Annual General Meeting 2009
Venue / Timing
- Wednesday, October 21st, 2009 - 4:30pm following the days events from FOSS4G 2009, Main conference hall
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 90 minute 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 |
| 20 | Local Chapter Reports |
| 15 | Committee Reports |
| 10 | Software Project Reports |
| 10 | Sponsor Reports |
| 25 | Open Q&A floor / Debate / Panel |
| ---------> | We can run a little late, then head to a restaurant to continue chatting. |
State of OSGeo
- Arnulf Christl, OSGeo President
- Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo Executive Director
- Current state, financial report, future direction/approach, membership report
- Goals for 2010, priorities, funding plans
Local Chapter Reports
- Quebec Local Chapter: Daniel Morissette & Thierry Badard
- Francophone Local Chapter: Thierry Badard (replacing Yves Jacolin)
- Spanish Local Chapter: Lorenzo Becchi
- Italian Local Chapter: Maria Brovelli (replacing Paolo Cavallini)
- Romanian Local Chapter: Vasile Crăciunescu
- Japan Local Chapter: Toru Mori
- Australia - New Zealand : Bruce Bannerman
- Chapter Title: Presenter name, link to chapter and presenter user page
- ....
Committee Reports
- Journal: Tyler Mitchell
- Marketing: Tyler Mitchell
- ...
Software Project Reports
- ...
Sponsor Reports
Thankyou to all sponsors for the special commitment in these tough economic times!
- ...
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.
- Membership ideas and status
- Fundraising goals and methods
- Conference direction, naming, maintaining consistency
- OSGeo & standards
Discussion Ideas
- Put your ideas here....