Face to Face Meeting Lausanne 2006

Meeting
The board has proposed getting people together for a second face-to-face meeting at FOSS4G2006, Lausanne, Switzerland.

When and Where
September 11th, 2006 at Lausanne, Switzerland. A room is reserved on the Campus (conference site).

The meeting is just preceeding the FOSS4G2006 conference September 12-15.

Attendees
Board members and committee members of VisCom, WebCom and the Fundraising committees are encouraged to attend.
 * 1) Frank Warmerdam (Board, FunCom)
 * 2) Venkatesh Raghavan (Board)
 * 3) Jo Walsh (Board)
 * 4) Dave McIlhagga (Board, FunCom, VisCom)
 * 5) Mark Lucas (Board)
 * 6) Chris Holmes (Board, VisCom)
 * 7) Arnulf Christl (Board, VisCom)
 * 8) Markus Neteler (Board, Geodata, Edu)
 * 9) Gary Lang (Board, FunCom)

Agenda
Start: 09:00


 * discuss time line for infrastructure move and which services will be established
 * discuss goal implementation for 2006
 * how to enable more people to participate in OSGeo efforts (make it less north America centric which is getting an issue in European GFOSS communities)
 * discuss small projects hosting (like gpsd) - "OSGeo friends projects"
 * improve communication flow (for the masses) - Board blog as info aggregator?
 * define Logo usage (protection vs. promotion/branding)
 * plan conferences framework - where and how to launch OSGeo related conferences around the globe
 * discuss how Executive Director role will work (hopefully with new ED!)
 * what are we doing for the projects?

Membership

 * We should really figure out what the title and requirements of membership are. At FOSS4G2006 many people will want to know how to become a member

Board

 * Continue the 2005/2006 budget + ideas for 2007
 * General strategy discussions.
 * Discuss the stated priorities and how we meet them.
 * Make sure that the VisCom is as focused on promoting OSGeo projects as it is OSGeo itself, (if not more?)
 * Try to reach consensus on new projects to admit to incubation.
 * Discuss ideas for starting cross-collaboration between projects.

FunCom

 * Complete launch of Foundation Sponsorship and hopefully Project Sponsorship.
 * Identify sources of income, plan efforts. Hopefully approach some sponsors at FOSS4G.

Afternoon: Open attendance

 * OSGeo communication and outreach

Meeting Minutes
Click here for the meeting minutes Meeting Minutes Lausanne 2006.

See also Face To Face Action Items.

See also Proposed Membership Rules.