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# Annual sponsorship opportunities, reminder to sponsor osgeo
 
# Annual sponsorship opportunities, reminder to sponsor osgeo
 
# Report back from representing OSGeo at foss4g-asia
 
# Report back from representing OSGeo at foss4g-asia
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# Join DPGA (Digital Public Goods Aliance)[https://digitalpublicgoods.net/who-we-are/]
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# Report of the UN Committee in the UNGGIM working group on Geospatial Societies
 
# Review pending actions
 
# Review pending actions
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# Join DPGA  (Digital Public Goods Aliance)[https://digitalpublicgoods.net/who-we-are/]
 
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# Report of the UN Committee in the UNGGIM working group on Geospatial Societies
 
 
# ''Add your topic here''
 
# ''Add your topic here''
  
 
== Minutes ==
 
== Minutes ==
  
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* Presiding:  
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* Presiding: Angelos
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* Scribing:  
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* Scribing: Vicky
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* Attending:  
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* Attending: Angelos, Ariel, Michael, Tom, Rajat, Vicky
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* Guests:  
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* Guests: Ivan, Jody
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=== Election Status ===
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* Charter member results https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2023-December/013435.html
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* Motion: Approve charter member election results 2023
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** Motion by Angelos (+1)
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** Seconded by Tom (+1)
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** Vicky +1
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** Michael +1
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** Ariel +1
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** Rajat +1
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** Motion passed during the meeting.
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* Welcome new charter members!
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* Board Elections
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** Short campaigning period to start as all the nominees have accepted the nomination
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** 60 people did not submit their vote.
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** 25 people with invalid e-mail address
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=== OSGeo Budget 2024 ===
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* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2024
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* ACTION: Michael to review 2023 spending
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* This board starts creating the budget
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* Meeting with new board to finish up and wrap the budget
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* The new board will approve the budget
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=== Joint OGC-ASF-OSGeo Code Sprint ===
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* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/165
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* 26~28 Feb hybrid 3 days & pre event webinar
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* ACTION: Tom will announce once its official in OGC
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=== Annual sponsorship opportunities, reminder to sponsor OSGeo ===
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* Added to call for budget, some response.
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** Many projects have “standing pages” for sponsorship which we can use?
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** Can check prior announce from previous years
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** ACTION: Jody make a call-for-sponsorship, send draft to discuss, and publish early January (Done)
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=== Report back from representing OSGeo at foss4g-asia ===
 +
 
 +
* Jody represented OSGeo at the event.
 +
** Keynote and interacting with politicians was slightly stressful but fine
 +
*** Not very much awareness of OSGeo sponsorship
 +
*** Opportunities for MOU with Project PLATEAU (need follow up)
 +
*** Booth was out of the way, but productive for:
 +
*** Setting up new local chapters (folks were not clear that they can just set up informally first, and then move on to recognition)
 +
*** Joining OSGeo as a member; the sign in form was terribly hard for anyone to figure out (barrier to entry). The workflow is hard to difficult? Tom suggest looking at OGC page?
 +
*** Jody did make some improvement to the form which will help: https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/create
 +
*** People specifically requested a video on how to do this (so they could pause)
 +
*** Encouraging projects to join
 +
* ZOO-Project funding was not approved in time for the event, not even standing funds for an OSGeo project? Microsoft supported the project and was thanked.
 +
* ACTION: Angelos to follow up with ZOO PSC about an updated budget request (Done)
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* ACTION: Board to contact PLATEAU project.
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=== Join DPGA (Digital Public Goods Alliance) ===
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* https://digitalpublicgoods.net/who-we-are/
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* Ariel and Angelos had a meeting with DPGA
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* An MOU was discussed but it is not required.
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* We can invite DPGA to reach out to our community and projects to get them interested to become part of the DGPA list https://digitalpublicgoods.net/registry/
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=== Report of the UN Committee in the UNGGIM working group on Geospatial Societies ===
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* Started participation on meetings
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* UN committee needs to get activated (web site updates, new chair approval)
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=== Review pending actions ===
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* Review was done by Angelos
  
 
=== Actions ===
 
=== Actions ===
  
 
* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues
 
* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues
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== IRC Log ==
 
== IRC Log ==

Revision as of 12:41, 26 December 2023

This board meeting is scheduled Tuesday 26 December 2023 at 18:00 UTC through Jitsi, a record of motions is preserved on Loomio and actions on the OSGeo todo issue tracker.

Agenda

Current items

  1. roll call
  2. appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
  3. Review and approve past minutes
  4. Elections status
  5. OSGeo Budget 2024
  6. Joint OGC-ASF-OSGeo Code Sprint
  7. Annual sponsorship opportunities, reminder to sponsor osgeo
  8. Report back from representing OSGeo at foss4g-asia
  9. Join DPGA (Digital Public Goods Aliance)[1]
  10. Report of the UN Committee in the UNGGIM working group on Geospatial Societies
  11. Review pending actions
  12. Add your topic here

Minutes

  • Presiding: Angelos
  • Scribing: Vicky
  • Attending: Angelos, Ariel, Michael, Tom, Rajat, Vicky
  • Guests: Ivan, Jody

Election Status

  • Board Elections
    • Short campaigning period to start as all the nominees have accepted the nomination
    • 60 people did not submit their vote.
    • 25 people with invalid e-mail address

OSGeo Budget 2024

Joint OGC-ASF-OSGeo Code Sprint

Annual sponsorship opportunities, reminder to sponsor OSGeo

  • Added to call for budget, some response.
    • Many projects have “standing pages” for sponsorship which we can use?
    • Can check prior announce from previous years
    • ACTION: Jody make a call-for-sponsorship, send draft to discuss, and publish early January (Done)

Report back from representing OSGeo at foss4g-asia

  • Jody represented OSGeo at the event.
    • Keynote and interacting with politicians was slightly stressful but fine
      • Not very much awareness of OSGeo sponsorship
      • Opportunities for MOU with Project PLATEAU (need follow up)
      • Booth was out of the way, but productive for:
      • Setting up new local chapters (folks were not clear that they can just set up informally first, and then move on to recognition)
      • Joining OSGeo as a member; the sign in form was terribly hard for anyone to figure out (barrier to entry). The workflow is hard to difficult? Tom suggest looking at OGC page?
      • Jody did make some improvement to the form which will help: https://id.osgeo.org/ldap/create
      • People specifically requested a video on how to do this (so they could pause)
      • Encouraging projects to join
  • ZOO-Project funding was not approved in time for the event, not even standing funds for an OSGeo project? Microsoft supported the project and was thanked.
  • ACTION: Angelos to follow up with ZOO PSC about an updated budget request (Done)
  • ACTION: Board to contact PLATEAU project.

Join DPGA (Digital Public Goods Alliance)

Report of the UN Committee in the UNGGIM working group on Geospatial Societies

  • Started participation on meetings
  • UN committee needs to get activated (web site updates, new chair approval)

Review pending actions

  • Review was done by Angelos

Actions


IRC Log

  • no log, Jitsi meeting

Next meeting

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