From f4e541d8be82c5dbf823b6743b35461ceb6ee1d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Wayne Beaton <wayne@eclipse.org>
Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 11:10:58 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] Update admin/proposal/proposal.html

Made some minor formatting changes.

I've left some comments (prefixed with WTB) over some concerns with the scope and initial committers.
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 admin/proposal/proposal.html | 49 ++++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/admin/proposal/proposal.html b/admin/proposal/proposal.html
index 7ade2dc..0f192c7 100644
--- a/admin/proposal/proposal.html
+++ b/admin/proposal/proposal.html
@@ -74,7 +74,10 @@ <h2>Scope</h2>
 	cannot have an open-ended scope.
  -->
 
-The scope of uDig is to:
+<p>The scope of uDig is to:</p>
+
+<!-- WTB: "Mapping" seems too generic and meaningless. Perhaps this is because I don't live in the space.
+What sorts of things does uDig enable users/adopters to do? -->
 
 <ul>
 <li>Provide an Eclipse-based rich client mapping solution for desktop users</li>
@@ -100,14 +103,12 @@ <h2>Description</h2>
 	<li><b>G</b>IS: framework for spatial data exploration and analysis</li>
 </ul>
 
-<h2>Why Eclipse?</h2> 
+<h2>Why LocationTech?</h2> 
 
 <!-- 
-	Answer these two questions:	What value does this project bring to the Eclipse
-	community? What value do you expect to obtain from hosting your project at Eclipse?
-	
-	What value do you get by having your project at Eclipse over and above the value
-	of hosting at Eclipse Labs?
+	What value does this project bring to the LocationTech
+	community? What value do you expect to obtain from hosting your project at LocationTech?
+
  -->
 <p>The uDig project brings LocationTech an established Eclipse RCP GIS solution with a strong focus on ease-of-use and
 integration.</p>
@@ -115,25 +116,6 @@ <h2>Why Eclipse?</h2>
 <p>The uDig project is well known in the spatial software community and is taking this opportunity to join LocationTech as an outreach
 to Eclipse RCP developers.</p>
 
-<p>This project is ideally placed as part of the LocationTech working group and is not suitable for hosting at Eclipse Labs.</p>
-
-<h2>Initial Contribution</h2>
-
-<!-- 
-	Projects are expected to arrive at Eclipse with existing code.
-	
-	Describe the existing code that will be contributed to the project. Please provide
-	a couple of paragraphs describing the code with modest detail, including important
-	information like code ownership (who holds the copyright?), and some consideration
-	of community that exists around the code. Include a listing of third-party libraries 
-	and associated licenses.
- -->
-
-Initial contribution made by the uDig Project Steering Committee. Code ownership is held
-by Refractions Research under the direction of the uDig Project Steering Committee. Additional
-"jgrass" plugins made available by HydroloGIS. This is an established development community with world wide representation, drawn from
-a number of organisations.
-
 <h2>Legal Issues</h2>
 
 <!-- 
@@ -144,11 +126,11 @@ <h2>Legal Issues</h2>
 	absolutely require?
  -->
 
-The project includes "GeoTools" components of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation made available under
-an LGPL license. Other noted dependencies are the Java extensions JAI, ImageIO and ImageIO-Ext.
+<p>The project includes "GeoTools" components of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation made available under
+an LGPL license. Other noted dependencies are the Java extensions JAI, ImageIO and ImageIO-Ext.</p>
 
-The use of LGPL components has been negotiated with the LocationTech industry working group and
-does not represent an issue.
+<p>The use of LGPL components has been negotiated with the LocationTech industry working group and
+does not represent an issue.</p>
 
 <h2>Committers</h2>
 
@@ -160,6 +142,9 @@ <h2>Committers</h2>
 
 <p>The following individuals are proposed as initial committers to the project:</p>
 
+<!-- WTB: Do you expect steering committee members and other contributors to be committers?
+It's not clear from this text. -->
+
 <ul>
   <li>Steering Committee
     <dl>
@@ -192,6 +177,10 @@ <h2>Initial Contribution</h2>
 	Describe any initial contributions of code that will be brought to the 
 	project. If there is no existing code, just remove this section.
  -->
+<p>The initial contribution will be made by the uDig Project Steering Committee. Code ownership is held
+by Refractions Research under the direction of the uDig Project Steering Committee. Additional
+"jgrass" plugins made available by HydroloGIS. This is an established development community with world wide representation, drawn from
+a number of organisations.</p>
 
 <p>
 <b>GIS Platform</b>: provides a local catalog of spatial services, with minimal Dublin Core details