OSGeo 2026 Strategy The Next Decade

VISION

CORE VALUES

MISSION

GOALS

VISION

Empower all with open source geospatial

technology

MISSION

Foster global adoption of open geospatial

technology by being an inclusive software

foundation devoted to an open philosophy and

participatory community driven

development

CORE VALUES

Open/openness

Collaborative

Passionate

Inclusive

Respectful

GUIDE- LINES

Code of Conduct

Incubation

Open Source Ethics

Privacy Policy

Open source licenses

Documentation licenses

GOALS internal

● provide resources for foundation projects;

● encourage interoperability with open and community

standards;

● ensure interoperability between the foundation projects;

● encourage a high degree of quality and innovation in

foundation projects;

● enable communication and cooperation amongst OSGeo

communities;

● celebrate excellence, openness and service within the OSGeo

community.

external

● foster the use of open source geospatial

software;

● champion the use of open-source and

community participation through the

development of an open education curriculum

● be a welcoming and inclusive worldwide organization at all levels;

● champion community building through horizontal (local chapters) engagement

and through vertical (sector specific) agreements with like-minded organizations;

both

OSGeo 2016 tactics The Year Ahead

• Define OSGeo Community Ecosystem

• Define Four Strategic Objectives (SO)

• Monitor progress

• Define activities to achieve target COMMUNITY FORM

BOARD

BOARD

BOARD & OFFICERS

Implementation

OSGeo community ecosystem

•Users •Developers •Business •Education

•Public Sector •NGOs •Research •Partners

Basic 4 Strategic Objectives (SO)

SO1

showcasing excellence in our

communities

SO2

proactively engage with external

partners

SO3

fostering our mission, vision and

goals

SO4

empowering our communities and

extending our reach

Next steps to finalize the tactics

Collect activities ideas

A questionnaire will collect actions ideas from the Charter Members so that it will be

possible to finalize the 2016 tactics

Outcome what would you like to achieve?

Improve visibility of committees and local chapters

Actions how would you like to achieve it?

Redesign OSGeo website

Leverage logos for committees and local chapters

Indicators what tell us if it has been achieved?

Increase monthly visits to committee and local chapter pages

Means of verification how to measure it?

Comparing web analytic logs of home page and sub pages

Assumptions and risks is there a risk of failure?

Assumes volunteer (or website committee) interest.

Assume committees and local chapters have interesting content.

Risk of competing community priorities trying to put everything on home page.

Cost what is the live cost to do it?

2'000 USD to hire a designer

Define the actions * An example of action for SO1 It is time to showcase how great our

communities are

SO1:

showcasing

excellence in our

communities

Foster global adoption of open geospatial technology by being an inclusive software foundation

devoted to an open philosophy and participatory community driven development

SO2:

proactively engage

with external

partners

SO3:

fostering our

mission, vision and

goals

SO4:

Empowering our

communities and

extending our reach

Empower all with open source geospatial technology

SO1.1:

…………….

SO2.1:

…………….

SO3.1:

…………….

SO4.1:

…………….

Create the OSGeo Strategic Map 2016

2016, OSGeo board of directors