MoU OGC/Review 2020

Review Team

 * Tom Kralidis
 * Rob Atkinson
 * Franz-Josef Behr
 * Rajat Shinde

Overview
At the OSGeo Board 2019 face-to-face meeting in Bucharest, one of the topics covered was the OSGeo / OGC Memorandum of Understanding. OSGeo and OGC agreed that it would be a good time to review and update the MOU as required to reflect current requirements and opportunities.

Background

 * MOU circa 2008
 * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_signs_Memorandum_of_Understanding_with_OGC
 * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Open_Source_and_Open_Standards

Current State

 * Reference implementations/demos
 * OSGeo certification service
 * 6 membership slots
 * OSGeo Standards mailing list
 * OSGeo participation in OGC
 * OGC participation in OSGeo
 * OGC API efforts and OSGeo implementations