One month update

[Tyler Mitchell]

I'll lead you through these points at tomorrow's meeting...

Fundraising / Sponsorship
- Starting to get more interest
- Wrote up several docs. in course of dialogue with sponsors (help  
sponsor osgeo, summary/overview of organisation, fundraising  
invitation letter)
- Invoicing procedure in place now, need some follow-up on A/P now :)
- 1Spatial background - unsolicited interest, via Geoff/Gary, various  
discussions/emails
- At least 2 more sponsors waiting in wings for new year
- Several GDAL sponsors
- Planning for meeting in Ottawa, it went well, believe we can find  
common ground..  requires follow-up recommendations
	- continuing to polish our pitch and documents
- Open Tec. Development - Wash. D.C. conf. shaping up.. need OSGeo  
part to start iron out
- Sponsorship web pages needed now (?)
- Confusion about how other local chapters tie into the overall  
sponsorship plan

Finance
-summarising various account payables, ensuring invoices are being  
paid, answering questions as needed
- day-to-day expenses are now more manageable,
- worked with Laura regularly
- weekly follow-up discussions

Infrastructure
- negotiated final pricing and coordinated hosting provider contract
- several other DNS-related services now subscribed to and ready for  
changeover
- regular semi-weekly meeting/touching base with indictrans, CN, Bob,  
Shawn, Jason re: various migration tasks, reviewing migration plan  
and priorities
- setting up various applications and services as required for  
testing on community.osgeo site
- following development of content porting - focused on primary  
content / tools, new features are secondary

Promotion & Visibility
- Booth/attendance at GISIDEAS successful
- AU event
	- Helped organise booth at AU with Nathalie/Heather, etc.
	- MapGuide OS user meeting sounded great
	- Great OSGeo promotion from on-stage - Andrew M, Andy M, Carsten,  
etc.  met Liam
	- Met many faces.. many more opportunities to suggest direction to  
MGOS marketing, education potentials, etc. .. OSGeo well received  
with all I spoke to
- Three specific upcoming events that have approached us: GeoTec,  
Location Intelligence, Where 2.0 (sort of)... how to best connect?
- Various branding/design items are wrapping up final vers. - likely  
by year end
- Potential to work with new sponsors marketing groups now
- Discuss conference bid with Victoria bid group
- Spoke at Ottawa local chapter meeting (~20 people)
- Newsletter status - migration to osgeo, provided editorial

Legal
- no significant progress made
- some review of budget started.. will pass crystal ball past board
	- this needed also for sponsorship solicitation
	- need to go through application form in more detail
- question of insurance for officers/directors

Office / General
- now have a public mailing address (PO Box)
? Need to set up a permanent address for foundation - my office PO  
box is fine, otherwise need virtual service.. ideas?
- Set up pretty well with supplies, etc.  - will aim to get some good  
letterhead, etc.
- Can order biz cards if wanted
- Tracking expenses
- Various benefits forms, etc. completed
- Available more now in IRC :)



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