[Board] Changing the name of the "AGM"

[Ari Jolma]

On 09/19/2012 04:11 PM, Seven (aka Arnulf) wrote:
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> Folks,
> we have always had something called the "AGM" at FOSS4G but it never
> really was an "Annual General Meeting" as defined in legal terms. This
> year it was suggested to move the AGM to another event because the
> global FOSS4G was postponed for a year.
>
> But the term "AGM" is not really good because we never managed to have
> a reasonably representative share of members turn up. In recent
> versions of the "AGM" the Local Chapters gave (lightning) talks about
> their activities and we then conclude with an open dialog between
> everybody physically in the room. This was fine and especially the
> Local Chapter talks can be nicely compiled into a presentation to be
> given anywhere. But it is not really an "AGM". Thoughts?

It seems to me, reading the Bylaws, that the legal AGM of OSGeo ("Annual 
Meeting" section 8.2) is the virtual "meeting" (vote) where new 
Directors are selected.

How about "OSGeo annual symposium"? Symposium means literally "drinking 
party" (sic!), but it is commonly used as a synonym of the word 
"conference". According to some web sites symposium is less formal than 
a conference. Some definitions of a symposium emphasize the discussion 
of one topic.

Cheers,

Ari

>
> Cheers,
> Arnulf
>
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