Board Meeting 2020-05-25

This board meeting is scheduled Monday 25 May 2020 at 16:00 UTC through Jitsi, a record of motions is preserved on loomio and actions on osgeo todo issue tracker.

Current items

 * 1) roll call
 * 2) * appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
 * 3) Review and approve past minutes
 * 4) * Board_Meeting_2020-04-27
 * 5) Approve FLOSSK Kosovo as official Local OSGeo Chapter (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Kosovo_Chapter)
 * 6) Discuss request from J. Neufeld to refund 100% of loss for FOSS4G 2020
 * 7) GitHub sponsors
 * 8) Add more agenda items here...

Minutes

 * Presiding: Till/Astrid
 * Scribing: Angelos
 * Attending: Mike, Vicky, Angelos, Till, Codrina, Victoria, Helena, Astrid, Tom
 * Guests: Besfort Guri (FLOSSK)

Review and approve past minutes

 * Moved to Loomio
 * https://www.loomio.org/d/a6vjkMhW/approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2020-04-27

Approve FLOSSK Kosovo as official Local OSGeo Chapter

 * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Kosovo_Chapter

MOT1: Motion to approve FLOSSK Kosovo as official Local OSGeo Chapter
 * Mike: +1 (Initial motion)
 * Astrid: +1 (Seconded)
 * Vicky: +1
 * Angelos: +1
 * Till: +1
 * Codrina: +1
 * Victoria: +1
 * Helena: +1
 * Astrid: +1
 * Tom: +1


 * Motion passed during the meeting.


 * ACTION: Astrid tweet about the new local chapters @FLOSSK CHECK
 * ACTION 83: Vicky: contact Besfort Guri and send information about the next steps
 * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Local_Chapter_Guidelines
 * https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/

Discuss request from J. Neufeld to refund 100% of loss for FOSS4G 2020

 * Discussion about the losses from the Calgary team
 * We need a public request on the official board-mailing list and then vote on refunding the loss by OSGeo
 * The costs for the travels of the board plus the TGP is more or less the same as the lost amount
 * Request CC again for clearer rules for the future: Clear agreement on what OSGeo takes over and what not
 * ACTION: Till contact Conference Committee CHECK
 * Ask John to send an email to cover the losses to the board-list, then board can make a motion on Loomio and answer
 * ACTION: Till will contact John and will explain the procedure CHECK

MOT2: Reimburse Calgary LOC for 95% of the actual loss incurred i.e. $45,610 USD
 * Motion done on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/d/4UemyVsA/foss4g-calgary-2020-request-for-reimbursement
 * Motion passed

GitHub sponsors

 * Discussion about the options and requirements about using GitHub sponsors functionality.
 * GeoTools and pgrouting can be the pilot projects.

Actions

 * Move action items to todo action list
 * https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/

IRC Log

 * http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2020-05-25.log