[Openstreetmap] Organizing the OSM community and funding a bit better (Was: no dots)

[Andy Robinson]

The OSGF basic website is now up and running at http://www.osgeo.org/

Andy

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: openstreetmap-bounces at vr.ucl.ac.uk [mailto:openstreetmap-
>bounces at vr.ucl.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Petter Reinholdtsen
>Sent: 09 February 2006 11:14
>To: openstreetmap at vr.ucl.ac.uk
>Subject: [Openstreetmap] Organizing the OSM community and funding a bit
>better (Was: no dots)
>
>
>[Lars Aronsson]
>> I would suggest you as chief technologist and Tom Carden as
>> chairman.  Petter could be treasurer and I could volunteer as
>> secretary, if there are no other suggestions.
>
>I am not unwilling to contribute making such thing happen, but I
>believe it is a better route to piggy-back on an existing organization.
>
>I'm already the leader of Norwegian Unix Users Group, a active Debian
>developer, technical coordinator of the Skolelinux project a board
>member of the skolelinux foundation (SLX Debian LAbs), trying to get a
>privacy assosiation up and running here in Norway, involved in the
>patent discussion and working on free map projects.  I do not really
>expect to have much time to work on setting up or running a new
>organization.  Especially when I suspect it isn't really needed.
>
>Did anyone consider the new Open Source Geospatial Foundation as a
>organization to piggy-back on?  It seem to be right up our ally. :)
>
>See for example
><URL:http://industry.slashgeo.org/industry/06/02/05/1319219.shtml?tid=35>
>and <URL:http://industry.slashgeo.org/industry/06/02/06/213205.shtml>
>for info on this foundation.
>
>
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