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OSGeo Wikipedia Articles

2012-10-27T05:05:22Z

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There are several Wikipedia articles on OSGeo that are generally maintained by the Wikipedia community which might also be you. It is probably not required to maintain them actively but we might want to check on them occasionally.

* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGeo
* http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSGeo
* http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Geospatial_Foundation
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Committee Guidelines

2012-10-27T05:04:30Z

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These are adopted guidelines for OSGeo committees on effective operation ''OSGeo style''.

== 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 passed by the committee.

* 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, or email vote. 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 ==

* 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.
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OSGeo Description

2012-10-27T04:59:05Z

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Following is proposed 'boilerplate' language to describe the foundation and our activities in press releases, listings, event descriptions, and other public media.

=== Mission Statement ===
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support the collaborative development of open source geospatial software, and promote its widespread use.

=== About the Open Source Geospatial Foundation ===
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation, or OSGeo, is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support and promote the collaborative development of open source geospatial software, data and education. The foundation provides financial, organizational and legal support to the broader open source geospatial community. It also serves as an independent legal entity to which community members can contribute code, funding and other resources, secure in the knowledge that their contributions will be maintained for public benefit. OSGeo also serves as an outreach and advocacy organization for the open source geospatial community, and provides a common forum and shared infrastructure for improving cross-project collaboration. The foundation's projects are all freely available at www.osgeo.org and useable under an OSI-certified open source license.

Following is more personable language that has been used in ad copy.

=== Building the Future is a Collaborative Process ===
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the collaborative development of geospatial open source software and data. Our projects represent the highest quality of open, shared resources — code from low-level libraries to high-level servers, and content from map data to educational curriculum. We are developers and executives, authors and educators, users and marketers. We’re a community that provides financial, organizational, and legal support to open source geospatial projects. Join us at http://www.osgeo.org. Working together, our future is wide open.
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