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== Minutes ==
 
== Minutes ==
  
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* Attending: Anita, Mike, Sanghee, Jeff, Helena, Maxi, Jody, Vasile, Venka
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* Attending: Jeff McKenna, Jeroen Ticheler, Marco Minghini, Mikel Maron, Werner Leyh, Norman Vine, Vasile Craciunescu
 
* Presiding: Jeff
 
* Presiding: Jeff
 
* Scribing: Jeff
 
* Scribing: Jeff
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=== Assigned Tasks ===
 
=== Assigned Tasks ===
  
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* [Sanghee] contact Mike for sending OSGeo seed money + FOSS4G surplus to OSGeo
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* [Jeff] update wiki with goals of committee
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* [All] arrange travel for Board F2F meeting, for 30/31 January in the Netherlands
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* [All] provide feedback from (upcoming) MoU/official letter draft
  
 
=== Full, raw minutes notes ===
 
=== Full, raw minutes notes ===
  
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* IRC Log at http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2015-11-12.log
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* IRC Log at http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2015-11-17.log
  
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* 13:59 Meeting starts
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* 16:01 Meeting starts
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* 14:03 '''MOTION: Approve past meeting minutes''', 8 votes in favour, passed
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* 16:16 '''Committee Structure'''
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* 14:05 '''Treasurer report''' from Mike Smith
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** jeff: I of course will represent OSGeo at the table, when "the president" is required. i wasn't sure if the OSGeo committee chair should be different?
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** Used OSGeo credit card for purchasing travel for some board members for the January F2F meeting
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** werner: I think for the committee jeff would be the best solution
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** Now has online access to OSGeo credit card
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** Jeff volunteers as chair
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** OSGeo credit card will be brought to the January F2F meeting
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** all in support
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** please contact Mike regarding travel reimbursement for F2F right away
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* 16:19 '''Goals of the committee'''
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** no progress on contacting sponsors
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** marco: leading members of GeoForAll GeoCrowd are very interested
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** Sanghee to contact Mike for sending OSGeo seed money + FOSS4G surplus to OSGeo
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** jeroen: Focus on software (applications) and education?
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* 14:07 '''Updates on F2F Meeting in January''' -all
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** werner: I told about openstreetmap , that does not mean that I will focus on data , but OSM is extremely important for our apps and should be on the table
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** anita, jody to plan their trips
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** norman: agreed but OSM is not an OSGeo project
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** mike, jeff, sanghee have their trips booked
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** mikel: HOT will also mention software as well, but I'm happy that OSGeo take the lead on the importance of open source
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** mike suggests to add agenda item for official stance/policy/guidelines on working with LocationTech
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** jeff: i agree with a priority to educate through our service providers, as well as through the GeoForAll network (OSGeo's education arm)
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* 14:18 '''FOSS4G 2016 Update''' from Jeff
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* 16:45 '''Next Steps'''
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** LOC has an idea to have "topic talks" - 90 minute slots led by an organization, like LocationTech or OSGeo, or OGC, or UN
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** jeroen: The MoU will be a helpful thing to get started with this
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** will the slots be open or closely decided by LOC?
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** jeff: it would be great if everyone can help with that letter/mou draft). i will make an attempt on the wiki and distribute it for review/edits on our UN mailing list. ok plan?
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** Anita is in contact with Astrid concerning some hacking before the event
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** jeroen: My personal feeling is that we should absolutely not restrain to the disaster component of the UN. There is so much more in the UN system. Even if disasters are high profile
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** from Maxi: jeff can you ask LOC about the call for the slot and report? What is your view?
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** jeff: remember also that we/OSGeo joined a specific "task force" for this disaster working group. I will keep the committee uptodate with any requests from that
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** jeff: i can definitely ask. I think the talks can be suggested by the org, but approved by the 2016 committee
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** jeff: i would also like to see a UN session at the next FOSS4G in Bonn in August.  The local committee is talking of having 90 minutes for these special sessions, so I think this committee should guide that UN session
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** maxi: maybe FAO is interested and could participate in the slot assignment for instance...
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* 16:56 '''Next meeting time''': 2015/12/17 + 16:00UTC [[UN Meeting 2015-12-17]]
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** anita: I assume board members pay the same conference fee as other attendants, right? (Have to plan my conference budget for next year
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** jeff: all board travel could be covered if there is an official function as a F2F meeting
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** '''MOTION for OSGeo to pay for travel and arrangements at FOSS4G Bonn for all board members if a F2F board meeting is planned for there''', 2 in favour, not passed
 
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* 14:33 '''FOSS4G 2017 Update''' from Sanghee
 
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** Sanghee will let the OSGeo Conference Committee know the selected city on 18th Nov, and then notify the OSGeo Board on the public board list which city is recommended by the OSGeo Conference Committee
 
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** Sanghee: However do I need to disclose final voting results?
 
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** jeff: i write that to everyone each year: not one person except you will ever know the voting results. Important to keep this vote secret. there is a lot on the line. millions of dollars. jobs. people get offended (trust me from past i know)
 
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** Vasile: personal advice. you should send personal e-mails to all the conference committee members asking them to vote until 17th
 
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* 14:46 '''GeoServer January code sprint''' from Jody
 
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** GeoServer PSC is pulling together a code sprint http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GeoServer_Code_Sprint_2016
 
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** instead it is for a sheer code maintenance activity ... so not that attractive to sponsors but important for the health of the project.
 
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** jeff: wiki outlines process for request, to be sent to the public Board list: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Code_Sprint_Guidelines
 
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* 14:50 '''Quick GeoTools update''' from Jody
 
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** We have been working to make GeoTools depend only on open source
 
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** this year we have a much harder task: https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/Replace-JAI
 
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** I wanted to bring this effort, established at the last geotools/geoserver meeting to the attention of the board.
 
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** jeff: OSGeo is interested as it affects several projects
 
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** helena: we need to check this kind of support with the conditions of our non profit status
 
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** mike: as part of our 501c4, organizations could support this but they wouldn't receive a tax deduction for doing so
 
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* 14:58 '''clarify Geo4all position within OSGeo''' from Venka
 
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** venka: Jody's comment can be merged with the present draft and the draft can be shifted to the wiki.
 
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** venka: After moving to the wiki, we need to talk to the Geo4all advisory board to get their feed back.
 
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* 15:06 '''information about the potential UCGIS MOU http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MOU_UCGIS''' from Helena
 
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** helena: we were presented a draft MOU with UCGIS (University Consortium for GIS) - please read it and comment, also compare with the other MOUs
 
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** helena: UCGIS is a major organization in terms of GIS education and research, so this will be an important MOU but also a sensitive one
 
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** sanghee: Is UCGIS an international org or only for U.S. universities?
 
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** helena: Mostly US but I have seen people from other countries coming to the symposium, so there is some international component
 
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** jeff: maybe we might add to the draft that the primary OSGeo contact should be the NA region reps in GeoForAll
 
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** jeff: let's discuss and edit that page together through the list
 
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* 15:14 '''Next meeting time''': 2015/12/10 + 14:00UTC [[Board Meeting 2015-12-10]]
 
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Latest revision as of 15:45, 17 November 2015

This meeting is scheduled for the 17th of November 2015 at 16.00 UTC through IRC and follow up voting by email.

Agenda

Current items

Agenda:

  • discuss structure of committee (chair, frequency of meetings)
  • discuss goals of committee
  • next steps
  • please add your items here

Minutes

  • Attending: Jeff McKenna, Jeroen Ticheler, Marco Minghini, Mikel Maron, Werner Leyh, Norman Vine, Vasile Craciunescu
  • Presiding: Jeff
  • Scribing: Jeff

Assigned Tasks

  • [Jeff] update wiki with goals of committee
  • [All] provide feedback from (upcoming) MoU/official letter draft

Full, raw minutes notes

  • 16:01 Meeting starts
  • 16:16 Committee Structure
    • jeff: I of course will represent OSGeo at the table, when "the president" is required. i wasn't sure if the OSGeo committee chair should be different?
    • werner: I think for the committee jeff would be the best solution
    • Jeff volunteers as chair
    • all in support
  • 16:19 Goals of the committee
    • marco: leading members of GeoForAll GeoCrowd are very interested
    • jeroen: Focus on software (applications) and education?
    • werner: I told about openstreetmap , that does not mean that I will focus on data , but OSM is extremely important for our apps and should be on the table
    • norman: agreed but OSM is not an OSGeo project
    • mikel: HOT will also mention software as well, but I'm happy that OSGeo take the lead on the importance of open source
    • jeff: i agree with a priority to educate through our service providers, as well as through the GeoForAll network (OSGeo's education arm)
  • 16:45 Next Steps
    • jeroen: The MoU will be a helpful thing to get started with this
    • jeff: it would be great if everyone can help with that letter/mou draft). i will make an attempt on the wiki and distribute it for review/edits on our UN mailing list. ok plan?
    • jeroen: My personal feeling is that we should absolutely not restrain to the disaster component of the UN. There is so much more in the UN system. Even if disasters are high profile
    • jeff: remember also that we/OSGeo joined a specific "task force" for this disaster working group. I will keep the committee uptodate with any requests from that
    • jeff: i would also like to see a UN session at the next FOSS4G in Bonn in August. The local committee is talking of having 90 minutes for these special sessions, so I think this committee should guide that UN session
  • 16:56 Next meeting time: 2015/12/17 + 16:00UTC UN Meeting 2015-12-17
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