Difference between revisions of "Board Meeting 2022-04-25"
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== Minutes == | == Minutes == | ||
| − | * Presiding: | + | * Presiding: Michele |
| − | * Scribing: | + | * Scribing: Marco |
| − | * Attending: | + | * Attending: Marco, Michele, Angelos, Michael, Rajat, Vicky, Adam |
| − | * Guests: | + | * Guests: Regina, Luca, Brian |
| + | |||
| + | === Review and approve past minutes === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * [[Board_Meeting_2022-03-28]] | ||
| + | * Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/p/mPFXgZ2f/motion-to-approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2022-03-28 | ||
| + | |||
| + | === OSGeo Budget 2022 === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Motion approved, we can now operate normally | ||
| + | * https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2022 has been finalized. | ||
| + | * https://www.loomio.org/p/neBqcF9Y/motion-to-approve-osgeo-2022-budget | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Boundary condition of the open-source software foundation with respect to the transition of software to services === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Jody brought this up and is asking the board if we’re ok to include or endorse SaaS | ||
| + | * We agree that If the code used in the SaaS (Software as a Service) is deployable on its own instances then it can be treated as a project. | ||
| + | * The service is not the interesting part, the deployable code is. | ||
| + | * The projects wanting to be incubated are to prove that they are deployable | ||
| + | |||
| + | === E-mail account policy === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * In the past, there were already requests for @osgeo.org accounts. If everyone would have one real account, it would burn all SAC hours | ||
| + | * We need to address the cost-benefits by asking SAC if there are resources | ||
| + | * We need to make sure there is a clear policy | ||
| + | * Regina says definitely we do not do real mailboxes | ||
| + | * We are not doing aliases either | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Kart Project's Org Stipend for the GSoC 2022 === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * If they do it they should do it as a donation | ||
| + | * We should ask them if they want to join OSGeo | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Geospatial World Forum === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Travel and stay expenses for the representative (Luca) of OSGeo are covered as if it was a board member since the board asked. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === FOSS4G 2022 === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Late with tickets registrations since there was a DooS attack on the system | ||
| + | * No posters, instead lightning talks | ||
| + | * About 400 talks | ||
| + | * All smooth besides registration | ||
| + | |||
| + | === GeoLIBERO clarifications === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * If they do not have a local chapter then that is much welcomed | ||
| + | * Spread awareness using the OSGeo Announcements or News or Discuss lists (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/News_Queue) | ||
| + | * Review if the initiatives and events align with existing projects and initiatives and join hands | ||
| + | |||
| + | === Inactive members === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * How do we deal with 100 people that did not vote for over 2 years? | ||
| + | * If there is no participation in voting then some kind of warning can be issued | ||
| + | * Important to consider that if there are any changes in email addresses leading to missing the email notifications | ||
| + | * Good to do it on personal note instead of group announcement | ||
| + | * There shall not be different classifications of retirement | ||
| + | * Thinking on the active members that didn't vote in at least the last 2 years. Probably there was an e-mail change, (or other some valid reason of not participating). We should reach out at a personal level to clarify. | ||
| + | |||
| + | === PDAL on OSGeoLive 2022 === | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Issues in debain packaging of pdal (https://pdal.io/) | ||
| + | * Conda can’t be used on OSGeoLive | ||
| + | * What exactly is required from board? (considering PDAL is not an OSGeo affiliated project) | ||
| + | * Considering it as a technical problem, a solution can be figured out internally for inclusion of PDAL in OSGeoLive | ||
Latest revision as of 00:18, 14 May 2022
This board meeting is scheduled Monday 25 April 2022 at 15:00 UTC through Jitsi, a record of motions is preserved on loomio and actions on osgeo todo issue tracker.
Agenda
Current items
- roll call
- appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
- Review and approve past minutes
- OSGeo Budget 2022
- Boundary condition of the open source software foundation with respect to transition of software to services.
- e-mail account policy
- Kart Project's Org Stipend for the GSoC 2022
- Geospatial World Forum
- FOSS4G 2022
- GeoLIBERO clarifications
- Inactive members-
- PDAL on #osgeolive 2022 (time allowing)
- Add your topic here
Minutes
- Presiding: Michele
- Scribing: Marco
- Attending: Marco, Michele, Angelos, Michael, Rajat, Vicky, Adam
- Guests: Regina, Luca, Brian
Review and approve past minutes
- Board_Meeting_2022-03-28
- Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/p/mPFXgZ2f/motion-to-approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2022-03-28
OSGeo Budget 2022
- Motion approved, we can now operate normally
- https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2022 has been finalized.
- https://www.loomio.org/p/neBqcF9Y/motion-to-approve-osgeo-2022-budget
Boundary condition of the open-source software foundation with respect to the transition of software to services
- Jody brought this up and is asking the board if we’re ok to include or endorse SaaS
- We agree that If the code used in the SaaS (Software as a Service) is deployable on its own instances then it can be treated as a project.
- The service is not the interesting part, the deployable code is.
- The projects wanting to be incubated are to prove that they are deployable
E-mail account policy
- In the past, there were already requests for @osgeo.org accounts. If everyone would have one real account, it would burn all SAC hours
- We need to address the cost-benefits by asking SAC if there are resources
- We need to make sure there is a clear policy
- Regina says definitely we do not do real mailboxes
- We are not doing aliases either
Kart Project's Org Stipend for the GSoC 2022
- If they do it they should do it as a donation
- We should ask them if they want to join OSGeo
Geospatial World Forum
- Travel and stay expenses for the representative (Luca) of OSGeo are covered as if it was a board member since the board asked.
FOSS4G 2022
- Late with tickets registrations since there was a DooS attack on the system
- No posters, instead lightning talks
- About 400 talks
- All smooth besides registration
GeoLIBERO clarifications
- If they do not have a local chapter then that is much welcomed
- Spread awareness using the OSGeo Announcements or News or Discuss lists (https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/News_Queue)
- Review if the initiatives and events align with existing projects and initiatives and join hands
Inactive members
- How do we deal with 100 people that did not vote for over 2 years?
- If there is no participation in voting then some kind of warning can be issued
- Important to consider that if there are any changes in email addresses leading to missing the email notifications
- Good to do it on personal note instead of group announcement
- There shall not be different classifications of retirement
- Thinking on the active members that didn't vote in at least the last 2 years. Probably there was an e-mail change, (or other some valid reason of not participating). We should reach out at a personal level to clarify.
PDAL on OSGeoLive 2022
- Issues in debain packaging of pdal (https://pdal.io/)
- Conda can’t be used on OSGeoLive
- What exactly is required from board? (considering PDAL is not an OSGeo affiliated project)
- Considering it as a technical problem, a solution can be figured out internally for inclusion of PDAL in OSGeoLive
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