Board Meeting 2009-03-13

This board meeting has been scheduled for the 13th of March 2009 at 17:00 UTC (fixedtime), by Skype and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.

Communication will be using Skype voice, initiated by Tyler. Be sure to give him your Skype username.

Agenda

Appoint meeting secretary
Review and approve Board Meeting 2009-02-06 minutes. (Previous meeting was postponed due to lack of attendance)
Approved Korean language local chapter as per email
~~Consider Microdonations options (Markus)~~ (already there but nobody remembered ;-)
Seed funding for FOSS4G conferences (see Lorenzo's mail)
add new items here....

Attended: Arnulf, Markus, Ari, Jo, Frank and Tyler
MOTION: Approve Board Meeting 2009-02-06 minutes. (Previous meeting was postponed due to lack of attendance)
- Frank moved to adopt, Arnulf second, all were in favour, carried.
MOTION: Approve Korean language local chapter as per email
- Arnulf moved to adopt, Jo seconded, all were in favour, carried.
Consider Microdonations options (Markus)
- Ask Marketing Committee to discuss how to spread the OSGeo PayPal donation option more, track donors, etc.
Seed funding for FOSS4G conferences (see Lorenzo's mail)
- Discussing idea of providing $15k up front to newly selected conference organising committees. To help provide start-up funds for events.
- Take it to the conference committee with request for a proposal back to the board at next meeting.
Next Meeting: 10 April 2009
Meeting adjorned: Jo moved, Arnulf seconded. All were in favour to close at 22 minutes after.