[Board] Board Meeting July first

[Seven (aka Arnulf)]

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Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Arnulf,
> 
> If OSGeo is to be associated with this document, I believe there is a
> missing section: as the OGC has specific sections such as "The OGC's
> position regarding open source software", we should also include a
> section on OSGeo, such as "How OSGeo promotes open standards", and/or
> "How OSGeo promotes open source software", and/or "How OSGeo promotes
> open data".
> 
> -jeff

Thanks for your feedback. I did not check this last version well enough
it seems. I wanted to ditch the whole aspect of data / open data because
it opens up a whole new discussion that does not serve in clarifying
anythign with respect to Open Source / Standards (just as Howard points
out later...)

Yes, we should add a section on how OSGeo supports Open Standards. There
should be a mention of our MoU and also that OGC reference
implementations are based on Open Source software. (I wonder why its not
in, thought that I had added this earlier).

Best regards,
Arnulf.

> Arnulf Christl (OSGeo) wrote:
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>> Board,
>> the next regular board meeting is on Thursday (1st of July) this week. I
>> have added an agenda [1], please feel free to add items. Also observe
>> the timing, we start at 17:00 UTC.
>>
>> One potential motion needs up front work to be done. The OGC plans to
>> publish a White Paper on Open Standards and Open Source. They asked me
>> whether I could help with the Open Source perspective which I did. Over
>> the last weeks we jointly prepared the paper and I feel confident that
>> it is good to go now. The result of this work can be found in the
>> attached document. In preparation for this meeting I ask you to read and
>> comment or edit the attached document. It is not intended for broader
>> dissemination just yet which is why I did not send this mail to Discuss
>> or Standards.
>>
>> Please go through this paper and consider in what role you would like to
>> have OSGeo appear / associate with it. OGC would be happy to publish
>> this document as a joint White Paper which would give it most authority
>> with the intended audiences. OSGeo could also just be mentioned as a
>> reviewer or collaborator or any other form you consider useful.
>>
>> It would be great to have discussions *before* the actual board meeting
>> on this list so that we can proceed to have a motion on the floor to
>> vote on.
>>
>> Please let this list know if you *cannot* make it to the next meeting as
>> we will need quorum to go ahead. Summer time and associated leaves are
>> already looming ahead...
>>
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