Board Meeting 2022-06-27

This board meeting is scheduled Monday 27 June 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

1. roll call
2. appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
3. Review and approve past minutes
   • Board_Meeting_2022-05-30
4. Vote outcome for FOSS4G2023 venue
5. discussion item: is it a problem to have only one FOSS4G proposal in any year?
6. OSGeo OGC MOU
   1. Update/status
   2. discussion item: how can we support OSGeo projects as reference implementations for OGC standards
7. ESA Open Call letter of support

Minutes

• Presiding: Michele
• Scribing: Vicky, Rajat
• Attending: Tom, Michele, Angelos, Rajat, Tom, Codrina
• Guests:

Review and approve past minutes

• Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/p/JiFTKsxr/approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2022-05-30

Vote outcome for FOSS4G2023 venue

• Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/p/6pl0y1dG/motion-to-approve-selection-of-prizren-loc-to-host-foss4g-2023

Discussion item: is it a problem to have only one FOSS4G proposal in any year?

• This topic is suitable for a f2f meeting.
• Depends on the LOC considering the pandemic
• Way and relation with OSGeo and organizer
• Aside from offering all the support, board may think of contractual point of view
• Question: What if nobody applies? Thoughts!
  • Can there be an online conference?
  • FOSS4G holds impact more than a conference; potential business collaboration; meeting with peers
• Question: What about the modifications in framework to address lack of interest by LOCs?
  • Need to publicize that hosting of FOSS4G brings local economic developments
  • Need support with the digital infrastructure like PreTalks, email system, and ticketing system

OSGeo OGC MOU

• Update/Status
  • Press release is out - OGC and OSGeo on June 7 (https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/ogc-and-osgeo-sign-new-memorandum-of-understanding/)
  • Need to sign the membership agreement (Angelos)
• Discussion item: how can we support OSGeo projects as reference implementations for OGC standards?
  • Need to check the exact freecharged number of reference implementations allowed by OGC to the OSGeo projects; any preference to specific projects

ESA Open Call letter of support

• Link: https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2022-June/013058.html
• Thoughts: It's a letter of recommendation for a company and the employees of the company are the OSGeo members.
• It was not a question of the trust but the time required for submitting the LoR
• The friction was due to provide openness to all the potential participants (in case of a company) to provide the time to all, as discussed and decided over the protocol (which will require voting of the board to break to protocol)
• What will happen in case of any individual? Any predefined procedure…About updating the wiki page for Letter of Support for the individuals and action item for f2f meeting
  • Thoughts: updated profile or member page; Try to encourage their position as Charter Member

Actions

• See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues

IRC Log

• no log, a jitsi meeting

Next meeting

• Board Meeting 2022-07-25