Ninth VisCom Meeting

Date and Time
The meeting took place on July 20th, 2006, at 15:00 UTC.

Minutes: Ninth VisCom Meeting Minutes

Standing Agenda

 * 1) Assign scribe
 * 2) Rollcall (chair)
 * 3) New Business (below)
 * 4) Old Business (below)
 * 5) Review action items (chair)
 * 6) Set next meeting date (chair)
 * 7) Adjourn

New Business

 * Membership
 * DaveM withdraws from committee; released with a vote of thanks
 * possible introduction of new Autodesk staffer
 * quick review of committee members left standing


 * Events
 * any OSCON issues?
 * any GeoWeb issues?
 * mpg was pinged about extra pass(es)


 * Press releases


 * Scrubbing of old-tasks list



Old Business

 * 1) review of open issues in CollabNet (chair)
 * 2) (from old TODO list) Operate OSGeo Booth (arnulf)
 * 3) (from old TODO list) Work on https://visibilitycommittee.osgeo.org contents (arnulf)
 * 4) (from old TODO list) Organize translation volunteers. (arnulf)
 * 5) (from old TODO list) prepare Web page contents about "What OSGeo is doing" to attract sponsors. This is related to Fundraising. Then forward this material to WebCom  (arnulf?)
 * 6) (from old TODO list) Setup feedback mechanism for web site.  I suppose this ought to be creating artifacts in the bug system, but a feedback email list might be more appropriate. (arnulf?)
 * 7) (from old TODO list) Recruit more members on discuss list.  What skills are most valuable?  (arnulf?)
 * 8) (held over from 3rd mtg) Can we move the Event List to its own page (from the main VisComm page)?  (mpg)
 * 9) (held over from 5th mtg) Newsletter Notes (not Tyler)