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Europe-meeting-2016-08

= FOSS4G Europe 2017 = 
* Write e-mail to conference committe to accepte Gerarld's proposal
= OSGeo Europe Local Chapter =
== Agenda (based on Maxi's mail)==
Why there was not discussion?
* Needed for boar approval
* At least summary of off-line discussion
* use eu-at-lists.osgeo-dot-org !!!
* It's about Europe not EU
Local chapters charter members
* OSGeo-global charter members based in Europe are automatically charter members of OSGeo-Europe local chapter
Contact on local chapters
* https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Contacts - but need's to be updated!
FOSS4G Europe relation ship
* It will be organised on the local "local chapter" or local LOC, no relationship with europe local chapter is needed
== Action items ==
* Jachym - write to mailing list about foss4g europe
* Dirk, Maria, et co. - Bylaws
* Possibly do it EU-registered (find out) (information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_business_entity )
*
== Attendees ==
* Jachym Cepicky Secretary
* Dirk Frigne Vice President 
* Ari Jolma Member of the board or the OSGeo Finland chapter, OSGeo charter member
* Oliver May Member of the board of OSGeo Belgium, OSGeo charter member 
* Marco Lechner President of FOSSGIS e.V. / OSGeo D-A-CH, OSGeo charter member
* Maxi
* Jorge Sanz - Spanish language LC and Geoinquietos
* Florin
* ADD YOURSELF - indicate, you were here
Category:Local Chapters
Category:Europe
Category:Europe-meetings
Europe-meeting-2017-07

== Meeting ==
Face-to-face meeting during FOSS4G-Europe 2017, Paris
=== When and Where ===
* Evening of July 19th 2017 - after main track
=== Attendees ===
* Dirk Frigne - Vice president 
* Vasile Crăciunescu - board member
* Jáchym Čepický - Secretary of OSGeo
* Till Adams - charter member
* Marc Vloemans - Charter member
* Markus Neteler - Charter member
* María Arias de Reyna - charter member
* Ian Turton - charter member
* Gérald Fenoy - Charter member
* Kari Salovaara - Charter member
* Milena Nowotarska - Charter member
* Venkatesh Raghavan - President 
* Massimiliano Cannata
* Codrina Maria Ilie
* Martin Landa
* Nicolas Bozon
* Dimitris Kotzinos
* Luís de Sousa
* ADD YOU NAME IF YOU ATTENDED
=== Agenda ===
# Introduction to newcomers
# Discussions on how to proceed
# Discussions of draft Bylaws
=== Minutes ===
* Introduction given by Dirk Frigne
* Discussions on how to proceed
** OSGeo Board to be involved
* Reading and updating of draft Bylaws
* TODO: complete minutes
Category: Europe
Europe-meeting-2024-07-18

== Agenda ==
=== Current items ===
# appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
# Purpose of European legal entity
# Conference
# Digital services act
# Add your topic here
== Minutes ==
* Chair: Codrina
* Scrib: Codrina
* Attending: Felix, Luis, Javier, Iván, Angelos, Tonis, Jorge, Jachym, Jeroen
=== Purpose of European legal entity ===
Ideas: 
* Legal structure in Europe; 
* National entities - different structures
* What do we need - actually - flexible, as a community 
* See also: https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe and https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Europe_archive 
What we need to investigate for (some) countries, when it comes to a legal entity: 
* The actual form of the legal entity; 
* Bank account; 
* Taxes; 
* Liabilities;
* Costs of opening and running the entity;
** 500€ to set up (including notary)
** 1000€/year for administration
* Membership of companies/Legal entities and people (persons)
* Setting up, running day-to-day, closing down
Why to try
* From Europe to Europe
* Local entity as partner to ESA, EU Commission
* FOSS4G-Europe founding and organising 
* ACTION: Codrina to send a list with what aspects should we know about creating and running a legal entity for the OSGeo Europe Local Chapter before we decide. 
=== Digital services act ===
*Possibility to donate to projects directly - Legal structure to provide the money flow
* “FLOSS steward” as per CRA. The global OSGeo Foundation is a bad option since it has a specific US foundation status not able to move funds (potentially we want to leverage CRA stewardship into maintainer sponsorships)
=== Conference ===
* What should the connection between OSgeo Europe LC and FOSS4G Europe be?
* No history on FOSS4G regional conferences to contribute to the budget of OSGeo
* FOSS4G is not registered as a trademark but has a long tradition of being used in the context of Free and Open Source Software for Geospatial. The domain was originally registered by Venkatesh Raghavan (Venka) who later graciously donated it to OSGeo - under the condition that using the name should stay open to anybody who does something reasonably related to Free and Open Source Geospatial. If you are not sure, simply ask on the main mailing list (starting from here). https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G
Europe-meeting-2024-08-22

== Agenda ==
=== Current items ===
# appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
# OSGeo European Local Chapter legal entity
# Add your topic here
== Minutes ==
* Chair: Codrina
* Scrib: Codrina
* Attending: Luis, Javier, Iván, Tonis, Jorge, Jachym, Jeroen, Codrina
=== OSGeo European Local Chapter legal entity ===
* should we consider an association - as the legal form of organisation - with paying members, example: https://www.python.org/psf/membership-faq/#id2
* one of the main reasons to have an European Local Chapter is to have one discussion partner for European institutions, such as EC. 
* we need to prepare a draft for the bylaws of the Local Chapter
* There is no hierarchy in the OSGeo Local Chapters with respect to OSGeo. What should be the relation between European LC and OSGeo and the LC in Europe? 
* The European LC would be a support system for the national 
* Language of the bylaws? what can be the nationality of the board members? 
* How to move money between European LC and other LC in Europe and OSGeo inter, are there any taxes? 
* Can the European LC sell things, such as T-shirts? 
* ACTION: Jeroen to start the bylaws and share with the group to contribuite.
=== Call for the FOSS4G Europe ===
* the call for venue is drafted and it will be published in the next days;
* primary schedule for a LOC: call open in September, decision made in October;
* suggestion: the chair of current FOSS4G Europe must find the next European LOC.
Europe-meeting-2024-09-19

== Agenda ==
=== Current items ===
# appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
# OSGeo European Local Chapter legal entity
# OSGeo European LC discussion channel
== Minutes ==
* Chair:
* Scrib:
* Attending: Luis, Javier, Tonis, Jachym, Jeroen, Codrina, Angelos, Besfort
=== OSGeo European LC discussion channel ===
* we should try to adopt discourse as our main discussion channel;
* Javier to contact Jorge Sanz for support
=== FOSS4G European conference ===
* Tonis discussed with the Mostar team. They are waiting for the reply from the University;
* Tonis is also waiting for a response from the Spanish team
* Next week we should have an answer. 
=== OSGeo European Local Chapter legal entity ===
* in progress
Evento Jornadas Girona

Si vas a asistir a las Jornadas de SIG libre de Girona 2011, puedes colaborar con nosotros ayudándonos a corregir el manuscrito del libro en la sesión de corrección que organizaremos durante ese evento.
Simplemente trae tu ordenador portátil y ganas de trabajar. Te daremos instrucciones sobre las distintas formas en que puedes ayudarnos, y nos repartiremos el trabajo de corrección. Con ello, ayudarás a mejorar la calidad del libro y a que estemos algo más cerca de tener una primera versión oficial.
La sesión de corrección tendrá lugar el día 24 de Marzo a las 19:00. Haremos una segunda sesión el día 25 a partir de las 15:00, una vez que las Jornadas hayan sido clausuradas.
Puedes consultar la página de las Jornadas para más información
Executive Committee Terms Of Reference

This is currently just a proposal, and has not yet been adopted by the Board of Directors.
== Summary ==
The executive committee is delegated by the Board of Directors to supervise OSGeo day to day operations.
== Rationale ==
OSGeo is Delware corporation and meetings of the Board of Directors are subject to a variety of legal requirements with regard to quorum, notice and being conducted by voice that make it difficult sometimes to make decisions promptly and efficiently. The executive committee is intended to streamline most decision making in a manner more in line with normal OSGeo Committee Guidelines and community practice. 
== Membership ==
The executive committee has the following voting members:
* All members of the Board of Directors.
* The President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
* Anyone appointed to the committee by the executive committee.
== Powers ==
The executive committee is delegated all decision making powers of the Board of Directors with the exception of anything related to changing the formal Bylaws of the corporation.
== Decision Making ==
The executive committee will make decision in the manner described in Committee Guidelines, with the addition of the super veto described below. Note that this gives the committee chair quite a bit of descretion to decide what decision need more consideration. 
Any member of the Board of Directors may also super veto a motion of the executive committee forcing the decision to be referred to a properly convened meeting of the Board of Directors. This is intended as an extreme action if a board member feels that the due process (notice, quorum, etc) of the Board is required for an important decision. Note that normal "-1" vetos should be sufficient to trigger additional discussion and consideration most of the time. 
== Relationship to the Board of Directors ==
The executive committee is delegated by the board to make decisions.
The membership, and terms of reference of the Executive Committee must be re-confirmed by the board of directors after each annual board election. 
Under normal circumstances this post-election meeting may be the only meeting of the board of directors for the year. 
The minutes and documents of the executive committee will be kept on the board of directors wiki page. 
The minutes of each meeting will make it clear whether the meeting is a formal board of directors meeting or an executive committee meeting.
Executive Director Job Description

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= Background = 
The Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo) has a very broad mandate to support and promote its projects. Most of the work to meet these progressive goals comes from volunteers who self-organize in committees. Higher level organization of OSGeo is being done through the volunteer Board of Directors who administers the more formal and legal aspects across the organization. The goal of the board is to act as a steward of the foundation, pursuing the innovative goals of the foundation by engaging the membership at large and removing barriers to its success.
In 2006 the OSGeo hired a full time Executive Director to manage day to day business. Due to changes in the needs of the foundation this position was terminated in 2011.
The board provides substantial support but there are some tasks which can be better performed by paid staff, for example book-keeping. To meet these and other needs, the board will outsource some of these tasks to companies providing these services or hire part time staff.
= References =
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_director
Executive Positions

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In addition to the general Director Responsibilities of the Board, these are the basic Executive Positions, assigned by and reporting to the Board. The basis for all of these roles is established in the OSGeo Bylaws.
== President ==
* Serves as chair of the board and its meetings, if the chair-of-the-board is unavailable
* Public face of the organization
* Reports to Board
* Responsible for many activities, may empower others (such as a Vice-President) to act
== Vice President (x3) ==
* Work closely with the President
* Assists with the public face of the organization
* Reports to Board
* Assist in signing of financial contracts and formal agreements, authority delegated via president
== Treasurer ==
* Oversee financial processes and policy
* Present budgets, reports and statements
* Chairs Finance Committee and reports to Board
* Day to day bookkeeping is outsourced or done by hired staff
== Secretary ==
* Keeping track of Board meeting minutes
* Maintaining director and member contact information
* Filing official reports to government
* Keeps corporate records
* Reports to Board
== Directors ==
* Not technically an Executive position. For roles/responsibilities see Director Responsibilities.
== References ==
* A website discussing Board roles, etc. here
Category: Board
Category:Committees
Exercise: A spatial model of a catchment

Note 1: this exercise is designed to be used with libral and Gtk2::Ex::Geo tools.
Note 2: the tools have to be currently the CVS versions.
Required data: a land cover raster and a DEM.
Results: the hydrological structure (lakes, subcatchments, stream sections, and their topological structure) of a catchment as a vector layer.
Students should follow the outline below and do the same procedure for a catchment of their own selection. Each step may involve explanations by the teacher.
More information about the tools
Steps of the exercise:
# open land cover raster
# zoom to probable catchment area (rather too large than too small!)
# clip a piece of the land cover, name it "lc" (*)
# make a 'lakes' raster by saying $lakes = $lc == 43 (or whatever the land cover code for water is) [TODO: add instructions for removing streams from the lakes raster]
# give unique id's for all lakes: $lakes->number_areas
# open a DEM raster
# clip a similar piece(***) of the dem, name it 'dem'
# compute pitless flow direction grid: say(**) $fdg = $dem->filldepressions (*4)
# fix the FDG so that each lake has one and only one outlet, say: $fdg->kill_extra_outlets($lakes)
# compute upslope area grid, say: $uag = $fdg->uag
# search for the catchment (lake) outlet cell and compute a catchment raster: $c = $fdg->catchment(<coordinates>)
# compute a streams raster from the $uag: $s = $uag > x
# remove very short streams: $s->prune($fdg, $lakes, <coordinates>, $l)
# give unique id's for each stream segment: $s->number_streams($fdg, <coordinates>);
# compute a subcatchments raster and topology information: ($sc, $topo) = $s->subcatchments($fdg, $lakes, <coordinates>)
# save the subcatchment structure as an OGR vector layer: $sc->save_catchment_structure($topo, $s, $lakes, $ogr_datasource, $layer)
The result should look something like this:
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footnotes:
(*) the clipped piece is automatically a plain libral raster, it may (and should) be saved by saying(**) $lc-save('lc'); later the saved raster may be opened in the usual way, but it needs to be "librated" by clipping to <self>
(**) "say", means write to the combo box, i.e. the command line interface
(***) in the clip dialog, select a raster to make a raster that is overlayable to it
(*4) this can be checked by saying: p($self,$fdg->contents), which computes the contents (number of cells having different values) and prints it
FDO Report 2008

= FDO (Feature Data Objects) =
* Period covered by report: Jan-Dec 2008
* Contact name: Greg Boone
== Key Accomplishments ==
The following releases of FDO were made available in 2008:
* FDO Open Source 3.3.0 Released - March 2008
** Bug fixes from 3.2.3 release 
** Addition of the FDO Expression Engine
** Addition of the PostGIS Provider
** Continued development and release of the KingOracle Provider
** Alpha Release of the SQL Server Spatial Provider
** The complete roadmap and features of FDO 3.3.0 can be found at: http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/milestone/3.3.0. 
* FDO Open Source 3.3.1 Released - April 2008
** Bug fixes from 3.3.0 release 
** The complete roadmap and features of FDO 3.3.0 can be found at: http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/milestone/3.3.1. 
* FDO Open Source 3.3.2 RC1 Released - October 2008
** Bug fixes from 3.3.1 release 
** The complete roadmap and features of FDO 3.3.0 can be found at: http://trac.osgeo.org/fdo/milestone/3.3.2. 
== Development of FDO 3.4.0 ==
* Major development efforts were undertaken in 2008 towards the release of FDO 3.4.0, which was released in beta form in January 2009.
** Bug fixes from 3.3.2 release 
** Implement Support for a SQLServer Spatial FDO Provider. FDO RFC:12
** Implement Support for a SQLite FDO Provider. FDO RFC:16
** Migrate FDO to support Microsoft Visual Studio 2008. FDO RFC:18
** New GetSchemaNames, GetClassNames commands, and DescribeSchema Hint. FDO RFC:23
** New ExtendedSelect command and Scrollable Reader. FDO RFC:26
** Add X,Y,Z and M Expression Functions. FDO RFC:28
** Redefining Expression Function EXTRACT. FDO RFC:29
** Enhanced 64-bit support. The FDO API and many of its providers where modified to be fully compilable/executable in a 64 bit runtime environment. We have still do not officially release a 64 bit Open Source build, but this should be addressed in 2009.
== Areas for Improvement ==
* A public build system for FDO would provide the community information on the state of trunk and access to daily builds of trunk. 
* Linux based builds of FDO remain more difficult than they should be. Additional work is required to the build system of FDO to make it fully FGS viable.
* The generation and release of an official 64 bit build would be of great benefit to our user community.
== Opportunities to Help ==
All contributions and help is welcome, but in particular: 
* Develop a new FDO provider for your currently unsupported format
* Refine the website navigation and site structure. 
* Develop and refine help and documentation, in particular a getting started tutorial. 
* Enhance the Linux build system and complete the FGS package work. 
* Testing and quality bug reports.
== Outlook for 2009 ==
FDO 3.4.0 will be released early 2009 and development of 3.5.0 will start in parallel. The scope of 3.5.0 has not yet been decided. 
Expected Major 2008 Milestones: 
* Final Release of FDO 3.4.0: March 2008
* Continued testing and enhancements to the PostGIS Provider
* Continued development towards a service pack release of FDO 3.4.0 and beyond
* Continued development of new Data Providers for FDO
Category: Reports 2008
FOSDEM2015

== OSGeo presence at FOSDEM 2015 ==
FOSDEM 2015 had been once more a widely attended event:
https://fosdem.org/2015/
OSGeo, LocationTech and OSM jointly took part to the Geospatial Devroom:
https://fosdem.org/2015/schedule/track/geospatial
Follow the links of the presentations to read the abstracts, download slides and browse related material. 
The video recordings of the talks are available here:
http://video.fosdem.org/2015/devroom-geospatial/
== Organisers ==
The devroom was coordinated by Johan Van de Wauw, with the help of a bunch of geo-enthusiasts.
Feedback on the event can be provided to fosdem-geospatial at gisky.be.
== Next year: FOSDEM 2016 ==
For next year we plan to organise a Geospatial devroom, and aim at a stronger presence of OSM contributions.
Category:Past Events
Category:FOSDEM
FOSDEM2016

== OSGeo presence at FOSDEM 2016 ==
FOSDEM 2016 had been once more a widely attended event!
OSGeo and like-minded geospatial organisations jointly took part to the Geospatial Devroom.
Follow the links of the presentations to read the abstracts, download slides and browse related material. 
The video recordings of the talks are available on FOSDEM website. Do check two reports with pictures and links, from Johan and Madi.
== Organisers ==
The devroom was coordinated by Johan Van de Wauw, with the help of a bunch of geo-enthusiasts.
Feedback on the event can be provided to fosdem-geospatial at gisky.be.
== Next year: FOSDEM 2017 ==
Continue the geospatial devroom tradition!
Category:Past Events
Category:FOSDEM
FOSDEM2021

== OSGeo at FOSDEM 2021 ==
FOSDEM 2021 
https://fosdem.org/2021/
Geospatial Devroom:
https://fosdem.org/2021/schedule/track/geospatial
Follow the links of the presentations to read the abstracts, download slides and browse related material. 
The video recordings of the talks are available here:
http://video.fosdem.org/2021/devroom-geospatial/
== Organisation ==
* tweets / mails / textes
* see https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:FOSDEM2021
== Organisers ==
The devroom was coordinated by lucadelu and Astrid Emde 
Category:Events
Category:FOSDEM
FOSDEM2022

== OSGeo at FOSDEM 2022 ==
FOSDEM 2022
https://fosdem.org/2022/
Geospatial Devroom:
https://fosdem.org/2022/schedule/track/geospatial
Follow the links of the presentations to read the abstracts, download slides and browse related material. 
The video recordings of the talks are available here:
http://video.fosdem.org/2022/devroom-geospatial/
== Organisation ==
* tweets / mails / textes
* see https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Talk:FOSDEM2022
== Organisers ==
The devroom was coordinated by Vissarion Fisikopoulosand Astrid Emde 
Category:Events
Category:FOSDEM
FOSS-GPS

OSGeo FOSS-GPS list http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/foss-gps for the purpose of discussing open source GPS software issues, ideas, development and so on. See reasons to join below.
List archives
== Developers ==
* It’s vital for an open source project to communicate with the community - the end users of your software. 
* It’s useless for all projects to have their own mailing list so this FOSS-GPS is a nice tool for you to get in contact with the community.
* Find developers for your project
Join the list to hear what the users think of your software. Ask them what kind of features they would like to to see in the following releases. Encourage skilled users to send patches. Release alpha and beta versions to be tested and get your feedback. Share ideas and solutions with other developers to get the most out of GPS. Let the community know how your project is doing, where would a path or two be needed and so on. Maybe you need a translation.
If your project already has a mailing list or a forum it’s still useful to join to hear what the users think and also let more users know right away about your releases.
You’re welcome to join the list! Write a little introduction when you join so people know that your project is there. Also tell about the list on your project web page to let the users know where to go to contact you and other users in case they want some more information about the software.
== Users ==
Do you want to know what’s happening in the Open Source GPS world? What are the hottest programs and features? Maybe you want to know if your favorite program will release a new version soon and help them by testing the beta version. Or do you want to share your experiences about the software: what are the best features, what’s still missing? What did you find when you needed a tool to import gps tracks or navigate?
You’re welcome to join the list! Write a little ‘Hello World’ note telling who you are, what GPS software you use and so on. If you’re on some forums that have people who might be interested about this it’s more than encouraged to spread the world! Tell the developer of your favourite programs to join the list to get the latest from the community.
== Background ==
First idea at osgeo-discussion
Ticket to create the list
Announcement of the list and invitation to join
== Software ==
GPS-Software
* gpsd - GPS daemon
* GpsBabel - GPS data format converter
* GpsTrans - Old Garmin download tool
* gardump - Newer Garmin download tool
* ...
dGPS and accuracy-improvement
* ...
GPS Map viewers
* GpsDrive - moving map
* FoxtrotGPS is an easy to use, fast and lightweight mapping application for use with or without GPS. It runs on any Linux platform from the desktop over eeePC down to phones like the Openmoko Neo. It started as a community-supported offshoot of tangoGPS.
* osm-gps-map Gtk+/Python widget draws a GPS track and points of interest on a moving map display. Downloads map data from a number of websites, including openstreetmap.org.
Navigation and route-planing
* TravelingSalesman - navigation
* ...