Board Meeting 2017-04-12

This board meeting is scheduled for the 12th of April 2017 at through IRC and follow up voting on Loomio. 
== Agenda ==
=== Current items ===
* roll call
* appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
* Approve last meeting minutes
* FOSS4G Planning
** FOSS4G 2017 AGM planning: time slot (when and how long, LOC needs it soon), reports, board participants
** Information Exchange Event
** Networking Event 
** Sol Katz award - ask Jeff to lead?
** OSGeo booth sign up on booth wiki
* Announce elections schedule
** Did we updating voting procedure as planned?
* Code sprint updates
** STDM_2017_Code_Sprint - request approved, funds transferred?
** FOSS4G-SOTM-AR - requested received, review needed. event code sprint budget
** Java_2017_Code_Sprint - finances sorted, sprint results
** CalGIS Sprint invite - invitation from LocationTech projects
** QGIS User Conference & Developer meeting - sponsorship & risk sharing request received (budget)
* Partner Updates
** IGU MOU update - Suchith requests board volunteer
* Marketing Committee
** Website/rebranding contract signed
** FOSS4G
** AAG
** OSCon
* Travel grants discussion - we have a requests with respect to foss4g and other events
* Sponsorship updates
* UN Committee's proposal for support 
* MoU between Science and Technology Park, India and OSGeo Foundation 
* Add agenda items
=== Minutes ===
* Attending: Venka, Mike, Helena, Jody, Anita, Maria, Angelos, Vasile
* Presiding: Venka
* Scribing: Angelos
* Approval of previous board meeting minutes on 2017-03-02 moved to Loomio
* FOSS4G planning discussion:
** FOSS4G 2017 AGM planning discussion: Ask LOC for 90 mins
** Sol Katz award: Jeff McKenna offered to lead
* Announce elections schedule:
** There will be no voting, any person nominated by a charter member and seconded by another charter member will be selected, unless there is a strong objection made in public (as agreed in f2f meeting in Bonn)
** Vasile will be CRO this year with help from Jeff McKenna.
* Code sprint updates
** STDM_2017_Code_Sprint funds transferred
** FOSS4G-SOTM-AR Code sprint request: Wiki page needs to be filled with more details regarding participating projects etc. before we can take a decision. Venka will follow up with organizers.
** Java_2017_Code_Sprint - finances sorted, sprint results: waiting on final sponsor invoice from Boundless. Java code sprint is done - blog post here
** CalGIS Sprint invite - invitation from LocationTech projects
** QGIS User Conference & Developer meeting - sponsorship & risk sharing request received: the request is for sponsorship + some risk sharing. The request is 3500 $ to this event, expected participation is 100-150. QGIS won't request any funding for the second event in april this year, which is dev only
* Partner Updates
** IGU MOU update - Suchith requests board volunteer, Helena volunteered
* Marketing Committee
** Website/rebranding contract signed, waiting first invoice. Project is underway.
** a number outreach events on the go: FOSS4G, AAG, OSCon
* Travel grants discussion moved to e-mail
* Sponsorship updates
** We have press released out for Gaia3D, GeoCat, GeoSolutions
** Astun has confirmed they will sponsor again this year.
** Waiting Boundless invoice
** Discussion on how to handle sponsorship from local events
* UN Committee's proposal for support: Maria will update the Board as soon as there is something clearer
* MoU between Science and Technology Park, India and OSGeo Foundation. Discussion to be moved to Loomio/email
* April 26th foss4g planning hangout (booth, agm, website workshop, f2f)
* Next Board Meeting was scheduled for 2017-05-11 14:00UTC
=== Motions ===
Motion 	+1 	0 	-1	Abstain	Passed 	Notes
MOT1: March meeting minutes to be approved on e-mail 	Venka, Angelos, Helena, Maria, Mike, Anita, Jody, Vasile	 	 	 	https://www.loomio.org/d/S0eXHhNf/approve-board-meeting-minutes-2017-03-02- Passed 	https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2016-13-02
MOT2: Vasile and Jeff to be CRO for 2017 Charter Member Selection Process 	Venka, Anita, Jody, Helena, Mike, Angelos, Maria 	 	 	Vasile 	https://www.loomio.org/d/OqKU9WGD/approve-vasile-craciunescu-and-jeff-mckenna-to-be-cro-for-2017-charter-member-selection-process Passed	
MOT3: Vasile and Jeff as CROs for 2017 Board elections 	Angelos, Venka, Helena, Maria, Mike, Anita, 	 	 	Vasile 	https://www.loomio.org/d/nGcVzJQI/approve-vasile-craciunescu-and-jeff-mckenna-as-cros-for-2017-board-elections Passed 	
MOT5: Approve QGIS Code Sprint Budget request 	Helena, Venka, Maria, Mike, Angelos, Vasile 	Jody 	 	Anita 	https://www.loomio.org/d/3FZePfsu/approve-qgis-code-sprint-budget-request Passed 	
MOT6: Discuss about FOSS4G Travel Grant by email 	Anita, Jody, Mike, Venka, Angelos, Helena, Maria 	 	 	 	https://www.loomio.org/d/pfsrhj6Z/discuss-about-foss4g-travel-grant-by-email 	
MOT7: Next board meeting on IRC: 11 May (Thu) same time 	Mike, Venka, Angelos, Helena, Anita, Jody 	 	 	 	https://www.loomio.org/d/0D1Znzsb/next-board-meeting-on-irc-11-may-thu-same-time Passed 	
MOT8: April 26th foss4g planning hangout (booth, agm, website workshop, f2f)	Angelos, Venka, 	Anita	 	 	https://www.loomio.org/d/NAvsuYOg/foss4g-planning-hangout-on-april-26th-booth-agm-website-workshop-f2f- Passed 	
IRC Log
* http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2017-04-12.log
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