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This is a working proposal coming out of conversations on the incubation@osgeo.org email list.
 
This is a working proposal coming out of conversations on the incubation@osgeo.org email list.
  
Motivation:
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== Motivation ==
  
 
* Recommendations coming out of GeoMoose incubation experience
 
* Recommendations coming out of GeoMoose incubation experience
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* Desire to motivate projects to finish incubation
 
* Desire to motivate projects to finish incubation
  
Proposal:
 
  
Incubation: Approved
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== Proposal: ==
- List the projects with a proposal that has been approved … and are just waiting for a mentor
 
- I view this as an essential outreach effort in fostering new projects, and do not like the incubation committee acting as a bottleneck
 
REWARD: Text link from OSgeo Website along the lines of "Volunteer for the incubation committee. These projects are waiting to enter OSGeo ..."
 
  
Incubation: Incubation
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=== Incubation: Approved ==
- Projects that have completed their Status information .. and may still be looking for a mentor
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- The status page gathers details for SAC, and a minimal amount of information for the Marketting committee
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* List the projects with a proposal that has been approved … and are just waiting for a mentor
- OSGeo Incubation logo on their homepage, linking to http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html to explain what incubation means
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* I view this as an essential outreach effort in fostering new projects, and do not like the incubation committee acting as a bottleneck
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REWARD:
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* Recognition the project is associated with OSGeo Foundation
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* Text link from OSgeo Website along the lines of "Volunteer for the incubation committee. These projects are waiting to enter OSGeo ..."
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=== Incubation: Incubation ===
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Projects that have completed their Status information .. and may still be looking for a mentor
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The status page gathers details for SAC, and a minimal amount of information for the Marketting committee
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OSGeo Incubation logo on their homepage, linking to http://www.osgeo.org/incubator/index.html to explain what incubation means
 
REWARD:  text *link* from the website to the marketing committee project details page (or OSGeo live page which is often better)
 
REWARD:  text *link* from the website to the marketing committee project details page (or OSGeo live page which is often better)
  
Incubation: Complete
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=== Incubation: Complete ===
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- Projects that have finished their Provence Review, and have adopted an open development model for public participation
 
- 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  
 
- Can still be working through the rest of the checklist as they make contact with the different OSGeo committees  
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- Frankly this is the first point where OSGeo as a Foundation can actually recommend a project meets our expectations
 
- 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")
 
- OSGeo Project logo on their homepage (with the subtext "incubation")
REWARD: project logo on the website under an incubation category, perhaps grated out?
 
  
OSGeo: Project
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REWARD:
- completed the incubation checklist, recommended to the board for graduation, etc...
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- approved by the board, project officer, etc..
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* Recognition Incubation requirements are completed
REWARD: colour logo on the webpage, sorted into the appropriate software category
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* project logo on the website under an incubation category, perhaps grated out?
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=== OSGeo: Project ==-
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completed the incubation checklist, recommended to the board for graduation, etc...
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approved by the board, project officer, etc..
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REWARD:
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* Recognition as an OSGeo Project
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* Colour logo on the webpage, sorted into the appropriate software category

Revision as of 20:55, 22 September 2012

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

Motivation

  • Recommendations coming out of GeoMoose incubation experience
  • desire to pick up projects into the OSGeo Foundation faster then incubation committee volunteer levels allow
  • Desire to motivate projects to finish incubation


Proposal:

= Incubation: Approved

  • List the projects with a proposal that has been approved … and are just waiting for a mentor
  • I view this as an essential outreach effort in fostering new projects, and do not like the incubation committee acting as a bottleneck

REWARD:

  • Recognition the project is associated with OSGeo Foundation
  • Text link from OSgeo Website along the lines of "Volunteer for the incubation committee. These projects are waiting to enter OSGeo ..."

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

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

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")

REWARD:

  • 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..

REWARD:

  • Recognition as an OSGeo Project
  • Colour logo on the webpage, sorted into the appropriate software category