Annual General Meeting 2017

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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:

• Add name, OSGeo - OSGeo status overview (formal requirement)
• Jachym - Secretary - Secretary's brief report (formal requirement)
• Mike - Treasurer - Treasure's brief report (formal requirement)
• Add name - 2017 elections

Project Reports:

• GeoTools Report - Jody Garnett
• Add Project Names

Local chapters:

• OSGeo Korean Chapter Report by Sanghee
• add your name and topic

Committees:

• Incubation Report - Jody Garnett
• Code of Conduct Committee -
• Conference Committee (?)
• Finance Committee (?)
• Geo for All -
• Marketing Committee
• Open GeoScience Committee
• Public Geospatial Data Committee (?)
• System Administration Committee (SAC) (?)
• UN Committee

Alternative format

Alternate format suggested, time permitting.

• introduction from the board (budget, activities, etc.)
• lighting talk from comm & chapters
• questions and discussion with the board (with a call for questions before of the meeting)

Open Q&A from OSGeo Members (and anybody interested)

• add your name and question (or discussion topic)