Welcome Message

Sample 1
Welcome to the Open Source Geospatial Foundation website. The foundation and site is dedicated to furthering open source GIS applications, data, and helping both users and developers.

As a registered member, you can now participate in open source projects and join mailing lists. For further help on the website and the community, please click the community link on the left navigation bar.

Sample 2
Welcome to OSGeo.org - home of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. The foundation exists to support the development and use of software, data and communities. This website is a portal to foundation projects and their associated communities.

You can participate by becoming a registered member on this site. This allows you to join mailing lists and interact with various projects. For more information on the mandate of OSGeo or how to be involved, see related links in the left navigation bar.

Sample 3
Welcome to OSGeo.org

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation fosters communities which develop, use, and promote open source geospatial software and data. You can access these communities' projects through this website.

To become involved in OSGeo, help out the projects or committes that interest you. There are links to mailing lists and other information on the main page in the navigation menu.

Currently Running
Here is the currently installed welcome. It uses an ever so slightly modified version of sample 3 for now (had to get it running to open up the site). Note that that the welcome message is the first email you get after you do your registration. The email also contains references to the user name, real, name and some generic information that the system provides automatically. We can continue to edit this now that it is up and running.

Welcome to osgeo.org, Daniel Brookshier!

Your user name is: turbogeek7

The Open Source Geospatial Foundation fosters communities which develop, use, and promote open source geospatial software and data. You can access these communities' projects through this website.

To become involved in OSGeo, help out the projects or committes that interest you. There are links to mailing lists and other information on the main page in the navigation menu.

The following is a quick overview of things you can do on the site.

You have access to:
 * Internet and browser based development tools.
 * Hosted development projects.
 * Your user account information.

You can:
 * Start your own project.
 * Request a role in an existing project.
 * Securely share files and documents.
 * Read project news and announcements.
 * Join project mailing lists and discussion forums.
 * Browse project source code.
 * Track project issues.
 * Search all project content.

Don't forget to check out the FAQ and Help information to learn more about osgeo.org. There's also a Feedback link that will show you how to submit questions, suggestions, and input.