Difference between revisions of "Board Meeting 2024-02-06"
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
m (→Current items) |
m (→UN committee) |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
# ''Review and approve past minutes'' | # ''Review and approve past minutes'' | ||
#* [[Board_Meeting_2024-01-30]] | #* [[Board_Meeting_2024-01-30]] | ||
| − | |||
# UN committee [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013459.html] | # UN committee [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013459.html] | ||
# OSGeo and Russia / Belarus [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013445.html] | # OSGeo and Russia / Belarus [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013445.html] | ||
# Spam filtering on info@osgeo.org and on contact form | # Spam filtering on info@osgeo.org and on contact form | ||
| − | # Discourse and Mailman | + | # Discourse and Mailman mailing lists (pros and cons?) |
# Local chapters VS local groups (web page & discourse)[https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3133] | # Local chapters VS local groups (web page & discourse)[https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3133] | ||
| − | # Sponsorship call out | + | # Sponsorship call out, [https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/250 sponsor logos], and common questions |
| − | # | + | # [https://www.osgeo.org/projects/torchgeo/ TorchGeo] community project application [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-February/013475.html] |
| + | # OSGeo Budget 2024 | ||
# ''Add your topic here'' | # ''Add your topic here'' | ||
== Minutes == | == Minutes == | ||
| − | * Presiding: | + | * Presiding: Angelos |
| − | * Scribing: | + | * Scribing: Vicky |
| − | * Attending: | + | * Attending: Jeroen, Ariel, Tom, Angelos, Vicky, Mike, Codrina, Rajat, Marco |
| − | * Guests: | + | * Guests: Jody, Regina |
| + | |||
| + | === Review and approve past minutes === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[Board_Meeting_2024-01-30]] | ||
| + | * Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/yhsJra1W/motion-to-approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2024-01-30 | ||
| + | |||
| + | === UN committee === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013459.html | ||
| + | * Motion (opened by Michael): To appoint Ariel Anthieni as char of the UN committee | ||
| + | * +1: Angelos, Jeroen, Codrina, Michael, Tom, Vicky | ||
| + | * ACTION: Angelos to move to Loomio. (Done) | ||
| + | * Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/0ngUNe9P/motion-to-appoint-ariel-anthieni-as-chair-of-the-un-committee | ||
| + | |||
| + | === OSGeo and Russia / Belarus === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013445.html | ||
| + | * OSGeo is a non-political organization and always aligned with the FOSS principles. | ||
| + | * Decisions to accept contributions remain at PSC level. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === TorchGeo community project application === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * https://www.osgeo.org/projects/torchgeo/ | ||
| + | * https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-February/013475.html | ||
| + | * Incubator motion passed: https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2024-February/004790.html | ||
| + | * ACTION: Angelos to create a motion on loomio to accept TorchGeo as Community Project (Done) | ||
| + | * Motion open on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/tC7A5wbY/motion-to-approve-torchgeo-as-community-project | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Sponsorship call out === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/250 | ||
| + | * Discussion about graphic designer needs. | ||
| + | * We need to give feedback to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/130B-1X1fEl0h9hvUfjtS2L8mBp-hzgUdTonMhKPpd1o/edit | ||
| + | * Should we consider a 501c3 status? | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Spam filtering on info@osgeo.org and on contact form === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Info: is an alias for board-priv & some other members | ||
| + | * Regina: better DKIM work in progress by Sandro | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Discourse and Mailman mailing lists === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Currently: very small lists | ||
| + | * Objective: take more lists to discourse | ||
| + | * Mirror problem: allow anybody to post | ||
| + | * Mail server is independent of platform used | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Local chapters VS local groups === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3133 | ||
| + | * Bring the issue to discuss list and after a discussion bring it up to the board for decision | ||
| + | |||
| + | === CRA update === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Marco reporting from Policy Forum | ||
| + | * Jody has updated https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/eu-cyber-resilience-act-information-update/ | ||
| + | |||
| + | === OSGeo Budget 2024 === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Continues from https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2024-01-30#OSGeo_Budget_2024 | ||
| + | * Decision to decrease the board budget to 15k $. We can plan the F2F meeting at FOSS4G Europe this year since it happens in July. To be discussed. | ||
| + | * SAC budget: For the first half of the year we will approve half the contract hours and hardware, domain and subscription expenses (21.5k $). Donations to be considered only if budget permits at the second half of the year. | ||
| + | * OpenGeoScience budget: Materials to be handled by the Marketing committee. Catering costs cannot be approved at the moment. Workshop budget to be approved (1k$). | ||
| + | * Marketing budget: We cannot spend on graphics designer and collateral at the moment. If there is a need for a website design budget, this can be reviewed later (and we will need quotes from designers). 5k $ to be approved. | ||
| + | * UN budget: There is a feeling that perhaps we should not be funding traveling to UN meetings. UN committee to check if the UN can sponsor. 2.5k $ to be approved. | ||
| + | * Travel Grant Program: 10k $ to be approved. The direction is to use 7k for global FOSS4G and 3k for local events. | ||
| + | * Events and Code Sprints: 15k $ to be approved. We have a 4.4k $ surplus from the Vienna Code Sprint for the next annual code sprint. For the GRASS Code Sprint budget the board will request some feedback. | ||
| + | * Community Projects: 3k $ to be approved. The first 10 projects can ask up to 300$. The board will then need to receive specific funding requests if needed. | ||
| + | * OSGeo Projects: 28k $ to be approved. Projects that have not requested a budget will not get a default amount this year. The board will consider specific funding requests if needed. For the projects that asked for a budget, the limit is 2.5k $ this year. | ||
| + | * 48k $ is the seed money for FOSS4G 2024. | ||
| + | * Total budget to be approved 149k $ (board 15k, committees 30k, initiatives 28k, projects 28k, FOSS4G seed 48k) | ||
=== Actions === | === Actions === | ||
* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues | * See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues | ||
| + | |||
== IRC Log == | == IRC Log == | ||
Latest revision as of 03:05, 11 February 2024
This board meeting is scheduled Tuesday 06 February 2024 at 18:00 UTC through Jitsi, a record of motions is preserved on Loomio and actions on the OSGeo todo issue tracker.
Agenda
Current items
- roll call
- appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
- Review and approve past minutes
- UN committee [1]
- OSGeo and Russia / Belarus [2]
- Spam filtering on info@osgeo.org and on contact form
- Discourse and Mailman mailing lists (pros and cons?)
- Local chapters VS local groups (web page & discourse)[3]
- Sponsorship call out, sponsor logos, and common questions
- TorchGeo community project application [4]
- OSGeo Budget 2024
- Add your topic here
Minutes
- Presiding: Angelos
- Scribing: Vicky
- Attending: Jeroen, Ariel, Tom, Angelos, Vicky, Mike, Codrina, Rajat, Marco
- Guests: Jody, Regina
Review and approve past minutes
- Board_Meeting_2024-01-30
- Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/yhsJra1W/motion-to-approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2024-01-30
UN committee
- https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013459.html
- Motion (opened by Michael): To appoint Ariel Anthieni as char of the UN committee
- +1: Angelos, Jeroen, Codrina, Michael, Tom, Vicky
- ACTION: Angelos to move to Loomio. (Done)
- Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/0ngUNe9P/motion-to-appoint-ariel-anthieni-as-chair-of-the-un-committee
OSGeo and Russia / Belarus
- https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-January/013445.html
- OSGeo is a non-political organization and always aligned with the FOSS principles.
- Decisions to accept contributions remain at PSC level.
TorchGeo community project application
- https://www.osgeo.org/projects/torchgeo/
- https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2024-February/013475.html
- Incubator motion passed: https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2024-February/004790.html
- ACTION: Angelos to create a motion on loomio to accept TorchGeo as Community Project (Done)
- Motion open on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/tC7A5wbY/motion-to-approve-torchgeo-as-community-project
Sponsorship call out
- https://github.com/OSGeo/osgeo/issues/250
- Discussion about graphic designer needs.
- We need to give feedback to: https://docs.google.com/document/d/130B-1X1fEl0h9hvUfjtS2L8mBp-hzgUdTonMhKPpd1o/edit
- Should we consider a 501c3 status?
Spam filtering on info@osgeo.org and on contact form
- Info: is an alias for board-priv & some other members
- Regina: better DKIM work in progress by Sandro
Discourse and Mailman mailing lists
- Currently: very small lists
- Objective: take more lists to discourse
- Mirror problem: allow anybody to post
- Mail server is independent of platform used
Local chapters VS local groups
- https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/3133
- Bring the issue to discuss list and after a discussion bring it up to the board for decision
CRA update
- Marco reporting from Policy Forum
- Jody has updated https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/eu-cyber-resilience-act-information-update/
OSGeo Budget 2024
- Continues from https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2024-01-30#OSGeo_Budget_2024
- Decision to decrease the board budget to 15k $. We can plan the F2F meeting at FOSS4G Europe this year since it happens in July. To be discussed.
- SAC budget: For the first half of the year we will approve half the contract hours and hardware, domain and subscription expenses (21.5k $). Donations to be considered only if budget permits at the second half of the year.
- OpenGeoScience budget: Materials to be handled by the Marketing committee. Catering costs cannot be approved at the moment. Workshop budget to be approved (1k$).
- Marketing budget: We cannot spend on graphics designer and collateral at the moment. If there is a need for a website design budget, this can be reviewed later (and we will need quotes from designers). 5k $ to be approved.
- UN budget: There is a feeling that perhaps we should not be funding traveling to UN meetings. UN committee to check if the UN can sponsor. 2.5k $ to be approved.
- Travel Grant Program: 10k $ to be approved. The direction is to use 7k for global FOSS4G and 3k for local events.
- Events and Code Sprints: 15k $ to be approved. We have a 4.4k $ surplus from the Vienna Code Sprint for the next annual code sprint. For the GRASS Code Sprint budget the board will request some feedback.
- Community Projects: 3k $ to be approved. The first 10 projects can ask up to 300$. The board will then need to receive specific funding requests if needed.
- OSGeo Projects: 28k $ to be approved. Projects that have not requested a budget will not get a default amount this year. The board will consider specific funding requests if needed. For the projects that asked for a budget, the limit is 2.5k $ this year.
- 48k $ is the seed money for FOSS4G 2024.
- Total budget to be approved 149k $ (board 15k, committees 30k, initiatives 28k, projects 28k, FOSS4G seed 48k)
Actions
IRC Log
- no log, Jitsi meeting