Annual General Meeting 2007
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Venue / Timing
- Monday, September 24th, 4:30-6:00pm after workshops on first day of FOSS4G
- Held in main conference lecture theatre
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 |
30 | Software Project Reports |
15 | Open Q&A floor / Debate / Panel |
---------> | We can run a little late, then run to the Welcome Reception at Sticky Wicket Pub (6:00pm-10:00pm) (map) |
State of OSGeo
- Frank Warmerdam, OSGeo President
- Tyler Mitchell, OSGeo Executive Director
- Current state, financial report, future direction/approach, membership report
- Goals for 2007/08, priorities, funding plans
Local Chapter Reports
- Austraila/New Zealand: Tim Bowden
- Francophone: Yves Jacolin
- Italian: Massimiliano Cannata
- Ottawa: Scott Mitchell
- Spanish: Lorenzo Becchi, Jorge Sanz
- Taiwan: Sander Borghuis
- United Kingdom: Jo Cook
- GAV: new proposed name OSGeo DACH, the German language embassy: Arnulf Christl
Committee Reports
- Conference: Jeff McKenna
- Education: Charlie Schweik
- Journal: Tyler Mitchell
- Public GeoData: Jo Walsh
Software Project Reports
- GDAL/OGR - Frank Warmerdam
- GRASS - Helena Mitasova
- GeoNetwork opensource - Jeroen Ticheler
- GeoTools - Jody Garnett
- MapServer - Daniel Morissette
- OSSIM - Mark Lucas
- OpenLayers - Chris Schmidt and Erik Uzureau
- MapGuide Open Source - Bob Bray
- Mapbender - Arnulf Christl
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