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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=== Logistics ===<br /> <br /> The third meeting was held May 11th, 2006. The agenda can be found at [[Third_VisCom_Meeting]].<br /> <br /> The meeting was held via conf call, lasting a bit over an hour. mpg ran the meeting, as Arnulf was again stuck on a train somewhere.<br /> <br /> Attendees: Tyler, mpg, Daniel, Peter, Chris, Alain<br /> <br /> <br /> === Motto ===<br /> <br /> For Where 2.0, we need an answer right away:<br /> * we will just use &quot;[The] Open Source Geospatial Foundation&quot; as an interim motto<br /> * Peter to use Autodesk resources to help with this<br /> <br /> For long-term, we will do some winnowing and voting:<br /> * VisCom folk get 5 unique votes, to get list down to managable size (top 10 or so)<br /> * list gets approved by board<br /> * general membership votes (one vote each)<br /> * Daniel the VoteMaster to coordinate all this<br /> <br /> <br /> === Committee Membership ===<br /> <br /> Agreed the list on the main VisCom page is now correct.<br /> <br /> (Chris and Tyler formed some sort of virtual voting bloc...)<br /> <br /> From here on, new members must be voted in, etc, etc.<br /> <br /> <br /> === The TODO List Page ===<br /> <br /> The old TODO page is now obsolete:<br /> * items 1-3 need Arnulf; mpg will fold into agenda for next meeting<br /> * items 4-5 are now obsolete and can just slip quietly away into the good night, per Tyler<br /> <br /> <br /> === Marketing Team ===<br /> <br /> Peter now has a page up describing the Press Release Process. Template is underway, which will make the process seem less daunting to potential submitters.<br /> <br /> Marketing Team otherwise completely occupied with Where stuff, which deserves a separate heading.<br /> <br /> <br /> === Where 2.0 ===<br /> <br /> Lots of talk about the Where show: this is sort of turning into OSGeo's launch event...<br /> <br /> Peter is meta-coordinator for this, and will post notes separately.<br /> <br /> Highlights I noted:<br /> <br /> * Tyler volunteered herd together &quot;project&quot; handouts, including template for same<br /> <br /> * the BOF idea is in, the Hospitality Suite idea is out (note we did not discuss BOF owner, speakers -- mpg to put on next agenda)<br /> <br /> * press conference idea is in<br /> ** suggested we do a &quot;developer roundtable&quot; with 3-4 folk discussing various Issues<br /> ** suggested we get an exec-level and/or business type in there too<br /> ** mpg to coordinate for now (though he may not be attending...)<br /> ** Peter to get mpg whatever details we have on this<br /> ** cholmes also interested in this<br /> <br /> <br /> === Library Team ===<br /> <br /> mpg reports good contributions already, more in pipeline.<br /> <br /> <br /> === Press Coverage ===<br /> <br /> mpg would like to see an article about us published in a dead-tree magazine -- preferably written by the magazine, but by us if we had to. mpg will own this in the background. Chris registered some degree of interest here also.<br /> <br /> <br /> === Bug Tracking ===<br /> <br /> Agreed we should use CollabNet's bug tracking mechanism.<br /> <br /> We will use this to review &quot;open issues&quot; as part of our regular agenda; Daniel to provide us some custom queries and whatnot.<br /> <br /> <br /> === Next Meetings ===<br /> <br /> We will meet next Thursday (May 18th) for a special session dedicated to Where issues.<br /> * agenda here [[Fourth_VisCom_Meeting]]<br /> <br /> Our next regular meeting will be in two weeks, same time and number and channel.<br /> * agenda here [[Fifth_VisCom_Meeting]].</div>

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