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Board Meeting 2009-01-09

Category: Board 
Category:Board Meetings 2009
This board meeting has been scheduled for the 9th of January 2009 at 17:00 UTC (fixedtime), by Skype and IRC (#osgeo) at the same time.
Communication will be using Skype voice, initiated by Tyler Arnulf. Be sure to give him your Skype username.
== Agenda ==
* Appoint meeting secretary
* Review and approve Board Meeting 2008-12-12 minutes.
* Motion: Award FOSS4G2010 Conference Hosting to Barcelona, Spain team - see message to board
* Approve Poland Local Chapter - see this request
* Approve United Kingdom Local Chapter - see their Terms of Reference
* Approve Chris Schmidt as WebCom chair - WebCom already happily approved.
* Sponsorship strategy and updates from board
* Update from Tyler
* Confirm 2009-02-06 as date for the next meeting
* add new items here....
== Minutes ==
* IRC logs are here starting at 08:00.
* Attending: Arnulf, Markus, Ari, Howard, Paul, Bob
* Paul taking minutes, Arnulf chairing
* Review minutues Board_Meeting_2008-12-12
** Arnulf moves approval, Howard seconds, APPROVED: previous minutes approved
* Approve Barcelona as 2010 FOSS4G site
** Arnulf notes that approval was already given via e-mail process
** APPROVED: Barcelona approved as 2010 FOSS4G site
* Add Poland Local Chapter
** Ari moves to accept, Arnulf seconds, APPROVED: local chapter for Poland approved
* Add UK Local Chapter
** Arnulf moves to accept, Paul seconds, APPROVED: local chapter for UK approved
* Chris Schmidt to head WebCom
** WebCom has already indicated their approval
** Arnulf moves to accept, Howard seconds, APPROVED: Chris Schmidt approved as WebCom chair
* Discussion of sponsorship and finding sponsors
** Status update from Arnulf
** Status update from Ari
** General question from Arnulf about effectiveness of current procedure
* Set date for next meeting: February 6, 2009
** Arnulf moves, Bob seconds, APPROVED: Next board meeting will be February 6, 2009
* Howard questions, "what board members are going to the Toronto Code Sprint 2009?
** Paul, Frank, Howard
** Arnulf suggests having a board meeting during that period so some folks can be in the same room and others skyped in.
** General agreement.
* Close of meeting
** Arnulf moves to close, second Paul, meeting adjourns.
Board Meeting 2009-02-06

Category: Board
Category:Board Meetings 2009
This board meeting has been scheduled for the 6th of February 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 2009-01-09 minutes.
* Motion: appoint Wolf Bergenheim as OSGeo Google SoC 2009 administrator
* Marketing projects overview (Tyler)
* Sponsorship updates (All)
* add new items here....
== Minutes ==
* Attended: Tyler, Frank, Bob, Jo, Jeroen, Howard, Arnulf. We lost Ari's connection early due to networking.
* Frank chaired the meeting, Tyler appointed secretary
* Reviewed minutes from previous meeting: Frank motioned to adopt, Bob seconded, all in favour
* Motion to approve Wolf as SoC admin for 09 - Frank motioned - Jo seconded, all were in favour
* Tyler described overview of current marketing activities: developing print material, branding and web site review
* Tyler described sponsorship status, 5 sponsors are up for annual renewal
** Jo provided a UK contact to follow up on
* Next meeting 6th march, first Friday, same as usual
* Arnulf moved to close meeting, +1 Frank, all in favour
Board Meeting 2009-03-13

Category: Board
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....
== Minutes ==
* 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.
Board Meeting 2009-04-24

Category: Board
Category:Board Meetings 2009
This board meeting has been scheduled for the 24th of April 2009 at 20:00 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 2009-03-13 minutes.
* Approve FOSS4G 2009 Budget
** See board-priv e-mail with budget attachments
== Minutes ==
* Special meeting to discuss/pass FOSS4G budget
*Attended: Bob Bray, Paul Ramsey, Howard Butler, Ari Jolma, Frank Warmerdam, Arnulf Christl, Markus Neteler, Jo Walsh, Jeroen Ticheler, Tyler Mitchell, Cameron Shorter (re: FOSS4G budget)
* Scribe: Tyler
* Cameron: gave overview of FOSS4G process
** Some sponsors giving warning bells re: tightening belts due to economic outlook. Estimates moved from 500-700 down to 300-500 to keep conservative.
** Have reviewed costs for also cancelling event. Now focused more than ever to make it a good go. Potentially cutting extras and code sprint related items.
** this budget increases cost AU$100, plus a 5% to cover major computing society discounts we might offer... in return for their broader promotion. Still being discussed and worked on.
** budget reduced sponsorship estimates. some other sponsors still pending. Some discussion of further sponsor ideas.
** CARRIED: Arnulf motions to approve the FOSS4G 2009 budget and payment of invoice. Paul seconded, all were in favour.
Board Meeting 2009-07-09

Category: Board
Category:Board Meetings 2009
This board meeting has been scheduled for the 9th of July 2009 at 15:00 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. Last minute changes will be announced on the board list. 
; Please add to the agenda and also communicate on IRC and mail before the actual meeting. 
== Agenda ==
* Appoint meeting secretary
* Discuss and approve FOSS4G 2010 contract
* Discuss election process. Someone please start a discussion page on the Wiki and add the link here. Also read the mails.)
* add your topics
== Minutes ==
Full IRC Logs available (starting time 07h00. Meeting scheduled for Skype, but switched to IRC due to connection troubles.
* Attended: Arnulf, Bob, Frank, Jo, Paul, Tyler
* Tyler volunteers to take minutes
* FOSS4G 2009 contract discussions. Arnulf led discussion about what is needed to make sure that all are fine with the contract before signing it.
** Lorenzo is not available at present to proxy the changes. Paul and group contributes ideas for improving the contract. 
** Arnulf to lead making the changes and starting dialogue with PCO.
* Member and Board election/nomination processes for 2009.
** Jo introduced several ideas earlier on a Board mailing list thread - attempting to open up membership on the one hand, and to simplify the two-round election into a one-round one on the other
** Discussed role of elections officer (aka Chief Returning Officer) to oversee process. Someone not running for re-election.
** Jo: The easiest way would be to vote on new charter members and new board members all at once - but this would mean a fresh batch of charters would not have the direct chance to vote for the board in their first year of membership
** Paul volunteered to oversee the process, starting approximately September 1st, with the view to have final vote results before FOSS4G. He is able to help run it because he planned to step down this year.
** Discussed ideal candidates for Board members: (committed AND passionate for making OSGeo successful). Board, and others, to start thinking of good nominees.
** Discussed who is remaining on, who is resigning from and who is standing for re-election to the board. All board members please inform the rest if they hope to continue as a director.
* Updates from Tyler:
** Annual Report going out shortly. Last chance to fit in missing reports.
** Working sponsorship renewal invoices and other financial updates
** Looking at accountant and new conference calling options. Marketing continuing, branding on website ideas still on the table.
** Potential sponsor followup.
* Next meeting first week again: [Board Meeting 2009-08-06]
* Meeting adjorned after 56 minutes.
Board Meeting 2009-08-06

Category: Board
Category:Board Meetings 2009
This board meeting has been scheduled for the 6th of August 2009 at 15:00 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. Last minute changes will be announced on the board list. 
; Please add to the agenda and also communicate on IRC and mail before the actual meeting. 
== Agenda ==
* Appoint meeting secretary.
* Approve PostGIS for Incubation.
* Contact person for ARRA Broadband Technology Opportunities Program - cf http://n2.nabble.com/US-ARRA-Broadband-mapping-td3142334.html
* Proceed with election process.
* add your topics
== Minutes ==
Full IRC Logs available after the meeting (starting time 07h00.)
* Attended: Tyler, Arnulf, Bob, Frank, Jo, Paul, Markus
* Lacking quorum at the beginning of the meeting approving PostGIS for Incubation was deferred to vote by mail. The vote was unanimous, see archive at: http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2009-August/002987.html
Board Meeting 2009-09-03

Category: Board
Category:Board Meetings 2009
This board meeting was scheduled for the 3rd of September 2009 at 15:00 UTC at 15:00 UTC, on IRC (#osgeo).
* full IRC log here
== Agenda ==
* Appoint meeting secretary.
* ARRA Broadband Mapping Discussion on IRC 
* ARRA Broadband Mapping Letter
* Update from Tyler
* Paul Ramsey: Request update to the Board Election Procedure to not allow for multiple votes for a single candidate. New wording desired "Charter members may vote for from one to four/five candidates. Multiple votes for the same candidate will be counted as one vote."
== Minutes ==
* Attended: Frank, Arnulf, Tyler. Also Brian Hamlin, Andrew Turner participated.
** Meeting was informal discussion about the ARRA broadband mapping letter. All worked together to define a strategy and collaborate on writing letter for US gov't consideration. See logs for detailed discussion.
Board Meeting 2009-11-05

Category: Board
Category:Board Meetings 2009
This board meeting is scheduled for the 5th of November 2009 at 15:00 UTC at 15:00 UTC, on IRC (#osgeo). 
TODO: Arnulf to make motion to change voting protocols via email list. What exactly was this all about?
== Agenda ==
* Appoint meeting secretary
* Approve minutes for Board Meeting 2009-10-08
* Approve FOSS4G 2010 contract (please be prepared and discuss via email prior to this meeting!)
* Executive Positions and Board responsibilities.
* Report from Incubation Committee 
** MapFish is recommended for incubation with Gary Sherman as mentor.
** GeoServer is recommended for incubation with Richard Gould as mentor.
* Report from FOSS4G 2009
* add your points
== Minutes ==
IRC Logs Here - starting at 07h00
=== Attendees ===
* Directors:
** Arnulf Christl, Howard Butler, Chris Schmidt, Markus Neteler, Ari Jolma, Ravi Kumar, Jeff McKenna
* Staff: Tyler Mitchell (Executive Director, Secretary)
NOTE this meeting was through Internet chat (IRC), therefore was not an official meeting
=== Discussion Points and Decisions ===
* FOSS4G2010 contract
** must wait til Lorenzo and Grupo Pacifico come up with final version
** proposed contract was reviewed in Sydney (paul, tyler, arnulf, ticheler, lorenzo, jeff)
*** jeff, tyler, arnulf to send contract to board list when Grupo Pacifico approves contract
* Executive Positions and Board Responsibilities
** http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Executive_Positions
** Arnulf to come up with Roles of board members
** president role
*** support for Seven to continue as president
**** supported by frank, markus, chris, howard, jeff, ari, ravi
* Report from Incubation Committee
** committee recommends MapFish and GeoServer
** also hopes that degree becomes recommended for graduation soon
** struggle to find enough mentor volunteers
** possible additional reqmts for OSGeo projects
*** http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/incubator/2009-October/001327.html
*** task: arnulf to ask incubation committe on recommendation to move the copyright of projects to OSGeo
*** task: all board members asked to join incubation
** frank dissatisfied with availability of members. committee is 'doing the role i see for it"
** arnulf wonders if committeee should have greater responsibility for graduated projects
** arnulf suggests we have one project report from one project per board meeting
=== Action Summary ===
* TODO:
** jeff, tyler, arnulf to send FOSS4G2010 contract to board list when Grupo Pacifico approves contract
** Arnulf to come up with Roles of board members
** arnulf to ask incubation committe on recommendation to move the copyright of projects to OSGeo
** all board members asked to join incubation
Board Meeting 2010-05-06

Category: Board
Category:Board Meetings 2010
This board meeting is scheduled for the 6th of May 2010 at 16:00 UTC, on IRC (#osgeo).
== Agenda ==
* Adopt previous minutes
* Discuss timing of board meeting at FOSS4G 2010
** Establish how board members will be compensated/helped to attend, if attendance is mandatory.
* Motion authorizing purchase of general liability insurance for $3000 USD and D&O insurance for $1311 USD per Tyler's quotes.
* Annual General Meeting (AGM) at FOSS4G
** discuss plans, timing, organizing, contents
* Fundraising discussion
* Directors' reports
* Any other items
* volunteer project communication - the FOSS Live DVD and Sponsorship
== Minutes ==
* ACTION: Arnulf to organize meeting space for all-day meeting for board on September 11th after FOSS4G and presumed date of code sprint.
* ACTION: crschmidt to summarize position of the board on AGM, and pass along to board, then to Tyler.
* ACTION: Arnulf to schedule meeting with Tyler and board to discuss prioritizing fund raising.
Board Meeting 2010-06-03

Category: Board
Category:Board Meetings 2010
This board meeting is scheduled for the 3rd of June 2010 at 17:00 UTC, on IRC (#osgeo).
== Agenda ==
* Adopt previous minutes
* Update on infrastructure upgrades
* Update on FOSS4G2011 process
* MWF2011 and OSGeo India 
* Short dialog on naming OSGeo "International, Global, World, ..." ?
== Minutes ==
Attending: Ari Jolma, Chris Schmidt, Geoff Zeiss, Markus Neteler, Howard Butler, Frank Warmerdam
* Board Meeting 2010-05-06 minutes approved.
* FOSS4G 2011 awarded to the Denver team as recommended by the Conference committee.
* Plans made to hold a special board meeting soon to discuss and possibly approve the 2010 Budget.
Board Meeting 2010-08-05

Category: Board
Category:Board Meetings 2010
This board meeting is scheduled for the 5th of August 2010 at 17:00 UTC, on IRC (#osgeo and follow-up Skype call to vote on motions).
== Agenda ==
* review/approval of FOSS4G2011 budget
* Annual_General_Meeting_2010 update
* Face_to_Face_Meeting_Barcelona_2010 update
* Update on MoU with CGS of U of Nottingham on OSGL (decision needed?)
* Elections update
== Minutes ==
* Detailed IRC logs available here.
Attending: Frank (chair), Ari, Geoff, Ravi, Jeff (secretary)
=== Action Summary ===
# Jeff to inform FOSS4G 2011 LOC that the OSGeo Board approves the proposed budget, and to begin spending within the constraints of the budget
# Tyler to organise AGM session on September 7th at FOSS4G 2010
# Jeff to coordinate local chapter reps attending a 2 hour block in the morning of the Board meeting at FOSS4G 2010
# Tyler to work with Suchith to prepare a draft of an MoU between CGS of U of Nottingham and OSGeo, and to present final draft to the Board for approval
# Frank to create an OSGeo news item for the call for Board member nominations
=== Detailed Minutes ===
* MOTION: Jeff motions to approve the Board Meeting 2010-07-01 minutes. Ari seconded, all were in favor.
* Review/approve the foss4g 2011 budget (Jeff)
** budget was circulated on board-private email list
** PaulR and Jeff have reviewed budget
** key points are that the OSGeo profit amount is a fixed expense, and that there is a 5% contingency factored in
** Jeff noted that the LOC could save a fair amount by locking down the venue now, with an approved budget
** MOTION: Frank motions to adopt the proposed FOSS4G 2011 budget, and authorize the LOC to start making financial commitments, spending money, etc. within the constraints of the budget. Jeff seconded, all were in favor
** MOTION: Frank motions for Jeff McKenna to be appointed to the FOSS4G 2011 LOC as OSGeo board financial representative/liason. Ravi seconded, all were in favor.
* Annual General Meeting
** one hour timeslot has been reserved, at the end of September 7
** discussion on the limit of one hour only
** Tyler will most likely lead its organisation
* Face to Face Board meeting in Barcelona
** http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Face_to_Face_Meeting_Barcelona_2010
** to be held in Tyler & Frank's apartment
** discussion on who should attend meeting
** previous board members are encouraged to attend
** also possibly invite several local chapter reps to attend
** 2 hour session in the morning of the Board meeting for local chapter discussions with chapter reps
* MoU with CGS of U of Nottingham on OSGL
** discussion on some possible concerns on an MoU
** MOTION: Ari motions to authorize Tyler to prepare an MoU draft, with the assumption that the finalized MoU will be presented to the Board for approval later. Seconded by Ravi, all were in favor.
* Board elections
** Nomination period ends on the 12th
** All noted that no nominations have been made
** All board members should try to generate some nominations from the community
* Voice call over Skype confirmed all motions
Next Meeting 2010-09-11
* Face to Face Meeting Barcelona 2010!
Board Meeting 2011-02-03

Category:Board
Category:Board Meetings 2011
This board meeting is scheduled for the 3rd of February 2011 at 17:00 UTC on IRC and follow up voting on Skype. 
== Agenda ==
* Review past minutes: Board Meeting 2010-12-16 
* FOSS4G 2011 update
** Running the AGM
** Oversee the OSGeo Booth
** Give opening OSGeo "welcome" talk and/or closing talk
** Host the Board Meeting
** Visit all the sponsors and say thanks
** Buy a drink for the conference chair
** other things (list them here)
* 5th Anniversary coming up. Are we planning anything? Does the board want to do anything?
* Revisit formation of Romanian Local Chapter (see also request letter) and update
* Wikipedia / OSGeo Introduction - opportunity
* Review possibility for OSGeo to hold money for one of its local chapters (See Daniel's email to board list)
== Minutes ==
* Detailed conversation log: http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/%23osgeo.2011-02-03.log
* Attending: Geoff, Tyler, Ravi, Jeff, Tim, Daniel, Chris, Frank, Markus, Arnulf as chair
# Review past minutes: Board Meeting 2010-12-16 http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2010-12-16
## Geoff moved to adopt, all were in favour
# FOSS4G2011 update
## Jeff: after a slow start, the local committee team is really moving now, things are going well. GITA team is very fast to respond, from issues about budget to laptops for workshops. very good sign
## Tyler: we've got the call for presentations up.. just tweaking a couple things then ready to blast and rebroadcast that the gate is open http://2011.foss4g.org/program
# Tyler's list of stuff reviewed
## Some items open for help...
## Arnulf tooks some tasks - speaking/welcome at FOSS4G
## Tim looking at populating OSGeo booth at FOSS4G
## Jeff offered to take closing OSGeo talk at FOSS4G
## Board meeting at FOSS4G - venue still open, depending on where folks end up staying
# 5th Anniversary coming up. Are we planning anything? Does the board want to do anything?
## http://www.osgeo.org/tyler/2011/osgeo-5th-birthday-soon
## Various ideas kicked around, including blogs
# Revisit formation of Romanian Local Chapter ( see also request letter ) and update
## FrankW moves to accept the romanian local chapter., Jeff seconded, all were +1, Daniel +0. Passed.
## Tyler to follow up with Vasile.
# Review possibility for OSGeo to hold money for one of its local chapters ( See Daniel's email to board list ) message here
## dmorissette: 	I didn't pursue that on the local chapters list yet, instead I've worked to setup a non-profit for OSGEO-QUEBEC to handle the Montreal code sprint and other local activities ... I still plan to pursue that eventually on the local chapters list, but it is less urgent for me
# Wikipedia / OSGeo Introduction - opportunity
## Intro to topic from Brian Hamin (dbb).. wikipedia execs contact with OSGeo, opportunity to help with "geo-hack" section of their toolset. Any volunteers to help coordinate this? Arnulf to follow up, with Brian and WMF.
=== Action Summary ===
Board Meeting 2011-04-07

Category:Board
Category:Board Meetings 2011
This board meeting is scheduled for the 7th of April 2011 at 17:00 UTC on IRC and follow up voting on Skype. 
== Agenda ==
* Review past minutes: Board Meeting 2011-03-03
* FOSS4G 2011 update
* OSGeo-es report from Local Chapter Liaison officer 
* Wikipedia / OSGeo Introduction - report (if anything) from first contact
* Motion to accept Talk:Open Source and Open Standards as a joint White Paper with OGC
* Incubation appears to be stuck (check the history of the progress pages)
* FOSSGIS 2011 in Heidelberg Germany successful. Nice mix of OSM, GIS and NeoGeo.
== Minutes ==
* Detailed conversation log: http://logs.qgis.org/osgeo/%23osgeo.2011-04-07.log
* Attending: Frank, Tyler, Jeff, Arnulf, Ravi, Tim, Daniel, Markus and Tyler (quorum)
* Tyler scribed minutes
=== Action Summary ===
* MOTION: Arnulf moved, Tim seconded, to adopt the minutes from the previous meeting, all were in favour, adopted.
* ACTION: Provide edits to OGC/open standards/OSGeo white paper ASAP
=== Details ===
# Review past minutes: Board Meeting 2011-03-03
## Reviewed past action items.
## MOTION: Arnulf moved, Tim seconded, to adopt the minutes from the previous meeting, all were in favour, adopted.
# FOSS4G 2011 Update
## Lots waiting to register until program finalised. Abstract submissions slow, most come in right before the deadline.
## New website pending.
# Reviewed OSGeo-es report from Local Chapter Liaison officer
## Quebec chapter also had updated directors, etc.
# Wikipedia / OSGeo Introduction - report (if anything) from first contact
## No progress to report
# Motion to accept Talk:Open Source and Open Standards as a joint White Paper with OGC
## Arnulf has done some edits, need more input from other directors. 
## ACTION: Provide edits to OGC/open standards/OSGeo white paper ASAP
# Incubation reports
## Some discussion on revitalising projects in incubation
# FOSSGIS 2011 in Heidelberg Germany successful. Nice mix of OSM, GIS and NeoGeo.
## Good attendance ~500, filmed in HD: http://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/misc/openstreetmap/FOSSGIS2011/?C=M;O=A	
# Marketing update
## Tyler mentioned various liv dvds, marketing material, foss4g flyers, etc. have been sent out. Lots of events underway this month.