\title{Incubation Committee}
\maketitle

\begin{description}
\item  [Period covered by report:] Jan-Dec 2007 
\item  [Contact name:] Frank Warmerdam 
\item  [Members:] Frank Warmerdam (chair), Chris Holmes, Robert Bray, Mark Lucas, Cameron Shorter, Steve Lime, Arnulf Christl, Jody Garnett, Markus Neteler, Paul Spencer, Richard Gould, Norman Vine, Daniel Morissette, Howard Butler, Jeroen Ticheler, Julien-Samuel Lacroix 
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\section*{ Key Accomplishments }

The following projects entered incubation in 2007: 
\begin{itemize}
	\item  gvSIG 
	\item  FDO 
	\item  QGIS 
	\item  GeoNetwork 
	\item  GEOS 
\end{itemize}

The following projects graduated from incubation in 2007: 
\begin{itemize}
	\item \href{http://www.osgeo.org}{OpenLayers}\footnote{OpenLayers: \url{http://www.osgeo.org/openlayers}}
	\item \href{http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide}{MapGuide Open Source}\footnote{MapGuide Open Source: \url{http://www.osgeo.org/mapguide}}
\end{itemize}

The following project applications for incubation are pending: 
\begin{itemize}
	\item  GeoMOOSE 
	\item  ORCHESTRA 
	\item  deegree 
	\item  JVNMobileGIS 
\end{itemize}

This year we approved the \href{http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Graduation_Checklist}{Project Graduation Checklist}\footnote{Project Graduation Checklist: \url{http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Project_Graduation_Checklist}}

\section*{ Work Areas }

The committee struggled with several issues this year, and will continue to work on them: 

\begin{itemize}
	\item  What degree of professional legal support should be bringing to the incubation process? 
	\item  What key qualities do we look for in new projects? 
	\item  Is incubation suitable for geodata projects or other kinds of projects that do not meet our normal software project expectations? 
	\item  What support should be be providing to new projects just getting established? 
	\item  How much should a mentor be doing to encourage a project in the incubation process? 
	\item  Should we providing more resources, or applying additional pressure to projects that appear stalled in incubation? 
\end{itemize}

\section*{ Outlook for 2008 }

There are several projects that appear close to graduation and we see continued interest by new projects in joining OSGeo through the incubation process. 
