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* IRC Log at http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2015-11-12.log | * IRC Log at http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2015-11-12.log | ||
| − | * | + | * 13:59 Meeting starts |
| − | * | + | * 14:03 '''MOTION: Approve past meeting minutes''', 8 votes in favour, passed |
| − | * | + | * 14:05 '''Treasurer report''' from Mike Smith |
| − | ** | + | ** Used OSGeo credit card for purchasing travel for some board members for the January F2F meeting |
| − | ** | + | ** Now has online access to OSGeo credit card |
| − | ** | + | ** OSGeo credit card will be brought to the January F2F meeting |
| − | ** | + | ** please contact Mike regarding travel reimbursement for F2F right away |
| − | * | + | ** no progress on contacting sponsors |
| − | ** | + | * 14:07 '''Updates on F2F Meeting in January''' -all |
| − | ** | + | ** anita still to plan her trip |
| + | ** mike's, | ||
* 15:22 '''FOSS4G 2016 Update''' from Jeff | * 15:22 '''FOSS4G 2016 Update''' from Jeff | ||
** The conference committee has voted for Bonn, Germany for 2016 | ** The conference committee has voted for Bonn, Germany for 2016 | ||
Revision as of 11:51, 14 November 2015
This board meeting is scheduled for the 12th of November 2015 at 14.00 UTC through IRC and follow up voting by email.
Agenda
Current items
Agenda:
- roll call
- appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
- Review and approve past minutes: Board Meeting 2015-10-15
- brief treasurer report (including sponsors list)
- updates on Board Face to Face Meeting 2015
- FOSS4G 2016 update
As time permits:
- GeoServer Janurary code sprint
- Quick GeoTools update
- clarify Geo4all position within OSGeo: 1) Vote to move the related document to OSGeo wiki; 2) Approve to take up discussions with the Geo4All Advisory Board based on the draft.
- information about the potential UCGIS MOU, distribution of the draft document proposed by UCGIS
Minutes
- Attending: Anita, Mike, Sanghee, Jeff, Helena, Maxi, Jody, Vasile, Venka
- Presiding: Jeff
- Scribing: Jeff
Assigned Tasks
- [UNASSIGNED] update Officers page (and any others) to reflect pycsw as a graduted OSGeo project
- [Jeff] draft a letter at OGC XML Schemas and FOSS4G Software Distribution
Motions (confirmed by email)
See email thread on the Board list.
| Motion | +1 | 0 | -1 | Abstain | Passed? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Approve past meeting's minutes | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes | |
| Release full amount requested by OpenLayers PSC | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes | |
| Approve Bonn as the host city for FOSS4G 2016 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes | |
| Accept istSOS into incubation | 8 | 1 (Maxi +0) | 0 | 0 | Yes | Maxi is part of the istSOS team |
| Accept pycsw as a graduated OSGeo project | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Yes | |
| Support a letter to OGC on schemas distribution | 8 | 1 (Bart +0) | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Full, raw minutes notes
- 13:59 Meeting starts
- 14:03 MOTION: Approve past meeting minutes, 8 votes in favour, passed
- 14:05 Treasurer report from Mike Smith
- Used OSGeo credit card for purchasing travel for some board members for the January F2F meeting
- Now has online access to OSGeo credit card
- OSGeo credit card will be brought to the January F2F meeting
- please contact Mike regarding travel reimbursement for F2F right away
- no progress on contacting sponsors
- 14:07 Updates on F2F Meeting in January -all
- anita still to plan her trip
- mike's,
- 15:22 FOSS4G 2016 Update from Jeff
- The conference committee has voted for Bonn, Germany for 2016
- Discussion about the chance to have more information about voting results, not just the number of members voted and the winner
- MOTION to approve Bonn as the host city for FOSS4G 2016, 7 in favour, passed
- Discussion about the liason role for 2016. Jeff is willing to also do the job for 2016, some board members want to discuss more on this.
- Gerald raises a motion to have Jeff as the liason but not all members feel prepared to vote and want more discussion.
- 15:42 Incubation status update from Jody Garnett
- MOTION: Accept istSOS into incubation, 7 in favour, Maxi abstains, passed
- MOTION: Accept pycsw as a graduated OSGeo project, 8 in favour, passed
- Angelos will be appointed as project VP
- Officers page will have to be updated (task)
- Jody asks the Board to officially contact OGC to unlock the OGC schemas distribution problem
- OGC is already acknowledged of this, but a formal request would help
- A letter will be drafted at OGC XML Schemas and FOSS4G Software Distribution by Jeff (task)
- MOTION: Support a letter to OGC on schemas distribution policy, 7 in favour, passed
- 15:53 ICA OSGeo ISPRS Student awards
- Discussion about the motion that wasn't passed on the allocation of funds for the awards
- More feedback from Suschith is needed, Maxi will contact him, so the motion has to wait
- Some discussion about the affiliation of GeoForAll.
- 15:59 Codehaus shut down from Jody
- CodeHaus is shutting down so a number of OSGeo projects and close friends are having trouble on finding a new home for their hosting needs (tickets mainly apparently)
- Board members express their full support to help them
- Jody will keep the board updated on how this process goes
- 16:06 Quick note from Anne about OSGeo being accepted for GSoC 2015
- 16:10 Next meeting time: 2015/04/09 + 15:00UTC Board Meeting 2015-04-09