Board Meeting 2007 11 02

This board meeting has been scheduled for the 2nd of November at 15:00 UTC (fixedtime), by phone and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.

Communication will use the new Conference Call facilities.

Agenda

• Appoint meeting secretary
• Review and approve Twenty Eighth Board Meeting, and Board Meeting FOSS4G2007 minutes.
• Approve OpenLayers Incubation Graduation
• Approve GEOS to enter incubation
• Approve renaming of Promotion and Visibility Committee to Marketing Committee
• Approve Charlie Schweik as new Education Committee chair, and Ned Horning as co-chair.
• Approve David Bitner as new Geodata Committee chair
• Introduce OSGeo 2008 Budget and Role of Finance Committee
• Discussion between board and Jody on a path forward for GeoTools incubation and copyright assignment. Prereading: GeoTools Legal Review: see "the current pitch" near bottom, and Graduate from OSGeo.
• Discuss Cameron's email to the board titled Board Proposal: Statement of OSGeo Legal Support
• Provide direction to the conference committee on FOSS4G 2009 profit targets to be expected from RFP responders.
• Update on Pro-Active Sponsorship efforts
• Deferred: Review and approve proposal for highlighting sponsors and contributors (FrankW to prepare).