Board Meeting 2014-07-17

This board meeting is scheduled for the 17th of July 2014 at 20.00UTC through IRC and follow up voting by email.

Agenda

Attending: Jeff, Jorge, Gérald from Bremen - Daniel, Bart, Anne, Frank and Cameron (partly) online
Presiding: Jeff
Scribing: Anne

MOTION: adopt minutes of 2014-06-12 meeting: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2014-06-12
- 6 times +1, 1 time +0

MOTION: launch charter member election followed by board eelction ASAP, with the boal of completing both before FOSS4G
- 6 times +1, 1 time +0 (Gérald would prefer Board election first)

IRC Log at http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2014-07-17.log

20:00 Meeting starts
20:05 Previous meeting minutes approved
20:07 Elections 2014
- concern is expressed about tight schedule, but there is agreement on having charter member election, then board election as usual
20:10 Proposal: grant early bird price to FOSS4G for Charter members
- proposed by Gérald. An extended version of the proposal is being drafted at http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4GDiscount, and can be integrated in RfP for next FOSS4G (2016)
- most Board members agree with the idea, and don't require a motion to start working on this proposal. A more formal procedure will take place once the proposal is finalised.
20:20 Back to Elections 2014
- which Board members restand? Daniel, Jeff and Cameron replied by mail, Anne is concerned about overlap with her other OSGeo duties, Frank does not intend to restand. Daniel confirms he stands again to continue/finish treasurer tasks, unless someone else, preferably from US, steps in.
- most Board members agree that it is important to set the date for elections ASAP, more important than discussing who stands for re-election (that is still important, of course)
- Jorge and Jeff will work on the schedule and send out announcement for elections, with Charter member election first, then Board, all before FOSS4G