[OSGeo-Discuss] FOSS4G NA 2016 Report

2016-05-27 Thread Mark Lucas
I had the pleasure of serving as the OSGeo representative for the 2016 FOSS4G NA conference selection and planning. I thought the team did an excellent job in selecting, planning and running the conference. The team made the decision to not pursue a 2017 NA conference so as not to compete for

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Proposed process for selecting OSGeo charter members

2014-06-23 Thread Mark Lucas
Howard, I’ve wanted membership dues to happen for a long time, but haven’t been able to express it as eloquently or as persuasively as you just did. Mark On Jun 23, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Howard Butler wrote: > > On Jun 20, 2014, at 7:38 AM, Cameron Shorter > wrote: > >> Thanks Paul, Dimitri

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Member Nominations starting

2013-08-05 Thread Mark Lucas
I will not be standing for re-election, but will continue to support where I can, when a I am needed. Mark >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Election_2013#Board_Election indicates that >> Peter Batty, Michael Gerlek, Mark Lucas and Jáchym Čepický are at the >> end of their term.

[OSGeo-Discuss] Personal matters

2013-02-25 Thread Mark Lucas
Unfortunately, my wife of 37 years passed away, unexpectedly, a couple of weeks ago. As you can imagine, I've been surrounded by friends and family since that time. I remain very positive about life and am grateful for the life that we had together. I think you will all understand that I hav

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ossimPredator KLV data

2012-08-21 Thread Mark Lucas
The predator KLV data is compliant with the Motion Imagery Standards Board. (version 2.1 I believe) I'd suggest searching the web for MISB compliant video to see if there is any test data out there we could use. Unfortunately, all of the data that we have in house is FOUO (for official use o

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Open Source Geospatial Atlas

2012-07-28 Thread Mark Lucas
Great idea, I was just thinking that we need to add something exciting and new that promotes OSGeo. The OSGeo live disk certainly does that, but this would place more emphasis on data/art/style. I know there is a large segment within OSGeo that would like to focus more on education and academi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Boad of Director Nomination: Daniel Morissette

2012-07-26 Thread Mark Lucas
I would like to second the nomination for Daniel. After having had the pleasure of working with him on the current board, I frankly can't imagine how we would function without him. He is always a voice of reason and he has taken ownership of managing all of the financial tracking and planning

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Board Nomination: Jeff McKenna

2012-07-24 Thread Mark Lucas
Jeff, Great to have you back, look forward to working with you again. Mark On Jul 24, 2012, at 10:58 AM, Jeff McKenna wrote: > Hello OSGeo community! > > I thank Mike for such a nice nomination. It would be an honor to again > represent the OSGeo community on the Board of Directors of OS

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New charter members!

2012-07-10 Thread Mark Lucas
New Charter Members - Welcome!!! It is really satisfying to see all of the international expertise. As we expand into more regional conferences and events we will really depend on your leadership. Mark On Jul 10, 2012, at 2:34 AM, Pedro-Juan Ferrer Matoses wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo has been accepted at Google Summer of Code!

2012-03-17 Thread Mark Lucas
OSSIM will participate On Mar 16, 2012, at 5:09 PM, Anne Ghisla wrote: > Hello all, and sorry for cross-posting, > > Wolf, Hamish and I have the great pleasure to announce that OSGeo has > been accepted as a mentoring organization to the Google Summer of Code > program [0]! > > What to do now

[OSGeo-Discuss] Recent f2f board meeting

2012-02-09 Thread Mark Lucas
Reflections on the recent f2f board meeting in Seattle. The f2f was a very productive and much needed meeting. The board members brought together a number of different perspectives, but worked very closely in charting the way ahead for the OSGeo foundation. After 6 years it is really amazing

[OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Back in Afghanistan

2012-01-18 Thread Mark Lucas
Thought I'd broadcast this to the OSGeo community. Please feel free to contact Jenn if you think you can help. Mark Begin forwarded message: > From: Jenn Gold > Subject: Back in Afghanistan > Date: January 18, 2012 6:21:39 AM EST > To: mlu...@radiantblue.com > > Hey Mark, > > > > Happy b

Re: RE : [OSGeo-Discuss] Distracting discussions of discussing [was:] What is North America?

2011-11-24 Thread Mark Lucas
Daniel, There is no disagreement that it would be good to coordinate and work with other local chapters - that is certainly in our thinking. To keep it simple and focused, we are not proposing any formal or implied hierarchy between local chapters and the region. Everyone is free to contribut

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo -- USA

2011-11-18 Thread Mark Lucas
Ravi, This is quite true. In the US various government agencies are planning on budget cuts for next year. There still remains an enormous amount of inertia in using proprietary solutions - especially on ongoing systems acquisitions, but there is a very significant change in adopting OSS for

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [Board] Signing off...

2011-11-17 Thread Mark Lucas
Tyler, Thanks for all of your support over the years. It was through your personal efforts with Gary and Autodesk that we were able to get the organization really moving. I look forward to continuing to work with you in the future. Mark Lucas On Nov 17, 2011, at 2:18 PM, Tyler Mitchell

[OSGeo-Discuss] MIL-OSS OSGeo get together ticket link correction

2011-11-15 Thread Mark Lucas
Correction: MIL-OSS OSGeo Tickets are at this link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2516868020/?invite=&err=29&referrer=&ebtv=F&discount=&affiliate=&eventpassword= ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinf

[OSGeo-Discuss] MIL-OSS/OSGeo meetup

2011-11-15 Thread Mark Lucas
hi all, new event!!RSVP!What: Holiday Party: Open Source GeoSpatial Meetup w/ MIL_OSS - Dec 13http://milossgeo.eventbrite.com/Welcome to the first holiday party of DC area federal/defense/ICgeospatial open source software partitioners! Join us in creating an active network of industry, acedemia, mi

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Charter member nominations

2011-11-11 Thread Mark Lucas
Great list of candidates. I really like that they are all around the globe. Mark On Nov 11, 2011, at 8:38 PM, Tyler Mitchell wrote: >> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/New_Member_Nominations_2011 > > Awesome list for sure :) > ___ Discuss mailing list D

[OSGeo-Discuss] Re: [North America] What is North America?

2011-11-11 Thread Mark Lucas
The primary focus is going to be an annual north american conference - probably located in Canada or the US and the conference will most likely be in English. But, I don't think anyone needs to get hung up on this. Anyone who wants to sign up to the NA list is welcome. If you can can make a co

[OSGeo-Discuss] Massimo Di Stefano Charter Membership nomination

2011-11-09 Thread Mark Lucas
I'd like to nominate Massimo Di Stefano for OSGeo charter membership.Massimo has been an active contributor and integrator of OSGeo projects.  He participated in the Google Summer of Code project as a student developer for OSSIM and later acted as a mentor for another gsoc project.  He helped set

[OSGeo-Discuss] northamerica regional chapter

2011-11-06 Thread Mark Lucas
I was recently re-elected to the OSGeo Board of Directors where we have been having a discussion on future organization and strategy. A number of us have been discussing this subject at the OSGeo board level and later on the northamerica chapter list. Additionally, we have tried to reach out

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Wherecon conference April 10-12 2012 in Washington DC

2011-11-05 Thread Mark Lucas
internet test bed that I'd like to get OSGeo involved with. Mark On Nov 5, 2011, at 4:33 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > On 5/11/2011 4:07 AM, Mark Lucas wrote: >> http://www.wherecon.com/ > Will there be someone attending this conference who can hand out OSGeoLive > DVDs? >

[OSGeo-Discuss] Wherecon conference April 10-12 2012 in Washington DC

2011-11-04 Thread Mark Lucas
http://www.wherecon.com/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Report from the OSGeo Board meeting

2011-09-21 Thread Mark Lucas
Michael's response resonates with me the most so I'll start there (included below). I was against this decision and was unsuccessful at convincing others on the board to come around to my point of view. As the votes came around the table it was obvious the decision had been made - I basically

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Report from the OSGeo Board meeting

2011-09-21 Thread Mark Lucas
Michael's response resonates with me the most so I'll start there (included below). I was against this decision and was unsuccessful at convincing others on the board to come around to my point of view. As the votes came around the table it was obvious the decision had been made - I basically

[OSGeo-Discuss] Next steps for OSGeo

2011-08-06 Thread Mark Lucas
Tyler, thanks for the nomination. I've enjoyed working with you and watching you grow our organization. Lets start with what is working well. In a very short period of time, an idea in Tyler's mind became a small meeting in Chicago where OSGeo was formed. Gary Lang and Autodesk provided the

[OSGeo-Discuss] Department of Defense release on OSS

2011-07-31 Thread Mark Lucas
The DoD CIO officially released more open source guidance. This is a follow on to the Open Technology Development Roadmap that we previously wrote. http://cio-nii.defense.gov/sites/oss/index.shtml ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http:/

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Certification only; stay out of training :-)

2011-06-12 Thread Mark Lucas
Totally agree, the foundation should provide an environment that connects agencies, organizations, providers, and members while improving the breadth and quality of oss geospatial solutions. We already have an impressive amount of volunteers and contributors on the various committees and projec

Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Training and certification

2011-06-11 Thread Mark Lucas
On Jun 11, 2011, at 8:24 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > Mark, > Yes I agree that OSGeo-Live also provides a good framework for the periodic > review of projects beyond incubation. > > What we have on our side is: > 1. A periodic release schedule > 2. A valuable business driver which attracts proj

Re: [OSGeo-Edu] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Training and certification

2011-06-11 Thread Mark Lucas
-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is working an open source initiative that will be announced at foss4g in Denver. My opinion is that OSGeo has accomplished our initial goals and it is time to start thinking about financially securing its future. I look forward to discussing this further. Mark Lucas

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] not spam :)

2011-02-03 Thread Mark Lucas
Amazing what has happened in those 5 years. It was great to be in that first meeting and see the organization grow. Happy Birthday OSGEO mark On Feb 3, 2011, at 12:46 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: > Happy birthday to all of you! > > -mpg, who was happy to be able to attend on that Chicago day

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] 2010 Charter Member Selection

2010-11-12 Thread Mark Lucas
Congratulations to all of the new charter members. It is exciting to see OSGeo continue to grow and diversify. Mark Lucas On Nov 12, 2010, at 7:20 AM, Paul Ramsey wrote: > OSGeo members, > > The 2010 process is complete, and the new charter members are, in > alphab

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] are there any unpaid developers?

2010-04-20 Thread Mark Lucas
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] are there any unpaid developers?

2010-04-20 Thread Mark Lucas
I think that most of the developers that actively contribute to the OSSIM project are funded through government contracts. Having said that, most all of them contribute well beyond the time they are paid for. Often that is to move the baseline towards capabilities that are not covered by custo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] MIL-OSS Conference

2010-01-12 Thread Mark Lucas
Note, the venue has been changed to Washington DC in the July / August time frame. Mark On Jan 12, 2010, at 11:19 AM, Mark Lucas wrote: > If anyone is interested in speaking, please fill out the form for the next > Military Open Source Software conference in Portland Oregon >

[OSGeo-Discuss] MIL-OSS Conference

2010-01-12 Thread Mark Lucas
If anyone is interested in speaking, please fill out the form for the next Military Open Source Software conference in Portland OregonInitial conference info:  http://mil-oss.org/Speakers form:http://mil-oss.org/speaker_form.htm  Mark LucasDivision Manager516 E New Haven AvenueMelbourne Fl 32901(32

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSS Policy for DOD posting location

2009-10-28 Thread Mark Lucas
For those looking for the posted location: Classification: UNCLASSIFIED BTW: the memo and FAQ is up on defenselink now, but at http://www.defenselink.mil/cio-nii/sites/oss/ Which is not the URL that I gave in the memo, unfortunately. I've got the web guy setting up a REDIRECT now. __

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Applying Open Source Principles to Federal Government

2009-08-08 Thread Mark Lucas
I think OSGeo can play a key role in Open Source for America. We can discuss in Atlanta with John and the rest of the gang. Mark On Aug 8, 2009, at 1:25 PM, Tyler Mitchell (OSGeo) wrote: Thanks Mark, In what capacity can OSGeo get involved with Open Source for America? Tyler The Open Tec

[OSGeo-Discuss] Applying Open Source Principles to Federal Government

2009-08-08 Thread Mark Lucas
The Open Technology Development Roadmap that we wrote for Ms Sue Payton is highlighted as well as Open Source for America (RadiantBlue is one of the founders) Good talk. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O0C9T7h01o ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@l

[OSGeo-Discuss] Military OSS

2009-07-01 Thread Mark Lucas
Hi All, I am helping to setup a Military open source software conference in @ GTRI in Atlanta in August, no suits/ties, just a bunch of techies doing the right thing:http://www.mil-oss.org/if you can make it, great!Even better if you speak!  I'd like to see if we can get some other OSGeo projects t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ESRI Spain conference incident

2008-10-17 Thread Mark Lucas
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE: OS and proprietary

2008-04-27 Thread Mark Lucas
Interestingly enough, in our efforts with Open Technology Development and the Department of Defense (US), the Navy made that determination that OSS was COTS - and therefore needed to be considered on an equal footing with proprietary solutions for Navy acquisitions. Mark On Apr 27, 2008, a

[OSGeo-Discuss] ossimPlanet movie

2008-03-07 Thread Mark Lucas
http://ossim.telascience.org/ossimdata/Movies/ ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] ATC, WTM, or WAC cell calculator?

2008-02-07 Thread Mark Lucas
Does anyone know where a module is for calculating where an ATC, WTM or WAC cell is given the cell identifier? Mark Lucas___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss

[OSGeo-Discuss] DoD Open Source Conference

2007-11-28 Thread Mark Lucas
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Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Fwd: Where 2.0 Call for Proposals Closing November 26

2007-11-19 Thread Mark Lucas
I submitted one on ossimPlanet. Haven't heard back. Mark On Nov 19, 2007, at 10:12 PM, Tyler Mitchell wrote: Anyone planning to, or already submitted, proposals for the conference? Begin forwarded message: From: "O'Reilly Where 2.0 Conference" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: November 8, 2007 5

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Presentation materials

2007-10-03 Thread Mark Lucas
Each of the presenters was sent a link to upload their presentations. When they do the link will show up on their presentation page on the conference website. some of them are there already. On Oct 3, 2007, at 1:51 PM, Chip Taylor wrote: FOSS4G was a tremendous conference and I am glad I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] New Mexico local chapter?

2007-02-05 Thread Mark Lucas
rials. Contact me directly if you are interested in finding out more. Mark Lucas I think a chapter in New Mexico focused on the technologies that you have defined would be an asset to the overall OSGeo effort. On Feb 4, 2007, at 7:11 PM, Zachary L. Stauber wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED ME

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] ISDE participation?

2007-02-02 Thread Mark Lucas
Michael, I'm thinking about presenting ossimPlanet. I think that John Graham (telascience) is on the program committee. Will talk to him about it when I'm in San Diego in a couple of weeks. Mark On Jan 31, 2007, at 5:13 PM, Michael P. Gerlek wrote: The folks at ISDE5 (http://www.isde5.o