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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.
 
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.
  
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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.
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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.  [?], assistant to Rich Steele was present for part of the meeting. 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===  
 
=== APPROVAL OF MINUTES===  
  
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The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on 18 August 2006.
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The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on 4th August 2006.
  
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=== FACE TO FACE MEETING IN LAUSANNE===  
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=== Vote to move forward with recruitment for Executive Director position ==
  
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Meeting on Monday, September 11th.  Board members are encouraged to [[Face to Face Meeting Lausanne 2006 | add agenda items]] on
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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.
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the wiki page.
 
  
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=== NEW INFRASTRUCTURE===
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Vote for to approach the current preferred candidate for contribution of their CV for the [[Executive Director]] position - all +1
  
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It was determined that if we transition off CollabNet it needs to be completed by January 1, 2007 when the existing contract ends. 
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=== Discussion of non profit status ===
  
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Jo Walsh and Tyler Mitchell were designated to continue working on the new demonstration portal. Possibly approve to get this done for FOSS4G. Work on a proposal for infrastructure transition, with a more detailed review at the face to face meetings in September (regarding SVN, etc. critical services).
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asssiatnt of rich steele
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rich steele workign on nonfprofit status
  
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=== OTHER BUSINESS===
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current fiscal projection year 2 precending years
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build up from minutes
  
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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.
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200000 initial funding requirement - is this too big or small
  
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Next meeting planned in two weeks.
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for the financial projection
  
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The meeting was closed.
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Budget to be submitted to Board for review
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This essentially is Adsk's sponsorship offering for different costs and what our longer term plan can be
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Gary and fellow Adsk person talk about ED costs, other ongoing costs
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FrankW says the fundraising committee responsible for Income estimate
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=== Discussion of Infrastructure Needs ===
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by the f2f a solid plan and some stuff implemented.
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http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Lausanne_2006#Agenda
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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.
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=== Vote to approve OSGeo China Chapter ===
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This is approved.
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http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/China
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http://www.nrscc.gov.cn/english/about.asp
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That's the geospatial infrastructure provider for the country. Startign local OSGeo instance with Autodesk China.
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=== Appoint new ongoing chair of telecon meetings ===
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Frank volunteers just to chair ongoingly and get on with this
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Mark talks about reqs for not for profits co-hosting gov conferences. Scheme already - URLs?
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Motion to close the meeting.
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The meeting is closed.

Revision as of 09:50, 18 August 2006

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

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. [?], assistant to Rich Steele was present for part of the meeting. 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.

Vote for to approach the current preferred candidate for contribution of their CV for the Executive Director position - all +1

Discussion of non profit status

asssiatnt of rich steele rich steele workign on nonfprofit status

current fiscal projection year 2 precending years build up from minutes

200000 initial funding requirement - is this too big or small

for the financial projection


Budget to be submitted to Board for review

This essentially is Adsk's sponsorship offering for different costs and what our longer term plan can be

Gary and fellow Adsk person talk about ED costs, other ongoing costs

FrankW 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

This is approved.

http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/China

http://www.nrscc.gov.cn/english/about.asp 

That's the geospatial infrastructure provider for the country. Startign local OSGeo instance with Autodesk China.


Appoint new ongoing chair of telecon meetings

Frank volunteers just to chair ongoingly and get on with this

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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