<div dir="auto"><div>Hi Angelos and Board Members,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">This is incredible news! Congratulations on this massive achievement for OsGeo. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">All the best,</div><div dir="auto">Miriam </div><div dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 8, 2023, 9:00 PM <<a href="mailto:board-request@lists.osgeo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">board-request@lists.osgeo.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Send Board mailing list submissions to<br>
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1. Re: OSGeo - ESA memorandum of intent (Angelos Tzotsos)<br>
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Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 10:10:07 +0300<br>
From: Angelos Tzotsos <<a href="mailto:gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">gcpp.kalxas@gmail.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [Board] OSGeo - ESA memorandum of intent<br>
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Hi all,<br>
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The motion has passed on Loomio with 8 +1s and one -0 (see Loomio <br>
discussion for further details).<br>
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Thanks all for voting.<br>
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Best,<br>
Angelos<br>
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On 7/31/23 16:39, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:<br>
> Hi all,<br>
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> After waiting a few days for feedback, there is a motion now on Loomio:<br>
> <a href="https://www.loomio.com/p/QlL45DxV/motion-to-approve-the-memorandum-of-intent-with-the-european-space-agency" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.loomio.com/p/QlL45DxV/motion-to-approve-the-memorandum-of-intent-with-the-european-space-agency</a> <br>
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> Best,<br>
> Angelos<br>
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> On 7/27/23 18:57, Codrina Maria Ilie via Board wrote:<br>
>> Hi, all,<br>
>><br>
>> I would like to point out that we have a draft for a Memorandum of <br>
>> Intent between OSGeo and the European Space Agency, for your review, <br>
>> published on our wiki <a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MoU_ESA" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MoU_ESA</a>.<br>
>><br>
>> ESA has been collaborating with OSGeo for years now, either <br>
>> sponsoring or supporting FOSS4Gs, using and contributing back to <br>
>> OSGeo projects, participating in our events. As you know, ESA has <br>
>> invited and is supporting OSGeo to organize its community sprint at <br>
>> Big Data from Space 2023 conference in Vienna <br>
>> [<a href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Sprint_2023" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Sprint_2023</a>].<br>
>><br>
>> This MoI is an important step forward for our collaboration, better <br>
>> framing our ongoing and future activities, as well as raising <br>
>> awareness in both communities, the space related and the OSGeo one - <br>
>> of our common values and principles leading to encouraging <br>
>> interoperability with open and community standards, fostering the use <br>
>> and development of open source geospatial software and doing so in an <br>
>> open and inclusive manner.<br>
>><br>
>> The 'Memorandum of Intent' and not 'Memorandum of Understanding' was <br>
>> used due to ESA's definition of these terms. In this particular case, <br>
>> MoI is the better choice because "Memorandum of Intent (MoI) is used <br>
>> for instruments that do not generate legal obligations for, or entail <br>
>> any exchange of funds between, the signatories. Conversely, the title <br>
>> ?Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)? and its variations is used by the <br>
>> Agency for legally binding instruments entered into that, due to <br>
>> their legal and financial implications, are also subject to a more <br>
>> stringent approval process (since they need to be approved by our <br>
>> various boards/committees and Council)."<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> Cheers from Bucharest,<br>
>> Codrina<br>
>><br>
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD<br>
President<br>
Open Source Geospatial Foundation<br>
<a href="http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos</a><br>
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