The osgeo.org website is managed by the OSGeo community to empower everyone with open source geospatial!

website content: If you need to update the website please reach out to the nearest board member, committee chair, or project officer.
website service: The issue tracker page has an entry for website infrastructure tickets, all infrastructure is managed by the System Administration Committee (SAC).

Website Access

Creating a Login

The osgeo.org website uses osgeo id for login, this is the common LDAP service used to access trac and many other OSGeo services (except this wiki):

Create a Userid using this form: https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/create
- The form asks you to email mantra-request@osgeo.org
- A volunteer will answer your email with a mantra (small phrase)
- Using the mantra (small phrase) you can unlock the form and create a UserId
Sign into the website and setup your profile
- Please be sure to include a profile picture!
Once you have signed in:
- You can create events, news items and share resources (links and media) using the website
- To perform additional activities you will need to request an appropriate role as described below

Reference:

For working with events, resources and local chapters:

author for people that can write an event but can not publish (normally to people that very seldom do this task)
editor create and review pending events done by an author (checking that link is ok before publishing)

For working on projects:

project author for people that can write a project posts (but not publish). Used by project members.
project team capability of changing roles to other users, use it wisely!
project editor used by incubation committee members to publish projects (confirming that they are collaborative, open source, and spatial)

For working with GeoForAll pages and GeoForAll lab posts:

geoforall author used to write GeoForAll lab posts
geoforall editor used to publish GeoForAll labs (check the link is okay before publishing).

For working on partner posts:

partners editor used to write and publish partner posts. Role intended for use by board members and our partners.

For working on service provider posts:

service provider author used to write service provider posts
service provider editor used by the marketing committee to publish service provider pages (check link is okay before publishing)

Other:

board - cross list board members
page editor - edit pages used for committee, initiatives, and getting started
user manager - capability of changing roles to other users, use it wisely!
administrator - able to configure the website and theme