Re: [Geotools-devel] What the..... and GeoTools? Why is it not listed? Fwd: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] "Geospatial Foundation" Meeting

[Bryce L N. <bno...@fs...>]

Jody wrote on 01/13/2006 12:54:31 PM:

> Chris Holmes wrote:
> > James was definitely invited, GeoTools has been in all the
> > discussions, indeed there's no way it can't be with uDig and GeoServer
> > in the mix.  I think the list just reflects those who have accepted.
> > Unfortunately Jody is no longer going to be on the continent.  Perhaps
> > we should hurry up and get Bryce up to PMC (unless he already is and
> > I'm forgetting it and/or completely forgot), and have James ask
> > autodesk if his invite can go to Bryce.  Martin would also be good,
> > but he's a bit far away, would take awhile just to travel there and
back.
> Yep Bryce rocks out, gives me hope for the future ;-)

Bryce has been on the waiting list for "S-490 Advanced Wildland Fire
Behavior Calculations" for two years.  Now he's only got to break the legs
of two people in order to get into the Feb 6-10, 2006 class.  Thanks for
buttering me up, but no chance am I going.  I got me some legs to break. :)

Besides, I might suggest something foolish like forming a top-level project
of the Apache Software Foundation.  Or perhaps the Free Software Foundation
(GNU).  Either would probably have infrastructure and _resources_ which
could be leveraged.  (Because 25 people does not a Foundation make.)  I
hate re-inventing the wheel and would need someone to prove to me that it's
necessary.  Not to mention I'm pathologically opposed to lawyers.

In any case, I think I had you all fooled.  I just need something
geospatial that can ingest/process/serve my WRF output, satellite images,
fire simulations, plume model output, etc.  Come end of Feb. the coverage
effort had better be wrapped up and I'll start using you like a tool.  Seen
in this light, I probably wouldn't make such a good PMC.

Don't worry, I'll still spout off to the list about random topics no one
cares about.

Bryce