Difference between revisions of "Board Meeting 2025-12-23"

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# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
 
# ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
 
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
 
# ''Review and approve past minutes''
#* [[Board_Meeting_2025-10-28]]
 
 
#* [[Board_Meeting_2025-11-25]]
 
#* [[Board_Meeting_2025-11-25]]
 
# Election process
 
# Election process
 
# Results of election/ what it means to be a charter member
 
# Results of election/ what it means to be a charter member
 
# Cyber Resilience Act
 
# Cyber Resilience Act
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# OSGeo Budget 2026
 
# ''Add your topic here''
 
# ''Add your topic here''
  
 
== Minutes ==
 
== Minutes ==
  
* Presiding:  
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* Presiding: Angelos
* Scribing:  
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* Scribing: all
* Attending:  
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* Attending: Vicky, Angelos, Rajat, Jeroen, Marco, Codrina, Joana, Michael
* Guests:  
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* Guests: Tim Sutton, Luis de Sousa
  
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=== Review and approve past minutes ===
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* [[Board_Meeting_2025-11-25]]
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* Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/OUwdiMhK/motion-to-approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2025-11-25
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=== Election process ===
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* Luis provided election results and feedback.
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* What to do to have more participation on election day.
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** Most people vote within the first 2, 3 days
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** 60% of active members participated in elections
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* Representation: gender and continent wise
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* Elections advertisement
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** Not necessarily on mail, but using other tools
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* Potential improvements to the election process:
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** nomination of charter member can be continuous
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** charter members can vote on the next election, so we can run charter elections and board in parallel
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* discussion about reaching out to members: email vs telegram vs FB
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* charter member nomination period takes a lot of effort and should be optimized
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* The board agreed to explore a new membership process in the next few months.
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=== Results of election/ what it means to be a charter member ===
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* Perhaps reach out to more people to explain the role of charter members (e.g. video)
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=== Cyber Resilience Act ===
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* Postponed to next meeting
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=== OSGeo Budget 2026 ===
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* Dedicated meeting for the budget: 2 hours
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* January 20, 2026
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=== Actions ===
 
=== Actions ===
  
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== Next meeting ==
 
== Next meeting ==
*[[Board Meeting 2026-01-27]]
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*[[Board Meeting 2026-01-20]]
  
 
[[Category:Board]]
 
[[Category:Board]]
 
[[Category:Board Meetings 2025]]
 
[[Category:Board Meetings 2025]]

Revision as of 10:33, 23 December 2025

This board meeting is scheduled Tuesday 23 December 2025 at 17:00 UTC through Jitsi, a record of motions is preserved on Loomio and actions on the OSGeo todo issue tracker.

Agenda

Current items

  1. roll call
  2. appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
  3. Review and approve past minutes
  4. Election process
  5. Results of election/ what it means to be a charter member
  6. Cyber Resilience Act
  7. OSGeo Budget 2026
  8. Add your topic here

Minutes

  • Presiding: Angelos
  • Scribing: all
  • Attending: Vicky, Angelos, Rajat, Jeroen, Marco, Codrina, Joana, Michael
  • Guests: Tim Sutton, Luis de Sousa


Review and approve past minutes

Election process

  • Luis provided election results and feedback.
  • What to do to have more participation on election day.
    • Most people vote within the first 2, 3 days
    • 60% of active members participated in elections
  • Representation: gender and continent wise
  • Elections advertisement
    • Not necessarily on mail, but using other tools
  • Potential improvements to the election process:
    • nomination of charter member can be continuous
    • charter members can vote on the next election, so we can run charter elections and board in parallel
  • discussion about reaching out to members: email vs telegram vs FB
  • charter member nomination period takes a lot of effort and should be optimized
  • The board agreed to explore a new membership process in the next few months.

Results of election/ what it means to be a charter member

  • Perhaps reach out to more people to explain the role of charter members (e.g. video)

Cyber Resilience Act

  • Postponed to next meeting

OSGeo Budget 2026

  • Dedicated meeting for the budget: 2 hours
  • January 20, 2026

Actions

IRC Log

  • no log, Jitsi meeting

Next meeting