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Neteler: Sixth Board Meeting moved to Board Meeting 2006 03 31

2008-07-23T13:30:23Z

Sixth Board Meeting moved to Board Meeting 2006 03 31

Neteler: +Category: Board

2008-07-23T13:27:50Z

+Category: Board

Wiki-Rich steele at 07:18, 27 April 2006

2006-04-27T07:18:10Z

Wiki-Rich steele: added draft minutes of 6th meeting

2006-04-03T18:41:11Z

added draft minutes of 6th meeting

Wiki-Cholmes at 16:21, 31 March 2006

2006-03-31T16:21:14Z

Warmerdam: added item.

2006-03-31T16:03:15Z

added item.

Warmerdam: new

2006-03-27T03:19:41Z

new

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The 6th board meeting is planned for Friday, March 31th 2006 at 8:00 a.m. PST ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=31&year=2006&hour=8&min=0&sec=0&p1=224 fixedtime]), by phone and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.

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== Agenda ==

* Appoint meeting chairperson and secretary.
* Review and approve [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Fifth_Board_Meeting#Minutes prior meeting minutes]

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	== Minutes ==		== Minutes ==

−	~~Note: these are draft minutes. Once approved,~~ official minutes ~~are~~ posted [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/board/board_meetings.html here].	+	See official minutes posted [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/board/board_meetings.html here].
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−	~~MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OPEN~~
−	~~SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION~~
−
−	~~A Delaware non-stock corporation~~
−
−	~~On March 31, 2006, at 8:00 am Pacific time, pursuant to notice duly given, the Board of Directors~~
−	~~(the "Board") of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a~~
−	~~meeting by teleconference.~~
−
−	~~Present at the meeting were the following members of the Board: Chris Holmes, Markus Neteler,~~
−	~~Dave McIllhagga, Frank Warmerdam, Venkatesh Raghavan and Arnulf Christl. Directors Jo Walsh,~~
−	~~Mark Lucas and Gary Lang were absent. Also present at the request of the Board were Daniel~~
−	~~Brookshier, VP Website Committee, and Richard Steele, legal counsel and secretary to the Foundation.~~
−	~~All participants indicated that they could hear one another. Additionally, Internet Relay Chat~~
−	~~was used for backup purposes (#osgeo on irc.freenode.net). Mr. Neteler was appointed chairperson~~
−	~~of the meeting. Finding a quorum present, Mr. Neteler called the meeting to order. Mr. Steele was~~
−	~~appointed secretary of the meeting.~~
−
−	~~APPROVAL OF MINUTES~~
−
−	~~The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on March 24, 2006.~~
−
−	~~COMMITTEE REPORTS~~
−
−	~~No formal reports were offered this week. However, the Board discussed with Daniel Brookshier~~
−	~~the formats and aggregation of future reports. Mr. Brookshier undertook the responsibility to~~
−	~~aggregate committee reports for weekly presentation to the Board.~~
−
−	~~MAILING LISTS~~
−
−	~~The Board next discussed the creation of additional mailing lists for local groups, and this~~
−	~~prompted a general discussion regarding the addition of mailing lists in response to needs~~
−	~~therefor.~~
−
−	~~NEED FOR MEETINGS~~
−
−	~~The next item for discussion was future board meetings. Several members of the board expressed~~
−	~~a desire to conduct more board work and decisionmaking over electronic means of communication~~
−	~~rather than on the weekly board teleconference meeting. Mr. Steele explained that under Delaware~~
−	~~law and the Foundatin's bylaws, official board actions must take place either at a properly noticed~~
−	~~meeting conducted in person or by telephone or video conference where all participants can hear~~
−	~~one another, or by a unanimous written or electronic consent. However, much of the board's informal~~
−	~~discussions and decisionmaking could take place on the Foundation maillists. After discussion, the~~
−	~~board agreed that it would try to conduct as much discussion and decisionmaking on the board mailing~~
−	~~list, but that any official board actions would either be approved at a valid meeting or by~~
−	~~unanimous consent. It was further decided that the weekly meetings would remain on the schedule,~~
−	~~but that the Secretary would send a message at least two days prior to the scheduled meeting time~~
−	~~if the meeting for that week is to be cancelled.~~
−
−	~~ADJOURNMENT~~
−
−	~~There being no further business, upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was~~
−	~~adjourned.~~
−
−	~~/s/ Rich Steele~~
−	~~Secretary~~

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	* Review previous discussion about committee reports, and what we want DanielB to do in that regard.		* Review previous discussion about committee reports, and what we want DanielB to do in that regard.
	* Discussion of process for adding new local group lists (specifically South Africa, but should discuss to set a precedent)		* Discussion of process for adding new local group lists (specifically South Africa, but should discuss to set a precedent)
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		+
		+	== Minutes ==
		+
		+	Note: these are draft minutes. Once approved, official minutes are posted [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/board/board_meetings.html here].
		+
		+	MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OPEN
		+	SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION
		+
		+	A Delaware non-stock corporation
		+
		+	On March 31, 2006, at 8:00 am Pacific time, pursuant to notice duly given, the Board of Directors
		+	(the "Board") of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a
		+	meeting by teleconference.
		+
		+	Present at the meeting were the following members of the Board: Chris Holmes, Markus Neteler,
		+	Dave McIllhagga, Frank Warmerdam, Venkatesh Raghavan and Arnulf Christl. Directors Jo Walsh,
		+	Mark Lucas and Gary Lang were absent. Also present at the request of the Board were Daniel
		+	Brookshier, VP Website Committee, and Richard Steele, legal counsel and secretary to the Foundation.
		+	All participants indicated that they could hear one another. Additionally, Internet Relay Chat
		+	was used for backup purposes (#osgeo on irc.freenode.net). Mr. Neteler was appointed chairperson
		+	of the meeting. Finding a quorum present, Mr. Neteler called the meeting to order. Mr. Steele was
		+	appointed secretary of the meeting.
		+
		+	APPROVAL OF MINUTES
		+
		+	The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on March 24, 2006.
		+
		+	COMMITTEE REPORTS
		+
		+	No formal reports were offered this week. However, the Board discussed with Daniel Brookshier
		+	the formats and aggregation of future reports. Mr. Brookshier undertook the responsibility to
		+	aggregate committee reports for weekly presentation to the Board.
		+
		+	MAILING LISTS
		+
		+	The Board next discussed the creation of additional mailing lists for local groups, and this
		+	prompted a general discussion regarding the addition of mailing lists in response to needs
		+	therefor.
		+
		+	NEED FOR MEETINGS
		+
		+	The next item for discussion was future board meetings. Several members of the board expressed
		+	a desire to conduct more board work and decisionmaking over electronic means of communication
		+	rather than on the weekly board teleconference meeting. Mr. Steele explained that under Delaware
		+	law and the Foundatin's bylaws, official board actions must take place either at a properly noticed
		+	meeting conducted in person or by telephone or video conference where all participants can hear
		+	one another, or by a unanimous written or electronic consent. However, much of the board's informal
		+	discussions and decisionmaking could take place on the Foundation maillists. After discussion, the
		+	board agreed that it would try to conduct as much discussion and decisionmaking on the board mailing
		+	list, but that any official board actions would either be approved at a valid meeting or by
		+	unanimous consent. It was further decided that the weekly meetings would remain on the schedule,
		+	but that the Secretary would send a message at least two days prior to the scheduled meeting time
		+	if the meeting for that week is to be cancelled.
		+
		+	ADJOURNMENT
		+
		+	There being no further business, upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was
		+	adjourned.
		+
		+	/s/ Rich Steele
		+	Secretary

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	* Review and approve [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Fifth_Board_Meeting#Minutes prior meeting minutes]		* Review and approve [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Fifth_Board_Meeting#Minutes prior meeting minutes]
	* Review previous discussion about committee reports, and what we want DanielB to do in that regard.		* Review previous discussion about committee reports, and what we want DanielB to do in that regard.
		+	* Discussion of process for adding new local group lists (specifically South Africa, but should discuss to set a precedent)

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	* Appoint meeting chairperson and secretary.		* Appoint meeting chairperson and secretary.
	* Review and approve [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Fifth_Board_Meeting#Minutes prior meeting minutes]		* Review and approve [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Fifth_Board_Meeting#Minutes prior meeting minutes]
		+	* Review previous discussion about committee reports, and what we want DanielB to do in that regard.

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