This document presents the 2026 strategy of OSGeo as developed by the OSGeo Board of Directors in winter 2016. The individuated vision, mission and values implemented in its guidelines together with the designed approach to define the 2016 tactics toward these goals are presented.

1. OSGeo 2026 Strategy
The Next Decade

2. VISION
CORE
VALUES
MISSION
GOALS

3. VISION
Empower all with open
source geospatial
technology

4. MISSION
Foster global adoption of
open geospatial
technology by being an
inclusive software
foundation devoted to an
open philosophy and
participatory
community driven
development

5. CORE
VALUES
Open/openness
Collaborative
Passionate
Inclusive
Respectful

6. GUIDE-
LINES
Code of Conduct
Incubation
Open Source Ethics
Privacy Policy
Open source licenses
Documentation licenses

7. 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

8. OSGeo 2016 tactics
The Year Ahead

9. • Define OSGeo Community Ecosystem
• Define Four Strategic Objectives (SO)
• Monitor progress
• Define activities to achieve target COMMUNITY FORM
BOARD
BOARD
BOARD & OFFICERS
Implementation

10. OSGeo community ecosystem
•Users
•Developers
•Business
•Education
•Public Sector
•NGOs
•Research
•Partners

11. 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

12. Next steps to finalize the tactics

13. Collect activities ideas
A questionnaire will collect actions ideas from
the Charter Members so that it will be
possible to finalize the 2016 tactics

14. 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

15. 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

16. 2016, OSGeo board of directors