[OSGeo-Board] Minutes of Second Meeting Posted

[Markus Neteler]

I made some modifications to the minutes (basically URLs, but
also upgraded 7 to 8 projects). Please check at

 http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php?title=Second_Board_Meeting&diff=1736&oldid=1730

Markus

On 2/28/06, Rich Steele <Rich.Steele at autodesk.com> wrote:
> One further follow up from the board meeting--
>
> In reviewing the proposed bylaws, both Frank and Markus had some issues
> with the provisions of Article VI governing the establishment of Project
> Steering Committees.  Principally the comments revolved around:
>
> - the requirement that the board appoint all members of PSCs
> - limiting PSC memberships to one year terms
>
> I made some slight modifications to Article VI to permit the chairperson
> of the PSC to staff up the committee, and to delete the reference to the
> one year term.  See changes here:
>
> http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php?title=Draft_OSGEO_Bylaws&diff=1734
> &oldid=1576
>
> I think at least the first of these changes is necessary because thus
> far (and conceivably going forward), the board has only appointed the
> chair of committees but has not appointed any other members.  I had
> hoped to implement these changes after the discussion at today's
> meeting, but a motion was made to adopt the bylaws before I had a chance
> to do so.
>
> Do any of you have an issue with these two small modifications?  If not,
> I would propose we make them in the final "approved" version of the
> bylaws.
>
> -Rich
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Frank Warmerdam [mailto:fwarmerdam at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Frank
> > Warmerdam (External)
> > Sent: Monday, February 27, 2006 5:28 PM
> > To: board at board.osgeo.org
> > Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Board] Minutes of Second Meeting Posted
> >
> > Rich Steele wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I've posted meeting minutes and action items to the wiki.  Please
> let me
> > > know if I've missed or misstated anything.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Second_Board_Meeting
> > >
> > > Also, now that we have bylaws and everything is "official", future
> board
> > > minutes will have a more corporate look to them to ensure that we
> comply
> > > with Delaware corporate law.
> >
> > Rich,
> >
> > The minutes look good to me.
> >
> > Daniel - can we post the minutes and action items on the board web
> > site after they have been adopted?  (http://board.osgeo.org).  I see
> the
> > project exists, but you are the only member.  If I had commit
> privileges
> > I would be willing to post the minutes from the wiki to the official
> site,
> > though this might be better addressed by the Secretary.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> >
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> >
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