Board Meeting 2008 07 18

This board meeting has been scheduled for the 18th of July 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 Thirty Seventh Board Meeting minutes.
 * Review and approve graduation of GeoTools from incubation with Jody Garnett as VP, GeoTools.
 * Review and approve OSGeo Annual Report (2.3MB PDF) for distribution.
 * All but financial report is complete
 * Update from Tyler
 * Reviewing OSGeo effectiveness - survey

Minutes

 * Meeting started 15:11UTC
 * Tyler acting as meeting secretary
 * Paul, Arnulf, Bob, Frank, Chris and Tyler attending (quorum achieved)
 * Review and approve Thirty Seventh Board Meeting minutes.
 * MOTION: Arnulf moved to adopt the minutes, Bob seconded, all were in favour
 * Review and approve graduation of GeoTools from incubation with Jody Garnett as VP, GeoTools.
 * GeoTools was duly approved by incubation committee, Jody chosen by GeoTools PMC to be rep
 * MOTION: Frank moved to adopt, Arnulf seconded, all were in favour. GeoTools has officially graduated from incubation.
 * Congratulations and good work GeoTools PMC and mentor!
 * Review and approve OSGeo Annual Report (2.3MB PDF) for distribution.
 * MOTION: Frank moved to adopt the annual report, pending the approved financial report. Seconded by Paul, all were in favour.  Annual Report accepted, once final Financial Report is approved.
 * Update from Tyler
 * Reviewed top items from his workload list
 * Reviewing OSGeo effectiveness - survey
 * Tyler looking for feedback from Board (and anyone else who has an opinion). To help drive discussion for future vision, etc. at future board meeting.
 * Other business...
 * Frank mentioned OSGeo4W as a prime opportunity to help spread the OSGeo software stack
 * Frank mentioned work on formal working agreement for Tyler/ED is underway
 * Paul updated on some conference stats and feel for upcoming months. Minimal sponsorship levels have been met.
 * Closed Meeting at 15:29UTC: Chris moved, Arnulf seconded, all were in favour.