Difference between revisions of "Board Meeting 2006 08 18"

Latest revision as of 06:29, 23 July 2008

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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 * 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
+* 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  [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/China China OSGeo Chapter]
+* Discussion and Approval of [[China]] OSGeo Chapter.
+* Appoint next monthly Chair.
 * Other Business
-== Minutes ==
+== Logs / References ==
-TEMPLATE FOR EDITING
+* [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]
+== 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, 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.
+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 ===
-APPROVAL OF MINUTES
+By the f2f a solid plan and some stuff implemented.
+http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Lausanne_2006#Agenda
-The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on 18 August 2006.
+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.
-FACE TO FACE MEETING IN LAUSANNE
+=== Vote to approve OSGeo China Chapter ===
-Meeting on Monday, September 11th.  Board members are encouraged to add agenda items on
+Motion to approve the OSGeo China Chapter approved.
-the wiki page.
-NEW INFRASTRUCTURE
+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.
-It was determined that if we transition off CollabNet it needs to be completed by January 1, 2007 when the existing contract ends.
+=== Other Business ===
-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.
+Frank volunteers to be ongoing chair for board meetings till further notice.  Carried.
-OTHER BUSINESS
+Mark talks about reqs for not for profits co-hosting gov conferences.  Scheme already - URLs?
-Frank Warmerdam previously briefed the EDRC BAA in the 15th board meeting. Mark Lucas reviewed the BAA, it is typical of many government BAA's and is primarily targeted at companies with cost plus accreditation addressing specific topics identified in the document.  Of potential interest is an offer to co-host conferences on common topics with not for profit organizations.  The not for profit organization submits a proposal and budget estimates to ERDC for review and approval.  Something that we might consider in the future.
+Motion to close the meeting.
-Next meeting planned in two weeks.
+The meeting is closed.
-The meeting was closed.
+[[Category: Board]]