Board Meeting 2011-10-05

This board meeting is scheduled for the 5th of October 2011 at 17:00 UTC on IRC and follow up voting on Skype.

Agenda

Review past minutes: Face to Face Meeting Denver 2011
Action items from last meeting
Appoint new secretary
Board meetings
- Find a regular day and time for board meetings (can also be agreed via mail up front).
- Evaluate options for IRC or voice conf and provider, or go for a combination
ED tasks transfer (link forthcoming)
Provide guidance to the Conference Committee wrt FOSS4G Beijing and potentially conflicting regional events
- Results from the foss4g 2011 attendee survey (Batty?)
- North American regional conference for 2012
- Discussion to fund Jeff for conference management
Open session regarding the future style of the organization (mpg's 3 suggestions)
- Three roles needed (to be filled by 1 person, or more?)
  - Administrative tasks
  - Project work (SAC, code sprints, etc.)
  - ED / ambassador:
    - Outreach
    - Fundraising
Report on the NGA (National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) open source initiative (Lucas)