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* Scribing: Till, Mike | * Scribing: Till, Mike | ||
* Attending: Codrina, Michele, Helena, Astrid, Till, Mike, Angelos, Tom, Vicky (later), Jody (guest for the GDAL topic) | * Attending: Codrina, Michele, Helena, Astrid, Till, Mike, Angelos, Tom, Vicky (later), Jody (guest for the GDAL topic) | ||
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| − | + | === 2021 Budget approval === | |
| − | + | * in budget call next year make clear, that there is no money to take over (again!) | |
| − | + | * small change in GRASS GIS budget | |
| − | + | * cut budget for SAC for 1 contract (4400 US $) and ask them to come back during the year if this is needed. | |
| − | + | * dedicate 5000$ for travel grant programme and look if FOSS4G Argentina is onside, no support for regional events | |
| − | + | * board agrees with the budget | |
| − | * OSGeo/FOSS4G Sponsoring issues | + | * '''Action''': Angelos to update the WIKI and open the motion on loomio |
| − | + | * Motion on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/d/XenD58Tj/review-and-approve-osgeo-budget-for-2021 | |
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| − | + | === OSGeo/FOSS4G Sponsoring issues === | |
| − | + | * Astrid proposes to create a working group on sponsorship as it is hard to get that finalized during the board meetings | |
| − | + | * Astrid proposes to work on the already written tickets during the code sprint | |
| − | + | * Camptocamp requested whether development is valuable as sponsorship, discussion on how to deal with this. | |
| − | + | ** Work is hard to value, because many people contribute in several ways to projects | |
| − | + | ** important to keep the door open for companies sponsoring OSGeo with money | |
| − | + | * '''Action''': Astrid to create a doodle for the first meeting for the sponsors group | |
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| − | + | === FOSS research Foundations === | |
| − | + | * Astrid forwarded an email from Martin Michlmayr who sent a questioniare and asked us for help in his work on a report on FOSS Foundations | |
| − | + | * '''Action''': Codrina to have a closer look on this questionaire | |
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| − | + | === Response to GDAL support email === | |
| − | + | * discussion on this email, Angelos proposed to receive sponnsorship via the OSGeo github repo | |
| − | * | + | * probably a problem for a lot of groups in our community, proposal to setup a kind of structure to support these groups in case of such an emergency |
| − | + | * topic is connected to the sponsorship issue (see above) | |
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| − | + | === OSGeo-HOT boards meeting update and follow up === | |
| − | + | * meeting on collaboration OSGeo with HOT | |
| − | + | * goal of HOT is to map 1 billion people | |
| − | + | * scope of co-operation is to support this project on a long term basis (financing is only for 5 years save) | |
| − | + | * preparation of MoU | |
| − | + | * frequent meeting every 3 months to keep in touch | |
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| + | === Response to Bloomberg contact request - did QGIS follow up? === | ||
| + | * Helena asks whether there was a response | ||
| + | * '''Action''': Helena to follow up here | ||
| + | |||
| + | === GeoNetwork inquiry on Elasticsearch SSL license change, can this still be used for geonetwork 4? === | ||
| + | * take up in an email (brought up by Jody) | ||
| + | * some of our projects are based on Elastic Search, so probably need to get rid of it | ||
== Actions == | == Actions == | ||
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/ | * https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/ | ||
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== IRC Log == | == IRC Log == | ||
Revision as of 00:49, 28 January 2021
This board meeting is scheduled Monday 25 January 2021 at 16:00 UTC through Jitsi, a record of motions is preserved on loomio and actions on osgeo todo issue tracker.
Agenda
Current items
- roll call
- appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
- Review and approve past minutes
- 2021 Budget approval [1] [2]
- OSGeo/FOSS4G Sponsoring issues
- FOSS research Foundations
- OSGeo-HOT boards meeting update and follow up
- response to GDAL support email
- response to Bloomberg contact request - did QGIS follow up?
- GeoNetwork inquiry on Elasticsearch SSL license change, can this still be used for geonetwork 4?
Minutes
- Presiding: Till
- Scribing: Till, Mike
- Attending: Codrina, Michele, Helena, Astrid, Till, Mike, Angelos, Tom, Vicky (later), Jody (guest for the GDAL topic)
2021 Budget approval
- in budget call next year make clear, that there is no money to take over (again!)
- small change in GRASS GIS budget
- cut budget for SAC for 1 contract (4400 US $) and ask them to come back during the year if this is needed.
- dedicate 5000$ for travel grant programme and look if FOSS4G Argentina is onside, no support for regional events
- board agrees with the budget
- Action: Angelos to update the WIKI and open the motion on loomio
- Motion on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/d/XenD58Tj/review-and-approve-osgeo-budget-for-2021
OSGeo/FOSS4G Sponsoring issues
- Astrid proposes to create a working group on sponsorship as it is hard to get that finalized during the board meetings
- Astrid proposes to work on the already written tickets during the code sprint
- Camptocamp requested whether development is valuable as sponsorship, discussion on how to deal with this.
- Work is hard to value, because many people contribute in several ways to projects
- important to keep the door open for companies sponsoring OSGeo with money
- Action: Astrid to create a doodle for the first meeting for the sponsors group
FOSS research Foundations
- Astrid forwarded an email from Martin Michlmayr who sent a questioniare and asked us for help in his work on a report on FOSS Foundations
- Action: Codrina to have a closer look on this questionaire
Response to GDAL support email
- discussion on this email, Angelos proposed to receive sponnsorship via the OSGeo github repo
- probably a problem for a lot of groups in our community, proposal to setup a kind of structure to support these groups in case of such an emergency
- topic is connected to the sponsorship issue (see above)
OSGeo-HOT boards meeting update and follow up
- meeting on collaboration OSGeo with HOT
- goal of HOT is to map 1 billion people
- scope of co-operation is to support this project on a long term basis (financing is only for 5 years save)
- preparation of MoU
- frequent meeting every 3 months to keep in touch
Response to Bloomberg contact request - did QGIS follow up?
- Helena asks whether there was a response
- Action: Helena to follow up here
GeoNetwork inquiry on Elasticsearch SSL license change, can this still be used for geonetwork 4?
- take up in an email (brought up by Jody)
- some of our projects are based on Elastic Search, so probably need to get rid of it
Actions
IRC Log
- the meeting was held on Jitsy