Annual General Meeting 2015

Venue / Timing

• WHEN: Thursday 17 September, from 17:10-18:00
• WHERE: in the main plenary hall, GrandBallroom B, during FOSS4G Seoul
• DURATION: 1 hour (can go later if necessary)

Description

The Annual General Meeting for OSGeo is open to everybody. The goal is to share details of the activities of the foundation, from committees and local chapters all around the world.

Possible format:

The AGM itself will be a succession of lightning talks (presentations limited to three or four minutes) given by you in your role as Local Chapter representative, Chair of a committee, representative of a software project, OSGeo director or administrator or whatever else makes up OSGeo. If you feel like you have to say something please add yourself to the list.

Lightning Talks

• Jeff McKenna - OSGeo overview
• User:Jachym secretary report
• Vasile Craciunescu - Romanian Local Chapter report
• Dirk Frigne - Belgium local chapter - via Hangouts ...
• Till Adams FOSSGIS e.V. (German speaking local chapter) - Status of planning FOSS4G 2016
• Ian Turton FOSS4G UK - UK Local Chapter report
• Jody Garnett - Incubation
• Jody Garnett - GeoTools
• Pekka Sarkola - Finnish local chapter (OSGeo Suomi)
• Luca Delucchi - Italia local chapter
• Jorge Gustavo Rocha - Portugal local chapter (no talk: just to report that the LC is represented, alive and running well, with a new board. Annual event next week).
• Masaharu Ohashi - Japan local chapter
• Jeroen Ticheler - Dutch local chapter

• add your name and topic

Future FOSS4G Events

• Till Adams
  • agreement for seed money and financial backup of FOSS4G events between OSGeo and LOC
  • add need for risk analysis to FOSS4G proposals
  • do we need a general legal entity for FOSS4G LOC's?

Open Q&A from OSGeo Members (and anybody interested)

• add your name and question (or discussion topic)