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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Michael Smith – travel and accommodations booked. Govt travel approved. Workshop on Thursday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ll be at the members meeting. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>What day is the Sponsors/Partners meeting?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From: </span></b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@gmail.com><br><b>Date: </b>Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 4:12 PM<br><b>To: </b>Jeff McKenna <jmckenna@gatewaygeomatics.com>, Helena Mitasova <hmitaso@ncsu.edu>, Michael Smith <michael.smith.erdc@gmail.com><br><b>Cc: </b>osgeo-board List <board@lists.osgeo.org><br><b>Subject: </b>foss4gna board participation and coordination part 2<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailOriginalBody">Okay we have three weeks to go, some updates and coordination are needed.<o:p></o:p></a></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>1) osgeo attendance / board member presence<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>Board members:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>- Helena Mitasova - confirmed! believe travel and accommodation are booked <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>- Jeff McKenna - not confirmed<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>- Michael Smith - confirmed<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>- Jody Garnett - confirmed, travel booked<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>Members at large:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>- New osgeo</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><span style='font-family:"MS Gothic"'>・</span></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>us chapter members should be present, would be good to coordinate<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><i>While we have booth materials (banners,hand outs) present in st-louis, the exhibitor area has sold out. Currently looking at having out banners scattered around at the event as hosts.</i></span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>2) Schedule a member meeting at foss4gna<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>Timeslot established, we can borrow the un-meeting format from code-sprint. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span><a href="https://2018.foss4g-na.org/bof-session/osgeo-members-meeting"><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>https://2018.foss4g-na.org/bof-session/osgeo-members-meeting</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>Promotion of this activity will be needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>3) Schedule a Sponsors/Partners meeting <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>Currently we have a time slot (7:30-9:00 Breakfast meeting), and a reservation.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>I have sent a lit of sponsors and partners in North America to the board-priv list, we will need to send out email invites and see who can join us.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>Reservation asks us to respond with final headcount ... for COB tomorrow. Given that we have not started inviting anyone I think we should aim for 15-20 people.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>4) Travel Grant Program<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>While the conference committee has now gotten back to us, the time is too short to arrange anything for the event. While this is a disappointing result (especially given diversity goals) I hope the coordination can be improved on for other regional events such as foss4g-eu and foss4g-asia.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bookmark:_MailOriginalBody'>Jody Garnett<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>