<div dir="ltr">Venka,<div><br></div><div>should we try to schedule a late June meeting - perhaps June 29? There is a number of things we need to discuss and vote on in addition to votes that need to be done right away -</div><div><br></div><div>quick votes needed:</div><div>- authorize Jodi to remove SEO from past sponsors list</div><div>- authorize a board member to explain UN personnel that foss4g does not cover registration fees for UN (unless they are sponsors or volunteers or give a workshop).</div><div><br></div><div>votes/discussion needed before the end of June</div><div>- MoU with IGU</div><div>- upcoming important MoU with US Department of Interior - I have a draft for you to read and discuss </div><div>- new website issues/ help/info needed that Jodi has raised in his emails</div><div>- foss4g AGM, f2f, travel support for board members, website code sprint</div><div>- elections?</div><div><br></div><div>as soon as we have the date I can put this on the wiki so that others can add agenda items. </div><div><br></div><div>Thank you, Helena</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 5:40 PM, Jody Garnett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">I would like the board or marketing committee to direct me in that, I personally like that idea. <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Jun 23, 2017 at 8:27 AM Eli Adam <<a href="mailto:eadam@co.lincoln.or.us" target="_blank">eadam@co.lincoln.or.us</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> It is now June and I am removing our last SEO sponsor entry.<br>
<br>
Can SEO sponsors also be removed from the previous sponsors section?<br>
<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Jody Garnett<br>
><br>
> On 6 April 2017 at 05:42, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> I double checked, two of the organizations is question have now been<br>
>> removed; the last one get's removed in June.<br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Jody Garnett<br>
>><br>
>> On 5 April 2017 at 23:54, Jody Garnett <<a href="mailto:jody.garnett@gmail.com" target="_blank">jody.garnett@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>>><br>
>>> I am waiting for their year to be up before removing, they did sponsor<br>
>>> for a year and we took their money.<br>
>>> On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:49 PM Anita Graser <<a href="mailto:anitagraser@gmx.at" target="_blank">anitagraser@gmx.at</a>> wrote:<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Hi Andreas,<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 8:24 AM, Andreas Neumann <<a href="mailto:andreas@qgis.org" target="_blank">andreas@qgis.org</a>><br>
>>>> wrote:<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> Hi OSGEO board / officers,<br>
>>>>> I would like to investigate about the OSGEO sponsors policy. Especially<br>
>>>>> in the light that we had and have similar requests from "dubious" sponsors<br>
>>>>> in the QGIS project. Also maybe to align our policies.<br>
>>>>> I am relating to the bronze sponsors listed at<br>
>>>>> <a href="http://www.osgeo.org/content/sponsorship/sponsors.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.osgeo.org/content/<wbr>sponsorship/sponsors.html</a><br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> ChameleonJohn<br>
>>>>> Apps4Rent<br>
>>>>> Dealslands<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> These companies are not active in the geospatial domain. The sole<br>
>>>>> purpose of their sponsorship is to get search engine optimizations by<br>
>>>>> getting increased trust from a popular Open Source project. They are willing<br>
>>>>> to pay such small sponsorships and get an awful lot of value from it. It is<br>
>>>>> simply advertising for their business that has nothing to do with "geo".<br>
>>>>><br>
>>>>> I would suggest the OSGEO board to not accept such sponsorships in the<br>
>>>>> future and remove the existing "dubious" ones completely, once they expire.<br>
>>>>> Since they are 2016 sponsors - maybe they can be removed already?<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Thank you for reminding us about this issue! You'll be happy to know<br>
>>>> that the OSGeo board already voted to not accept this kind of sponsors<br>
>>>> anymore, see<br>
>>>> <a href="https://www.loomio.org/d/RmDdysre/update-sponsorship-instructions-to-restrict-search-engine-optimization-companies" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.loomio.org/d/<wbr>RmDdysre/update-sponsorship-<wbr>instructions-to-restrict-<wbr>search-engine-optimization-<wbr>companies</a><br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Concerning removing 2016's questionable sponsors, maybe Jody knows if<br>
>>>> removal now is ok with our agreements.<br>
>>>><br>
>>>> Best wishes,<br>
>>>> Anita<br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
>>>><br>
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>>> --<br>
>>> Jody Garnett<br>
>><br>
>><br>
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