Board Meeting 2007 03 02

This board meeting has been tentatively scheduled for the 2nd of March at 16:00 UTC (fixedtime), by phone and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.

Communication will use the new Conference Call facilities.

Agenda

• Appoint meeting secretary
• Review and approve Twenty Fourth Board Meeting minutes
• Consider motion to form New Mexico USA local chapter of OSGeo.
• Approve motion for MapGuide OS to graduate from Incubation with Bob Bray as PSC Chair / VP MapGuide OS at the recommendation of the Incubation committee.
• Approve motion for QGIS to enter incubation at the recommendation of the Incubation committee.
• Approve motion for FDO to enter incubation at the recommendation of the Incubation committee.
• Discuss OSGeo providing infrastructure hosting for selected pre-incubation projects (ie. MOSS4G).
• Consider VisCom Budget 2007
• Discuss OSGeo participation in the Google Summer of Code, and appointment of Administrator.
• Discuss plans for Proposed Board Election Procedure.
• Discuss plans for charter Membership Process.
• Discuss plans for corporate bylaws.

Minutes

Present: Mark Lucas, Frank Warmerdam, Markus Neteler, Gary Lang, Arnulf Christl, Tyler Mitchell Absent with regrets: Chris Holmes, Jo Walsh, Venka Raghavan, Dave McIlhagga

• Chair: Gary
• Appoint meeting secretary
  • Tyler
• Review and approve Twenty Fourth Board Meeting minutes
  • Reviewed and discussed minutes
  • Gary motions to approve, Frank second, all in favour, moved

• Consider motion to form New Mexico USA local chapter of OSGeo.
  • Discussing move forward
  • Gary motions, Arnulf second, all in favour, moved

• Approve motion for MapGuide OS to graduate from Incubation with Bob Bray as PSC Chair / VP MapGuide OS at the recommendation of the Incubation committee.
  • Frank motion, Gary seconded, all in favour, moved

• Approve motion for QGIS to enter incubation at the recommendation of the Incubation committee.
  • Gary motion, Mark second, all in favour, moved

• Approve motion for FDO to enter incubation at the recommendation of the Incubation committee.
  • Gary motion, Frank second, all in favour, moved

• Discuss OSGeo providing infrastructure hosting for selected pre-incubation projects (ie. MOSS4G).
  • Frank describing "small projects" idea for

• Consider VisCom Budget 2007
• Discuss OSGeo participation in the Google Summer of Code, and appointment of Administrator.
• Discuss plans for Proposed Board Election Procedure.
• Discuss plans for charter Membership Process.
• Discuss plans for corporate bylaws.