Board Meeting 2022-12-12

This board meeting is scheduled Monday 12 December 2022 at 16:00 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_2022-11-28
# Project trademarks update
# MoU Template 
# Renew MoU with UCGIS MOU_UCGIS
# MoU with GISwater
# Approve OSGeo Oceania TGP request
# OSGeo European Local Chapter
# Review Action items 
# Communicate Sponsorship opportunities for 2022-2023 
# Add your topic here
== Minutes ==
* Presiding: Angelos
* Scribing: Rajat
* Attending: Vicky, Michael, Codrina, Michele, Rajat, Angelos, Marco, Adam, Tom
* Guests: 
=== Review and approve past minutes ===
* Board_Meeting_2022-11-28
* Motion passed on Loomio https://www.loomio.com/p/is5Z6rEG/motion-to-approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2022-11-28
=== Project trademarks update ===
* Financial support is required for application process
* Support can be provided in forms of tutorials or getting started process
* Q: Is OSGeo Trademarked? (NextCloud documents or Quickbooks)
* Q: Is FOSS4G trademarked? 
** https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/71 	
* ACTION: Codrina to create a wiki page defining the process for getting started for the process
* ACTION: Mike will explore the USPTO application process for Trademark (Done)
=== MoU Template ===
* MoU Template
* Board can discuss and approve so this template can be presented to organizations wishing to partner up with us.
* ACTION: Resolve the comments and create a Loomio motion (Done)
* Motion passed on Loomio https://www.loomio.com/d/4h3JekD9/motion-to-accept-mou-template/1
=== Renew MoU with UCGIS ===
* An existing MoU gives an opportunity to negotiate
* Board reviews and provide modifications/add to the existing MoU
** TODO: Add Level of commitment from the participating organizations
* ACTION: Adam to translate the existing OSGeo-UCGIS MoU to the new proposed MoU template
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/135
=== MoU with GISwater ===
* Since GISwater has a project joining as OSGeo Community Project
* ACTION: Codrina to draft a response to GISWater 
=== Approve OSGeo Oceania TGP request ===
* Conference Committee has approved the motion (https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/conference_dev/2022-December/005885.html)
* Approved by board during the meeting
===OSGeo European Local Chapter===
* Local Chapter would help organizations working in Europe for collaborating with OSGeo
* ISSUE: Missing liaison for the existing OSGeo European local chapter
* ACTION: Codrina to communicate with the existing local chapter to know the status
* Based on the response to action, next step can be finalized; (Can a new OSGeo Europe local chapter be started?)
=== Review Action items ===
* Moved to next meeting
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues
=== Communicate Sponsorship opportunities for 2022-2023 ===
* Moved to next meeting with an invitation to Marketing committee
* https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/106
=== Actions ===
* See https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues
== IRC Log ==
* no log, a jitsi meeting
== Next meeting ==
*Board Meeting 2022-12-29
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