Board Meeting 2013-06-13

This board meeting is scheduled for the 13th of June 2013 at 20.00 UTC on IRC and follow up voting on Skype or by email. 
== Agenda ==
* roll call
* appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
* Review and approve past minutes: Board Meeting 2013-05-09
* GRASS code sprint support (request)
* Begin plans for Board and Charter member elections
** Including refreshing OSGeo Advocate page. (raised by Cameron Shorter)
* Discussion on new possible Standards committee, to work with OGC
* Brief update on FOSS4G in Nottingham
* Possible OGC Board and OSGeo Board informal meeting in Nottingham (S.Feldman's idea)
* OSGeo appearance at INSPIRE conference - 2013 and future --Jachym 01:36, 6 June 2013 (PDT)
* OSGeo SDI committee --Jachym 01:37, 6 June 2013 (PDT)
* Board, please clarify (brief) - is FOSS4G a trademark? Does the OSGeo Logo and brand appear at FOSS4G events ? --darkblue_b 08:20, 6 June 2013 (PDT)
* add your items here
* Decide on who to report this meeting summary to the Discuss list
* Schedule next meeting
== Minutes ==
* Attending: Frank, Jeff, Jachym, Cameron, Anne, Peter, Daniel
* Presiding: Jeff
* Scribing: Michael
=== Assigned Tasks ===
* Frank to created SDI mailing list
=== Motions ===
* MOTION: approve last minutes (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-05-09)
** 1/anne, 2/jachym, all +1
* MOTION: To grant $750USD for this event [GRASS sprint] with the expectation that financial report will be provided back to the board on completion.
** Anne/1, mpg/2, Daniel/+0, others +1
* MOTION to appoint Arnulf Christl as CRO for 2013 Charter Member and Board election, with goal to have both done by September
** Daniel/1, Jeff/3, all +1
* MOTION: I [Cameron] move that OSGeo approach OGC to set up a meeting, and that seven be tasked with the responsiblity of sorting out details of the meeting.
** Cameron/1, mpg/2, all +1
* MOTION: create a list for them [SDI committee], let them choose to make a formal committee revquest if they feel they want/need to
** mpg/1, jachym/2, all +1
=== Full, raw minutes notes ===
* [2:02] start
* roll: Frank, Jeff, Jachym, Cameron, Aanne, peter, Daniel
* MOTION: approve last minutes (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-05-09)
** 1/anne, 2/jachym, all +1
* [2:03] scribe to be more careful transcribing motions
* [2:06] GRASS code sprint support
** http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/board/2013-June/010812.html
** asking for US$750
** discussion of need to follow guidelines for transpearnecy
** MOTION: To grant $750USD for this event with the expectation that financial report will be provided back to the board on completion.
*** Anne/1, mpg/2, Daniel/+0, others +1
* [2:16] Begin plans for Board and Charter member elections
** will ideally be before FOSS4G -- usually they take place from June to August
** discussing suggestions for CROs, noted should not be board member (could be retiring board member)
** seven suggested, accepts
** mpg volunteers to assist
** MOTION to appoint Arnulf Christl as CRO for 2013 Charter Member and Board election, with goal to have both done by September
*** Daniel/1, Jeff/2, all +1
* [2:22] Discussion on new possible Standards committee, to work with OGC
** side mention of OSGeo advocate role -- suggest considering OSGeo Advocate refresh at the same time as Charter member, to be discussed later
** topic deferred to standards list
* [2:25] brief update on FOSS4G in Nottingha
** going well, 300 registrations to date (break-even tought to be around 500)
** no questions for LOC
** request to plug event at CEE - Jeff to follow up w/ jachym
* [2:32] Possible OGC Board and OSGeo Board informal meeting in Nottingham (S.Feldman's idea)
** OGC board in town for AGI event
** Suchith has even volunteered to organize an informal get-together for osgeo board
** noted that new board new members will be official at that time
** suchith and steven waiting for OSGeo backing before contacting OGC board
** side discussion of funding board members to attend foos4g, f2f mtg
** MOTION: I move that OSGeo approach OGC to set up a meeting, and that seven be tasked with the responsiblity of sorting out details of the meeting.
*** Cameron/1, mpg/2, all +1
* [2:53] OSGeo appearance at INSPIRE conference
** there were 2 proposals from OSGeo: paper and "jrc-osgeo ping-pong workshop"
** ("jrc-osgeo ping-pong workshop": means "dialog between OSGeo and Joint Research Centre")
** presentation was NOT accepted; workshop, after discussion and organisation, was
** presentation could be poster - suggestion marketing work to produce poster
* [2:59] OSGeo SDI committee
** http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SDI_Committee
** MOTION: create a list for them, let them choose to make a formal committee revquest if they feel they want/need to
*** mpg/1, jachym/2, all +1
* MOTION: adjourn
** mpg/1, all +1
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