Difference between revisions of "Board Meeting 2006 08 18"

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The 16th board meeting has been scheduled for the 18th of August at 15:00 UTC (fixedtime), by phone and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.

Communication will switch to the new Conference Call.

Agenda

Appoint meeting secretary
Review and approve prior meeting minutes
Discussion on the Executive Director, next steps. Do we proceed? If so, do we directly someone or put out a call for resumes?
Discuss the non-profit status application process
Review topics for Face to Face Meeting Lausanne 2006
Discussion and Approval of China OSGeo Chapter.
Appoint next monthly Chair.
Other Business

Logs / References

Minutes

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION A Delaware non-stock corporation.

On August 18th, 2006, at 8:00 am Pacific time, pursuant to notice duly given, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a meeting by teleconference. The meeting lasted ninety minutes.

Present at the meeting were the following members of the Board: Frank Warmerdam, Mark Lucas, Jo Walsh, Arnulf Christl, Venkatesh Raghavan, Gary Lang and Markus Neteler. All participants on the call indicated that they could hear one another. Additionally, Internet Relay Chat was used for backup purposes (#osgeo on irc.freenode.net). Mr. Lucas was appointed chairperson of the meeting. Finding a quorum present, Mr. Lucas called the meeting to order. Jo Walsh was appointed secretary of the meeting.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on 4th August 2006.

Vote to move forward with recruitment for Executive Director position

It was agreed that the Board's decision to appoint an Executive Director had already been taken and the current discussion invokes no need for further voting about this.

Motion for Gary to proceed with negotiations with the current preferred candidate for the Executive Director position carried.

Discussion of non profit status

Ken Tamura from Autodesk reported to the board on non-profit status. Rich Steele is working on the paper work for non-profit status (501c3).

A 3 years financial plan derived from the board budget, and the income projection out of the fundraising committee will be forwarded to the board for review.

Gary and Ken talk about ED costs, other ongoing costs.

Frank says the fundraising committee responsible for Income estimate.

Discussion of Infrastructure Needs

By the f2f a solid plan and some stuff implemented. http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Lausanne_2006#Agenda

The migration process will produce a map of projects and URLs which will allow easier migration in from other platforms too as well as provide a map back out for some applications.

Vote to approve OSGeo China Chapter

Motion to approve the OSGeo China Chapter approved.

It was noted that NRSCC (http://www.nrscc.gov.cn/english/about.asp) is the primary geospatial infrastructure provider for the country, and their support gives OSGeo a great position in China. Autodesk China is also supporting the effort.

Other Business

Frank volunteers to be ongoing chair for board meetings till further notice. Carried.

Mark talks about reqs for not for profits co-hosting gov conferences. Scheme already - URLs?

Motion to close the meeting.

The meeting is closed.

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-The 16th board meeting has been scheduled for the 18th of Augst at 15:00 UTC ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=4&year=2006&hour=15&min=0&sec=0 fixedtime]), by phone and IRC ([irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo #osgeo]) at the same time.
+The 16th board meeting has been scheduled for the 18th of August at 15:00 UTC ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=8&day=4&year=2006&hour=15&min=0&sec=0 fixedtime]), by phone and IRC ([irc://irc.freenode.net/#osgeo #osgeo]) at the same time.
-From Skype call : +99038275318640 (5p/minute)
+Communication will switch to the new  [[Conference Call]].
-To use a regular phone:
+== Agenda ==
-  From the US: call # 1-419-753-7120 (free, long distance costs apply).
-  From the UK: call # 0870-119-2350 (10p/minute).
+* Appoint meeting secretary
+* Review and approve [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Fifteenth_Board_Meeting#Minutes prior meeting minutes]
+* Discussion on the [[Executive Director]], next steps.  Do we proceed?  If so, do we directly someone or put out a call for resumes?
+* Discuss the non-profit status application process
+* Review topics for  [[Face to Face Meeting Lausanne 2006]]
+* Discussion and Approval of [[China]] OSGeo Chapter.
+* Appoint next monthly Chair.
+* Other Business
-Your Conference Room Number is: 5318640.
+== Logs / References ==
-At the beginning of the meeting we moved to the new (better) [[Conference Call]].
+* [http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/%23osgeo.2006-08-18.log IRC log of #osgeo]
+*
+* [https://board.osgeo.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=board&msgNo=1202 Laura's email about OSGeo cost structure]
-== Agenda ==
+== Minutes ==
+MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION A Delaware non-stock corporation.
+On August 18th, 2006, at 8:00 am Pacific time, pursuant to notice duly given, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a meeting by teleconference. The meeting lasted ninety minutes.
+Present at the meeting were the following members of the Board: Frank Warmerdam, Mark Lucas, Jo Walsh, Arnulf Christl, Venkatesh Raghavan, Gary Lang and Markus Neteler.   All participants on the call indicated that they could hear one another. Additionally, Internet Relay Chat was used for backup purposes (#osgeo on irc.freenode.net). Mr. Lucas was appointed chairperson of the meeting. Finding a quorum present, Mr. Lucas called the meeting to order. Jo Walsh was appointed secretary of the meeting.
-* Appoint meeting secretary
+=== APPROVAL OF MINUTES===
-* Review and approve [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Fourteenth_Board_Meeting#Minutes prior meeting minutes]
-* Plan [[Face to Face Meeting Lausanne 2006]]
-# who is encouraged to attend?
-# agenda items?
-* Discuss and possibly approve [[Local Chapter Guidelines]].
-* Discuss [[Infrastructure Proposal]] for OSGeo's ongoing systems needs
-# Timing urgency for moving/setting up each infrastructure component to a new platform
-# Tasking specific individuals/groups with responsibility for making it happen
-# Budget availability for setting up/administering new infrastructure
-* Other Business
+The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on 4th August 2006.
-# Open Technology Development Status - Dept of Defense
-# Opportunity to introduce OSS Geospatial Technologies into Large Data Joint Concept Technology Demonstration
-# Opportunity to introduce OSS Geospatial Technologies into DoD disaster response initiatives
-# [[EDRC BAA Proposal]]
+=== Vote to move forward with recruitment for Executive Director position ===
-== Minutes ==
+It was agreed that the Board's decision to appoint an [[Executive Director]] had already been taken and the current discussion invokes no need for further voting about this.
-MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION A Delaware non-stock corporation.
+Motion for Gary to proceed with negotiations with the current preferred candidate for the [[Executive Director]] position carried.
-On August 4th, 2006, at 8:00 am Pacific time, pursuant to notice duly given, the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a meeting by teleconference. The meeting lasted ninety minutes.
+=== Discussion of non profit status ===
-Present at the meeting were the following members of the Board: Frank Warmerdam, Mark Lucas, Jo Walsh, Chris Holmes, Arnulf Christl, Venkatesh Raghavan, Gary Lang and Markus Neteler.  Rich Steele and Laura Rivera were also present.  All participants on the call indicated that they could hear one another. Additionally, Internet Relay Chat was used for backup purposes (#osgeo on irc.freenode.net). Mr. Lucas was appointed chairperson of the meeting. Finding a quorum present, Mr. Lucas called the meeting to order. Frank Warmerdam was appointed secretary of the meeting.
+Ken Tamura from Autodesk reported to the board on non-profit status.   Rich Steele is working on the paper work for non-profit status (501c3).
-APPROVAL OF MINUTES
+A 3 years financial plan derived from the board budget, and the income projection out of the fundraising committee will be forwarded to the board for review.
-The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on 14 July 2006.
+Gary and Ken talk about ED costs, other ongoing costs.
-FACE TO FACE MEETING IN LAUSANNE
+Frank says the fundraising committee responsible for Income estimate.
-It was agreed to hold the meeting on Monday, September 11th.  Board members are encouraged to add agenda items on
+=== Discussion of Infrastructure Needs ===
-the wiki page.
-LOCAL CHAPTER GUIDELINES
+By the f2f a solid plan and some stuff implemented.
+http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Lausanne_2006#Agenda
-The Local Chapter Guidelines was adopted as written by general consent.  Arnulf will help WebCom get the document translated into some key languages.
+The migration process will produce a map of projects and URLs which will allow easier migration in from other platforms too as well as provide a map back out for some applications.
-NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
+=== Vote to approve OSGeo China Chapter ===
-It was determined that if we transition off CollabNet it needs to be completed by January 1, 2007 when the existing contract ends.
+Motion to approve the OSGeo China Chapter approved.
-Jo Walsh and Tyler Mitchell were designated to continue working on the new demonstration portal, and to work on a proposal for infrastructure transition, with a more detailed review at the face to face meetings in September.
+It was noted that NRSCC (http://www.nrscc.gov.cn/english/about.asp) is the primary geospatial infrastructure provider for the country, and their support gives OSGeo a great position in China.  Autodesk China is also supporting the effort.
-OTHER BUSINESS
+=== Other Business ===
-Mark Lucas gave a status report on activities within the Department of Defense flowing out of the Open Technology Development report.
+Frank volunteers to be ongoing chair for board meetings till further notice.  Carried.
-It was agreed that we need to be able to present a collection of contracting companies to government procurers that can follow through on open source requirements effectively.
+Mark talks about reqs for not for profits co-hosting gov conferences.  Scheme already - URLs?
-Frank Warmerdam provided a briefly on the EDRC BAA, and how that might be used to support work on the binary
+Motion to close the meeting.
-packaging project.
-A new rotating chair was not assigned, but Mark agreed to take care of the next meeting.  Meeting frequency was
+The meeting is closed.
-discussed and it was agreed that we needed to meet at least every two weeks to take care of board business.  The
-role of the board in energizing activity was also discussed.
-The meeting was closed.
+[[Category: Board]]