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-The 7th board meeting is planned for Friday, April 21st 2006 at 8:00 a.m. PST ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=31&year=2006&hour=8&min=0&sec=0&p1=224 fixedtime]), by phone and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.  (Deferred from original time on the 7th).
+The 7th board meeting is planned for Friday, April 21st 2006 at 8:00 a.m. PST ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3
-From Skype call : +99038275318640
-To use a regular phone:
-  From the US: call # 1-419-753-7120 (free, long distance costs apply).
-  From the UK: call # 0870-119-2350 (10p/minute).
-Your Conference Room Number is : 5318640.
-== Agenda ==
-* Appoint meeting chairperson and secretary.
-* Review and approve [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Sixth_Board_Meeting#Minutes prior meeting minutes]
-* Discuss idea for an Incubation Sprint / workshop.
-* Review priorities and discuss how to kick start these. I almost think we need a sprint for this. Another board meeting in Chicago?
-* Approve logo contest submissions
-* Consider [[System Administration Committee Motion]].
-== Minutes ==
-MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OPEN
-SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION
-A Delaware non-stock corporation
-On April 21, 2006, at 8:00 am Pacific time, pursuant to notice duly given, the Board of Directors
-(the "Board") of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a
-meeting by teleconference.
-Present at the meeting were the following members of the Board: Chris Holmes, Dave
-McIllhagga, Frank Warmerdam, Jo Walsh and Gary Lang.  The following directors were absent
-at the commencement of the meeting:  Markus Neteler, Arnulf Christl, Venkatesh Raghavan and
-Mark Lucas.  Messrs. Neteler and Christl joined the meeting in progress via IRC.  Also present at
-the request of the Board were Daniel Brookshier, VP Website Committee, and Richard Steele,
-legal counsel and secretary to the Foundation. All participants indicated that they could hear one
-another. Additionally, Internet Relay Chat was used for backup purposes (#osgeo on
-irc.freenode.net). Mr. McIllhagga was appointed chairperson of the meeting. Finding a quorum
-present, Mr. McIllhagga called the meeting to order. Mr. Steele was appointed secretary of the
-meeting.
-APPROVAL OF MINUTES
-The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on March 31, 2006.
-RSS FEEDS
-The Board briefly discussed the status of establishing RSS feeds for Foundation news events and
-other postings.  The board reviewed the current RSS page and discussed several enhancements.
-Daniel Brookshier took the responsibility to better aggregate OSGeo information and to
-streamline the RSS subscription process.  Committee chairs and members should also be directed
-to post directly to the feeds to make information dissemination more efficient.
-INCUBATION/OTHER "SPRINT" MEETINGS
-The Board next discussed the possibility of conducting a face-to-face incubation "sprint"
-meeting.  The discussion then moved towards a general sprint meeting to address broader issues,
-focusing on the priorities list circulated among the board members.  It was proposed to have a
-general Foundation meeting, with board and committee heads/key members present, around the
-end of May or beginning of June, in Chicago.
-PUBLICITY
-The Board next turned to the topic of publicity for OSGeo and its various projects.  Gary Lang
-noted that visibility and demonstration of tangible progress will be important in attracting a
-following and sponsorship for the Foundation.  Several possible PR opportunities were discussed,
-including press releases for projects graduating from the incubator, work on the OSGeo "stack"
-and work with open standards.  The Promotion and Visibility Committee (Dave McIllhagga
-representing) was tasked with coming up with a list of PR deliverables by the next Board
-meeting.
-LOGO CONTEST
-Daniel Brookshier next presented to the Board the various submissions received for the OSGeo
-logo contest.  Upon motion made and seconded, it was resolved that WebCom present the logo
-submissions to the broader OSGeo community for vote.
-SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
-The Board next discussed forming a Project Steering Committee (PSC) for a System
-Administration project, to be chaired by Norman Vine.  After discussion, and upon motion duly
-made and seconded, the following resolutions were passed:
-WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the Foundation permit the Board to establish Project Steering
-Committees (PSCs); and the Board deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and
-consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a PSC.
-NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Steering Committee, to be known as the
-"System Administration Project Steering Committee" (SysAdmin PSC), be and hereby is
-established pursuant to Article VI of Bylaws of the Foundation;
-RESOLVED FURTHER, that the SysAdmin PSC be and hereby is responsible for activities of
-the Foundation relating to the administration of the Foundation's IT and computer systems other
-than those maintained by CollabNet;
-RESOLVED FURTHER, that the office of "Vice President, System Adminstration Project" be
-and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of
-Directors as the chair of the SysAdmin PSC, and to have primary responsibility for management
-of the project within the scope of responsibility of the SysAdmin PSC;
-RESOLVED FURTHER, that Norman Vine be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice
-President, Public Geospatial Data Project, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction
-of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement,
-removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed;
-RESOLVED FURTHER, that the chair of the SysAdmin PSC be and hereby is given the
-authority to select the members of such PSC, who need not be voting members of the Foundation.
-ADJOURNMENT
-There being no further business, upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was
-adjourned.
-/s/ Rich Steele
-Secretary

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