Annual General Meeting 2008
Venue / Timing
- Following closing plenary of FOSS4G 2008 around 5pm, Thursday, October 2nd, 2008.
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
Schedule
This will be a 2 hour session, roughly scheduled as follows. Meeting will be moderated by Tyler Mitchell. Contact him for more info or to inquire about being added to the agenda.
Duration | Topic |
---|---|
10 | State of OSGeo |
30 | Local Chapter Reports |
20 | Committee Reports |
30 | Software Project Reports |
30 | Open Q&A floor / Debate / Panel |
State of OSGeo
- Frank Warmerdam, OSGeo President
- Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo Executive Director
- Current state, financial report, future direction/approach, membership report
- Goals for 2008/09, priorities, funding plans
Local Chapter Reports
- ...
Committee Reports
Software Project Reports
- Mapbuilder - Steven M. Ottens
- ...
Open Discussion / Panel / Closing
This will be for some open discussion on various topics. There will be time for questions/discussion from the floor but time is going to be tight so discussion needs to be focused.
- Priorities for 2009
- Membership ideas and status
- Fundraising goals and methods
- Conference direction, naming, maintaining consistency
- OSGeo & standards