Board Meeting 2008-11-14

Notice: This meeting was initially scheduled for 2008-11-07 but there was no quorum.

This board meeting has been scheduled for the 14th of November 2008 at 17:00 UTC (fixedtime), by phone and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.

Communication will use the Conference Call facilities.

Agenda

• Appoint meeting secretary
• Review and approve Board Meeting FOSS4G2008 minutes.
• Application of the FOSSGIS e.V. as Local Chapter. Please read the Application as Local Chapter and skim the D-A-CH article.
• Application of the Comite direction chapitre quebecois as Chapitre québécois Comite_direction_chapitre_quebecois#English_Summary English Summary.
• Application for the Spanish Language Local Chapter
• Approve 3rd quarter balance sheet and income/expense reports as recommended by the Finance Committee
• Update from Tyler
• Sponsorship update, next steps.
• OSGeo email accounts

Minutes

Attending (Skype & IRC): ArnulfC (Chair), FrankW (Secretary, AriJ, MarkusN, PaulR

* Meeting convened at approximate 1730 UTC after some conferencing problems.
* Approved Board Meeting FOSS4G2008 minutes.
* Approved FOSSGIS e.V. local chapter. 
* Approved Comite direction chapitre quebecois chapter.
* Approved Application for the Spanish Language Local Chapter.
* Approved 3rd quarter financial statements. 
* Skipped report from Tyler.
* Discussed sponsorship efforts - followup on board, and board-priv list as appropriate.
* Discussed OSGeo email accounts.  @osgeo.org email reflectors are available by request to SAC (ticket), for directors, officers and responsible volunteers of OSGeo. 
* Discussed marketing spending plans.  Suggested to ask on marketing list.  Note that marketing is expected to produce a rough budget with spending plans as part of the 2009 budgeting process.
* Meeting adjourned at approximately 1800 UTC.