Board Meeting 2007 11 02

This board meeting has been scheduled for the 2nd of November at 15:00 UTC (fixedtime), by phone and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.

Communication will use the new Conference Call facilities.

Agenda

 * Appoint meeting secretary
 * Review and approve Twenty Eighth Board Meeting, and Board Meeting FOSS4G2007 minutes.
 * Approve OpenLayers Incubation Graduation
 * Approve GEOS to enter incubation
 * Approve renaming of Promotion and Visibility Committee to Marketing Committee
 * Approve Charlie Schweik as new Education Committee chair, and Ned Horning as co-chair.
 * Approve David Bitner as new Geodata Committee chair
 * Introduce OSGeo 2008 Budget and Role of Finance Committee - Discussion of any immediate Budget items that must be dealt with in short term before formal approval of Budget
 * Discussion between board and Jody on a path forward for GeoTools incubation and copyright assignment. Prereading: GeoTools Legal Review: see "the current pitch" near bottom, and Graduate from OSGeo.
 * Discuss Cameron's email to the board titled Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support
 * Provide direction to the conference committee on FOSS4G 2009 profit targets to be expected from RFP responders.
 * Update on Pro-Active Sponsorship efforts
 * Info from Dave M. re. kick-starting OSGeo installer initiative
 * Deferred: Review and approve proposal for highlighting sponsors and contributors (FrankW to prepare).