View source for FOSS4G Europe 2015 OSGeo Europe BOF Agenda

== Agenda: == 
# A European legal entity representing OSGeo
## [[SWOT Analysis]] concerning the foundation of an European legal structure  
## mission of a future OSGeo Europe 
# Membership discussion: face2face continuation of the thread on the discuss list [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/ OSGeo-Discuss] 2015 Charter Member elections ([https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-June/014412.html here]! and [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2015-July/014421.html here] etc)
# Planning of activities and goals for the industry workgroup (in relation with OSGeo Europe?)

== Minutes of BOF meeting ==

# question from Dirk: do we need an OSGeo Europe entity?
## another org helps to act as legal entity to deal with more local projects
## lobby in Europe specifically
# Helena: how does this relate to OSGeo?
# Maxi: there are already other OSGeo local chapters as legal entities
# Alessandro: not aware of this, in the Italian community. Do we need a legal entity, or just a more organized movement along existing chapters
# Kari: Finnish chapter in formation.  Organizing workshops are costly to organize on own, so external funding could help.

- do we need a structure to decide about next OSGeo-Europe hosting decision
  - do we focus on European funding
  - other things to discuss first

== Description ==
=== OSGeo legal structure ===
I think it is important to create a European legal structure representing OSGeo in Europe, to be able to speak as one voice, and as a legal entity representing OSGeo values to the EU Administration, industry and R&D institutions. 
OSGeo Europe should give support to OSGeo in lobbying European Union Institutions (Commission, Parliament, etc) related to specific EU-Themes (INSPIRE, H2020, Procurement policy, ...)
It can act as an entity to manage H2020 projects, etc...
(from the preconference meeting of Geo4All on Tuesday July 14, Como): Osgeo could play a role in encouraging and should be issued by OSGeo.
Also here OSGeo-EU legal structure can play a role for Europe.

=== Planning of activities and goals of the [industry] workgroup ===
I believe in eco-systems. A system where all the entities are acting in an equal important role in a whole system.  
Wednesday July 15, I have a presentation: " HOW OPEN SOURCE AND INSPIRE CAN BE USED AS A TACTICAL WEAPON FOR ECONOMICAL GROWTH IN EUROPE" where I want to start a discussion about using open source and open source licenses to support an ecosystem and get more impact as a network of SME's. I think openness to other parts of the eco-system is very important. Bring the different stakeholders together. 

=== The membership discussion. ===
It is a yearly returning topic about the elections of the charter members and the board. Should there be a membership fee, and/or should we have charter members, where it is not clear that we have a charter. During this topic we have the chance to discuss face2face about this theme.

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