Europe-meeting-2024-08-22
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Agenda
Current items
- appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
- OSGeo European Local Chapter legal entity
- Add your topic here
Minutes
- Chair: Codrina
- Scrib: Codrina
- Attending: Luis, Javier, Iván, Tonis, Jorge, Jachym, Jeroen, Codrina
OSGeo European Local Chapter legal entity
- should we consider an association - as the legal form of organisation - with paying members, example: https://www.python.org/psf/membership-faq/#id2
- one of the main reasons to have an European Local Chapter is to have one discussion partner for European institutions, such as EC.
- we need to prepare a draft for the bylaws of the Local Chapter
- There is no hierarchy in the OSGeo Local Chapters with respect to OSGeo. What should be the relation between European LC and OSGeo and the LC in Europe?
- The European LC would be a support system for the national
- Language of the bylaws? what can be the nationality of the board members?
- How to move money between European LC and other LC in Europe and OSGeo inter, are there any taxes?
- Can the European LC sell things, such as T-shirts?
- ACTION: Jeroen to start the bylaws and share with the group to contribuite.
Call for the FOSS4G Europe
- the call for venue is drafted and it will be published in the next days;
- primary schedule for a LOC: call open in September, decision made in October;
- suggestion: the chair of current FOSS4G Europe must find the next European LOC.