consider uploading them to [http://openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetmap] - my only real contribution to this project is to talk about it a lot. I co-wrote "Mapping Hacks" with Schuyler Erle and Rich Gibson, with a lot of contributions from OSGeo type of people. Last year wrote a lot of software using OSM and [http://openguides.org/ OpenGuides] with [[Mapserver]] to provide a basis for collaborative local "portal" type services on community wireless networks. Now more interested in doing collaborative writing and research projects. [[User:JoWalsh]]
|-
| Dave McIlhagga
| [http://www.dmsolutions.ca DM Solutions Group]
| [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion and Visibility Committee]
| (45.401397610, -75.725861625)
| President & CEO of DM Solutions Group. Active promoter of open source geospatial technologies. Led DM Solutions Group to become a major contributor and advocate of MapServer and development of key open source MapServer utilities including [http://chameleon.maptools.org Chameleon], [http://ka-map.maptools.org kaMap], [http://maptools.org/maplab/index.phtml MapLab], [http://maptools.org/ms4w/index.phtml MS4W]. Provided financial and resource support for setup of a key home for open source geospatial projects at [http://www.maptools.org MapTools]. Led the organizing committee for [http://www.omsug.ca/osgis2004/index.html OSGIS], the first Open Source Geospatial conference in North America which coincided with the second MapServer User Meeting. Spearheaded the integration of the two major open source geospatial conferences from North America and Europe/Asia, as the [http://www.foss4g2006.org/ Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformations] single international event to be held in Lausanne Switzerland. [[User:davemac]]
|-
| Pericles (Perry) Nacionales
| [http://land.umn.edu University of Minnesota]
| [http://webcommittee.osgeo.org Web Site Committee]
| (44.9873167, -93.1851500)
| Promoter of open source geospatial technologies specially in the field of natural resources management and conservation, advocate of open and interoperability standards, MTSC member, author of [http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/docs/tutorial/tutorial/tutorial MapServer Tutorial].
|-
| Norman Vine
| Independent
|
| (41:31:38N, 70:39:43W)
| Independent software developer [[User:Nhv]]
|-
| Mike Adair
| [http://www.geoconnections.org/CGDI.cfm Natural Resources Canada/GeoConnections]
| [http://communitymapbuilder.org MapBuilder]
| (45.27, -75.75)
| Contributor and member of MapBuilder PMC. Interested primarily in AJAX client technology for mapping, but also in the whole SDI stack. [[User:madair]]
|-
| Stefan F. Keller
| University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil (HSR), [http://www.ifs.hsr.ch Institute for Software]
| [http://webgis.hsr.ch/javawps JavaWPS]
| (47.2240, 8.8181)
| Promotor of open source and commercial technologies specially in the field of information retrieval, databases, GIS and visualization. Advocate of open and interoperability standards, member of national GIS standardization (e-geo, SNV) and umbrella (SOGI) organizations. Creator of [http://wwww.geometa.info geometa.info], one of the first search engines for geospatial services (WMS), metadata and online maps (Lucene-based); contributor of geo-webservices for german Wikipedia. [[User:Sfkeller]]
|-
| [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]]
| [http://www.ccgis.de CCGIS], [http://www.geo-consortium.de Geo-Consortium]
| [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], [http://www.umn-mapserver.de UMN MapServer (Germany)], [http://board.osgeo.org Board], [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion and Visibility Committee]
| (7.0707, 50.7342)
| Mapbender PSC, Promoter of [http://www.gnu.org Free Software] and [http://www.osi.org Open Source] :-) Business (...and Open Source Software!)
|-
|V.RaviKumar
|Geologist
|OSGeo member [http://freegis.gnu.org.in/grass_geosciencedataset.pdf],[''GRASS Indian exmple'']
| 17° N 79° E
| A Geologist from India who is interested in FOSS software. GRASS in particular. Conducted a FOSS workshop at Hyderabad, India in May 2005. The workshop boosted our spirits with a large participation and good articles on various FOSS software. An entire session was for GRASS, Qgis software. Presently lecturing in various forums on the capability of GRASS and allied FOSS GIS. With the help of Free Software Foundation India, trying to spread awareness of GRASS GIS, GNU-Linux and FOSS. Countries like India have a lot to gain with the spread of FOSS.
|-
|David Hastings
|UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok
|Member of original Grass Interagency Steering Committee, etc.
| 13.75°N 100.5°E
| A physicist/geophysicist/geological engineer who has used GRASS since 1987, and on the GRASS Interagency Steering Committee for the original public-domain package. I wrote the Linux Mini-HOWTO on GRASS-GIS (which is now woefully out of date); and taught short courses in scientific (as opposed to cartographic) GIS since 1980. In 1994 I moved my teaching to the Web, developing the CyberInstitute Short-Course on GIS. Currently, I'm at UN ESCAP. Open-Source is a great capacity- building environment for software communities worldwide. In developing countries, rather than being stuck merely teaching people to cut and paste stuff within a proprietary office suite, you can be part of the full development team, customizing the software to your community's needs, helping your country to have its own software development community - and hopefully making a satisfying living in the process.
|-
| Gary Sherman
| [http://mrcc.com Micro Resources], [http://qgis.org Quantum GIS]
| OSGeo Member
| (-149.567, 61.32138)
| Consultant, "Father" of Quantum GIS, long-time Linux user and Open Source proponent.
|-
| Astrid Emde
| [http://www.mapbender.org Mapbender], MapServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS
| Mapbender Development
| (7.0707, 50.7342)
| Projects with MapServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS, Mapbender. Part of the Mapbender Developer Team. Courses for Mapbender, UMN MapServer, PostgreSQL/PostGIS and WMS, WFS
|-
| Jeroen Ticheler
| [http://geonetwork.sourceforge.net GeoNetwork opensource], [http://sourceforge.net/projects/intermap InterMap opensource], [http://www.fao.org/geonetwork Food and Agriculture Organization GeoNetwork]
| OSGeo member
| 42.07420°N, 12.34343°E
| I've initiated the development of the GeoNetwork opensource Spatial Data Catalog software and its embedded InterMap opensource Map Viewer. I hope to contribute possitively to the creation of a comprehensive, FOSS based toolkit for Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDIs) that help people share and use geospatial data and information in an easy and cost effective way. I focus especially on the data sharing within the United Nations system and in countries under development. I promote free and open source software as an excellent option for more sustainable development in these countries, proving it works by applying and further developing it in my day to day work. [http://lists.eogeo.org/mailman/listinfo/opensdi OpenSDI] is a forum to discuss foss and cots integration.
|-
| Dirceu Machado
| [http://www.pti.org.br Itaipu Tecnology Park]
| OSGeo member,GRASS
| 59°S, -24°E
| I'm a brazilian developer of open source GIS/WEB_GIS applications using PHP, JAVA and Python with Mapserver and PostGIS and also a user and enthusiast of Linux and BSD's OS. I'm excited with the idea of a community like this one and i wish to help in any way i can with development's (if necessary) and/or documentation translations to portuguese language. Actualy i'm working in a project to develop a GIS viewer and map generator (for printing purposes) in Python based on the idea of the JUMP Project.
|-
| Kevin Yam
| [http://www.ene.gov.on.ca Ontario Ministry of the Environment], [http://www.lio.mnr.gov.on.ca, Land Information Ontario]
| OSGeo member
| 43.709, -79.544
| Program coordinator for information management within the Provinicial Ministry of the Environment. I focus especially on data sharing between government agencies, departments and local stakeholders, and I am a promoter of open source geospatial tools applicable to environmental monitoring and observing [[User:kevinyam]]
|-
| Colin Gowens
| Geographer, GIS Professional
| OSGeo member
| 33.7518, -84.3920
| User of GRASS, GDAL, OGR, PostGIS and Mapserver since 2002. The open source GIS software and community have proven tremendously valuable to my GIS endeavors.
|-
| David Bitner
| [http://maps.macnoise.com/interactive/, Metropolitan Airports Commission], Freelance
| OSGeo member
| 44.844, -93.560
| Active PostGIS and MapServer user. GIS application developer for airport authority and other freelance projects. Member of Geodata Workgroup. Serve on Regional/State committees (Minnesota) for Data Sharing and Enterprise Geospatial Architecture. Member of Twin Cities Mapserver Users Group.
|-
| Tyler Mitchell
| [http://spatialguru.com, Spatialguru.com], [http://timberline.ca, Timberline GIS]
| OSGeo Member, [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion and Visibility Committee], [http://edu.osgeo.org Education Committee]
| 54, -121 (lat/lon)
| MapServer, PostGIS, GRASS, GDAL user. GIS Manager for production shop focused on natural resource management. [http://oreilly.com/catalog/webmapping, O'Reilly Author], writer, promoter of Open Source GIS.
|-
| Rafael Medeiros Sperb
| [http://www.univali.br, G10 - UNIVALI]
| OSGeo Member
| -26.60, -48.70 (lat/lon)
|-
| Steven M. Ottens
| [http://www.geodan.com/ Geodan]
| [http://communitymapbuilder.org MapBuilder]
| 52.34, 4.91 (lat/lon)
| Contributor and member of MapBuilder PMC. [[User:stvn]]
|-
| Stefano Maffulli
| Politecnico di Milano
| [http://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org Promotion and Visibility Committee], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/International_Outreach International Outreach], [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Public_Geospatial_Data_Project Public Geospatial Data]
| 45, 9 (Lat,Lon)
| Architect, worked within the GIS_Lab at University of Florence on research about sustainable development of historical cities. At Joint Research Center (Ispra) worked within the EU funded project [http://commongis.org CommonGIS]. Currently working with Politecnico di Milano as consultant on [http://www.corila.it/ Methodologies and technologies for conservation and restoration of historical Venetian buildings]
|-
| Dave Patton
| [http://members.shaw.ca/davepatton/ CIS Canadian Information Systems]
| helping the Website Committee
| 49.27N 123.15W
| Self-employed computer consultant. Co-lead developer for [http://punt.sourceforge.net/ Punt], an Open Source multi-language Windows desktop application that allows the user to view the terrain of any world in 3D. Canadian Coordinator and co-administrator of [http://www.confluence.org/index.php the Degree Confluence Project] [[User:Dpatton]]
|-
| Jody Garnett<br>[[User:Jive]]
| [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Home GeoTools]
| Iccubation and limited Website Committee
| missing
| It seems all I do is email, must be due to [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOTOOLS/Home GeoTools], [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Home GeoServer], [http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEO/Home GeoAPI] and [http://udig.refractions.net uDig]. I am working at [http://www.refractions.net/ Refractions Research, Inc], a small consulting company with an open source habit.
|}

Incubation Process

2006-05-22T18:40:56Z

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= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': 1

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': development

= Purpose =

The purpose of the Project Submission Process is to ensure that the procedure for getting new projects into the Incubation Process is well defined. This process is to be used for all new projects wishing to enter into OSGeo.

The process should be followed as is for most projects. The steps have been selected to best serve your project and to integrate it into the foundation. These steps have been chosen with great deliberation and evaluated as we run new projects through the process. Should your project find parts of this process either impossible or do not apply to your project, please inform the incubation committee and request removal or modification of parts of the process according to your needs.

= Terms and Definitions =

; Project : The project wishing to enter into OSGeo
; IncCom : The Incubation Committee
; Incubation Process : The process by which a project becomes a full member project of OSGeo
; Mentor : A member of the Incubation Committee chosen to assist a Project through the Incubation Process
; PMC : Project Management Committee

= Process =

# The Project completes the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Incubator_Application_Questionnaire,[Incubation Application Form]] and sends it to <official incubation email here>
# The IncCom reviews pending Incubation Applications at the next regularly scheduled IncCom. Each Incubation Application is evaluated based on the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]].
# For Projects that meet the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]], an Incubation Mentor is chosen. Incubation Mentors are selected based on willingness to act as a Mentor for a particular Project. If no Mentor is chosen, the Project is placed on hold until a Mentor can be found. It is acceptable (and desireable) for a Project to recruit a Mentor for itself as part of the Project Submission Process.
# The chairman of the IncCom presents projects selected for Incubation to the OSGeo Board of Directors for acceptance or deferral.
# The Incubation Mentor reports incubation progress to the IncCom periodically using the [[Project Status Template]].
# Incubation Projects remain in incubation until the Incubation Mentor and the IncCom agree the project is ready for full status based on the [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]].
# The Chairman of the IncCom presents projects ready for graduation at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the OSGeo Board of Directors. The OSGeo Board of Directors accepts or rejects a Project's graudation from the Incubator.
# Upon graduation, a member of the project's PMC is selected to report to the foundation board periodically on project status.

= Related Documents =

* [[Incubator Application Questionnaire]]
* [[Project Evaluation Criteria]]
* [[Project Status Template]]
* [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]]

General Principles of Incubation

2006-05-22T18:35:17Z

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This document is meant to be a guide to the incubation process in general. The goal is to introduce you to the concept of incubation in open source and how we do it here at OSGeo.org. It is currently a work in progress.

== Introduction ==

Open Source (OS) is often associated with anarchy or certain rights to do as you please. However, software is complex, hard to manage, and most software projects are prone to total failure or riddled with debilitating bugs. The story is true in OS as well as proprietarily produced software. The simplistic view is that software is software. The primary difference between OS and proprietary software is that in OS, we can all see the code and in some cases see the process of code creation.

The key to success for software is elusive. There is no silver bullet. However, we can say that there are a few things that can contribute to success:

* Some type of leadership and/or decision process
* A process for changes to the code
* Documentation (design and end-user docs)

Software is useless without end-users, so we want to ensure that the project targets the end-user. This also helps by reducing the time that the project developers have to spend on support. Here are a few things important to end-users:

* End-user documentation
* user email lists for supporting user questions
* Issue Management (on OSGeo we user Project Tracker)
* Home page and content (including documentation)
* Simple to use downloads with automated installation

The OSGeo Foundation has a few things that need to be done:

* Intellectual Property verification of ownership and choice of OS license
* Contact with owners of the project
* A review of the merits of the project and if it is worthy of hosting at OSGeo.org
* Ensuring that the project is healthy

Intellectual Property verification is required for due diligence. It helps us all ensure the code is truly open source and that the licenses have been applied directly. The foundation is a legal entity and should cover its self. The license is also imortant as we must ensure that the open source license you are using is compatible with the foundation.

Incubation is aimed at getting the above items to be done in some manner. The actual processes, content, and organization of the OS project is less important in this process as the actual execution and verification that these things are done. Incubation is meant to ensure that the project is ready and will succeed within the bounds of the foundation and that the foundation can help the project succeed.

Projects should document how they manage themselves

Contributors are the scarce resource and successful projects court
and encourage them

Projects are encouraged to adopt open standards and collaborate with
other OSGeo projects

# Projects should maintain developer and user documentation
# Projects should maintain a source code management system - svn or cvs
preferred
# Projects should maintain a discrepancy tracking system
# Projects should maintain project mailing lists
# Projects should actively promote their participation in OSGeo
# Projects are responsible for reviewing and controlling their code
bases to insure the integrity of the open source baselines
# Projects are encouraged to adopt OSGeo look and feel, branding, logos
on their project sites
# Projects are encouraged to participate in OSGeo standardization
efforts to present a common interface for OSGeo visitors and members

The OSGeo will in turn attempt to make available the best of breed
open source collaborative tools and resources to support those
efforts, if we offer better tools and resources projects will
naturally migrate to the better implementations.

I'm sure I've missed several important points, the main point being
that we lead vs control.

New projects compete for our approval with the same guidelines -
hopefully they will be included based on their perceived value to the
OSGeo overall goals and objectives.

[https://incubator.osgeo.org/servlets/ReadMsg?listName=incubator&msgNo=224 Mark Lucas' thoughts on incubation]

General Principles of Incubation

2006-05-22T18:31:40Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier:

General Principles of Incubation

2006-05-22T18:26:26Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Introduction */

Incubation Process

2006-05-22T18:15:09Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Process */

= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': 1

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': development

= Purpose =

The purpose of the Project Submission Process is to ensure that the procedure for getting new projects into the Incubation Process is well defined. This process is to be used for all new projects wishing to enter into OSGeo.

The process should be followed as is for most projects. The steps have been selected to best serve your project and to integrate it into the foundation. These steps have been chosen with great deliberation and evaluated as we run new projects through the process. Should your project find parts of this process either impossible or do not apply to your project, please inform the incubation committee and request removal or modification of parts of the process according to your needs.

= Terms and Definitions =

; Project : The project wishing to enter into OSGeo
; IncCom : The Incubation Committee
; Incubation Process : The process by which a project becomes a full member project of OSGeo
; Mentor : A member of the Incubation Committee chosen to assist a Project through the Incubation Process
; PMC : Project Management Committee

= Process =

# The Project completes the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Incubator_Application_Questionnaire,[Incubation Application Form]] and sends it to <official incubation email here>
# The IncCom reviews pending Incubation Applications at the next regularly scheduled IncCom. Each Incubation Application is evaluated based on the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]].
# For Projects that meet the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]], an Incubation Mentor is chosen. Incubation Mentors are selected based on willingness to act as a Mentor for a particular Project. If no Mentor is chosen, the Project is placed on hold until a Mentor can be found. It is acceptable (and desireable) for a Project to recruit a Mentor for itself as part of the Project Submission Process.
# The chairman of the IncCom presents projects selected for Incubation to the OSGeo Board of Directors for acceptance or deferral.
# The Incubation Mentor reports incubation progress to the IncCom periodically using the [[Project Status Template]].
# Incubation Projects remain in incubation until the Incubation Mentor and the IncCom agree the project is ready for full status based on the [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]].
# The Chairman of the IncCom presents projects ready for graduation at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the OSGeo Board of Directors. The OSGeo Board of Directors accepts or rejects a Project's graudation from the Incubator.
# Upon graduation, a member of the project's PMC is selected to report to the foundation board periodically on project status.

= Related Documents =

* [[Incubation Application Form]]
* [[Project Evaluation Criteria]]
* [[Project Status Template]]
* [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]]

Incubation Process

2006-05-22T18:12:50Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Related Documents */

= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': 1

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': development

= Purpose =

The purpose of the Project Submission Process is to ensure that the procedure for getting new projects into the Incubation Process is well defined. This process is to be used for all new projects wishing to enter into OSGeo.

The process should be followed as is for most projects. The steps have been selected to best serve your project and to integrate it into the foundation. These steps have been chosen with great deliberation and evaluated as we run new projects through the process. Should your project find parts of this process either impossible or do not apply to your project, please inform the incubation committee and request removal or modification of parts of the process according to your needs.

= Terms and Definitions =

; Project : The project wishing to enter into OSGeo
; IncCom : The Incubation Committee
; Incubation Process : The process by which a project becomes a full member project of OSGeo
; Mentor : A member of the Incubation Committee chosen to assist a Project through the Incubation Process
; PMC : Project Management Committee

= Process =

# The Project completes the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Incubator_Application_Questionnaire Incubation Application Form] and sends it to <official incubation email here>
# The IncCom reviews pending Incubation Applications at the next regularly scheduled IncCom. Each Incubation Application is evaluated based on the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]].
# For Projects that meet the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]], an Incubation Mentor is chosen. Incubation Mentors are selected based on willingness to act as a Mentor for a particular Project. If no Mentor is chosen, the Project is placed on hold until a Mentor can be found. It is acceptable (and desireable) for a Project to recruit a Mentor for itself as part of the Project Submission Process.
# The chairman of the IncCom presents projects selected for Incubation to the OSGeo Board of Directors for acceptance or deferral.
# The Incubation Mentor reports incubation progress to the IncCom periodically using the [[Project Status Template]].
# Incubation Projects remain in incubation until the Incubation Mentor and the IncCom agree the project is ready for full status based on the [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]].
# The Chairman of the IncCom presents projects ready for graduation at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the OSGeo Board of Directors. The OSGeo Board of Directors accepts or rejects a Project's graudation from the Incubator.
# Upon graduation, a member of the project's PMC is selected to report to the foundation board periodically on project status.

= Related Documents =

* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Incubator_Application_Questionnaire Incubation Application Form]
* [[Project Evaluation Criteria]]
* [[Project Status Template]]
* [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]]

Incubation Process

2006-05-22T17:52:59Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Process */

= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': 1

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': development

= Purpose =

The purpose of the Project Submission Process is to ensure that the procedure for getting new projects into the Incubation Process is well defined. This process is to be used for all new projects wishing to enter into OSGeo.

The process should be followed as is for most projects. The steps have been selected to best serve your project and to integrate it into the foundation. These steps have been chosen with great deliberation and evaluated as we run new projects through the process. Should your project find parts of this process either impossible or do not apply to your project, please inform the incubation committee and request removal or modification of parts of the process according to your needs.

= Terms and Definitions =

; Project : The project wishing to enter into OSGeo
; IncCom : The Incubation Committee
; Incubation Process : The process by which a project becomes a full member project of OSGeo
; Mentor : A member of the Incubation Committee chosen to assist a Project through the Incubation Process
; PMC : Project Management Committee

= Process =

# The Project completes the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Incubator_Application_Questionnaire Incubation Application Form] and sends it to <official incubation email here>
# The IncCom reviews pending Incubation Applications at the next regularly scheduled IncCom. Each Incubation Application is evaluated based on the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]].
# For Projects that meet the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]], an Incubation Mentor is chosen. Incubation Mentors are selected based on willingness to act as a Mentor for a particular Project. If no Mentor is chosen, the Project is placed on hold until a Mentor can be found. It is acceptable (and desireable) for a Project to recruit a Mentor for itself as part of the Project Submission Process.
# The chairman of the IncCom presents projects selected for Incubation to the OSGeo Board of Directors for acceptance or deferral.
# The Incubation Mentor reports incubation progress to the IncCom periodically using the [[Project Status Template]].
# Incubation Projects remain in incubation until the Incubation Mentor and the IncCom agree the project is ready for full status based on the [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]].
# The Chairman of the IncCom presents projects ready for graduation at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the OSGeo Board of Directors. The OSGeo Board of Directors accepts or rejects a Project's graudation from the Incubator.
# Upon graduation, a member of the project's PMC is selected to report to the foundation board periodically on project status.

= Related Documents =

* [[Incubation Application Form]]
* [[Project Evaluation Criteria]]
* [[Project Status Template]]
* [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]]

Incubation Process

2006-05-22T17:52:20Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Process */

= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': 1

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': development

= Purpose =

The purpose of the Project Submission Process is to ensure that the procedure for getting new projects into the Incubation Process is well defined. This process is to be used for all new projects wishing to enter into OSGeo.

The process should be followed as is for most projects. The steps have been selected to best serve your project and to integrate it into the foundation. These steps have been chosen with great deliberation and evaluated as we run new projects through the process. Should your project find parts of this process either impossible or do not apply to your project, please inform the incubation committee and request removal or modification of parts of the process according to your needs.

= Terms and Definitions =

; Project : The project wishing to enter into OSGeo
; IncCom : The Incubation Committee
; Incubation Process : The process by which a project becomes a full member project of OSGeo
; Mentor : A member of the Incubation Committee chosen to assist a Project through the Incubation Process
; PMC : Project Management Committee

= Process =

# The Project completes the [[http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Incubator_Application_Questionnaire Incubation Application Form]] and sends it to <official incubation email here>
# The IncCom reviews pending Incubation Applications at the next regularly scheduled IncCom. Each Incubation Application is evaluated based on the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]].
# For Projects that meet the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]], an Incubation Mentor is chosen. Incubation Mentors are selected based on willingness to act as a Mentor for a particular Project. If no Mentor is chosen, the Project is placed on hold until a Mentor can be found. It is acceptable (and desireable) for a Project to recruit a Mentor for itself as part of the Project Submission Process.
# The chairman of the IncCom presents projects selected for Incubation to the OSGeo Board of Directors for acceptance or deferral.
# The Incubation Mentor reports incubation progress to the IncCom periodically using the [[Project Status Template]].
# Incubation Projects remain in incubation until the Incubation Mentor and the IncCom agree the project is ready for full status based on the [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]].
# The Chairman of the IncCom presents projects ready for graduation at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the OSGeo Board of Directors. The OSGeo Board of Directors accepts or rejects a Project's graudation from the Incubator.
# Upon graduation, a member of the project's PMC is selected to report to the foundation board periodically on project status.

= Related Documents =

* [[Incubation Application Form]]
* [[Project Evaluation Criteria]]
* [[Project Status Template]]
* [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]]

Incubation Process

2006-05-22T17:44:37Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Process */

= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': 1

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': development

= Purpose =

The purpose of the Project Submission Process is to ensure that the procedure for getting new projects into the Incubation Process is well defined. This process is to be used for all new projects wishing to enter into OSGeo.

The process should be followed as is for most projects. The steps have been selected to best serve your project and to integrate it into the foundation. These steps have been chosen with great deliberation and evaluated as we run new projects through the process. Should your project find parts of this process either impossible or do not apply to your project, please inform the incubation committee and request removal or modification of parts of the process according to your needs.

= Terms and Definitions =

; Project : The project wishing to enter into OSGeo
; IncCom : The Incubation Committee
; Incubation Process : The process by which a project becomes a full member project of OSGeo
; Mentor : A member of the Incubation Committee chosen to assist a Project through the Incubation Process
; PMC : Project Management Committee

= Process =

# The Project completes the [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Incubator_Application_Questionnaire,[Incubation Application Form]] and sends it to <official incubation email here>
# The IncCom reviews pending Incubation Applications at the next regularly scheduled IncCom. Each Incubation Application is evaluated based on the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]].
# For Projects that meet the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]], an Incubation Mentor is chosen. Incubation Mentors are selected based on willingness to act as a Mentor for a particular Project. If no Mentor is chosen, the Project is placed on hold until a Mentor can be found. It is acceptable (and desireable) for a Project to recruit a Mentor for itself as part of the Project Submission Process.
# The chairman of the IncCom presents projects selected for Incubation to the OSGeo Board of Directors for acceptance or deferral.
# The Incubation Mentor reports incubation progress to the IncCom periodically using the [[Project Status Template]].
# Incubation Projects remain in incubation until the Incubation Mentor and the IncCom agree the project is ready for full status based on the [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]].
# The Chairman of the IncCom presents projects ready for graduation at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the OSGeo Board of Directors. The OSGeo Board of Directors accepts or rejects a Project's graudation from the Incubator.
# Upon graduation, a member of the project's PMC is selected to report to the foundation board periodically on project status.

= Related Documents =

* [[Incubation Application Form]]
* [[Project Evaluation Criteria]]
* [[Project Status Template]]
* [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]]

Project Evaluation Criteria

2006-05-22T17:15:38Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* New Project Proposals To Be Considered By The Incubation Committee */

= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': X

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': draft

= Purpose =

The purpose of this document is to outline the criteria to be used for prioritizing projects for acceptance into the incubation process. The project must fully meet, or be capable of meeting by graduation, the Required Criteria. Projects should meet some or all of the Desirable Criteria. The intention is that the more criteria a project meets, the more likely it will be accepted for incubation.

= Terms and Definitions =

; term : definition

= Criteria =

== Required ==

# the code is under an OSI approved license (data & doc projects need to specify their choice for a type of license).
# the project is willing to keep code clear of encumbrances (committer agreements, etc). (?? is this still required ??)
# the project is "geospatial", or directly in support of geospatial applications.

== Desirable ==
The following are desirable traits of projects entering into the community:

# Open source software is already reasonably mature (working quality code).
# Project already has a substantial user community.
# Project already has a substantial developer community.
# Project members are aware of, and implements support for, relevant standards (ie. OGC, etc).
# Project has linkages with existing foundation projects.
# Project fills a gap related to software that the foundation supports.
# Project is prepared to develop in an open and collaborative fashion.
# Project has contributions and interest from more than just one company/organization.
# Project is willing to migrate some or all of its infrastructure (code repository, web site, wiki, mailing list, etc) to foundation support infrastructure, and to adopt a website style consistent with the foundation.

== New Project Proposals To Be Considered By The Incubation Committee ==

Not all projects are mature. It is understood that it takes time for a project to be created and become viable, but that a community like OSGeo.org and its hosting software would benefit the project. However, the foundation and the community want to make sure that the project is well conceived, properly supported, and worthy of the foundation's resources, and volunteer's time. The following should also be desirable when presenting a new project:

# A detailed proposal of what is to be built and why it applies to the OSGeo foundation.
# The person making the proposal is fully capable of developing the software or has a team that is capable of producing the software.
# The project proposal includes a scope of work that defines what is to be built. The scope should include requirements and at least minimal design elements so that reviewers understand what is to be built.
# Mockups (if applicable) and/or prototypes of the software to be built (desirable, but not necessary).
# A list of other software that members of the team have worked on.

= Related Documents =

* documents

Project Evaluation Criteria

2006-05-22T17:15:07Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Desirable */

= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': X

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': draft

= Purpose =

The purpose of this document is to outline the criteria to be used for prioritizing projects for acceptance into the incubation process. The project must fully meet, or be capable of meeting by graduation, the Required Criteria. Projects should meet some or all of the Desirable Criteria. The intention is that the more criteria a project meets, the more likely it will be accepted for incubation.

= Terms and Definitions =

; term : definition

= Criteria =

== Required ==

# the code is under an OSI approved license (data & doc projects need to specify their choice for a type of license).
# the project is willing to keep code clear of encumbrances (committer agreements, etc). (?? is this still required ??)
# the project is "geospatial", or directly in support of geospatial applications.

== Desirable ==
The following are desirable traits of projects entering into the community:

# Open source software is already reasonably mature (working quality code).
# Project already has a substantial user community.
# Project already has a substantial developer community.
# Project members are aware of, and implements support for, relevant standards (ie. OGC, etc).
# Project has linkages with existing foundation projects.
# Project fills a gap related to software that the foundation supports.
# Project is prepared to develop in an open and collaborative fashion.
# Project has contributions and interest from more than just one company/organization.
# Project is willing to migrate some or all of its infrastructure (code repository, web site, wiki, mailing list, etc) to foundation support infrastructure, and to adopt a website style consistent with the foundation.

== New Project Proposals To Be Considered By The Incubation Committee ==

Not all projects are mature. It is understood that it takes time for a project to be created and become viable, but that a community like OSGeo.org and its hosting software would benefit the project. However, the foundation and the community want to make sure that the project is well conceived, properly supported, and worthy of the foundation's resources, and volunteer's time. The following should also be desirable when presenting a new project:

# A detailed proposal of what is to be built and why it applies to the OSGeo foundation.
# The person making the proposal is fully capable of developing the software or has a team that is capable of producing the software.
# The project proposal includes a scope of work that defines what is to be built. The scope should include requirements and at least minimal design elements so that reviewers understand what is to be built.
# Mockups (if applicable) and/or prototypes of the software to be built (desirable, but not necessary).
# A list of other software members of the team have worked on.

= Related Documents =

* documents

Incubation Process

2006-05-22T16:39:59Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Terms and Definitions */

= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': 1

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': development

= Purpose =

The purpose of the Project Submission Process is to ensure that the procedure for getting new projects into the Incubation Process is well defined. This process is to be used for all new projects wishing to enter into OSGeo.

The process should be followed as is for most projects. The steps have been selected to best serve your project and to integrate it into the foundation. These steps have been chosen with great deliberation and evaluated as we run new projects through the process. Should your project find parts of this process either impossible or do not apply to your project, please inform the incubation committee and request removal or modification of parts of the process according to your needs.

= Terms and Definitions =

; Project : The project wishing to enter into OSGeo
; IncCom : The Incubation Committee
; Incubation Process : The process by which a project becomes a full member project of OSGeo
; Mentor : A member of the Incubation Committee chosen to assist a Project through the Incubation Process
; PMC : Project Management Committee

= Process =

# The Project completes the [[Incubation Application Form]] and sends it to <official incubation email here>
# The IncCom reviews pending Incubation Applications at the next regularly scheduled IncCom. Each Incubation Application is evaluated based on the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]].
# For Projects that meet the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]], an Incubation Mentor is chosen. Incubation Mentors are selected based on willingness to act as a Mentor for a particular Project. If no Mentor is chosen, the Project is placed on hold until a Mentor can be found. It is acceptable (and desireable) for a Project to recruit a Mentor for itself as part of the Project Submission Process.
# The chairman of the IncCom presents projects selected for Incubation to the OSGeo Board of Directors for acceptance or deferral.
# The Incubation Mentor reports incubation progress to the IncCom periodically using the [[Project Status Template]].
# Incubation Projects remain in incubation until the Incubation Mentor and the IncCom agree the project is ready for full status based on the [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]].
# The Chairman of the IncCom presents projects ready for graduation at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the OSGeo Board of Directors. The OSGeo Board of Directors accepts or rejects a Project's graudation from the Incubator.
# Upon graduation, a member of the project's PMC is selected to report to the foundation board periodically on project status.

= Related Documents =

* [[Incubation Application Form]]
* [[Project Evaluation Criteria]]
* [[Project Status Template]]
* [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]]

Incubation Process

2006-05-22T16:38:34Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Purpose */

= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': 1

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': development

= Purpose =

The purpose of the Project Submission Process is to ensure that the procedure for getting new projects into the Incubation Process is well defined. This process is to be used for all new projects wishing to enter into OSGeo.

The process should be followed as is for most projects. The steps have been selected to best serve your project and to integrate it into the foundation. These steps have been chosen with great deliberation and evaluated as we run new projects through the process. Should your project find parts of this process either impossible or do not apply to your project, please inform the incubation committee and request removal or modification of parts of the process according to your needs.

= Terms and Definitions =

; Project : the project wishing to enter into OSGeo
; IncCom : the Incubation Committee
; Incubation Process : the process by which a project becomes a full member project of OSGeo
; Mentor : a member of the Incubation Committee chosen to assist a Project through the Incubation Process
; PMC : Project Management Committee

= Process =

# The Project completes the [[Incubation Application Form]] and sends it to <official incubation email here>
# The IncCom reviews pending Incubation Applications at the next regularly scheduled IncCom. Each Incubation Application is evaluated based on the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]].
# For Projects that meet the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]], an Incubation Mentor is chosen. Incubation Mentors are selected based on willingness to act as a Mentor for a particular Project. If no Mentor is chosen, the Project is placed on hold until a Mentor can be found. It is acceptable (and desireable) for a Project to recruit a Mentor for itself as part of the Project Submission Process.
# The chairman of the IncCom presents projects selected for Incubation to the OSGeo Board of Directors for acceptance or deferral.
# The Incubation Mentor reports incubation progress to the IncCom periodically using the [[Project Status Template]].
# Incubation Projects remain in incubation until the Incubation Mentor and the IncCom agree the project is ready for full status based on the [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]].
# The Chairman of the IncCom presents projects ready for graduation at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the OSGeo Board of Directors. The OSGeo Board of Directors accepts or rejects a Project's graudation from the Incubator.
# Upon graduation, a member of the project's PMC is selected to report to the foundation board periodically on project status.

= Related Documents =

* [[Incubation Application Form]]
* [[Project Evaluation Criteria]]
* [[Project Status Template]]
* [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]]

Incubation Process

2006-05-22T15:59:38Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Purpose */

= Document Status =

'''IncCom Document Number''': 1

'''Version''': 1.0

'''Status''': development

= Purpose =

The purpose of the Project Submission Process is to ensure that the procedure for getting new projects into the Incubation Process is well defined. This process is to be used for all new projects wishing to enter into OSGeo.

The process should be followed as is for most projects. The steps have been selected to best serve your project and to integrate it into the foundation. Should your project find parts of this process either impossible or does not apply to the type of project, please inform the incubation committee and request removal or modification of parts of the process according to your needs.

= Terms and Definitions =

; Project : the project wishing to enter into OSGeo
; IncCom : the Incubation Committee
; Incubation Process : the process by which a project becomes a full member project of OSGeo
; Mentor : a member of the Incubation Committee chosen to assist a Project through the Incubation Process
; PMC : Project Management Committee

= Process =

# The Project completes the [[Incubation Application Form]] and sends it to <official incubation email here>
# The IncCom reviews pending Incubation Applications at the next regularly scheduled IncCom. Each Incubation Application is evaluated based on the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]].
# For Projects that meet the [[Project Evaluation Criteria]], an Incubation Mentor is chosen. Incubation Mentors are selected based on willingness to act as a Mentor for a particular Project. If no Mentor is chosen, the Project is placed on hold until a Mentor can be found. It is acceptable (and desireable) for a Project to recruit a Mentor for itself as part of the Project Submission Process.
# The chairman of the IncCom presents projects selected for Incubation to the OSGeo Board of Directors for acceptance or deferral.
# The Incubation Mentor reports incubation progress to the IncCom periodically using the [[Project Status Template]].
# Incubation Projects remain in incubation until the Incubation Mentor and the IncCom agree the project is ready for full status based on the [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]].
# The Chairman of the IncCom presents projects ready for graduation at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the OSGeo Board of Directors. The OSGeo Board of Directors accepts or rejects a Project's graudation from the Incubator.
# Upon graduation, a member of the project's PMC is selected to report to the foundation board periodically on project status.

= Related Documents =

* [[Incubation Application Form]]
* [[Project Evaluation Criteria]]
* [[Project Status Template]]
* [[Incubation Graduation Criteria]]

Official IncCom Documents

2006-05-22T15:48:11Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier:

This is a list of all the documents that are considered to be official IncCom documents. The intention is to get each document into its final form then take it (or the whole set) to the board for approval).

{| class="wikitable" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" style="background:#cccccc;" |
|+IncCom Document Status
|- style="background:#efefef;" |
! document (link)
! Editor
! Status
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
| [[General Principles of Incubation]]
|
| pending review
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
| [[Incubation Process]]
|
| pending review
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
| [[Code Provenance Review Process]]
|
| pending review
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
| [[Project Graduation Process]]
|
| pending review
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
| [[Incubator Application Questionnaire]]
|
| pending review
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
| [[Project Evaluation Criteria]]
|
| pending review
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
| [[Project Graduation Checklist]]
|
| pending review
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
| [[Incubation Mentor Guidelines]]
|
| pending review
|- style="background:#ffffff;" |
| [[Project Status Template]]
|
| pending review
|}

Motto discussion

2006-05-15T17:02:55Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier:

We need a slogan/motto/tag-line to go along with the new logo. There will need to be several different ways of using, so we will likely need a few different ones. We'll need something to follow after the shorter "OSGeo" nickname. And also something to follow the longer title: "Open Source Geospatial Foundation". See if you can avoid any words already in the title.

Please submit your possible mottos here:

# Your Open Source Compass (was part of Aaron's logo submission)
# Compass to the Open Source GeoSpatial World (building on above)
# "It's a spheroid, get over it."
# Open ways
# Open destinations (too airliner-ish, i think)
# Open directions
# Enabling Geo-Power
# Pure Mapping Power
# Great Mapping Tools
# Projecting Worlds
# Find it with the tools from the foundation
# Open the source and find your way
# OSGeo -- Where it's at
# OSGeo shows you to the open source
# Spatialize your mind (Using an invented word could be useful in creating a stronger brand, similar to the use of Mc for all Mc Donalds McProducts)
# We love to see you smile (building on the last)
# The open place people
# Putting GeoSpace at work for you
# Putting the where in your work
# Because how you got there is as important as where you're going
# All geography is local
# Your datum, our data
# Ideas in the Open
# We design it spatialy for you
# Spatialy designed for you (building on the previous entry :-) )
# The open place people
# Liberating the World
# Liberating the Globe (Perhaps slightly less overt than Liberating the World)
# From the ground up
# Build for space
# Space for all
# Terra Libre
# Who's your Daddy
# Who's your Mommy
# Home of the green laser pointers
# Blowing things out of proportion since 2006
# The foundation formerly known as mapserver
# just do it!
# We know where you live!
# ALL YOUR MAP BASE ARE BELONG TO ME!
# Opening your world
# Spatially Yours
# Spatial Designs
# Leading the Way
# It's a geoid thing
# GIS it!
# We Do GIS!
# Do you Geo?
# Software that works with you
# Indicating the direction in the open world
# you know where
# geoempowerment
# ad locum tuum
# Unus omnium parens mundus est
# Open up the possibilities
# Opening YOUR World
# Explore your world
# A new perspective
# Warping the world
# Warp factor
# Your Open Solution
# Free, Like A Bird
# Real Tools, Real Work
# Mapping Power Tools
# Are You In?
# Are You Open?
# Joining Forces
# Connects The Dots
# The New Standard
# Your New Standard
# Managing The World
# Order In A New World
# Connecting Possibilities
# Consider The Possibilities
# Open the Possibility
# Building Stronger Software Through Distributed Innovations
# Making History in Geography
# The Future is Open
# Better Orientation to Mapping Solutions
# Community Oriented Mapping Solutions
# Walk this way

Board Meeting 2006 04 28

2006-05-05T15:11:31Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Minutes */

The 8th board meeting is planned for Friday, April 28, 2006 at 15:00 UTC ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=28&year=2006&hour=15&min=0&sec=0 fixedtime]), by phone and IRC ([irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo #osgeo]) at the same time.

From Skype call : +99038275318640

To use a regular phone:
From the US: call # 1-419-753-7120 (free, long distance costs apply).
From the UK: call # 0870-119-2350 (10p/minute).

Your Conference Room Number is: 5318640.

== Agenda ==

* Appoint meeting chairperson and secretary.
* Review and approve [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Seventh_Board_Meeting#Minutes prior meeting minutes]
* Discuss and adopt [[Committee Chair Guidelines]]
* Discuss appearance at Where 2.0, get back to Nat.
* Discuss request from Humaninet
* Get a date/place for face to face OSGeo meeting?

== Minutes ==

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION A Delaware non-stock corporation

On April 28, 2006, at 8:00 am Pacific time, pursuant to notice duly given, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a meeting by teleconference.

Present at the meeting were the following members of the Board: Arnulf Christl, Chris Holmes, Dave McIllhagga, Markus Neteler, Frank Warmerdam, Mark Lucas, Jo Walsh and Gary Lang. The following director was absent at the commencement of the meeting, Venkatesh Raghavan. Also present at the request of the Board were Daniel Brookshier, VP Website Committee, and Jennifer Daehler, representing legal counsel and secretary to the Foundation, Rich Steele. All participants indicated that they could hear one another. Additionally, Internet Relay Chat was used for backup purposes (#osgeo on irc.freenode.net). Mr. McIllhagga was appointed chairperson of the meeting. Finding a quorum present, Mr. McIllhagga called the meeting to order. Laura Rivera was appointed secretary of the meeting.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on April 21, 2006.

DISCUSS AND ADOPT COMMITTEE CHAIR GUIDELINES

The Board discussed adopting the Committee Guidelines written by legal counsel, Rich Steele. Several members were unclear about a two points regarding responsibilities of an officer, legal implications, a chair needing to be an officer, etc. Mr. Warmerdam suggested no formal decision be made until we clarified with Rich Steele. It was decided to withdraw these 2 points from the document and post as is.

DISCUSS APPEARANCE AT WHERE 2.0

Chris Holmes met with Nathan Torkington who informed him that Where 2.0 would be offering a 15 minute spot to plug the OSGeo Foundation. In addition, Mr. Lang volunteered Autodesk’s Diamond sponsorship to be used for OSGeo which includes a 30 minute keynote and booth.

REQUEST FROM HUMANINET

The Board next discussed the possibility of providing support for Humaninet.

DATE/PLACE FOR FACE TO FACE OSGEO MEETING
The Board next discussed the status of the date and place for a face to face OSGEO meeting. It was decided that a proposal be made by this time next week along with agenda items.

ADJOURNMENT

OSGeo.org Project Tool FAQ

2006-05-04T18:21:48Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* General FAQ */

= General FAQ =

Q: How do I contact another member of OSGeo if I don't know their email address?

A: All registered members can be contacted via the OSGeo ID by emailing the ID@osgeo.org. For example, user foo can be contacted at foo@osgeo.org.

Q: Why is OSGeo.org and its siblings https?

A: Simple answer: total security. Read the [[long security answer]].

Q: If OSGeo.org is here to promote open source, why host on the commercial CollabNet?

A: This is an often asked question. CollabNet was initialy hired by Autodesk for the job. CollabNet is currently under a one year contract to provide support. Here are a few simple reasons:

* Support - 24/7 support and high reliability
* Multiple project support - Eases the management of the many projects we host here.
* Integrated subversion, issue management, web space, email, and other tools
* Role-based security - Enables projects to isolate who can do what with code and tools
* Backed by many open source tools (some commissioned by CollabNet)
** http://eyebrowse.tigris.org/
** http://anzu.tigris.org/
** http://svn.tigris.org/
** http://www.ezmlm.org/
** http://www.qmail.org/ (?)
** Many others

Note: Although CollabNet uses these and other open source products, they are integrated into a proprietary system that enable them to provide multi-project support and management. That boils down to a simpler platform that is meant for end users collaborating on code rather than a site administrator.

= Project Owner FAQ =
== What are these "Project Role Requests" ==

The system allows users to request roles in projects. The project owner gets these requests via email and a link to the approval page. All of the roles available for requesting via the interface are read only roles for the repository.

All of the roles available for requesting via the interface are read only roles for the repository. They can submit a file in docs & files, join email lists, and the forum if there is one enabled in the project. By joining a project, the user also gets announcements in their home page and a link to the project that they belong to.

Even though these are just read only roles, the requests have to be approved by the project owner. Normally this was because we allowed all roles to be requested. But allowing people to request these roles via the interface caused a lot of confusion. Now other roles with write capability must be assigned by the project owner.

Roles thus should be approved when you get them as they really have no affect other than the user showing interest in a project. There should be info on you project page that shows what the process is for becoming a project committer or other role.

If you want to email any user to ask why they are requesting a role, you can send them an email using their OSGeo ID. All registered members can be contacted via the OSGeo ID by emailing the ID@osgeo.org. For example, user foo can be contacted at foo@osgeo.org.

== Managing Open Source Projects ==

[[Managing Changes to Code]]

= Subversion (svn) FAQ =

== Common SVN Errors ==
[[Error: Invalid change log message or author: Message must identify an artifact]]

OSGeo.org Project Tool FAQ

2006-05-04T18:09:26Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* General FAQ */

= General FAQ =

Q: How do I contact another member of OSGeo if I don't know their email address?

A: All registered members can be contacted via the OSGeo ID by emailing the ID@osgeo.org. For example, user foo can be contacted at foo@osgeo.org.

Q: Why is OSGeo.org and its siblings https?

A: Simple answer: total security. Read the [[long security answer]].

Q: If OSGeo.org is here to promote open source, why host on the commercial CollabNet?

* Support - 24/7 support and high reliability
* Multiple project support - Eases the management of the many projects we host here.
* Backed by many open source tools (some commissioned by CollabNet)
** http://eyebrowse.tigris.org/
** http://anzu.tigris.org/
** http://svn.tigris.org/
** Many others

= Project Owner FAQ =
== What are these "Project Role Requests" ==

The system allows users to request roles in projects. The project owner gets these requests via email and a link to the approval page. All of the roles available for requesting via the interface are read only roles for the repository.

All of the roles available for requesting via the interface are read only roles for the repository. They can submit a file in docs & files, join email lists, and the forum if there is one enabled in the project. By joining a project, the user also gets announcements in their home page and a link to the project that they belong to.

Even though these are just read only roles, the requests have to be approved by the project owner. Normally this was because we allowed all roles to be requested. But allowing people to request these roles via the interface caused a lot of confusion. Now other roles with write capability must be assigned by the project owner.

Roles thus should be approved when you get them as they really have no affect other than the user showing interest in a project. There should be info on you project page that shows what the process is for becoming a project committer or other role.

If you want to email any user to ask why they are requesting a role, you can send them an email using their OSGeo ID. All registered members can be contacted via the OSGeo ID by emailing the ID@osgeo.org. For example, user foo can be contacted at foo@osgeo.org.

== Managing Open Source Projects ==

[[Managing Changes to Code]]

= Subversion (svn) FAQ =

== Common SVN Errors ==
[[Error: Invalid change log message or author: Message must identify an artifact]]

OSGeo.org Project Tool FAQ

2006-05-04T18:09:12Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* General FAQ */

= General FAQ =

Q: How do I contact another member of OSGeo if I don't know their email address?

A: All registered members can be contacted via the OSGeo ID by emailing the ID@osgeo.org. For example, user foo can be contacted at foo@osgeo.org.

Q: Why is OSGeo.org and its siblings https?

A: Simple answer: total security. Read the [[long security answer]].

Q: If OSGeo.org is here to promote open source, why host on the commercial CollabNet?

* Support - 24/7 support and high reliability
* Multiple project support - Eases the management of the many projects we host here.
* Backed by many open source tools (some commissioned by CollabNet)
** http://eyebrowse.tigris.org/
** http://anzu.tigris.org/
** http:svn.tigris.org/
** Many others

= Project Owner FAQ =
== What are these "Project Role Requests" ==

The system allows users to request roles in projects. The project owner gets these requests via email and a link to the approval page. All of the roles available for requesting via the interface are read only roles for the repository.

All of the roles available for requesting via the interface are read only roles for the repository. They can submit a file in docs & files, join email lists, and the forum if there is one enabled in the project. By joining a project, the user also gets announcements in their home page and a link to the project that they belong to.

Even though these are just read only roles, the requests have to be approved by the project owner. Normally this was because we allowed all roles to be requested. But allowing people to request these roles via the interface caused a lot of confusion. Now other roles with write capability must be assigned by the project owner.

Roles thus should be approved when you get them as they really have no affect other than the user showing interest in a project. There should be info on you project page that shows what the process is for becoming a project committer or other role.

If you want to email any user to ask why they are requesting a role, you can send them an email using their OSGeo ID. All registered members can be contacted via the OSGeo ID by emailing the ID@osgeo.org. For example, user foo can be contacted at foo@osgeo.org.

== Managing Open Source Projects ==

[[Managing Changes to Code]]

= Subversion (svn) FAQ =

== Common SVN Errors ==
[[Error: Invalid change log message or author: Message must identify an artifact]]

OSGeo.org Project Tool FAQ

2006-05-04T18:08:53Z

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= General FAQ =

Q: How do I contact another member of OSGeo if I don't know their email address?

A: All registered members can be contacted via the OSGeo ID by emailing the ID@osgeo.org. For example, user foo can be contacted at foo@osgeo.org.

Q: Why is OSGeo.org and its siblings https?

A: Simple answer: total security. Read the [[long security answer]].

Q: If OSGeo.org is here to promote open source, why host on the commercial CollabNet?

* Support - 24/7 support and high reliability
* Multiple project support - Eases the management of the many projects we host here.
* Backed by many open source tools (some commissioned by CollabNet)
** http://eyebrowse.tigris.org/
** http://anzu.tigris.org/
** http:svn.tigris.org/
** Many others

= Project Owner FAQ =
== What are these "Project Role Requests" ==

The system allows users to request roles in projects. The project owner gets these requests via email and a link to the approval page. All of the roles available for requesting via the interface are read only roles for the repository.

All of the roles available for requesting via the interface are read only roles for the repository. They can submit a file in docs & files, join email lists, and the forum if there is one enabled in the project. By joining a project, the user also gets announcements in their home page and a link to the project that they belong to.

Even though these are just read only roles, the requests have to be approved by the project owner. Normally this was because we allowed all roles to be requested. But allowing people to request these roles via the interface caused a lot of confusion. Now other roles with write capability must be assigned by the project owner.

Roles thus should be approved when you get them as they really have no affect other than the user showing interest in a project. There should be info on you project page that shows what the process is for becoming a project committer or other role.

If you want to email any user to ask why they are requesting a role, you can send them an email using their OSGeo ID. All registered members can be contacted via the OSGeo ID by emailing the ID@osgeo.org. For example, user foo can be contacted at foo@osgeo.org.

== Managing Open Source Projects ==

[[Managing Changes to Code]]

= Subversion (svn) FAQ =

== Common SVN Errors ==
[[Error: Invalid change log message or author: Message must identify an artifact]]

Third VisCom Meeting

2006-05-02T18:55:00Z

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=== Date and Time ===

May 11th, 2006, at 15:00 UTC [[http://www.example.com worldclock link]]] (8:00am PST)

The meeting will take place on IRC at #osgeo and as a conference call
* US and Canada: 877-326-2337
* International: 303-928 3232
* id code: 3206046#

=== Agenda ===

* Do something about the [[VisComTODO]] page. (mpg)
* Marketing Subteam status (Peter)
* Library Subteam status (mpg)
* Outreach Subteam status (Dave)
* Logo contest results, discussion of slogans see [[logo discussion]]

General Principles of Incubation

2006-05-02T16:54:43Z

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General Principles of Incubation

2006-05-02T16:54:05Z

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General Principles of Incubation

2006-05-02T16:53:31Z

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Promotion and Visibility Committee

2006-04-27T15:38:48Z

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''('''NOTE:''' The following is all for discussion purposes, and not firmly established yet)''

The Promotion Committee will help produce input to be published by the [[Web Site Committee Motion|Web Site Committee]]. Publishing, controlling and adoption as stable documents is probably done by the latter.

To spread word and build a strong recognition of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, foundation projects and the use of open source in geospatial applications in general every major event should be covered professionally. Smaller events and local conventions in many cases already get covered by associated members (friends of the foundation).

== Committee Website ==
The official committee web site is https://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org/. For the time being it seems as if this Wiki is more flexible. Once stable documents are available they will move to the official committee web site.

== Committee Meetings ==

* [[First_VisCom_Meeting]] (was March 23rd, 2006)

* [[Second_VisCom_Meeting]] (will be April 27th, 2006)
** 8am PST ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=27&year=2006&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p1=70 worldclock link])

== Tasks ==
Several levels of activity should be addressed to support advertising the OSGeo Foundation depending on the character of the event to take place.
* Web site linking [[Website Committee]]
* Create and provide paperwork (ads, flyers, posters, information brochures)
* Giveaways (focused on larger events with special OS affinity)
* [[Operate OSGeo Booth]] (large events)
* [[Community Outreach - community contact management, spotlights, case studies]]
Our scratchpad is currently located at the [[VisComTODO]] page.

== Committee Members ==

Potential Members:
* Jason Birch (jasonbirch@osgeo.org)
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]] (Chair)
* Michael Gerlek (mpg@osgeo.org)
* Dave McIlhagga (dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca)
* Tyler Mitchell (pending)
* Markus Neteler (pending)
* Sean Sternfeldt (Sean.Sternfeldt@autodesk.com)
* Mark Lucas (mlucas17@mac.com)

== Linking ==
Links to the OSGeo Foundation web site should be related to the primary context of fostering Free and Open Source Software projects, availability of [[Public Geospatial Data Project]] and [[Free Geospatial Data]]. Both [[International Outreach]] and [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]] will establish an efficient network.

== Press Releases ==

Due to the possibility of a Slashdot affect, CollabNet operations needs to be notified 24 hours in advance of press releases whenever possible. Please email Daniel Brookshier and Michael Lavoie at the following addresses as soon as you have an aproximate time and date: dbrookshier@collab.net, mlavoie@collab.net

First [https://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/open_source_geospatial_foundation_initial_press_release.html Press Release] published 6 March 2006

== Where to Send Press Releases ==

The following are addresses to send press releases:

* submit.news@consortiuminfo.org (see: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/ ).
* [http://www.directionsmag.com/press.releases/?duty=Contribute DirectionsMag online]
* [http://slashgeo.org/submit.pl Slashgeo online]
* [http://www.geoplace.com/pressrelease/login.asp GeoPlace.com online]

== Presentations ==
Presentations, promotion and dissemination of the OSGeo Foundation principles and ideas:
* Give talks and [[Presentations]] at conferences
* Hold workshops at conventions
* [[Operate OSGeo Booth]] at exhibitions, conventions, user meetings

=== Presentation Material ===
A central document directory should feature [[Presentations]] about the OSGeo. Presentations should eventually be managed in the SVN repository of the Promotion and Visibility Project. Externals who need to get the FOSSGIS idea across can use material from this repository to build their own presentations. The material will be appropriately licensed with a free non-software license (e.g., Creative Commons licenses).

At a later stage Posters, Give Aways, Flyers, live-CD, etc. can be added (see also [[Fundraising]]).

=== Formats, Copyright, License of Documents ===
The preferred format would probably be HTML, making it easy to create links and make it searchable using the OSGeo (CN) infrastructure. (Initial discussion and collaborative editing can be done in the Wiki). Please refrain from creating PPTs, PDFs or other closed formats while OpenDocument format will be appropriate for slides. Presentations would preferably be licensed as GNU FDL, CC (or appropriate alternative) to ensure that they are freely available (please use the discussion page registered at the top of this page).

== Sticker, Caps, Promotion Stuff ==
We will want to think up some stuff to give away. This could be mugs, caps, t-shirts, etc. Probably will have to wait until the logo is done. Some slogan (slogans?) (all by [http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2006/02/_open_source_ge.html Jody Garnett]):
* Built on OSGeo
* OSGeo - Think way outside the box
* OSGeo: It's a Spheroid get over it
* OSGeo.org : Spatialize your mind (Alain Grignon)

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Managing Changes to Code

2006-04-26T15:45:45Z

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The following are recomended rules for managing code in an open source project.

'''Code Submission Rules'''

This is an open project so anyone that is a member can submit an issue and/or attach code to an issue to resolve an issue. However, not all code or issues will be accepted by the owners and existing developers of this project. Issues, code, comments, and documentation must be well written and pass a review by at least one of the developers and may be vetoed by any developer or the project owners. In addition we have the following code submission process. Failure to follow the process may cause you to be removed from the project.

'''Code Submission Process :'''

* All changes must be in reference to an issue to resolve a Defect, Patch, Task, Feature, or Enhancement.
* All code to resolve the issue must be attached to an issue for review prior to committing to the database
* All changes must be reviewed by at least one other member with developer status or the project owner
* Any reviewed code that receives a negative review or request for modification cannot be committed until either a discussion of the code and issue reverses the negative review or that the code is modified to remove the objection. You may also be required to include comments, changes to documentation, and unit tests before code can be committed.

When code is posted to Subversion, in the submission comment you must reference a short description of the issue, short description about the change, the issue number, and the developer ID of the reviewer.

Note: All members can submit issues and attach code modifications to the issues for review. If code is reviewed positively, you may be granted a developer role at that time or someone will post the code to Subversion for you.

Managing Changes to Code

2006-04-26T15:45:08Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier:

The following are recomended rules for managing code in an open source project.

'''Code Submission Rules'''

This is an open project so anyone that is a member can submit an issue and/or attach code to an issue to resolve an issue. However, not all code or issues will be accepted by the owners and existing developers of this project. Issues, code, comments, and documentation must be well written and pass a review by at least one of the developers and may be vetoed by any developer or the project owners. In addition we have the following code submission process. Failure to follow the process may cause you to be removed from the project.

'''Code Submission Process :'''

1 All changes must be in reference to an issue to resolve a Defect, Patch, Task, Feature, or Enhancement.
1 All code to resolve the issue must be attached to an issue for review prior to committing to the database
1 All changes must be reviewed by at least one other member with developer status or the project owner
1 Any reviewed code that receives a negative review or request for modification cannot be committed until either a discussion of the code and issue reverses the negative review or that the code is modified to remove the objection. You may also be required to include comments, changes to documentation, and unit tests before code can be committed.

When code is posted to Subversion, in the submission comment you must reference a short description of the issue, short description about the change, the issue number, and the developer ID of the reviewer.

Note: All members can submit issues and attach code modifications to the issues for review. If code is reviewed positively, you may be granted a developer role at that time or someone will post the code to Subversion for you.

OSGeo.org Project Tool FAQ

2006-04-26T15:42:41Z

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Project Incubation

2006-04-24T19:27:13Z

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(NOTE: The following is all for discussion purposes, and not firmly established yet)

== Project Incubation Committee ==

* [[IncCom Wiki]]
* The official incubator web page is at: http://incubator.osgeo.org

== Apache Incubation Process ==

The Apache incubation process is serving as a rough guide for the OSGeo incubation process. Details can
be found at:

[http://apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#incubator Apache Incubator]

[http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html Apache Incubation Policy]

A [[Apache vs. OSGeo Incubation Review]] discusses one view of how OSGeo incubation might be similar, and different from Apache incubation.

== Incubation Completion Criteria ==

* Has the code been adequately vetted to assure it is all properly licensed? (Some notes at [[IP_Issues_Discussion_Document#Inbound_Contributions]])
* Have all code committers signed appropriate [[Contributor Agreement|Contributor Agreements]]. (Rich working on draft agreement)
* Does the project have a governance policy and a project management committee established that ensures decisions can be made, documented and adhered to?
* Is the developer community working in a reasonably healthy way? Open to input, new members and reaching consensus on decisions?

== Tasks ==
The initial set of tasks and ideas are posted on the [[IncubatorTODO]] page

== Issues ==
* How to deal with long term projects such as GRASS (started 1982) in terms of a [[Contributor Agreement]]? Is the Debian-Clearance and GPL clearance sufficient?

== Notes ==

https://incubator.osgeo.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=incubator&msgNo=224

Long security answer

2006-04-23T16:34:17Z

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Q: Why is the website (edu.osgeo.org and its siblings) under secure
http? I can understand using https when editing, but for normal viewing
public, what good does https serve? Are there any
disadvantages/advantages to this?

A: Simple answer, total security integrity. Here is the longer answer:

This is part of the security model. Simply there are private projects and other areas that need to be secured. The simplest explanation is that because of the software, there is no clear demarcation between secure and non-secure projects or parts of projects. This is further complicated by the role a user has that secures parts of the site and even parts of a project from a user with a role. So, it depends on your role of what you see, but by keeping the entire system locked up with https, no one can see what you are looking at. Turning on and off https would be tricky and harder to ensure it was secure.

The security model is not something you just turn on/off. Total security integrity is the key here. The sacrifice of https overhead is minor compared to the integrity. If you can turn it off for part of the site, you can also make the mistake of turning it off in the wrong place. Ask any security expert and they will say secure it all (and then unplug it from the internet).

The fact that you can see the site at all is a special case for this publicly accessible site. There is a default 'guest' id that has specific permissions. When you hit the site without logging it, you get logged in as guest and off you go.

Besides control of the site features, you might ask, what needs such bullet proof security? Well this is not national defense, but the software is built to do that and is used by big corporations and government for highly secure projects. CollabNet keeps its costs down by using the same software for open source communities like OSGeo and OpenOffice as they do for the department of defense and companies like HP. Because we have to go through rigorous audits, the software as a system is deployed only one way to ensure it maintains integrity.

So, overkill? Not really. A little inefficient, but all in the name of high security.

OSGeo.org Project Tool FAQ

2006-04-23T16:24:12Z

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Main Page

2006-04-21T19:23:32Z

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== Introduction to the Open Source Geospatial Foundation Wiki ==
This is the community Wiki of the [http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation]. Please refer to the official web site at http://www.osgeo.org/ for stable documents and policies. This Wiki is the place where documents can be created collaboratively (ie. adoption processes, user hints, suggestions, committee notes, etc.). All web pages that are adopted as official documents will be moved to a CVS or SVN and subsequently appear at the [http://www.osgeo.org/ OSGeo] web site, which is the only official place for documents.

If you're wondering about how to dive in to OSGeo, what it's all about and how to get involved, see [[Getting Started]].

== OSGeo Structure ==

* [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/about.html "About the Foundation"] (official officers, charter docs, etc)
* [[All Members]] -- add information about yourself
* [[Roadmap]]
* [[Mailing Lists]]

== Committees and Working Groups ==
* [[Board of Directors]] (official) - [[Board tasks]]
* [[Website Committee]] (official) - [[WebComTODO|Current WebCom tasks]]
* [[Fundraising]] Committee (official)
* [[IncCom Wiki|Incubation Committee]] (official) - [[IncubatorTODO|Current IncCom tasks]]
* [[Promotion and Visibility Committee]] (official) - [[VisComTODO|Current VisCom tasks]]
* [[Public Geospatial Data Committee]] (official; maybe needs a catchier name)
* [[Education and Curriculum Committee]] (official)
* [[Certification Committee]] (not official) - ''initial ideas stage!''

For a list of scheduled or regularly scheduled meetings of the Board Committees and Working Groups refer to the [[Foundation Calendar]].
==Project Specific Wiki ==
The following are sub-sections of the wiki, specific to hosted open source projects at OSGeo.org:

* [[MapGuide Open Source]]

== Current Proposals and Documents in Editing Process ==
* [[Talk:Proposed_Press_Release | Translations of Press Release]]
* [[Proposed Project Submission Process]]
* [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]]
* [[International Outreach]]
* [[OSGeo Mission]]
* [[Proposed Membership Rules]]
* [[Potential Nominees for Next Membership Election]]
* [[Distribution Special Interest Groups]]
* [[Response to RFI for US Gov GeoSpatial]]

== Project requests ==
* [[Volunteers Needed]]
* [[AJAX WebMapping Project Request]]
* [[Programming Languages Project]]
* [[Cpanel Installer]]
* [[Languages maps for webs]]
* [[Maps gallery]]

== Project Tools ==
[[ OSGeo.org Project Tool FAQ]]

== Useful Notes ==
* [[Getting Started]] will help you to find about.
* [[How to Edit]] this Wiki.
* [[How to keep Track]] of what is going on in the Wiki.
* [[OSGEO:Protected page guidelines|Protected page guidelines]]

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Main Page

2006-04-21T17:51:48Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Project Specific Wiki */

== Introduction to the Open Source Geospatial Foundation Wiki ==
This is the community Wiki of the [http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation]. Please refer to the official web site at http://www.osgeo.org/ for stable documents and policies. This Wiki is the place where documents can be created collaboratively (ie. adoption processes, user hints, suggestions, committee notes, etc.). All web pages that are adopted as official documents will be moved to a CVS or SVN and subsequently appear at the [http://www.osgeo.org/ OSGeo] web site, which is the only official place for documents.

If you're wondering about how to dive in to OSGeo, what it's all about and how to get involved, see [[Getting Started]].

== OSGeo Structure ==

* [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/about.html "About the Foundation"] (official officers, charter docs, etc)
* [[All Members]] -- add information about yourself
* [[Roadmap]]
* [[Mailing Lists]]

== Committees and Working Groups ==
* [[Board of Directors]] (official) - [[Board tasks]]
* [[Website Committee]] (official) - [[WebComTODO|Current WebCom tasks]]
* [[Fundraising]] Committee (official)
* [[IncCom Wiki|Incubation Committee]] (official) - [[IncubatorTODO|Current IncCom tasks]]
* [[Promotion and Visibility Committee]] (official) - [[VisComTODO|Current VisCom tasks]]
* [[Public Geospatial Data Committee]] (official; maybe needs a catchier name)
* [[Education and Curriculum Committee]] (official)
* [[Certification Committee]] (not official) - ''initial ideas stage!''

For a list of scheduled or regularly scheduled meetings of the Board Committees and Working Groups refer to the [[Foundation Calendar]].
==Project Specific Wiki ==
[[MapGuide Open Source]]

== Current Proposals and Documents in Editing Process ==
* [[Talk:Proposed_Press_Release | Translations of Press Release]]
* [[Proposed Project Submission Process]]
* [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]]
* [[International Outreach]]
* [[OSGeo Mission]]
* [[Proposed Membership Rules]]
* [[Potential Nominees for Next Membership Election]]
* [[Distribution Special Interest Groups]]
* [[Response to RFI for US Gov GeoSpatial]]

== Project requests ==
* [[Volunteers Needed]]
* [[AJAX WebMapping Project Request]]
* [[Programming Languages Project]]
* [[Cpanel Installer]]
* [[Languages maps for webs]]
* [[Maps gallery]]

== Project Tools ==
[[ OSGeo.org Project Tool FAQ]]

== Useful Notes ==
* [[Getting Started]] will help you to find about.
* [[How to Edit]] this Wiki.
* [[How to keep Track]] of what is going on in the Wiki.
* [[OSGEO:Protected page guidelines|Protected page guidelines]]

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Main Page

2006-04-21T17:51:30Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Committees and Working Groups */

== Introduction to the Open Source Geospatial Foundation Wiki ==
This is the community Wiki of the [http://www.osgeo.org/ Open Source Geospatial Foundation]. Please refer to the official web site at http://www.osgeo.org/ for stable documents and policies. This Wiki is the place where documents can be created collaboratively (ie. adoption processes, user hints, suggestions, committee notes, etc.). All web pages that are adopted as official documents will be moved to a CVS or SVN and subsequently appear at the [http://www.osgeo.org/ OSGeo] web site, which is the only official place for documents.

If you're wondering about how to dive in to OSGeo, what it's all about and how to get involved, see [[Getting Started]].

== OSGeo Structure ==

* [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/about.html "About the Foundation"] (official officers, charter docs, etc)
* [[All Members]] -- add information about yourself
* [[Roadmap]]
* [[Mailing Lists]]

== Committees and Working Groups ==
* [[Board of Directors]] (official) - [[Board tasks]]
* [[Website Committee]] (official) - [[WebComTODO|Current WebCom tasks]]
* [[Fundraising]] Committee (official)
* [[IncCom Wiki|Incubation Committee]] (official) - [[IncubatorTODO|Current IncCom tasks]]
* [[Promotion and Visibility Committee]] (official) - [[VisComTODO|Current VisCom tasks]]
* [[Public Geospatial Data Committee]] (official; maybe needs a catchier name)
* [[Education and Curriculum Committee]] (official)
* [[Certification Committee]] (not official) - ''initial ideas stage!''

For a list of scheduled or regularly scheduled meetings of the Board Committees and Working Groups refer to the [[Foundation Calendar]].
==Project Specific Wiki ==
[MapGuide Open Source]

== Current Proposals and Documents in Editing Process ==
* [[Talk:Proposed_Press_Release | Translations of Press Release]]
* [[Proposed Project Submission Process]]
* [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]]
* [[International Outreach]]
* [[OSGeo Mission]]
* [[Proposed Membership Rules]]
* [[Potential Nominees for Next Membership Election]]
* [[Distribution Special Interest Groups]]
* [[Response to RFI for US Gov GeoSpatial]]

== Project requests ==
* [[Volunteers Needed]]
* [[AJAX WebMapping Project Request]]
* [[Programming Languages Project]]
* [[Cpanel Installer]]
* [[Languages maps for webs]]
* [[Maps gallery]]

== Project Tools ==
[[ OSGeo.org Project Tool FAQ]]

== Useful Notes ==
* [[Getting Started]] will help you to find about.
* [[How to Edit]] this Wiki.
* [[How to keep Track]] of what is going on in the Wiki.
* [[OSGEO:Protected page guidelines|Protected page guidelines]]

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[[OSGEO:About|Wiki Site Disclaimer]]

VisComAgenda/minutes 8:00am PST Thursday 27th, April 2006

2006-04-21T16:20:15Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Agenda */

[[ Agenda/minutes 8:00am PST Thursday 27th, April 2006]]
Fixed time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=27&year=2006&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p1=70

Location: IRC channel #osgeo on irc.freenode.net

== Agenda ==

* Press Release Process
* Press release topics to push and interval

== Minutes ==

VisComAgenda/minutes 8:00am PST Thursday 27th, April 2006

2006-04-21T16:19:47Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Agenda */

VisComAgenda/minutes 8:00am PST Thursday 27th, April 2006

2006-04-21T16:09:23Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier:

VisComAgenda/minutes 8:00am PST Thursday 27th, April 2006

2006-04-21T16:06:13Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Agenda */

[[ Agenda/minutes 8:00am PST Thursday 27th, April 2006]]
Fixed time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=27&year=2006&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p1=70

== Agenda ==

* Press Release Process
* Press release topics to push
* Powerpoint presentation on OSGeo to give at conferences

VisComAgenda/minutes 8:00am PST Thursday 27th, April 2006

2006-04-21T16:04:56Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier:

[[ Agenda/minutes 8:00am PST Thursday 27th, April 2006]]
Fixed time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=27&year=2006&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p1=70

== Agenda ==

* Press Release Process
* Press release topics to push

Promotion and Visibility Committee

2006-04-21T16:02:36Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Committee Meetings */

''('''NOTE:''' The following is all for discussion purposes, and not firmly established yet)''

The Promotion Committee will help produce input to be published by the [[Web Site Committee Motion|Web Site Committee]]. Publishing, controlling and adoption as stable documents is probably done by the latter.

To spread word and build a strong recognition of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, foundation projects and the use of open source in geospatial applications in general every major event should be covered professionally. Smaller events and local conventions in many cases already get covered by associated members (friends of the foundation).

== Committee Website ==
The official committee web site is https://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org/. For the time being it seems as if this Wiki is more flexible. Once stable documents are available they will move to the official committee web site.

== Committee Meetings ==

[[ Agenda/minutes 8:00am PST Thursday 27th, April 2006]]
Fixed time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=27&year=2006&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p1=70

== Tasks ==
Several levels of activity should be addressed to support advertising the OSGeo Foundation depending on the character of the event to take place.
* Web site linking [[Website Committee]]
* Create and provide paperwork (ads, flyers, posters, information brochures)
* Giveaways (focused on larger events with special OS affinity)
* [[Operate OSGeo Booth]] (large events)

Our scratchpad is currently located at the [[VisComTODO]] page.

== Committee Members ==

Potential Members:
* Jason Birch (jasonbirch@osgeo.org)
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]] (Chair)
* Michael Gerlek (mpg@osgeo.org)
* Dave McIlhagga (dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca)
* Tyler Mitchell (pending)
* Markus Neteler (pending)
* Sean Sternfeldt (Sean.Sternfeldt@autodesk.com)
* Mark Lucas (mlucas17@mac.com)

== Linking ==
Links to the OSGeo Foundation web site should be related to the primary context of fostering Free and Open Source Software projects, availability of [[Public Geospatial Data Project]] and [[Free Geospatial Data]]. Both [[International Outreach]] and [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]] will establish an efficient network.

== Press Releases ==

Due to the possibility of a Slashdot affect, CollabNet operations needs to be notified 24 hours in advance of press releases whenever possible. Please email Daniel Brookshier and Michael Lavoie at the following addresses as soon as you have an aproximate time and date: dbrookshier@collab.net, mlavoie@collab.net

First [https://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/open_source_geospatial_foundation_initial_press_release.html Press Release] published 6 March 2006

== Where to Send Press Releases ==

The following are addresses to send press releases:

submit.news@consortiuminfo.org (see: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/ ).

== Presentations ==
Presentations, promotion and dissemination of the OSGeo Foundation principles and ideas:
* Give talks and [[Presentations]] at conferences
* Hold workshops at conventions
* [[Operate OSGeo Booth]] at exhibitions, conventions, user meetings

=== Presentation Material ===
A central document directory should feature [[Presentations]] about the OSGeo. Presentations should eventually be managed in the SVN repository of the Promotion and Visibility Project. Externals who need to get the FOSSGIS idea across can use material from this repository to build their own presentations. The material will be appropriately licensed with a free non-software license (e.g., Creative Commons licenses).

At a later stage Posters, Give Aways, Flyers, live-CD, etc. can be added (see also [[Fundraising]]).

=== Formats, Copyright, License of Documents ===
The preferred format would probably be HTML, making it easy to create links and make it searchable using the OSGeo (CN) infrastructure. (Initial discussion and collaborative editing can be done in the Wiki). Please refrain from creating PPTs, PDFs or other closed formats while OpenDocument format will be appropriate for slides. Presentations would preferably be licensed as GNU FDL, CC (or appropriate alternative) to ensure that they are freely available (please use the discussion page registered at the top of this page).

== Sticker, Caps, Promotion Stuff ==
We will want to think up some stuff to give away. This could be mugs, caps, t-shirts, etc. Probably will have to wait until the logo is done. Some slogan (slogans?) (all by [http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2006/02/_open_source_ge.html Jody Garnett]):
* Built on OSGeo
* OSGeo - Think way outside the box
* OSGeo: It's a Spheroid get over it
* OSGeo.org : Spatialize your mind (Alain Grignon)

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Promotion and Visibility Committee

2006-04-21T16:02:11Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Committee Meetings */

''('''NOTE:''' The following is all for discussion purposes, and not firmly established yet)''

The Promotion Committee will help produce input to be published by the [[Web Site Committee Motion|Web Site Committee]]. Publishing, controlling and adoption as stable documents is probably done by the latter.

To spread word and build a strong recognition of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, foundation projects and the use of open source in geospatial applications in general every major event should be covered professionally. Smaller events and local conventions in many cases already get covered by associated members (friends of the foundation).

== Committee Website ==
The official committee web site is https://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org/. For the time being it seems as if this Wiki is more flexible. Once stable documents are available they will move to the official committee web site.

== Committee Meetings ==

[[ Agenda/minutes 8:00am PST Thursday 27th, April 2006]]
Fixed time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=26&year=2006&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p1=70

== Tasks ==
Several levels of activity should be addressed to support advertising the OSGeo Foundation depending on the character of the event to take place.
* Web site linking [[Website Committee]]
* Create and provide paperwork (ads, flyers, posters, information brochures)
* Giveaways (focused on larger events with special OS affinity)
* [[Operate OSGeo Booth]] (large events)

Our scratchpad is currently located at the [[VisComTODO]] page.

== Committee Members ==

Potential Members:
* Jason Birch (jasonbirch@osgeo.org)
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]] (Chair)
* Michael Gerlek (mpg@osgeo.org)
* Dave McIlhagga (dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca)
* Tyler Mitchell (pending)
* Markus Neteler (pending)
* Sean Sternfeldt (Sean.Sternfeldt@autodesk.com)
* Mark Lucas (mlucas17@mac.com)

== Linking ==
Links to the OSGeo Foundation web site should be related to the primary context of fostering Free and Open Source Software projects, availability of [[Public Geospatial Data Project]] and [[Free Geospatial Data]]. Both [[International Outreach]] and [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]] will establish an efficient network.

== Press Releases ==

Due to the possibility of a Slashdot affect, CollabNet operations needs to be notified 24 hours in advance of press releases whenever possible. Please email Daniel Brookshier and Michael Lavoie at the following addresses as soon as you have an aproximate time and date: dbrookshier@collab.net, mlavoie@collab.net

First [https://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/open_source_geospatial_foundation_initial_press_release.html Press Release] published 6 March 2006

== Where to Send Press Releases ==

The following are addresses to send press releases:

submit.news@consortiuminfo.org (see: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/ ).

== Presentations ==
Presentations, promotion and dissemination of the OSGeo Foundation principles and ideas:
* Give talks and [[Presentations]] at conferences
* Hold workshops at conventions
* [[Operate OSGeo Booth]] at exhibitions, conventions, user meetings

=== Presentation Material ===
A central document directory should feature [[Presentations]] about the OSGeo. Presentations should eventually be managed in the SVN repository of the Promotion and Visibility Project. Externals who need to get the FOSSGIS idea across can use material from this repository to build their own presentations. The material will be appropriately licensed with a free non-software license (e.g., Creative Commons licenses).

At a later stage Posters, Give Aways, Flyers, live-CD, etc. can be added (see also [[Fundraising]]).

=== Formats, Copyright, License of Documents ===
The preferred format would probably be HTML, making it easy to create links and make it searchable using the OSGeo (CN) infrastructure. (Initial discussion and collaborative editing can be done in the Wiki). Please refrain from creating PPTs, PDFs or other closed formats while OpenDocument format will be appropriate for slides. Presentations would preferably be licensed as GNU FDL, CC (or appropriate alternative) to ensure that they are freely available (please use the discussion page registered at the top of this page).

== Sticker, Caps, Promotion Stuff ==
We will want to think up some stuff to give away. This could be mugs, caps, t-shirts, etc. Probably will have to wait until the logo is done. Some slogan (slogans?) (all by [http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2006/02/_open_source_ge.html Jody Garnett]):
* Built on OSGeo
* OSGeo - Think way outside the box
* OSGeo: It's a Spheroid get over it
* OSGeo.org : Spatialize your mind (Alain Grignon)

{{Template:Event Timetable}}

Promotion and Visibility Committee

2006-04-21T15:57:59Z

Wiki-Dbrookshier: /* Committee Website */

''('''NOTE:''' The following is all for discussion purposes, and not firmly established yet)''

The Promotion Committee will help produce input to be published by the [[Web Site Committee Motion|Web Site Committee]]. Publishing, controlling and adoption as stable documents is probably done by the latter.

To spread word and build a strong recognition of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation, foundation projects and the use of open source in geospatial applications in general every major event should be covered professionally. Smaller events and local conventions in many cases already get covered by associated members (friends of the foundation).

== Committee Website ==
The official committee web site is https://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org/. For the time being it seems as if this Wiki is more flexible. Once stable documents are available they will move to the official committee web site.

== Committee Meetings ==

[[ Agenda/minutes 8:00am PST Friday 27th, April 2006]]
Fixed time: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=4&day=27&year=2006&hour=10&min=0&sec=0&p1=70

== Tasks ==
Several levels of activity should be addressed to support advertising the OSGeo Foundation depending on the character of the event to take place.
* Web site linking [[Website Committee]]
* Create and provide paperwork (ads, flyers, posters, information brochures)
* Giveaways (focused on larger events with special OS affinity)
* [[Operate OSGeo Booth]] (large events)

Our scratchpad is currently located at the [[VisComTODO]] page.

== Committee Members ==

Potential Members:
* Jason Birch (jasonbirch@osgeo.org)
* [[User:Arnulf Christl | Arnulf Christl]] (Chair)
* Michael Gerlek (mpg@osgeo.org)
* Dave McIlhagga (dmcilhagga@dmsolutions.ca)
* Tyler Mitchell (pending)
* Markus Neteler (pending)
* Sean Sternfeldt (Sean.Sternfeldt@autodesk.com)
* Mark Lucas (mlucas17@mac.com)

== Linking ==
Links to the OSGeo Foundation web site should be related to the primary context of fostering Free and Open Source Software projects, availability of [[Public Geospatial Data Project]] and [[Free Geospatial Data]]. Both [[International Outreach]] and [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]] will establish an efficient network.

== Press Releases ==

Due to the possibility of a Slashdot affect, CollabNet operations needs to be notified 24 hours in advance of press releases whenever possible. Please email Daniel Brookshier and Michael Lavoie at the following addresses as soon as you have an aproximate time and date: dbrookshier@collab.net, mlavoie@collab.net

First [https://www.osgeo.org/content/news/news_archive/open_source_geospatial_foundation_initial_press_release.html Press Release] published 6 March 2006

== Where to Send Press Releases ==

The following are addresses to send press releases:

submit.news@consortiuminfo.org (see: http://www.consortiuminfo.org/bulletins/ ).

== Presentations ==
Presentations, promotion and dissemination of the OSGeo Foundation principles and ideas:
* Give talks and [[Presentations]] at conferences
* Hold workshops at conventions
* [[Operate OSGeo Booth]] at exhibitions, conventions, user meetings

=== Presentation Material ===
A central document directory should feature [[Presentations]] about the OSGeo. Presentations should eventually be managed in the SVN repository of the Promotion and Visibility Project. Externals who need to get the FOSSGIS idea across can use material from this repository to build their own presentations. The material will be appropriately licensed with a free non-software license (e.g., Creative Commons licenses).

At a later stage Posters, Give Aways, Flyers, live-CD, etc. can be added (see also [[Fundraising]]).

=== Formats, Copyright, License of Documents ===
The preferred format would probably be HTML, making it easy to create links and make it searchable using the OSGeo (CN) infrastructure. (Initial discussion and collaborative editing can be done in the Wiki). Please refrain from creating PPTs, PDFs or other closed formats while OpenDocument format will be appropriate for slides. Presentations would preferably be licensed as GNU FDL, CC (or appropriate alternative) to ensure that they are freely available (please use the discussion page registered at the top of this page).

== Sticker, Caps, Promotion Stuff ==
We will want to think up some stuff to give away. This could be mugs, caps, t-shirts, etc. Probably will have to wait until the logo is done. Some slogan (slogans?) (all by [http://weblogs.java.net/blog/jive/archive/2006/02/_open_source_ge.html Jody Garnett]):
* Built on OSGeo
* OSGeo - Think way outside the box
* OSGeo: It's a Spheroid get over it
* OSGeo.org : Spatialize your mind (Alain Grignon)

{{Template:Event Timetable}}