Incubation Phases

This is a working proposal coming out of conversations on the incubation@osgeo.org email list.

Motivation:


 * We have a number of projects with great proposals waiting for a mentor


 * Recommendations coming out of GeoMoose incubation experience


 * Accept projects into the OSGeo Foundation faster then incubation committee volunteer levels allow


 * Motivate projects to finish incubation


 * What is OSGeo Labs?

Communication:


 * Reach out to other committees and ask for help


 * SAC: good relationship, initial questionnaire covers SAC requirements


 * Marketting: good relationship, initial question covers some requirements, checklist covers remaining requirements

Proposal:
Break the incubation process into phases allow projects that to start these activities (prior to a mentor being found). No additional work is added to the incubation process.

Incubation: Approved

 * List the projects with a proposal that has been approved … and are just waiting for a mentor


 * outreach effort in fostering new projects, and do not like the incubation committee acting as a bottleneck

Communication:


 * Incubation Committee: incubation email list, IRC meeting

Recognition:


 * project is associated with OSGeo Foundation


 * Text link from OSgeo Website along the lines of "OSGeo would like to welcome ..."

Incubation: Incubation

 * Projects that have completed their Status information .. and may still be looking for a mentor


 * The status page gathers details for SAC, and a minimal amount of information for the Marketting committee


 * OSGeo Incubation logo on their homepage, linking to http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html to explain what incubation means

Communication:


 * Incubation Committee: incubation email list, IRC meeting


 * Marketting Committee: email list, IRC meeting


 * SAC: email, trac

Recognition:


 * Text **link** from OSGeo website to the marketing committee project details page (or OSGeo live page which is often better)


 * Access to SAC resources

Incubation: Complete
- Projects that have finished their Provence Review, and have adopted an open development model for public participation

- Can still be working through the rest of the checklist as they make contact with the different OSGeo committees

- Project has a mentor going through the checklist with the goal of recommending the project for "graduation"

- Frankly this is the first point where OSGeo as a Foundation can actually recommend a project meets our expectations

- OSGeo Project logo on their homepage (with the subtext "incubation")

Communication:


 * Incubation Committee: incubation email list, IRC meeting


 * Marketting Committee: email list, IRC meeting


 * SAC: email, trac

Recognition:


 * recognition Incubation requirements are completed


 * project logo on the website under an incubation category, perhaps grated out?

OSGeo: Project

 * completed the incubation checklist, recommended to the board for graduation, etc...


 * approved by the board, project officer, etc..

Recognition:


 * Full recognition as an OSGeo Project


 * Project officer for direct communication with the OSGeo Board (and other committees)


 * Colour logo on the webpage, sorted into the appropriate software category