Board Meeting 2008 09 12

This board meeting has been scheduled for the 12th of September 2008 at 15:00 UTC (fixedtime), by phone and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.

Communication will use the Conference Call facilities.

Agenda

 * Appoint meeting secretary
 * Review and approve Board Meeting 2008 08 08 minutes.
 * Approve the entrance of the MetaCRS project into incubation.
 * FOSS4G OSGeo appearance (informative from Arnulf)
 * Review and possibly approve OSGeo-OGC MOU.
 * Update from Tyler
 * Review of adding a grassroots project into osgeo svn+trac ticket

Minutes
IRC log notes available here (times are UTC -8). Main discussion was on the telephone from 15:04-15:32 UTC.
 * Meeting started 15:04. In attendance: Arnulf, Paul, Ari, Jeroen, Markus, Howard, Frank, Tyler.
 * Appoint meeting secretary -- Tyler
 * Review and approve Board Meeting 2008 08 08 minutes
 * MOTION: Paul moved to approve these, Arnulf second, all were in favour, meeting minutes approved
 * Approve the entrance of the MetaCRS project into incubation. project link here
 * Frank explained, he's waiting for incubation to pass the motion still. No motion brought forward to board yet.
 * FOSS4G OSGeo appearance (informative from Arnulf)
 * Arnulf explained how Marketing committee is cover need for booth organisation, etc.
 * Review and possibly approve OSGeo-OGC MOU
 * Discussed any expectations or increased work from our side. Looks straightforward and in our favour to get free memberships
 * Arnulf suggested to leave it open for more open discussion
 * OSGeo will need to assign a liaison( s ) with OGC... to handle memberships, general contact, etc.
 * Paul is interested in helping there
 * Frank suggested to use the "standards" list for discussion around the use of these memberships, etc.
 * Arnulf can act as backup to work with Paul on it.
 * Paul to carry it forward and continue discussion
 * Update from Tyler
 * reported on planning phase of FOSS4G, everything runs smoothly so far.
 * Tyler is new Chair of the Marketing Committee.
 * Regular finance stuff taking time
 * Malaga Open Source conference invitation for Tyler to speak, attending in October, in panel with IBM, HP, Google, Intel
 * Worked on various website updates.
 * MOTION: Arnulf brings motion forward to accept Tyler as chair for marketing committee.. as approved by the committee at its last meeting
 * Frank seconded, all were in favour, motion approved.
 * Review of adding a grassroots project into OSGeo svn+trac ticket here
 * Ari giving background
 * Frank explained the regular process.. SAC accepts then brings it forward to board list for any concern, problems
 * MOTION: Frank moves that Board accept SACs recommendation to host the project, Howard seconded. Ari abstained, all were in favour, motion carried.
 * MOTION: Arnulf motions to close the meeting, Howard seconds, all were favour. Meeting closed at 15:32 UTC.