Difference between revisions of "Board Meeting 2015-05-21"

Revision as of 04:53, 30 April 2015

This board meeting is scheduled for the 21st of May 2015 at 14.00 UTC through IRC and follow up voting by email.

roll call
appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
Review and approve past minutes: Board Meeting 2015-04-09
brief treasurer report
Clarify rules on letters of support (Protocol for requesting letter of support)
FOSS4G 2015 update
FOSS4G 2016 update
Request for sponsorship for "Open Source Comes to Campus" - Algeria, October 2015. See request to the Board list
Travel etc. expenses discussion for FOSS4G 2016 going to 2015 and for next years
Finalize 2015 budget (similar to OSGeo Budget 2015)
Request for contacting Esri about the "GIS for the UN and International Community" event (request) (http://www.gisfortheun.com/ event])

Updating/Recording accurate foundation officers
- Website committee chair not active (according to the chair)
- Geodata committee not actively used (according to the chair)
- Marketing committee without a chair
Updating/Recording accurate local chapters
Agree on 5-level project evaluation as proposed by Cameron [1]
OSGeo is now a registered 'organization' with OGC, and goal is to have all OSGeo "products"/projects listed there. (initial discussion on Projects list)
[UNASSIGNED] update Officers page (and any others) to reflect pycsw as a graduted OSGeo project

Also attended:

See email thread on the Board list.

Motion	+1	0	-1	Abstain	Passed?	Notes
Approve past meeting's minutes	x	x	x	x	Yes/No	x

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 * Request for sponsorship for "Open Source Comes to Campus" - Algeria, October 2015. See [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2015-March/012651.html request to the Board list]
 * Travel etc. expenses discussion for FOSS4G 2016 going to 2015 and for next years
-* Beginning plans for a 2015 budget (similar to [[OSGeo Budget 2014]])
+* Finalize 2015 budget (similar to [[OSGeo Budget 2015]])
-** Dealing with SAC/systems issues ([[Outstanding SAC Issues 2014]])
+* Request for contacting Esri about the "GIS for the UN and International Community" event ([http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2015-April/012764.html request]) (http://www.gisfortheun.com/ event])
 === Items from past meetings ===