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<p>Thanks to everyone who attended the AGM on Monday. <br>
</p>
<p>A particular welcome to Catherine Clissold-Jones and Jonny Huck,
who are joining the committee. <br>
</p>
<p>I would also like to let you know that GoFundGeo awarded £5003
across 6 projects to:</p>
<p>pgRouting Gold Sponsorship Level, $1200/£963 per year<br>
QGIS Sustaining Membership small level, €1,000/£840 per year<br>
qgis2web: £1,000<br>
GeoServer: £1,000<br>
Terra Draw: £1,000<br>
GISRUK & OSGeo:UK GoFundGeo Award, £200<br>
</p>
<p>We also discussed future plans for organizing a FOSS4G Europe or
FOSS4G Global, potentially in 2026 or 2027, as well as a National
FOSS4G:UK next year (2025). Watch this email list for details!
(and volunteer to help out if you want this to happen - see Al's
email <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/uk/2024-November/001300.html">https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/uk/2024-November/001300.html</a>).
<br>
</p>
<p>The minutes are available online now at <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2024minutes.html">https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2024minutes.html</a>.
<br>
</p>
<p>Best wishes,<br>
Nick.<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/11/2024 12:24, Nick Bearman via
UK wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:c1fc4829-0778-46bb-800e-9e092bf4c0a2@nickbearman.com">
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<p class="selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6"
dir="ltr"><span class="selectable-text copyable-text"
style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Remember the OSGeo:UK AGM is at 1pm UK time today</span></p>
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dir="ltr"><span class="selectable-text copyable-text"
style="color: var(--link); white-space: pre-wrap;"><a
href="https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2024.html"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://uk.osgeo.org/agm/agm2024.html</a></span></p>
<p class="selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6"
dir="ltr"><span class="selectable-text copyable-text"
style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Please join us at </span><span
class="selectable-text copyable-text"
style="color: var(--link); white-space: pre-wrap;"><a
href="https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89689342086?pwd=aaOJ7RkXVJN9G5ICmkc1qJU2tF1ebv.1"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext" moz-do-not-send="true">https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89689342086?pwd=aaOJ7RkXVJN9G5ICmkc1qJU2tF1ebv.1</a></span><span
class="selectable-text copyable-text"
style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> if you can. </span></p>
<p class="selectable-text copyable-text x15bjb6t x1n2onr6"
dir="ltr"><span class="selectable-text copyable-text"
style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Thanks!</span></p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/10/2024 10:10 am, Nick Bearman
via UK wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:e3013edc-2ca5-48cf-9ba2-162137225da6@nickbearman.com">Hi
OSGeo:UK members and anyone interested in OSGeo in the UK, <br>
<br>
We can confirm the date for OSGeo:UK's AGM is Mon 18th Nov and
we will be meeting online at 1pm. <br>
<br>
I have included an agenda below, but there are two key items
that we will be discussing which we want your input for. <br>
<br>
Firstly, we want you to be involved in OSGeo:UK. If you are
interested in being involved in OSGeo:UK in anyway, please come
along to the AGM and consider standing for the committee. <br>
<br>
We have three named roles in the management committee (Chair,
Nick Bearman; Secretary, Ant Scott; and Treasurer, Matt Travis)
and up to four other voting members (currently Dave Barter,
Alastair Graham, Tom Chadwin, Tom Armitage (voting) and Joseph
Seddon (non-voting)). As per our constitution (<a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://uk.osgeo.org/files/OSGeoUKFinalConstitution_2018_amendments-signed.pdf"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://uk.osgeo.org/files/OSGeoUKFinalConstitution_2018_amendments-signed.pdf</a>)
we are elected annually at the AGM, so if you want to stand for
any of these roles, please let us know. If required, a vote at
the AGM will be organised. <br>
<br>
Anyone can be a member of OSGeo:UK (by joining our mailing list)
and come along to our meetings. <br>
<br>
Secondly, we want your input for GoFundGeo - to help us to
decide who to fund this year. Building on our previous two years
of GoFundGeo (2021-22 and 2022-23), we continue to use surplus
funds from FOSS4G:UK conferences (and other funds) to support
Open Source Geospatial software projects that will have an
impact in the UK. We have approximately £6000 available for
sponsorship this year and we will be following a broadly similar
application process to last year. Full details will be
circulated shortly, but applications for funding will close on
Wed 13th Nov, in time for discussion before the AGM on Mon 18th
Nov. At the AGM we will decide who to fund - so please come
along and express your opinion. <br>
<br>
I have included the full agenda below. Please do come along and
join us on Mon 18th Nov to help plan the future of OSGeo:UK. <br>
<br>
Best wishes, <br>
Nick. <br>
<br>
Agenda: <br>
- Present / Apologies <br>
- Minutes from 2023 <br>
- Accounts 2023-2024 <br>
- Election of Officers <br>
- Discussion around election process <br>
- We noted last year that we needed to encourage other
members to put themselves forward for the committee. There are
currently no term limits for officers or committee members, so
previously it has been very easy to just keep the same people on
the committee unless someone actively wants to leave. This year
we have more explicitly advertised for people to put themselves
forward. <br>
- Moving forward, we can discuss whether we want to adopt a
set term (e.g. 3 years) after which people stand down and the
positions are open for election. <br>
- QGIS Domains - update <br>
- Communications - update (inc. newsletter) <br>
- FOSS4G:UK 2024 South West <br>
- Future events <br>
- FOSS4G:UK 2025 <br>
- FOSS4G 2026? <br>
- Funding of Open Source Geo Projects (GoFundGeo) <br>
- AOB <br>
<br>
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