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	See official minutes of meeting posted [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/board/board_meetings.html here]		See official minutes of meeting posted [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/board/board_meetings.html here]
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−	The 4th board meeting is planned for Friday, March 17th 2006 at 8:00 a.m. PST ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3	+	The 4th board meeting is planned for Friday, March 17th 2006 at 8:00 a.m. PST ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3&day=17&year=2006&hour=8&min=0&sec=0&p1=224 wold times]), by phone and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.
		+
		+	From Skype call : +99038275318640
		+
		+	To use a regular phone:
		+	From the US: call # 1-419-753-7120(free, long distance costs apply).
		+	From the UK: call # 0870-119-2350(10p/minute).
		+
		+	Your Conference Room Number is : 5318640.
		+
		+	== Agenda ==
		+
		+	* Appoint meeting secretary.
		+	* Approve (with review) [[Third Board Meeting]] minutes
		+	* Notice on [http://www.publicgeodata.org/Open%20Letter Open Letter regarding the INSPIRE Directive] (Markus)
		+	* Notice/Motion to establish Public Geodata Committee/Project/WorkingGroup based on [[Public Geospatial Data Project]] (Markus/Jo)
		+	* Notice on [[Core Curriculum Project\|Education and Curriculum Project]] progress (Markus)
		+	* Discussion of priorities (Gary)
		+	== Minutes ==
		+
		+	See official minutes of meeting posted [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/board/board_meetings.html here]

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−	The 4th board meeting is planned for Friday, March 17th 2006 at 8:00 a.m. PST ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3~~&day=17&year=2006&hour=8&min=0&sec=0&p1=224 wold times]), by phone and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.~~	+	The 4th board meeting is planned for Friday, March 17th 2006 at 8:00 a.m. PST ([http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?month=3
−
−	~~From Skype call : +99038275318640~~
−
−	~~To use a regular phone:~~
−	~~From the US: call # 1-419-753-7120(free, long distance costs apply).~~
−	~~From the UK: call # 0870-119-2350(10p/minute).~~
−
−	~~Your Conference Room Number is : 5318640.~~
−
−	~~== Agenda ==~~
−
−	* Appoint meeting secretary.
−	* Approve (with review) [[Third Board Meeting]] minutes
−	* Notice on [http://www.publicgeodata.org/Open%20Letter Open Letter regarding the INSPIRE Directive] (Markus)
−	* Notice/Motion to establish Public Geodata Committee/Project/WorkingGroup based on [[Public Geospatial Data Project]] (Markus/Jo)
−	* Notice on [[Core Curriculum Project\|Education and Curriculum Project]] progress (Markus)
−	* Discussion of priorities (Gary)
−	~~== Minutes ==~~
−
−	~~See official minutes of meeting posted [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/board/board_meetings.html here]~~

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	== Minutes ==		== Minutes ==

−	~~MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OPEN~~	+	See official minutes of meeting posted [https://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/meetings/board/board_meetings.html here]
−	~~SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION~~
−
−	~~A Delaware non-stock corporation~~
−
−	~~On March 17, 2006, at 8:00 am Pacific time, pursuant to notice duly given, the Board of Directors~~
−	~~(the "Board")~~ of ~~the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a~~
−	meeting ~~by teleconference.~~
−
−	~~Present at the meeting were the following members of the Board~~: ~~Chris Holmes, Gary Lang,~~
−	~~Markus Neteler and Frank Warmerdam and Arnulf Christl. Also present at the request of the~~
−	~~Board was Daniel Brookshier, VP Website Project, and Laura Rivera. All participants indicated~~
−	~~that they could hear one another~~. ~~Additionally, Internet Relay Chat was used for backup purposes~~
−	(#osgeo ~~on irc~~.~~freenode.net). Ms. Rivera was appointed secretary of the meeting.~~
−
−	~~APPROVAL OF MINUTES~~
−
−	~~The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on March 10, 2006.~~
−
−	~~NOTICE ON OPEN LETTER REGARDING THE INSPIRE DIRECTIVE~~
−
−	~~The Board next reviewed and discussed the Open Letter Regarding the INSPIRE Directive. The~~
−	~~Board ratified the actions of Markus Neteler in signing the open letter on behalf of the~~
−	~~Foundation. The open letter was sent to the ENVI Committee on March 15, 2006.~~
−
−	~~PUBLIC GEODATA COMMITTEE~~
−
−	~~The Board next discussed forming a Project Steering Committee (PSC) for a Public Geospatial~~
−	~~Data project, to be chaired by Jo Walsh. Mr. Neteler received Ms. Walsh's consent to so act~~
−	~~through IRC while the meeting progressed. After discussion, and upon motion duly made and~~
−	~~seconded, the following resolutions were passed:~~
−
−	~~WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the Foundation permit the Board to establish Project Steering~~
−	~~Committees (PSCs); and the Board deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and~~
−	~~consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a PSC.~~
−
−	~~NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Steering Committee, to be known as the~~
−	~~"Public Geospatial Data Project Steering Committee" (Geodata PSC), be and hereby is~~
−	~~established pursuant to Article VI of Bylaws of the Foundation;~~
−
−	~~RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Geodata PSC be and hereby is responsible for activities of the~~
−	~~Foundation relating to: promotion of the use of open geospatial formats; promotion of public~~
−	~~access to state-collected geodata; maintaining a public repository of open geodata; and presenting~~
−	~~and explaining licenses for public geodata;~~
−
−	~~RESOLVED FURTHER, that the office of "Vice President, Public Geospatial Data Project" be~~
−	~~and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of~~
−	~~Directors as the chair of the Geodata PSC, and to have primary responsibility for management of~~
−	~~the project within the scope of responsibility of the Geodata PSC;~~
−
−	~~RESOLVED FURTHER, that Jo Walsh be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice~~
−	~~President, Public Geospatial Data Project, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction~~
−	~~of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement,~~
−	~~removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed;~~
−
−	~~RESOLVED FURTHER, that the chair of the Geodata PSC be and hereby is given the authority~~
−	~~to select the members of such PSC, who need not be voting members of the Foundation.~~
−
−	~~NOTICE ON EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM PROJECT PROGRESS~~
−
−	~~The Board next discussed the proposal to form an Education and Curriculum Committee. It was~~
−	~~decided that this would move to be discussed on the Foundation's discuss mail list. It was~~
−	~~resolved that a motion be prepared for the next Board meeting along with a proposed committee~~
−	~~chair.~~
−
−	~~DISCUSSION OF PRIORITIES~~
−
−	~~Gary Lang collected lists of priorities from all members of the Board and will roll them up into a~~
−	~~spreadsheet with the Top 3 - 5 which he will distribute via email. The Board determined that~~
−	~~they would like to include "Milestones". This will be followed up with an action item for~~
−	~~discussion at the next Board meeting.~~
−
−	~~NEWS ITEMS~~
−
−	~~The Board next discussed adding a Newsletter (weekly~~/~~monthly) to the OSGeo website. This~~
−	~~would provide a snapshot of what OSGeo is currently working on. Frank Warmerdam~~
−	~~volunteered to contribute to this newsletter which will be distributed to the discuss list and posted~~
−	~~to the website. Mr. Brookshier will setup the RSS feed for news, and add dates on all news items~~
−	~~along with Announcement Items on front page of website with RSS feed by next week.~~
−
−	~~"SPRINT" PROJECTS~~
−
−	~~The Board next discussed the potential of members meeting 2-3 days to work as a team on~~
−	~~different committee projects. Mr. Holmes suggested an "Incubation Sprint" possibly in June as~~
−	~~an add-on to a conference he and Jo Walsh will be attending in New York.~~
−
−	~~EVENTS~~
−
−	~~The Board next discussed having the community manager collect a list of upcoming events that~~
−	~~OSGeo members are or would be interested in attending. It was resolved to post a list of key~~
−	~~events to the~~ board ~~discuss list~~. ~~Motion to put on agenda for next week - Review event list.~~
−
−	~~ADJOURNMENT~~
−
−	~~There being no further business, upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was~~
−	~~adjourned.~~
−
−	~~/s/ Laura Rivera~~
−	~~Secretary of the Meeting~~

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	* Discussion of priorities (Gary)		* Discussion of priorities (Gary)
	== Minutes ==		== Minutes ==
		+
		+	MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE OPEN
		+	SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION
		+
		+	A Delaware non-stock corporation
		+
		+	On March 17, 2006, at 8:00 am Pacific time, pursuant to notice duly given, the Board of Directors
		+	(the "Board") of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the "Foundation" or "OSGeo") held a
		+	meeting by teleconference.
		+
		+	Present at the meeting were the following members of the Board: Chris Holmes, Gary Lang,
		+	Markus Neteler and Frank Warmerdam and Arnulf Christl. Also present at the request of the
		+	Board was Daniel Brookshier, VP Website Project, and Laura Rivera. All participants indicated
		+	that they could hear one another. Additionally, Internet Relay Chat was used for backup purposes
		+	(#osgeo on irc.freenode.net). Ms. Rivera was appointed secretary of the meeting.
		+
		+	APPROVAL OF MINUTES
		+
		+	The Board first approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on March 10, 2006.
		+
		+	NOTICE ON OPEN LETTER REGARDING THE INSPIRE DIRECTIVE
		+
		+	The Board next reviewed and discussed the Open Letter Regarding the INSPIRE Directive. The
		+	Board ratified the actions of Markus Neteler in signing the open letter on behalf of the
		+	Foundation. The open letter was sent to the ENVI Committee on March 15, 2006.
		+
		+	PUBLIC GEODATA COMMITTEE
		+
		+	The Board next discussed forming a Project Steering Committee (PSC) for a Public Geospatial
		+	Data project, to be chaired by Jo Walsh. Mr. Neteler received Ms. Walsh's consent to so act
		+	through IRC while the meeting progressed. After discussion, and upon motion duly made and
		+	seconded, the following resolutions were passed:
		+
		+	WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the Foundation permit the Board to establish Project Steering
		+	Committees (PSCs); and the Board deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and
		+	consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a PSC.
		+
		+	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Steering Committee, to be known as the
		+	"Public Geospatial Data Project Steering Committee" (Geodata PSC), be and hereby is
		+	established pursuant to Article VI of Bylaws of the Foundation;
		+
		+	RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Geodata PSC be and hereby is responsible for activities of the
		+	Foundation relating to: promotion of the use of open geospatial formats; promotion of public
		+	access to state-collected geodata; maintaining a public repository of open geodata; and presenting
		+	and explaining licenses for public geodata;
		+
		+	RESOLVED FURTHER, that the office of "Vice President, Public Geospatial Data Project" be
		+	and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of
		+	Directors as the chair of the Geodata PSC, and to have primary responsibility for management of
		+	the project within the scope of responsibility of the Geodata PSC;
		+
		+	RESOLVED FURTHER, that Jo Walsh be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice
		+	President, Public Geospatial Data Project, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction
		+	of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement,
		+	removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed;
		+
		+	RESOLVED FURTHER, that the chair of the Geodata PSC be and hereby is given the authority
		+	to select the members of such PSC, who need not be voting members of the Foundation.
		+
		+	NOTICE ON EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM PROJECT PROGRESS
		+
		+	The Board next discussed the proposal to form an Education and Curriculum Committee. It was
		+	decided that this would move to be discussed on the Foundation's discuss mail list. It was
		+	resolved that a motion be prepared for the next Board meeting along with a proposed committee
		+	chair.
		+
		+	DISCUSSION OF PRIORITIES
		+
		+	Gary Lang collected lists of priorities from all members of the Board and will roll them up into a
		+	spreadsheet with the Top 3 - 5 which he will distribute via email. The Board determined that
		+	they would like to include "Milestones". This will be followed up with an action item for
		+	discussion at the next Board meeting.
		+
		+	NEWS ITEMS
		+
		+	The Board next discussed adding a Newsletter (weekly/monthly) to the OSGeo website. This
		+	would provide a snapshot of what OSGeo is currently working on. Frank Warmerdam
		+	volunteered to contribute to this newsletter which will be distributed to the discuss list and posted
		+	to the website. Mr. Brookshier will setup the RSS feed for news, and add dates on all news items
		+	along with Announcement Items on front page of website with RSS feed by next week.
		+
		+	"SPRINT" PROJECTS
		+
		+	The Board next discussed the potential of members meeting 2-3 days to work as a team on
		+	different committee projects. Mr. Holmes suggested an "Incubation Sprint" possibly in June as
		+	an add-on to a conference he and Jo Walsh will be attending in New York.
		+
		+	EVENTS
		+
		+	The Board next discussed having the community manager collect a list of upcoming events that
		+	OSGeo members are or would be interested in attending. It was resolved to post a list of key
		+	events to the board discuss list. Motion to put on agenda for next week - Review event list.
		+
		+	ADJOURNMENT
		+
		+	There being no further business, upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was
		+	adjourned.
		+
		+	/s/ Laura Rivera
		+	Secretary of the Meeting

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 * Notice/Motion to establish Public Geodata Committee/Project/WorkingGroup based on [[Public Geospatial Data Project]] (Markus/Jo)
 * Notice on [[Core Curriculum Project|Education and Curriculum Project]] progress (Markus)
-* Discussion of priorities
+* Discussion of priorities (Gary)
 == Minutes ==

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	== Minutes ==		== Minutes ==
−
−	~~MINUTES OF A MEETING OF~~
−	~~THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF~~
−	~~THE OPEN SOURCE GEOSPATIAL FOUNDATION~~
−
−	~~A Delaware non-stock corporation~~
−
−	On March 10, 2006, at 8:00 am Pacific time, pursuant to notice duly given, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Open Source Geospatial Foundation (the “Foundation” or “OSGeo”) held a meeting by teleconference.
−
−	~~Present at the meeting were the following members of the Board: Chris Holmes, Gary Lang, Markus Neteler and Frank Warmerdam. Director Arnulf Christl was absent.~~
−
−	Also present at the request of the Board was Richard Steele, Secretary and legal counsel to the Foundation, and Daniel Brookshier of CollabNet, the Foundation’s community manager. Finding a quorum present, Mr. Warmerdam acted as Chairman of the meeting and Mr. Steele acted as Secretary. All participants indicated that they could hear one another. Additionally, Internet Relay Chat was used for backup purposes (#osgeo on irc.freenode.net).
−
−	~~APPROVAL OF MINUTES~~
−
−	~~The board first reviewed and approved by general consent the minutes of the meeting held on February 27, 2006.~~
−
−	~~ADMISSION OF MEMBERS~~
−
−	The Board next considered the admission of new members to the Foundation. Mr. Steele noted that the Bylaws of the Foundation authorized the Board to admit up to 45 initial members, of which only 21 had thus far been admitted to the Foundation. Mr. Steele further noted that the community selection process for new members had completed, resulting in the selection of an additional 24 persons as candidates for admission to the Foundation as voting members. The board reviewed the list of such 24 persons and, upon motion duly made and seconded, it was:
−
−	~~WHEREAS, Section 7.1 of the Bylaws provides that an initial group of up to forty-five (45) persons shall be admitted as the initial members of the Foundation upon the affirmative vote of the Board;~~
−
−	~~WHEREAS, twenty-one (21) persons were admitted by the Board as members of the Foundation at a previous meeting;~~
−
−	~~NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following list of twenty-four (24) persons shall be admitted as members of the Foundation:~~
−
−	~~Andrey Kiselev~~
−	~~Ari Jolma~~
−	~~Bart van den Eijnden~~
−	~~Cameron Shorter~~
−	~~Daniel Morissette~~
−	~~David Blasby~~
−	~~Gary Sherman~~
−	~~Helena Mitasova~~
−	~~Helton Uchoa~~
−	~~James MacGill~~
−	~~Jason Birch~~
−	~~Jeff McKenna~~
−	~~Jeroen Ticheler~~
−	~~Jody Garnett~~
−	~~Jo Walsh~~
−	~~Justin DeOlivera~~
−	~~Mike Adair~~
−	~~Ned Horning~~
−	~~Norman Vine~~
−	~~Paul Spencer~~
−	~~Rafael Medeiros Sperb~~
−	~~Toru Mori~~
−	~~Venkatesh Raghavan~~
−	~~V. Ravi Kumar~~
−
−	~~STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC GEO DATA~~
−
−	The Board next discussed a proposed statement of public support for the www.publicgeodata.org project. Mr. Neteler provided some background relating to the project, discussed the proposed statement of support that was appended to the notice of the meeting, and explained the need for publicly available geographical data in Europe. After discussion, the Board approved by general consensus a decision to place the proposed statement of support on the OSGeo website.
−
−	~~OSGEO MISSION STATEMENT~~
−
−	The Board next considered the proposed mission statement and goals for OSGeo. It was noted that the currently proposed goals are largely tactical and subject to change as the Foundation evolves. Mr. Lang led a discussion of the various goals and their relative importance, and asked the other directors to provide a ranking of each goal’s importance to be discussed at the next meeting. The board also noted that the proposed goal regarding communication and cooperation between communities and different languages should be broken out into two separate goals. At the conclusion of the dicussion, the Board approved by general consent the addition of the mission statement and goals to the OSGeo website.
−
−	~~FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE~~
−
−	The next item for consideration by the Board was a motion made by Mr. Warmerdam to form a Fundraising project steering committee. The board discussed the responsibilities and charter of the proposed committee, alternative sponsorship models, in-kind donations and individual contributions. After discussion, the Board passed the following resolutions:
−
−	WHEREAS, the Bylaws of the Foundation permit the Board to establish Project Steering Committees (PSCs); and the Board deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a PSC.
−
−	NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Steering Committee, to be known as the "Fundraising Project Steering Committee" (Fundraising PSC), be and hereby is established pursuant to Article VI of Bylaws of the Foundation;
−
−	RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Fundraising PSC be and hereby is responsible for preparing and recommending a sponsorship program to the Board, soliciting sponsorship for organizations, proposing and pursuing other fundraising options, including contributions in kind (equipment, manpower);
−
−	~~RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Fundraising PSC shall submit its recommendations for fundraising programs to the Board for approval prior to implementation;~~
−
−	RESOLVED FURTHER, that the office of "Vice President, Fundraising” be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the Fundraising PSC, and to have primary responsibility for management of the project within the scope of responsibility of the Website PSC;
−
−	RESOLVED FURTHER, that Frank Warmerdam be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Fundraising, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed;
−
−	~~RESOLVED FURTHER, that the chair of the Fundraising PSC be and hereby is given the authority to select the members of such PSC, who need not be voting members of the Foundation.~~
−
−	~~WEB COMMITTEE~~
−
−	Mr. Brookshier next reviewed for the Board the activities of WebCom, and including the proposed OSGeo logo contest. The members of the Board asked various questions of Mr. Brookshier relating to the contest. Mr. Lang also offered that Autodesk would donate five copies of MapGuide Studio software to the top five entries in the logo contest. After discussion, and upon motion made and duly seconded, it was:
−
−	~~RESOLVED, that the Foundation sponsor a contest to design a logo and corporate identity for the Foundation;~~
−
−	~~RESOLVED FURTHER, that the proposed rules of the contest, as presented to the Board at this meeting, are hereby approved and adopted as the rules of the logo contest;~~
−
−	RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Vice President, Website Project is empowered to conduct such contest in accordance with said rules, including selection of finalists, conducting of voting, and issuance of prizes;
−
−	RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Vice President, Website Project shall work with the Foundation’s legal counsel to ensure that the Foundation secures adequate intellectual property rights in and to the winning entry;
−
−	~~ADJOURNMENT~~
−
−	~~There being no further business, upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned.~~
−
−
−	~~/s/ Rich Steele~~
−	~~Secretary of the Meeting~~