Board Meeting 2022-06-27
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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
- roll call
- appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
- Review and approve past minutes
- Vote outcome for FOSS4G2023 venue
- discussion item: is it a problem to have only one FOSS4G proposal in any year?
- OSGeo OGC MOU
- Update/status
- discussion item: how can we support OSGeo projects as reference implementations for OGC standards
- 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
IRC Log
- no log, a jitsi meeting