| 04:29:07 | jmckenna: | are there osgeo-types planning on going to the GeoWeb event in July? |
| 04:29:20 | jmckenna: | it seems to be esri-overload there |
| 05:19:58 | : | * bitner just read esri-overload as esri-overlord |
| 05:20:02 | bitner: | funny how the brain works |
| 05:26:34 | jmckenna: | : ) |
| 10:20:59 | FrankW: | I wonder if anyone here not on the board has any opinion on http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2009-June/002934.html and the related thread? |
| 10:21:01 | sigq: | Title: [Board] On constitutional re-engineering ( at lists.osgeo.org ) |
| 10:21:09 | FrankW: | http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2009-June/002934.html |
| 10:27:18 | frankie: | wouldn't be viable having a longer reasonable period for board membership? I think that a 2-3 years would be reasonable |
| 10:27:49 | frankie: | indeed a single year is too short |
| 10:28:15 | frankie: | FrankW: ^^ |
| 10:32:55 | darkblue_B: | hi FrankW |
| 10:33:13 | darkblue_B: | the opening paragraph has some sense to it.. other points as well |
| 10:33:33 | darkblue_B: | its difficult to just imagine a new system that would work well |
| 10:34:00 | darkblue_B: | I think it would be wise to look more carefully at the arrangements of other orgs that work.. |
| 10:34:11 | darkblue_B: | .. and learn from that |
| 10:38:14 | jmckenna: | being voted by peers to be a charter member of osgeo is quite an honor and i would not want that removed. it's a virtual pat-on-the-back and a way to have your contributions to the community recognized, |
| 10:38:49 | hobu: | it's a function of being known, not necessarily being a contributor IMO |
| 10:39:49 | jmckenna: | known often means contributing..u aren't known if u don't contribute in some way...every going on the list and saying 'i've tested the beta and ___ is broke" is a great contribution |
| 10:40:00 | jmckenna: | every/even |
| 10:43:37 | jmckenna: | but maybe i'm the only one that feels this way |
| 10:47:01 | FrankW: | jmckenna: I do agree, though the flip side of that is those who are not nominated or voted in as charter members may feel slighted, and unappreciated. |
| 10:48:09 | FrankW: | I prefer not to attach to much "contributor" significance to charter membership. |
| 10:48:32 | FrankW: | After all, some contributors are skipped over ( at least by me ) because their community is already adequately represented. |
| 10:49:41 | jmckenna: | if we don't go by contributions what are we supposed to go by? |
| 10:50:08 | jmckenna: | the nomination emails contain contributions. |
| 10:50:11 | FrankW: | I look for contributors that I think can help bring an underrepresented community. |
| 10:50:54 | jmckenna: | ok, that's good, but i don't think that was stated anyway |
| 10:50:55 | FrankW: | So, sometimes I stretch for people who can represent a geographic community, or a project community or an implementation language community, or a user type community ( business, academic, etc ). |
| 10:50:58 | jmckenna: | anywhere |
| 10:51:36 | FrankW: | charter membership nomination and selection is subjective, but there is a document suggesting some things to look for. |
| 10:51:52 | : | * jmckenna very similar to conference hosting |
| 10:52:02 | FrankW: | yes |
| 10:52:21 | jmckenna: | and we're under heat now on that..hmm tricky all around |
| 10:52:24 | FrankW: | Positive Attributes at the bottom of http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Membership_Process |
| 10:52:25 | sigq: | Title: New Membership Process - OSGeo Wiki ( at wiki.osgeo.org ) |
| 10:54:16 | FrankW: | I believe we would be "under heat" for conference selection any time there are several good candidates. |
| 10:55:02 | jmckenna: | sorry to get off topic |
| 10:55:07 | FrankW: | And even if we had extremely objective criteria for selection, it would just transfer the struggle to all the ways in which these objective criteria are wrong. |
| 10:55:14 | FrankW: | np, there is an analogy. |
| 10:55:26 | FrankW: | ( in the sense that I prefer leaving some things somewhat subjective ). |
| 11:14:23 | Schuyler: | anyone seen cholmes lately? |
| 13:02:49 | seven: | Schuyler: chomeless was supposed ot be GSDI but I did not meet him there. Maybe we just missed each other. |
| 13:04:05 | seven: | FrankW: I believe it would make sense to involve the current charter members in this discussion. |
| 13:04:11 | seven: | OSGeo Discuss may be too broad. |
| 14:06:24 | darkblue_B: | Microsoft Silverlight required for the INSPIRE web cast |
| 14:06:29 | darkblue_B: | how.... clever |
| 14:08:02 | darkblue_B: | and in that presentation, Kings College London speaks on "obstacles to data sharing"... |
| 14:08:08 | darkblue_B: | like SilverLight maybe? |
| 14:08:45 | darkblue_B: | => <= |
| 14:43:40 | darkblue_B: | INSPIRE Geoportal -> OpenLayers :- ) |