Fwd: Can GNOME submit a position paper to the NSF Sustainable Cyber Infrastructure Workshop?

[Stormy Peters <stormy gnome org>]

Is anybody interested in helping me write a GNOME position paper for the NSF policy direction workshop?

Stormy

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From: Dr. Jeff Spaleta <jspaleta fedoraproject org>
Date: Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:14 PM
Subject: Can GNOME submit a position paper to the NSF Sustainable Cyber Infrastructure Workshop?
To: stormy gnome org


Good Alaskan afternoon.

I am attending the NSF funded workshop in March as a representative of
the Fedora Project.  I'm trying to encourage noteworthy examples of
sustainable open source initiatives to submit position papers based on
their experience.  I think  GNOME might want to draft such a paper and
try to impact the NSF's policy direction.

The workshop organizers are interested in position papers and have
just released guidance, which is here:
http://cisoftwaresustainability.iu-pti.org/node/15

In particular, I think the GNOME experience might speak to this question:

"What models for sustainability and maintenance of software exist,
independent of federal funding, that can be applied effectively to the
cyberinfrastructure software that supports NSF researchers and the NSF
mission? Particularly interesting are success stories and lessons
learned from areas outside NSF cyberinfrastructure, including open
source, community source, virtual organizations, and commercial
models."

Please think about putting in a position paper.  I think this workshop
represents a window of opportunity to impact the NSF management
culture. I want to make the best case possible for strengthening an
open development model inside the NSF as a better way to organize
scientific education and research for maximum social benefit.  I think
the position paper grounded in GNOME experience could help make the
case.

-jef