Annual General Meeting 2009

Venue / Timing
 * Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 - 4:30pm following the days events from FOSS4G 2009, Main conference hall

Objectives --
 * If you are presenting during this event, please be sure to touch on each of these objectives:
 * Update the community
 * Discuss issues and ideas
 * Present clear opportunities for community to be involved

Schedule
This will be a 90 minute session, roughly scheduled as follows. Meeting will be moderated by Tyler Mitchell. Contact him for more info or to inquire about being added to the agenda.

State of OSGeo

 * Arnulf Christl, OSGeo President
 * Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo Executive Director
 * Current state, financial report, future direction/approach, membership report
 * Goals for 2010, priorities, funding plans

Local Chapter Reports

 * 1) Quebec Local Chapter: Daniel Morissette & Thierry Badard
 * 2) Francophone Local Chapter: Thierry Badard (replacing Yves Jacolin)
 * 3) Spanish Local Chapter: Lorenzo Becchi
 * 4) Italian Local Chapter: Maria Brovelli (replacing Paolo Cavallini)
 * 5) Chapter Title: Presenter name, link to chapter and presenter user page

Committee Reports

 * 1) Journal: Tyler Mitchell
 * 2) Marketing: Tyler Mitchell

Open Discussion / Panel / Closing
This will be for some open discussion on various topics. There will be time for questions/discussion from the floor but time is going to be tight so discussion needs to be focused.
 * 1) Membership ideas and status
 * 2) Fundraising goals and methods
 * 3) Conference direction, naming, maintaining consistency
 * 4) OSGeo & standards

Discussion Ideas

 * 1) Put your ideas here....