Board Meeting 2015-11-12

This board meeting is scheduled for the 12th of November 2015 at 14.00 UTC through IRC and follow up voting by email.

Current items
Agenda:


 * roll call
 * appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
 * Review and approve past minutes: Board Meeting 2015-10-15
 * brief treasurer report (including sponsors list)
 * updates on Board Face to Face Meeting 2015
 * FOSS4G 2016 update

As time permits:


 * GeoServer Janurary code sprint
 * Quick GeoTools update
 * clarify Geo4all position within OSGeo: 1) Vote to move the related document to OSGeo wiki; 2) Approve to take up discussions with the Geo4All Advisory Board based on the draft.
 * information about the potential UCGIS MOU, distribution of the draft document proposed by UCGIS

Minutes

 * Attending: Anita, Mike, Sanghee, Jeff, Helena, Maxi, Jody, Vasile, Venka
 * Presiding: Jeff
 * Scribing: Jeff

Assigned Tasks

 * [Sanghee] contact Mike for sending OSGeo seed money + FOSS4G surplus to OSGeo
 * [Jeff] ask 2016 committee if the "topic talks" is open (can someone like the FAO hold a session?)

Motions (confirmed by email)
See email thread on the Board list.

Full, raw minutes notes

 * IRC Log at http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2015-11-12.log


 * 13:59 Meeting starts
 * 14:03 MOTION: Approve past meeting minutes, 8 votes in favour, passed
 * 14:05 Treasurer report from Mike Smith
 * Used OSGeo credit card for purchasing travel for some board members for the January F2F meeting
 * Now has online access to OSGeo credit card
 * OSGeo credit card will be brought to the January F2F meeting
 * please contact Mike regarding travel reimbursement for F2F right away
 * no progress on contacting sponsors
 * Sanghee to contact Mike for sending OSGeo seed money + FOSS4G surplus to OSGeo
 * 14:07 Updates on F2F Meeting in January -all
 * anita, jody to plan their trips
 * mike, jeff, sanghee have their trips booked
 * mike suggests to add agenda item for official stance/policy/guidelines on working with LocationTech
 * 14:18 FOSS4G 2016 Update from Jeff
 * LOC has an idea to have "topic talks" - 90 minute slots led by an organization, like LocationTech or OSGeo, or OGC, or UN
 * will the slots be open or closely decided by LOC?
 * Anita is in contact with Astrid concerning some hacking before the event
 * from Maxi: jeff can you ask LOC about the call for the slot and report? What is your view?
 * jeff: i can definitely ask. I think the talks can be suggested by the org, but approved by the 2016 committee
 * maxi: maybe FAO is interested and could participate in the slot assignment for instance...
 * anita: I assume board members pay the same conference fee as other attendants, right? (Have to plan my conference budget for next year
 * jeff: all board travel could be covered if there is an official function as a F2F meeting
 * 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
 * 14:33 FOSS4G 2017 Update from Sanghee
 * 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
 * 16:10 Next meeting time: 2015/04/09 + 15:00UTC Board Meeting 2015-04-09