Annual General Meeting 2007
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This page is for planning the OSGeo Annual General Meeting, to be held during the FOSS4G 2007 event in Victoria, Canada.
Venue / Timing
- Monday, September 24th, 4:30-6:00pm after workshops on first day of FOSS4G
- Held in main conference lecture theatre
Objectives
If you are presenting during this event, please be sure to touch on each of these objectives:
- Update the community
- Discuss issues and ideas
- Present clear opportunities for community to be involved
Agenda
Session moderated by Tyler Mitchell
Format of talks will change as agenda fills up. Some portions may get switched into a lightning talk format to keep things moving. Most items are only proposed at the moment.
State of OSGeo
- Tyler Mitchell, Frank Warmerdam (confirmed)
- Current state, financial status, project status, goals achieved since start-up
- Membership report
- Goals for 2007/08, priorities, funding plans
Local Chapter Reports
- Francophone Local Chapter: Yves Jacolin, Vincent Picavet (confirmed)
- Aust/NZ chapter report: Tim Bowden (confirmed)
- Spanish chapter: Lorenzo Becchi, Jorge Sanz (confirmed) | others available?
- Ottawa chapter: User:Dsampson tentative
Committee Reports
- Public GeoData
- Education and Curriculum
- Journal: Tyler Mitchell (confirmed)
Software Project Reports
- 4 or 5 minute lightning talk format
- OpenLayers - Chris Schmidt and Erik Uzureau (confirmed)
- GRASS - Helena Mitasova
- OSSIM - Mark Lucas (confirmed)
- GeoTools - Jody Garnett (confirmed)
- GeoNetwork opensource - Jeroen Ticheler (not confirmed)
- FDO
- GDAL/OGR
- Mapbender
- MapBuilder
- MapGuide Open Source
- MapServer
- Quantum GIS
Open Discussion / Panel / Closing
- Open Q&A floor
- Community debate?
- Panel with Board and VP's
- Any awards or prizes?
- ...
Schedule
This will be a 90 minute session, roughly scheduled as follows.
| Duration | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | State of OSGeo | |
| 15 | Local Chapter Reports | |
| 10 | Committee Reports | |
| 25 | Software Project Reports | |
| 20 | Open Q&A floor / Debate / Panel | |
| 5 | Closing remarks, awards, prizes | |
| ---------> | ---------> | To Welcome Reception at Sticky Wicket Pub (6:00pm-10:00pm) (map) |