Annual General Meeting 2017
Venue / Timing
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Description
The Annual General Meeting for OSGeo is open to everybody.
The goal is to:
- give an overall status of the organization+
- financial report+
- informing the members of previous and future activities from committees and local chapters
- discuss important issues and take decisions
+ These two are formal reports that make it an AGM
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 Reports / Talks
OSGeo Foundation:
- Helena - Vice - President, OSGeo - OSGeo status overview (formal requirement)
- Jachym - Secretary - Secretary's brief report (formal requirement)
- Mike - Treasurer - Treasure's brief report (formal requirement)
- Vasile - 2017 elections
- Release of new Website - Jeffrey Johnson: details to follow over course of meeting
Project Reports:
- OSGeo Website for PSC members - Jeffrey Johnson: new user outreach, project content, working with service providers
- GeoTools Report - Jody Garnett
- GRASS GIS - Vaclav Petras
- Add Project Names
Local chapters:
- OSGeo Website for Local Chapters - Jeffrey Johnson: new user outreach, open source advocacy
- OSGeo Korean Chapter Report by Sanghee
- OSGeo Italian Chapter GFOSS Report by Maria Brovelli
- add your name and topic
Committees:
- OSGeo Website for Committee Chairs - Jeffrey Johnson: new member outreach, working with partners
- Marketing Committee - User:Marc Vloemans
- Incubation Report - Jody Garnett
- Code of Conduct Committee -
- Conference Committee (?)
- Finance Committee (?)
- Geo for All - Helena Mitasova
- Open GeoScience Committee
- Public Geospatial Data Committee (?)
- System Administration Committee (SAC) (?)
- UN Committee Report by Maria Brovelli
Awards
- Sol Katz Award
Board members attending in person: Helena Mitasova
Open Q&A from OSGeo Members (and anybody interested)
- add your name and question (or discussion topic)