Board Meeting 2020-02-24

This board meeting is scheduled Monday 24 February 2020 at 16:00 UTC through IRC, 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_2020-01-27
# f2f Meeting - https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/hacBIYOAEA/
# QGIS Summer camp, Summer school, Contributor meeting and Conference - application for sponsorship
# Request W3C Web mapping workshop, Montreal June 15-17 
# FOSS4G Europe 2020 request for seed funding 
# GSoC 2020, Importance of that program.
# Express official board support for OSGeo participation at EGU Data Help Desk, proposed motion - OSGeo board supports OSGeo participation at EGU Data Help Desk with Peter Loewe coordinating the effort for OSGeo
# ISO/TC 211 liaison 
# MapServer Budget Request 2020 as sent by Steve Lime on 21st of February (https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/OSGeo-2020-Budget)
# Board meeting preparation: How to rank topics before the meeting takes place
# Add more agenda items here...
# very low priority
## What to do with members with no name, no bio on the website?
## What to do with members that have avatar, but no uploaded image (the search page is use the uploaded image)
== Minutes ==
* Presiding: Till
* Scribing: Till, Angelos
* Attending: Till, Tom, Helena, Angelos, Michael, Vicky
=== Review and approve past minutes Board_Meeting_2020-01-27===
MOT 1: Approve past meeting minutes Board_Meeting_2020-01-27
* Angelos: +1 (initial motion)
* Tom: +1 (seconded)
* Helena: +1
* Till: +1
* Michael: +1
* Vicky: +1
* Motion passed during the meeting
* Motion on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/d/KotSwUyQ/approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2020-01-27
=== face-2-face meeting 2020 ===
* In 2020 we plan 2 1-day f2f meetings:
**One f2f meeting will take place in Athens on Sunday, 24. of May (day before the OSGeo code sprint starts) 
** the 2nd will take place around FOSS4G in Calgary
* f2f meeting boilerplate wiki page: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2020-05-24
=== QGIS Summer camp, Summer school, Contributor meeting and Conference - application for sponsorship ===
* ACTION: Till to contact and point to OSGeo possibilities on funding events
=== Request W3C Web mapping workshop, Montreal June 15-17 [1] ===
* Peter is looking for OSGeo representation in the context of the W3C work with MapML
** Tom checks, whether participation is possible for him, otherwise ask Daniel Morrissette 
* ACTION: Tom to answer Peter on his email
=== FOSS4G Europe 2020 request for seed funding [2] ===
* Cleared. Board decided to offer seed, Till already reported to LOC FOSS4G Europe 2020
=== GSoC 2020, Importance of that program. ===
* Vicky wants to stress the importance of this programme
* Unfortunately the participation declines over the past years
* Helena proposes to postprone this topic to our f2f meeting, which is agreed by all
=== Express official board support for OSGeo participation at EGU Data Help Desk ===
* MOT2: OSGeo board supports OSGeo participation at EGU Data Help Desk with Peter Loewe coordinating the effort for OSGeo
* Helena: +1 (initial motion)
* Angelos: +1 (seconded)
* Tom: +1
* Till: +1
* Michael: +1
* Vicky: +1
* Motion passed during the meeting
* Motion on Loomio: https://www.loomio.org/d/VQ9lcCXy/osgeo-board-support-for-osgeo-participation-at-egu-data-help-desk-with-peter-loewe-coordinating-the-effort-for-osgeo
=== ISO/TC 211 liaison ===
* Deferred to next board meeting when Victoria can better elaborate
+ Till to ask Victoria, if that is okay (done via telegram)
=== MapServer Budget Request 2020 as sent by Steve Lime on 21st of February ===
* MapServer budget request on together 5.300 US $ [4]
* The board has approved 2k for MapServer on January.
* Proposal:
** Let MapServer start with the 2k
** Hint them on other possibilities for Travel Granting
** Let them come back once they spent their budget and re-discuss the topic with the board
* ACTION: Till to contact Steve Lime (done)
=== Board meeting preparation: How to rank topics before the meeting takes place ===
* Short discussion on how to do that
* Angelos proposes, that we do not need a formal way to that
* Discussion postponed to f2f meeting
=== Website ===
* What to do with members with no name, no bio on the website? / What to do with members that have avatar, but no uploaded image (the search page is use the uploaded image)
* website should be on agenda for f2f
=== links ===
[1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2020-January/012551.html
[2] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2020-January/012558.html
[3] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2020-January/012553.html
[4] https://github.com/mapserver/mapserver/wiki/OSGeo-2020-Budget
== Actions ==
* Till to contact QGIS Summer camp organizers and point to OSGeo possibilities on funding events
* Tom to answer Peter on his email (W3C Web mapping workshop)
* Till to contact Steve Lime (done)
== IRC Log ==
* http://irclogs.geoapt.com/osgeo/%23osgeo.2020-02-24.log
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