[OSGeo-Board] Minutes of Second Meeting Posted

[Arnulf Christl]

Gary Lang wrote:
> +1
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:   Rich Steele
> Sent:   Mon 2/27/2006 10:54 PM
> To:     board at board.osgeo.org
> Cc:    
> Subject:        RE: [OSGeo-Board] Minutes of Second Meeting Posted
> 
> 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 
> <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

+1 from Arnulf for all modifications

>  > -----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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