Board Meeting 2023-07-25

This board meeting is scheduled Tuesday 25 July 2023 at 18:00 UTC through Jitsi, a record of motions is preserved on Loomio and actions on the OSGeo todo issue tracker.
== Agenda ==
=== Current items ===
# roll call 
# appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
# Review and approve past minutes
#* Board_Meeting_2023-07-01
# Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) Secretariat at UN-Habitat request
# Bolsena code sprint request for €2,000 EUR
# OpenGIS harmonization initiative
# GeoMajas project status
# Sponsors relationship maintenance
# ESA MOI
# Code sprint announcement
# EU CRA directive 
# Add your topic here
== Minutes ==
* Presiding: Angelos
* Scribing: all
* Attending: Michael, Vicky, Angelos, Marco, Ariel, Rajat, Codrina
* Guests: John Gitau (UN habitat), Jody, Lior Kaplan
=== Review and approve past minutes ===
* Board_Meeting_2023-07-01
** Motion open on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/7yY4zJiB/motion-to-approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2023-07-01 
=== Global Land Tool Network (GLTN) Secretariat at UN-Habitat request ===
* Short introduction to GLTN and STDM
* Arnulf helping since 2014
* ACTION: Angelos to contact the UN committee, then provide feedback to John about volunteers (Done).
* http://gltn.net/2016/10/22/meet-the-partner-open-source-geospatial-foundation-osgeo/
* https://gltn.net/gltn-partners-3/#professional
=== Bolsena code sprint request ===
* Bolsena_Code_Sprint_2023#Sponsoring
* https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2023-July/013312.html 
* ACTION: Angelos to make a motion on Loomio (Done).
* Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/FQ7Ty1u3/motion-to-approve-bolsena-code-sprint-request-for-2000-euros
=== OpenGIS harmonization initiative ===
* Discussion about the approved budget and the results of FOSS4G code sprint.
* The board will discuss through e-mail about the path forward.
=== GeoMajas project status ===
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/158
* GeoMajas is listed as a community project now, not active lately.
=== Sponsors relationship maintenance ===
* Lior Kaplan volunteering to help with sponsor contacting and update
* Vicky will share the information with Lior
* Discussion about a sponsors working group
* Follow up on sponsorship packs idea, so that sponsors can know at which events they will be visible.
* MOTION: Lior to become a member of the Finance Committee and have access to the sponsor's information. Motion by Michael, seconded by Angelos, all in favor. Approved during the meeting.
* ACTION Angelos to move to Loomio and get everyone to vote (Done).
* Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/ZkUPCQAi/motion-for-lior-kaplan-to-become-a-member-of-the-finance-committee-and-have-access-to-the-sponsor-s-information-
=== ESA MOI ===
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MoU_ESA
* Discussion about the draft document and the feedback given on chat discussion.
** Adam has expressed the opinion that the word "enforce" in Exhibit A could be changed to "use". The reasons are: 1. the MoI(U) doesn't give either organization power to enforce anything. 2. OSGeo shouldn't be about enforcing things, with external organizations - we can lead, mentor, encourage.
** During the meeting the wording was discussed. The word "enforce" is on ESA’s side and not OSGeo. It explains why ESA signs this MoI: “In this context, the current MoI represents a key strategic element to enforce open source practices and maximise outreach and community building for the open source components developed under the ESA EO Science for Society activities.”
** We agreed that this is ok on OSGeo side. It does not imply whatsoever that OSGeo is an enforcer. Some organizations need/use such language on regulations and agreements.
* ACTION: Codrina to send an e-mail to the board mailing list with the draft to make it publicly available (Done) 
* ACTION: Angelos to open a motion to approve (Done)
* Motion passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/QlL45DxV/motion-to-approve-the-memorandum-of-intent-with-the-european-space-agency
=== Code sprint announce ===
* Already published on the website .
* We need to make a follow up announcement with QGIS and Pangeo participation.
* ACTION: Angelos to follow up on e-mail (Done)
=== EU CRA directive ===
* https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/qgis-psc/2023-July/010092.html
* We need to raise awareness of this issue.
* ACTION: Angelos to plan a working session to involve projects and committees and prepare material for reaching out. Proposed date Tue 8th August 13:00UTC. (Done)
=== Actions ===
* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues
== IRC Log ==
* no log, Jitsi meeting
== Next meeting ==
*Board Meeting 2023-08-29
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