Incubation Committee Report 2012

Incubation Committee

 * Contact name: Jody Garnett (Incubation Chair)

Key Accomplishments
Graduated:


 * GEOS graduates OSGeo incubation with Sandro Santilli as project officer
 * PostGIS graduated with Paul Ramsey as project officer

Incubation:
 * CITE Team engine entered incubation with Justin DeOlivera as mentor
 * Zoo-Project entered incubation with Frank Warmerdam as mentor
 * Opticks entered incubation with Mark Lucas as mentor
 * Marble Virtual Globe entered incubation with Arnulf Christl as mentor

Other:
 * Project Graduation Checklist updated
 * Incubation FAQ updated to reflect current incubation questions, simplifying the incubation checklist
 * The committee has transitioned from IRC meetings to email for day-to-day activities

Areas for Improvement

 * Ability to accept projects into incubation is limited by available mentors
 * Projects are spending years in incubation with no visible progress
 * Several excellent projects have been waiting in the wings as a result

Opportunities to Help
Volunteer as a mentor in the incubation committee:


 * The incubation committee is an amazing *front-line* opportunity to assist new open source projects
 * A great supportive use of your volunteer time, with relaxed schedule of email communication
 * Try out new technologies before they are cool
 * Make new friends, learn new projects, and help open source and open development take on the world
 * You are the friendly face of OSGeo

Outlook for 2013

 * A couple big projects are almost ready!
 * Looking forward to seeing on the incubation mailing list