Re: Graduation day

Woohoo!!!

On Thu, Dec 12, 2019, 6:24 AM Kristian Evers <[email protected]> wrote:

> All,
>
>
>
> I am happy to announce that as of a few weeks ago PROJ is now recognized
> as a full OSGeo project.
>
> The project has been through the incubation process established by OSGeo
> and has proven that it
>
> lives up to the high standards of project organization that is expected of
> OSGeo projects. The OSGeo
>
> board approved the graduation the 25th of November [0].
>
>
>
> OSGeo graduation is a big milestone for the project. While graduation is
> nice in itself as recognition
>
> of the PROJ community, it also comes with access to other OSGeo benefits,
> such as an annual budget,
>
> marketing and support from the system administration group. We have
> already benefitted immensely
>
> from the latter for years. Of cause all this OSGeo goodness comes with a
> responsibility, so from now
>
> on PROJ will have to report to the OSGeo board on a regular basis. For now
> I will serve as the
>
> “project officer”.
>
>
>
> Thanks to Michael Smith and Jody Garnet for guiding PROJ through the
> incubation process. Also
>
> thanks to everyone from the PROJ community who has pitched in along the
> way.
>
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kristian
>
>
>
>
>
> [0] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2019-11-25
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