Annual General Meeting 2016
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Venue / Timing
- WHEN: Thursday 25 August, from 17:30-18:30
- WHERE: in the plenary Chamber, after the last session and before departure to the Gala dinner, during FOSS4G Bonn
- DURATION: 1 hour (can go later if necessary) (update: meeting ends promptly at 18:30 to allow attendance of gala event)
Description
The Annual General Meeting for OSGeo is open to everybody.
The goal is to:
- give an overall status of the organization+
- financial report+
- informing the members of previous and future activities from committees and local chapters
- discuss important issues and take decisions
+ These two are formal reports that make it an AGM
Format
The AGM itself will be a succession of lightning talks (presentations limited to three or four minutes) given by you in your role as Local Chapter representative, Chair of a committee, representative of a software project, OSGeo director or administrator or whatever else makes up OSGeo. If you feel like you have to say something please add yourself to the list.
Lightning Reports / Talks
foundation:
- Venkatesh Raghavan President, OSGeo - OSGeo status overview (formal requirement)
- Jachym - Secretary - Secretary's brief report (formal requirement)
- Mike - Treasurer - Treasure's brief report (formal requirement)
- Vasile Crăciunescu - 2016 elections
project officers:
- GeoTools Report - Jody Garnett
- GeoServer Report - Simone Giannecchini
- istSOS Report - Milan Antonovic
local chapters:
- FOSSGIS e.V. - German language Local Chapter report by Marco Lechner
- Europe - Chapter in formation report by Dirkf
- OSGeo Korean Chapter Report by Sanghee
- OSGeo Finland Report by Kari_Salovaara
- OSGeo Czech republic Report by Jachym Cepicky
- OSGeo Dutch Language Chapter Report by Gert-Jan_van_der_Weijden
- OSGeo Japan Chapter Report by Toru Mori
- OSGeo Romanian Chapter Report by Codrina Ilie
- OSGeo Italian Chapter Report by Luca Delucchi
- OSGeo Spanish and Geoinquietos microchapters by Jorge Sanz and María Arias de Reyna
- add your name and topic
committees:
- Incubation Report - Jody Garnett
- Code of Conduct Committee - Steven Feldman
- Conference Committee (?)
- Finance Committee (?)
- Geo for All - Venkatesh Raghavan
- Marketing Committee Marc Vloemans
- Open GeoScience Committee (Maxi or Peter)
- Public Geospatial Data Committee (?)
- System Administration Committee (SAC) (?)
- UN Committee Massimiliano Cannata
- Website Committee (?)
This event ends *promptly* to allow attendees to walk to the gala event!
Alternative format
Alternate format suggested, time permitting.
- introduction from the board (budget, activities, etc.)
- lighting talk from comm & chapters
- questions and discussion with the board (with a call for questions before of the meeting)
Open Q&A from OSGeo Members (and anybody interested)
- add your name and question (or discussion topic)