Interest Groups - Revision history

Wiki-Camerons: /* Proposed Interest Groups */ Lexicon Committee

2019-11-04T20:16:51Z

Proposed Interest Groups: Lexicon Committee

Aghisla: /* Proposed Interest Groups */ added Women Chapter proposal

2009-11-02T10:54:48Z

Proposed Interest Groups: added Women Chapter proposal

Wiki-Chrisputtick: /* Proposed Interest Groups */

2006-09-13T13:51:21Z

Proposed Interest Groups

Wiki-Porter: /* Proposed Interest Groups */

2006-07-12T12:20:25Z

Proposed Interest Groups

Wiki-Porter: /* Proposed Interest Groups */

2006-07-12T12:18:54Z

Proposed Interest Groups

Wiki-Porter: /* Proposed Interest Groups */

2006-07-11T21:20:31Z

Proposed Interest Groups

Tmitchell: /* Proposed Interst Groups */ typo

2006-06-20T23:40:00Z

Proposed Interst Groups: typo

Tmitchell at 23:19, 20 June 2006

2006-06-20T23:19:48Z

Arnulf: how to start, comments

2006-05-28T13:04:35Z

how to start, comments

Arnulf: initial check in

2006-05-28T12:31:11Z

initial check in

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''This page documents the current dicsussion and has not yet been approved as official OSGeo policy!''

Interest Groups are less formal than the [[Local Chapters]] and function as coordination and discussion area for like minded people who want to work on common projects with a local focus.

== How to start an Interest Group ==
Interest Groups should first start their own Wiki page, link it from this page and add a member list. After some time when there is a substantial list of interested people they can officially request for a mailing list under the OSGeo domain. (Until then WebCom/board must have worked out how to name them so that the resulting naming stays manageable).

=== See also ===
* [[Local Chapters]]
* [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]]

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 == Proposed Interest Groups ==
 * (add your proposal here)
-* [[Catala]] I propose to create a catala language interest group, which could deal with mapping activities in the administrative area where is spoken & official (3 regions in Spain basically). For the future, it could create an autonomus entity which accepts Local Foundations/etc as colaborators of it or be given a 'delegation' from an existing OSGEO.org rules' compliant and colaborator Foundation(s) dealing with catalonian issues in the Spanish State territory.
+* [[Catala]]
 === See also ===
 * [[Local Chapters]]
 * [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]]

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 == Proposed Interest Groups ==
 * (add your proposal here)
-* I propose to create a catala language interest group, which could deal with mapping activities in the administrative area where is spoken & official (3 regions in Spain basically). For the future, it could create an autonomus entity which accepts Local Foundations/etc as colaborators of it or be given a 'delegation' from an existing OSGEO.org rules' compliant and colaborator Foundation(s) dealing with catalonian issues in the Spanish State territory.
+* [[Catala]] I propose to create a catala language interest group, which could deal with mapping activities in the administrative area where is spoken & official (3 regions in Spain basically). For the future, it could create an autonomus entity which accepts Local Foundations/etc as colaborators of it or be given a 'delegation' from an existing OSGEO.org rules' compliant and colaborator Foundation(s) dealing with catalonian issues in the Spanish State territory.
 I'd like to be given the url for starting this Interest group instead of me creating it somewhere, if posible :). For mailing lists/subdomaining/etc 'cat' is ideal, for subfolders use 'Catala'.

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 * The OSGeo does not want to highjack, take over or interfere with any groups that already function well.  The focus is on cooperation and collaboration.
-== Proposed Interst Groups ==
+== Proposed Interest Groups ==
 * (add your proposal here)

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 === Guidelines ===
 * Typically an interest group would focus on a region, content or infrastructure.
-* Prior to starting an interest group it is strongly advised to search OSGeo for existing projects with similar focus and to propose the group to the discuss list.
+* An interest group should not overlap or replicate other existing OSGeo projects if at all possible.  Therefore, a thorough search/review of existing projects is necessary and open invitations made through the OSGeo discussion list.
-* The OSGeo does not want to highjack or take over any groups that already function well!
+* The OSGeo does not want to highjack, take over or interfere with any groups that already function well.  The focus is on cooperation and collaboration.
 == Proposed Interst Groups ==

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 ''This page documents the current dicsussion and has not yet been approved as official OSGeo policy!''
-Interest Groups are less formal than the [[Local Chapters]] and function as coordination and discussion area for like minded people who want to work on common projects with a local focus.
+Interest Groups are less formal than [[Local Chapters]] and function as coordination and discussion area for like minded people who want to work on common projects with a local focus.
-== How to start an Interest Group ==
+=== How to start an Interest Group ===
-Interest Groups should first start their own Wiki page, link it from this page and add a member list. After some time when there is a substantial list of interested people they can officially request for a mailing list under the OSGeo domain. (Until then WebCom/board must have worked out how to name them so that the resulting naming stays manageable).
+Interest Groups should first start their own Wiki page, link it from this page and add a member list. After some time when there is a substantial list of interested people they can officially request for a mailing list under the OSGeo domain. (Until then WebCom/board must have worked out how to name them to keep things manageable).
 === See also ===
 * [[Local Chapters]]
 * [[Like Minded Regional Organizations]]