[Board] Report of the interim mini f2f Board Meeting with CEO & next regular meeting

[Jeroen Ticheler]

Thanks Arnulf for a good first write up.
I might just be able to attend the meeting before boarding a plane,  
but it will be challenging :-)
Ciao, Jeroen

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Op 2 jul 2009 om 00:25 heeft "Arnulf Christl (OSGeo)"  
<arnulf at osgeo.org> het volgende geschreven:\

> Folks,
> Jeroen, Tyler an I have met in Bolsena. As expected it was very  
> efficient
> to meet f2f and we got quite a few things done. We will put together a
> small report but have all been too busy which is why I did not pipe up
> earlier (and neglected to blog [0] on the days 4, 5 and 6 of Bolsena).
>
> One point that we discussed at length was the role of the board. As a
> result we want to suggest to change the focus of the board meetings  
> a bit.
> We want to have more discussion and to bootstrap this also intend to  
> ask
> directors to put forward a small report on what each of us is doing.  
> The
> intention is to get just a bit more liveliness back into this group
> because we feel that we have a lot more potential that OSGeo can  
> draw on.
> With the upcoming elections Jo put forward a few suggestions which I  
> feel
> are worth discussing in more depth. Feel free to follow up via mail.
>
> We will also try out a another communication service where we can  
> actually
> talk to each other without annoying static and having people fall  
> off the
> line or lag behind. Ideally it will be supported by a web extension to
> share slides, notes, etc. We are still working on this. If you are  
> savvy
> on any of this please get in touch with Tyler.
>
> On the same issue we want to suggest to move the meeting to a more
> comfortable day of the week and meet on Thursdays. I propose that we  
> have
> our next meeting next week Thursday at 15:00 UTC [1], please confirm  
> that
> you can make it. (And check your Skype account if we cannot manage  
> to get
> a viable alternative in place by then).
>
> One agenda item for the meeting is to look into the contract for  
> FOSS4G
> 2010, I'll send it around separately. Lorenzo tried to get things  
> sorted
> out before he left but I bumbled about it long enough to not get it  
> done.
> The good thing about this is that we can look into and straighten it  
> out
> some more.
>
> Last item (at least in this mail): Please find out for yourself  
> whether
> you want to stay on the board and run for another term. Regardless  
> of how
> we will get the elections done I am keen on having a responsive and
> diverse board so that we can keep up the good pace at which OSGeo is
> forging on. On the same issue please let me know your opinion on the
> president's role. It has taken me considerable time to grow into it  
> and
> just lately it seems to start making sense. Originally I was sure  
> that one
> year would be more than enough but now I think that maybe some  
> continuity
> in this role would actually be a good thing for OSGeo. This is hard  
> to say
> while being in that role so please be straight forward honest on this
> matter, either publicly or off list. Any feedback is welcome. You  
> cannot
> hurt me.
>
> All of this is also addressed to all lurkers on this list, you are not
> hanging around for nothing, you must have an opinion. Speak up.
>
> Best regards,
> Arnulf.
>
> [0] http://arnulf.us/sevendipity/
> [1] http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2009-07-09
>
> -- 
> Arnulf Christl
> President OSGeo
> http://www.osgeo.org
>
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