Difference between revisions of "Board Meeting 2024-01-30"

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#* [[Board_Meeting_2023-12-26]]
 
#* [[Board_Meeting_2023-12-26]]
 
# Welcome new board members
 
# Welcome new board members
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# Move Geomajas to OSGeo Heritage Project status
 
# OSGeo Budget 2024
 
# OSGeo Budget 2024
 
# ''Add your topic here''
 
# ''Add your topic here''
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== Minutes ==
 
== Minutes ==
  
* Presiding:  
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* Presiding: Angelos
* Scribing:  
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* Scribing: Rajat, Vicky
* Attending:  
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* Attending: Jeroen, Michael, Tom, Codrina, Marco, Ariel, Angelos, Vicky, Rajat
* Guests:  
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* Guests: Jody, Regina
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=== Review and approve past minutes ===
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* [[Board_Meeting_2023-12-26]]
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* Motion to approve past minutes for 2023-12-26 passed on Loomio:
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* https://www.loomio.com/p/E6Pgjs2N/motion-to-approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2023-12-26
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=== Welcome new board members ===
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* Jeroen is the new board member.
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* On boarding session was done January 23, 2024
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=== Move Geomajas to OSGeo Heritage Project status ===
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* Motion open on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/d/4lkxncvF/motion-to-move-the-geomajas-project-to-osgeo-heritage-project
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* Jeroen discussed with  Dirk Frigne about the status of the Geomajas project. He has indicated that the project is inactive and contributors have left for quite some time already.
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* Decision to move the project as a Heritage OSGeo project
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* ACTION: Marco to search ways to best archive the project and get in touch with SAC.
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=== OSGeo Budget 2024 ===
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* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2024
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* The requested budget is as much as OSGeo has in the bank at this time. We need to revise the requests
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* OSGeo is still to receive money from Florence FOSS4G. The sum is not exactly known at this time
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* Given the increase in the SAC budget, which is necessary for the entire OSGeo to run, we could consider having a sponsorship dedicated campaign
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* Decision on the SAC budget: we consider the same amount as last year, and then revise as we find out how much money should receive OSGeo from the FOSS4Gs and when
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* Regarding the Marketing Committee budget, the sum request is quite substantial, given the available budget. The decision is to approve as last year and revisit as we know more about the resources from the FOSS4Gs conferences
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* The FOSS4G 2024 seed remains in the budget, even though we will get it back.
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* Regarding projects, they have been asked to consider sponsorship within their annual financial needs. The board has decided on a maximum 2.5k USD for each project, due to the tight budget of OSGeo. For projects that have not yet requested a budget, they get 1k USD allocated by default.
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* Discussion and budget approval moved to next meeting
  
 
=== Actions ===
 
=== Actions ===

Revision as of 12:32, 30 January 2024

This board meeting is scheduled Tuesday 30 January 2024 at 17:00 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. Welcome new board members
  5. Move Geomajas to OSGeo Heritage Project status
  6. OSGeo Budget 2024
  7. Add your topic here

Minutes

  • Presiding: Angelos
  • Scribing: Rajat, Vicky
  • Attending: Jeroen, Michael, Tom, Codrina, Marco, Ariel, Angelos, Vicky, Rajat
  • Guests: Jody, Regina

Review and approve past minutes

Welcome new board members

  • Jeroen is the new board member.
  • On boarding session was done January 23, 2024


Move Geomajas to OSGeo Heritage Project status

OSGeo Budget 2024

  • https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Budget_2024
  • The requested budget is as much as OSGeo has in the bank at this time. We need to revise the requests
  • OSGeo is still to receive money from Florence FOSS4G. The sum is not exactly known at this time
  • Given the increase in the SAC budget, which is necessary for the entire OSGeo to run, we could consider having a sponsorship dedicated campaign
  • Decision on the SAC budget: we consider the same amount as last year, and then revise as we find out how much money should receive OSGeo from the FOSS4Gs and when
  • Regarding the Marketing Committee budget, the sum request is quite substantial, given the available budget. The decision is to approve as last year and revisit as we know more about the resources from the FOSS4Gs conferences
  • The FOSS4G 2024 seed remains in the budget, even though we will get it back.
  • Regarding projects, they have been asked to consider sponsorship within their annual financial needs. The board has decided on a maximum 2.5k USD for each project, due to the tight budget of OSGeo. For projects that have not yet requested a budget, they get 1k USD allocated by default.
  • Discussion and budget approval moved to next meeting

Actions

IRC Log

  • no log, Jitsi meeting

Next meeting