Board Meeting 2021-03-29 - Revision history

Kalxas at 16:29, 23 April 2021

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Tadams at 15:47, 29 March 2021

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Tadams at 15:32, 29 March 2021

2021-03-29T15:32:43Z

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Tadams at 06:08, 29 March 2021

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Tadams at 06:07, 29 March 2021

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Stevenfeldman at 17:11, 28 March 2021

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Stevenfeldman at 14:07, 27 March 2021

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Stevenfeldman at 13:20, 27 March 2021

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 # ''roll call''
 #* ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
-# proposal to become a Participating Organisation with the [https://www.earthobservations.org/pos.php Group on Earth Observation] (Steven Feldman)
+# Proposal to become a Participating Organisation with the [https://www.earthobservations.org/pos.php Group on Earth Observation] (Steven Feldman)
-# other fiscal alternatives (GDAL)
+# Other fiscal alternatives (GDAL)
 # ''Review and approve past minutes''
 #* [[Board_Meeting_2021-02-22]]
 # Marketing Committee Astrid Contact board about communication with Partners from MOUs
 # Set up [https://opencollective.com/become-a-host OpenCollective] fiscal host for projects to facilitate donations
 == Minutes ==
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-. proposal to become a Participating Organisation with the
+===Proposal to become a Participating Organisation with GEO===
 * [https://www.earthobservations.org/pos.php Group on Earth Observation] (Steven Feldman)
 * Steven reports on background. About 100 Space Agencies and ministries/governments are members.- Also, GEO has engaged with OSGeo previously, by being a partner to FOSS4G 2019 and giving a keynote.
-* question to board: Do we want to become participating organsation of Group on Earth Observation (150 part. org. yet)
+* question to board: Do we want to become participating organization of Group on Earth Observation (150 part. org. yet)
 * fill in form of 2 pages (Steven will support us here)
-* The form will be signed and submitted by Angelos.
+* ACTION: The form will be signed and submitted by Angelos (done)
-* motion 1: Become participating organisation of GEO 9x "+1"
 * Howard reports on topic https://gist.github.com/hobu/8bdca018fe0ada0660ea3562813e46d5
-* maintainer of GDAL took small jobs adding new features to the software and thus GDAL was funded, but it is not a sustainable way to go- difficult to bring in new contributors
+* Maintainer of GDAL took small jobs adding new features to the software and thus GDAL was funded, but it is not a sustainable way to go- difficult to bring in new contributors
-* private funding call brought 125k US$, concentrated on bigger organisations, mainly based in US;
+* Private funding call brought 125k US$, concentrated on bigger organizations, mainly based in US;
 * There is no knowledge yet on how donations coming from Europe would be handled.
-* OSGeo is not the right organisation for managing the funding because we lack paid personal to handle fiscal issues on behalf of projects
+* OSGeo is not the right organization for managing the funding because we lack paid personal to handle fiscal issues on behalf of projects
-* Looking for alternative organisations to manage the funding / fiscal activity.
+* Looking for alternative organizations to manage the funding / fiscal activity.
-* The most likely alternative for getting fiscal services is NumFocuse https://numfocus.org/, but OpenCollective [https://opencollective.com/] is also a possibility.
+* The most likely alternative for getting fiscal services is NumFocus [https://numfocus.org/], but OpenCollective [https://opencollective.com/] is also a possibility.
-*  Question to the board, if that is okay for OSGeo if GDAL selects another organisation to manage the fiscal activities, GDAL is '''not''' leaving OSGeo (!!)
+*  Question to the board, if that is okay for OSGeo if GDAL selects another organization to manage the fiscal activities, GDAL is '''not''' leaving OSGeo (!!)
-* the board is open to this kind of support, use this example as draft for other projects later- The board will also discuss in future meetings on how to recognize  sponsors that support open source projects through these other organizations/foundation offering fiscal services.
+* The board is open to this kind of support, use this example as draft for other projects later- The board will also discuss in future meetings on how to recognize  sponsors that support open source projects through these other organizations/foundation offering fiscal services.
-. Review and approve past minutes
+* Motion on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/p/18e3xh9L/approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2021-02-22
-* happened already on Loomio
+* Motion status: passed
-. Marketig Committee Astrid Contact board about communication with Partners from MOUs
+* Question: Are we aware with the organizations, that we signed a MOU with?
 * We could send them updates/news, if such contact is alive
 * Helena went through and suggests to update connections
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 * Marketing committee reviews all the MOU's, then reports to the board
 * Helena shared email about the topic, GRASS GIS is looking for a fiscal host organisation
-* we had this discussion already with Alyssa Wright and decided to have PGRouting as a pilot
+* We had this discussion already with Alyssa Wright and decided to have PGRouting as a pilot
-* we need the feedback from Daniel Kastl (PGRouting) in order to setup guidelines for other projects
+* We need the feedback from Daniel Kastl (PGRouting) in order to setup guidelines for other projects
 * #108 "OSGeo projects on OSGeo website" - keep in track
 * The Lexicon Committee could pick this subject up, as it has applied for a Google Season of Docs grant [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Season_Of_Docs_2021]. This grant will allow paying a technical writer to support OSGeo in implementing a cross-projects glossary with geospatial relevant terminology. Part of the working team are also volunteers from OGC and ISO/TC211. The used software is open source https://www.glossarist.org/. Results regarding the grant will be announce mid-April.
-* follow up with HOT in the next meetings (TODO Angelos)
+* ACTION: Angelos to follow up with HOT in the next meetings
+* Vicky reported on video on "opening doors"
 == Actions ==
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 == IRC Log ==
-* the meeting was held via Jitsy
+* the meeting was held via Jitsi
 [[Category:Board]]
 [[Category:Board Meetings 2021]]

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 * Scribing: Till, Codrina
 * Attending: Angelos, Astrid, Tom, Mike, Michele, Codrina, Helena, Vicky, Till
-* Guests Steven Feldman (for topic 1), Even Renaud and Howard Butler (for topic 2)
+* Guests: Steven Feldman (for topic 1), Even Renaud and Howard Butler (for topic 2), a dog
 == Actions ==

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 #* ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
 # proposal to become a Participating Organisation with the [https://www.earthobservations.org/pos.php Group on Earth Observation] (Steven Feldman)
-# other fiscal alternatives (gdal)
+# other fiscal alternatives (GDAL)
 # ''Review and approve past minutes''
 #* [[Board_Meeting_2021-02-22]]
-# Markettig Committee Astrid Contact board about communication with Partners from MOUs
+# Marketing Committee Astrid Contact board about communication with Partners from MOUs
 # Set up [https://opencollective.com/become-a-host OpenCollective] fiscal host for projects to facilitate donations
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 * Scribing: Till, Codrina
 * Attending: Angelos, Astrid, Tom, Mike, Michele, Codrina, Helena, Vicky, Till
-* guests Steven Feldman (for topic 1), Even Renaud and Howard Butler (for topic 2)
+* Guests Steven Feldman (for topic 1), Even Renaud and Howard Butler (for topic 2)
 == Actions ==

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 # ''roll call''
 #* ''appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary''
 # ''Review and approve past minutes''
 #* [[Board_Meeting_2021-02-22]]
 # Markettig Committee Astrid Contact board about communication with Partners from MOUs
 # Set up [https://opencollective.com/become-a-host OpenCollective] fiscal host for projects to facilitate donations
-# other fiscal alternatives (gdal)
 # add your topic here
 == Minutes ==
 * Presiding: Till
-* Scribing: Till
+* Scribing: Till, Codrina
-* Attending:
+* Attending: Angelos, Astrid, Tom, Mike, Michele, Codrina, Helena, Vicky, Till
 == Actions ==
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 == IRC Log ==
+* the meeting was held via Jitsy
 [[Category:Board]]
 [[Category:Board Meetings 2021]]

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 == Minutes ==
-* Presiding:
+* Presiding: Till
-* Scribing:
+* Scribing: Till
 * Attending:

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−	This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 29 March 2021''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=03&day=29&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''15:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.	+	This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 29 March 2021''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=03&day=29&hour=15&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''15:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

	== Agenda ==		== Agenda ==

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−	This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 29 March 2021''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=03&day=29&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 16:00 UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.	+	This board meeting is '''scheduled Monday 29 March 2021''' at [https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2021&month=03&day=29&hour=16&min=0&sec=0&p1=250&p2=26&p3=49&p4=155&p5=217&p6=312 '''15:00''' UTC] through [https://meet.jit.si/OsgeoBoard Jitsi], a record of motions is preserved on [https://www.loomio.org/g/kdSmIwxu/osgeo-board loomio] and actions on [https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues osgeo todo] issue tracker.

	== Agenda ==		== Agenda ==