Board Meeting 2022-10-17

This board meeting is scheduled Monday 17 October 2022 at 15:00 UTC through Jitsi, a record of motions is preserved on loomio and actions on osgeo todo issue tracker.
== Agenda ==
=== Current items ===
# roll call 
# appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
# Review and approve past minutes
#* Board_Meeting_2022-09-26
# Review Smart Geo Expo MoU
# FOSS4G 2023
# Geo-ethics Locus Charter
# GISTAM 2023 : Partnership proposal (2nd reminder)
# OSGeo EU - ESA
# GeoForAll website updates
# Website
# Research Organization Registry entry 
# Elections and CoC
# Add your topic here
== Minutes ==
* Presiding: Michele
* Scribing: Rajat
* Attending: Adam, Angelos, Codrina, Michele, Rajat, Vicky, Marco 
* Guests: Brian Hamlin, Besfort Guri, Valmir (FLOSSK)
===Review and approve past minutes===
* Motion to approve Board_Meeting_2022-09-26 passed on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/GFQhYd0n/motion-to-approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2022-09-26
===Review Smart Geo Expo MoU===
Link to the MoU draft: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1raqBOJv7yB7HWikUx3Pk8h3ypKbXfLxXRtSIY7w1pr4/edit
* Updates: Description about cooperation between the stakeholders.
* Two Liaisons are required to be nominated. Vicky is temporary liaison for OSGeo.
* Signing ceremony is scheduled on November 3rd, 2022.
* ACTIONS:
** Review more previous MoUs to add a clause for promoting open-source and make it stronger.
** One week for the board to review the draft and provide comments.
** Vicky to reach out to the OSGeo Korea local chapter.
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/133
===FOSS4G 2023===
Guest: Besfort Guri, Valmir
* Intent by the FOSS4G 2023 LOC to join the next board meeting (Oct 31, 2022) and present updates.
* ACTION: Invite Co-chairs to the planned meeting.
===Geo-ethics Locus Charter===
* https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2022-August/013080.html
* TODO: Review and approve the charter(https://ethicalgeo.org/locus-charter/) for signing 
* ACTION: Angelos to make a motion on Loomio (Done).
* Motion open on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/ZnBP1dtL/motion-to-approve-and-sign-the-locus-charter
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/127
===GISTAM 2023 : Partnership proposal (2nd reminder)===
* https://gistam.scitevents.org/
* Questions: What are their requirements from this partnership? Is it an MoU? Is it just a cross-promotion activity? Would they provide a booth or keynote?
* ACTION: Codrina to send email with the questions
===OSGeo EU - ESA===
* ACTION: Codrina and Marco to attend a f2f meeting in early November and update board about the discussion
===GeoForAll website updates===
* ACTION: Vicky to present updates post FOSS4G Asia 2022 (Smart GeoExpo 2022)
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/137
===Website===
* ACTION: Vicky to present updates post FOSS4G Asia 2022 (Smart GeoExpo 2022)
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/130
===Research Organization Registry entry===
* https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2022-September/013122.html
* ACTION: Angelos to make a motion on Loomio (Done)
* Motion open on Loomio: https://www.loomio.com/p/mI8KxP6c/motion-to-register-osgeo-to-research-organization-registry
* ACTION: Angelos to register OSGeo after motion is approved
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/131
===Elections and CoC===
* TODO in Policy - Points to consider
** Board/CRO can veto or block any charter/board nomination?
** The list of nominations maybe be cross-checked by the CoC committee
** Blacklisting procedure? Timeline?
* ACTION: Vicky to schedule a meeting with the CoC Committee
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/132
=== Actions ===
* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues
== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting
== Next meeting ==
*Board Meeting 2022-10-31
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