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* Officers discussion
 
* Officers discussion
 
* OSGeo has been invited to formally appear as an Institutional Partner at the [http://www.mapworldforum.org/ World Map Forum 2011]. Chance to organize speakers, potentially conduct workshops and/or code sprints, etc.  
 
* OSGeo has been invited to formally appear as an Institutional Partner at the [http://www.mapworldforum.org/ World Map Forum 2011]. Chance to organize speakers, potentially conduct workshops and/or code sprints, etc.  
* Sponsorship: Arnulf reports from experience with FOSS4G 2010 preparation. Discussion how to combine and reuse the FOSS4G efforts with general OSGeo sponsorship
 
 
* Formation of Vietnam OSGeo Local Chapter
 
* Formation of Vietnam OSGeo Local Chapter
 
* Discuss expenses for Jeff McKenna's recent Vietnam chapter trip
 
* Discuss expenses for Jeff McKenna's recent Vietnam chapter trip
 
* Director updates
 
* Director updates
 
* Update from Tyler - follow up questions.
 
* Update from Tyler - follow up questions.
** Discuss role of events in OSGeo. FOSS4G is now our primary fundraiser (higher return than highest sponsor).  Can/should we do more events and focus on them for fundraising?
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** Sponsorship: Arnulf reports from experience with FOSS4G 2010 preparation. Discussion how to combine and reuse the FOSS4G efforts with general OSGeo
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** Discuss role of events in OSGeo. FOSS4G is now our primary fundraiser (higher return than highest sponsor).  Can/should we do more events and focus on them for fundraising? FOSS4G is an OSGeo brand that makes revenue.
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** Funding et Sponsorship Committee reloaded
  
 
== Minutes ==
 
== Minutes ==

Revision as of 01:28, 1 April 2010


This board meeting is scheduled for the 1st of April 2010 at 15:00 UTC, on IRC (#osgeo).

Agenda

  • Adopt previous minutes
  • Officers discussion
  • OSGeo has been invited to formally appear as an Institutional Partner at the World Map Forum 2011. Chance to organize speakers, potentially conduct workshops and/or code sprints, etc.
  • Formation of Vietnam OSGeo Local Chapter
  • Discuss expenses for Jeff McKenna's recent Vietnam chapter trip
  • Director updates
  • Update from Tyler - follow up questions.
    • Sponsorship: Arnulf reports from experience with FOSS4G 2010 preparation. Discussion how to combine and reuse the FOSS4G efforts with general OSGeo
    • Discuss role of events in OSGeo. FOSS4G is now our primary fundraiser (higher return than highest sponsor). Can/should we do more events and focus on them for fundraising? FOSS4G is an OSGeo brand that makes revenue.
    • Funding et Sponsorship Committee reloaded

Minutes

Complete IRC logs are here, start at 6h00 log server time.

Action Summary

  1. MOTION: