SIG-Greenhouse was formally closed as a SIG in 2018 but these pages are maintained for information. If you are interested in finding out how you can benefit from the work of the SIG, please visit the Commons Conservancy website, a programme conservancy created to meet the aims and objectives of software and other projects looking for a sustainable home. |
This space is for information relating to the GÉANT Greenhouse SIG.
GÉANT Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are established under the auspices of GÉANT in order to create an open forum where experts from its community exchange information, knowledge, ideas and best practices about specific technical or other areas of business relevant to the research and education networking community.
The aims of the Greenhouse SIG are:
To sign-up to the mailing list, please visit:
https://lists.geant.org/sympa/info/greenhouse
'Greenhouse' started out as a play on words as we didn't want to use the word 'conservancy' (conservancy - conservatory - greenhouse), as GÉANT is not looking to provide the sort of features one might expect from a full software conservancy but something more lightweight. The word has stuck as it seems a good way of describing the intentions here - to provide the infrastructure for software projects to grow successfully within the community.
2016 is the first year of the Greenhouse SIG. The Charter was approved at the TTC meeting in November 2015.
The main topics covered by the new SIG would include, but would not be limited to: