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This page contains a summary of how gvSIG is technically managed, which groups are on the project to manage the technical decisions and how they operate in order to assure the decisions are made in a democratic way, etc.

The Technical Steering Committee (TSC) of gvSIG is a group of more than 30 people who are all experts in the different technical areas of the project (3D, mobile devices, documentation, internationalization ,...). Most of them have been working in the gvSIG project for some years and they belong to different entities, both universities, private companies and public administrations.

You can find more information at the gvSIG TSC front page.

The gvSIG TSC has a public mailing list where high level technical discussion is addressed.

Objectives of the TSC

The Technical Steering Committee is the highest technical authority of the project and it decides on important aspects such as:

new functionalities to develop
software engineering (architecture, methodologies, etc.)
project documentation
collaborative infrastructure

The Board of Directors of the TSC

This group is composed of the technical leaders of the project. All they are part of the TSC and they have the responsibility to make the most important technical decisions, always based on proposals prepared by the TSC. Therefore, all the members of this group have the highest degree of commitment to the gvSIG project.

The first Board was established as a result of a proposal by the Regional Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport of Valencia region (Spain).

This group has ordinary meetings (mostly face to face, but also via IM) every two weeks with documented agenda and minutes. (Please add link if possible)

Working groups

The TSC works through working groups. A new working group is created to manage a new proposal or a new task of some complexity and a member of the executive TSC is appointed as responsible person for it. That person reports to the executive TSC at regular meetings on the progress that his working group is making. Moreover, a working group is not composed exclusively of members of the TSC, any expert on the subject who belongs to the Community can participate.

These working groups are organized into communication spaces in which they communicate, edit documents collaboratively, and so on. Some of these working groups have one aim in the medium to long term and they prepare proposals to the executive TSC, whereas other working groups are born with a clear objective and therefore they are dissolved when they obtain their objective.

Adding new members to the TSC

The first group of members of the TSC was selected by the executive TSC in an initial round. The members of this group were chosen owing to both its technical capabilities and the role which each member had in the different production areas of the project.

Now, after this initial testing phase, the TSC can elect its new members. Any member can propose the incorporation of a new member from the gvSIG community and the TSC in full must vote.

Stepping down

Any member can retire from the TSC voluntarily. Other times, the executive TSC has to make the final decision if it's necessary to propose to fire a member of the TSC because of different reasons:

Thoughtless behaviour with any other member of the TSC
Serious lack of consideration on a public forum with the gvSIG project
Continued lack of activity on the TSC (voting, participating on working groups)
Incompatibility with the TSC activities due to:
- Lack of time to work on the TSC
- Conflict of interest between the TSC or gvSIG and the current employer of the member

Members

Committee

Name	Organization
César Martínez
Carlos Sánchez	Prodevelop
Diego Guerrero	Sigtel
Javier Carrasco	MoneyMate
José Luis Celda	Logex
Chema Vivó	DISID
Jorge Piera	TracTrac
Luis W. Sevilla	Generalitat Valenciana
Mario Carrera	gvSIG Association
Miguel Montesinos	Prodevelop
Fran Peñarrubia	Software Colaborativo
Sergio Beltran Talens	ITI
Víctor Acevedo
Victoria Agazzi	Prodevelop
Vicente Caballero	IVER
Víctor Olaya	OpenGeo
Gabriel Carrión	CIT
Francisco Puga	Cartolab
David Trillo	Avansig
Nacho Varela	Xunta de Galicia

Board of Directors

Name	Organization
Álvaro Anguix	gvSIG Association
Cesar Ordiñana	DISID
Nacho Brodin	Prodevelop
Joaquín del Cerro	DISID
Manuel Madrid	gvSIG Association
José Vicente Higón	Software Colaborativo
Pablo Sanxiao	iCarto

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-This page contains a summary of how gvSIG is technically managed, witch
+[[Category:gvSIG]] [[Category:Incubation]]
+__TOC__
+This page contains a summary of how gvSIG is technically managed, which
 groups are on the project to manage the technical decisions and how they operate
 in order to assure the decisions are made in a democratic way, etc.
-The gvSIG Technical Project Committee (TPC) is a group of 20 people, all experts
+The Technical Steering Committee (TSC) of gvSIG is a group of more than 30 people who are all experts in the different technical areas of the project (3D, mobile devices, documentation, internationalization ,...). Most of them have been working in the gvSIG project for some years and they belong to different entities, both universities, private companies and public administrations.
-form different areas (3D, mobile devices, documentation, i18n, ...) that are
-working on gvSIG project from several years most of them. They are part of
+You can find more information at the [https://gvsig.org/web/working-groups/organizacion gvSIG TSC front page].
-different entities such as universities, private companies and public
-administration.
-== Objectives of the TPC ==
+The gvSIG TSC has a [https://lists.forge.osor.eu/listinfo/gvsig-desktop-tsc-pub public mailing list] where high level technical discussion is addressed.
-The TPC is in charge of the technical steering of the gvSIG project. The
+== Objectives of the TSC ==
-technical aspects we delimit for the gvSIG project are:
+The Technical Steering Committee is the highest technical authority of the project and it decides on important aspects such as:
 * new functionalities to develop
-* development engineering (architecture, methodologies, etc.)
+* software engineering (architecture, methodologies, etc.)
 * project documentation
 * collaborative infrastructure
-== The Board of Directors of the TPC ==
+== The Board of Directors of the TSC ==
-A subgroup of 8 people from the TPC is formed by the technical leaders of the
+This group is composed of the technical leaders of the project. All they are part of the TSC and they have the responsibility to make the most important technical decisions, always based on proposals prepared by the TSC. Therefore, all the members of this group have the highest degree of commitment to the gvSIG project.
-project. This group has the responsibility of approving or rejecting the most
-important decisions of the governance of the project, usually based on the
-proposals prepared by the TPC.
-This group has ordinary meetings (mostly in face, but also via IM) every two
+The first Board was established  as a result of a proposal by the Regional Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport of Valencia region (Spain).
-weeks with documented agenda and minutes.
-== Coordinator of the TPC ==
+This group has ordinary meetings (mostly face to face, but also via IM) every two
+weeks with documented agenda and minutes. ''(Please add link if possible)''
-A member of the board acts as a coordinator of the whole TPC. His role is to
-manage the discussions, assure the communications inside the TPC and the rest
-of the project are fluent, and act as an interlocutor for the TPC outside.
-At this time [[Jorge Sanz]] is the coordinator of the gvSIG TPC.
+== Working groups ==
-== Working groups ==
+The TSC works through working groups. A new working group is created to manage  a new proposal or a new task of some complexity and  a member of the executive TSC is appointed as responsible person for it. That person reports to the executive TSC at regular meetings on the progress that his working group is making. Moreover, a working group is not composed exclusively of members of the TSC, any expert on the subject who belongs to the Community can participate.
+These working groups are organized into communication spaces in which they communicate, edit documents collaboratively, and so on. Some of these working groups have one aim in the medium to long term and they prepare proposals to the executive TSC, whereas other working groups are born with a clear objective and therefore they are dissolved when they obtain their objective.
+== Adding new members to the TSC ==
-The real work of the TPC happens in working groups. When a new proposal arises,
+The first group of members of the TSC was selected by the executive TSC in an initial round. The members of this group were chosen owing to both its technical capabilities and the role which each member had in the different production areas of the project.
-or a medium/big task appears, the TPC creates a new working group with a board
-member as a chair of it.
-These working groups have their own collaboration space at the gvSIG portal with
+Now, after this initial testing phase, the TSC can elect its new members. Any member can propose the incorporation of a new member from the gvSIG community and the TSC in full must vote.
-its own forum and document space where the members work and discuss about the
-central topic.
-Some of these working groups can have a long term goal and work preparing
+== Stepping down ==
-proposals to the Board of the TPC and others have a very specific objective and
-when it's accomplished the group is dissolved.
-The chair of the working group (a member of the Board) should report to the
+Any member can retire from the TSC voluntarily. Other times, the executive TSC has to make the final decision if it's  necessary to propose to fire a member of the TSC because of different reasons:
-rest of the board on any ordinary meeting how it's group is going, present
-reports, answer questions, etc.
-== Adding members to the TPC ==
+* Thoughtless behaviour with any other member of the TSC
+* Serious lack of consideration on a public forum with the gvSIG project
+* Continued lack of activity on the TSC (voting, participating on working groups)
+* Incompatibility with the TSC activities due to:
+** Lack of time to work on the TSC
+** Conflict of interest between the TSC or gvSIG and the current employer of the member
-The first TPC group was elected by the Board of Directors. This group was
-decided by the Board based on the technical skills and role of the member in
-different areas of gvSIG development.
-Nowadays, after a test period, the TPC now has the right to elect new members.
+== Members ==
-Any member of the TPC can nominate a member of the gvSIG community and the TPC
-should vote it.
-== Stepping down ==
+=== Committee ===
-Any member can step down the TPC at any moment, but besides that the TPC can
+{| class="wikitable"
-promote the expulsion of a member of the TPC (witch will be voted by the Board
+|-
-of Directors) on any of this situations:
+! Name
+! Organization
+|-
+| César Martínez       ||
+|-
+| Carlos Sánchez                    || [http://www.prodevelop.es Prodevelop]
+|-
+| Diego Guerrero                    || [http://sigtel.es/ Sigtel]
+|-
+| [[User:Jacarma|Javier Carrasco]]  || MoneyMate
+|-
+| José Luis Celda      || [http://www.logex.es/portal_web/ Logex]
+|-
+| Chema Vivó           || [http://www.disid.com/ DISID]
+|-
+| Jorge Piera          || TracTrac
+|-
+| [[User:Luisw|Luis W. Sevilla]]          || Generalitat Valenciana
+|-
+| Mario Carrera                           || [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG Association]
+|-
+| [[User:MMontesinos|Miguel Montesinos]]  || [http://www.prodevelop.es Prodevelop]
+|-
+| [[User:fpenarru | Fran Peñarrubia]]     || [http://scolab.es Software Colaborativo]
+|-
+| Sergio Beltran Talens|| [http://www.iti.upv.es/ ITI]
+|-
+| Víctor Acevedo       ||
+|-
+| Victoria Agazzi      || [http://www.prodevelop.es Prodevelop]
+|-
+| Vicente Caballero    || [http://www.iver.es/ IVER]
+|-
+| [[User:Volaya|Víctor Olaya]]     || OpenGeo
+|-
+| [[User:Gabi|Gabriel Carrión]]    ||[http://www.cit.gva.es CIT]
+|-
+| Francisco Puga       || [http://cartolab.udc.es/ Cartolab]
+|-
+| David Trillo                     || [http://www.avansig.com Avansig]
+|-
+| [[User:Nachouve|Nacho Varela]]   || [http://www.xunta.es/portada Xunta de Galicia]
+|}
-* Serious lack of discipline with any member of the TPC
+=== Board of Directors ===
-* Serious lack of consideration on a public forum with the gvSIG project
-* Continued lack of activity on the TPC (voting, participating on working groups)
-* Incompatibility with the TPC activities due to:
-** Lack of time to work on the TPC
-** Conflict of interest between the TPC or gvSIG and the current employer of the member
-[[Category:gvSIG]] [[Category:Incubation]]
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! Name
+! Organization
+|-
+| [[User:Alvaro|Álvaro Anguix]]  || [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG Association]
+|-
+| Cesar Ordiñana                 || [http://www.disid.es DISID]
+|-
+| Nacho Brodin                   || [http://www.prodevelop.es Prodevelop]
+|-
+| Joaquín del Cerro              || [http://www.disid.es DISID]
+|-
+| Manuel Madrid                  || [http://www.gvsig.com gvSIG Association]
+|-
+| José Vicente Higón             || [http://www.scolab.es/ Software Colaborativo]
+|-
+| [[User:Psanxiao|Pablo Sanxiao]]  || [http://icarto.es/ iCarto]
+|}