[Board] Meeting reminder: Thursday

Wed Jul 10 01:46:32 PDT 2013

Me and Anne will be at Geoinformatics conference during the meeting. We
should manage it

Jachym

Dne 9.7.2013 23:04, Cameron Shorter napsal(a):
> Thanks Daniel, calendar reminded now changed.
> Of note, I'll be on holidays and out of town, and am not sure if I'll
> have an internet connection.
> My comments in advance are below, in italics.
> 
>     roll call
>     appoint meeting chair, meeting scribe/secretary
>     Review and approve past minutes: Board Meeting 2013-06-13
> /
> //+1 I approve./
> 
>     Charter/Board elections update; Decision on how many new Charter
> Members are to be added (as per our by laws this year between 14 and 48)
> 
> /While I didn't note it at the time, I think that there is value in the
> "Charter Membership" being considered as a badge of honour, something
> which is difficult to obtain, and something that you only can gain by
> being voted into the role. To achieve that, we need to:
> 1. Have a vote.
> 2. Only accept a subset of people who apply. Last year we accepted
> everyone, and I think that was detrimental to the "Charter Member"
> brand. That said, I was in agreement that all proposed candidates were
> valuable.
> 
> I'm open to the number of people we accept. I suggest it should be at
> least as many people as last year, and less than 48. Maybe 25-30?
> 
> /    support for QGIS HackFest (sept 12-16) email
>         asking for second installment: 750 USD
> /
> //+0/
> 
>     Repairing the OSGeo Service Providers page
>         volunteers/funding specialists/something
> 
> /Can someone please describe what is required to fix this? Once we can
> describe what is required, I suggest going to the community and asking
> for a voluteer to see if they can fix it (assuming they are provided
> with sufficient privileges).
> I'm -0 on paying someone to fix it at this point, until we have a
> groundswell of people asking for it.
> I'm also open to suggesting we turn it off. If companies think it is
> worth having, then they will stand up and offer to fix it.
> Of note, do we have any metrics about how often it gets used?
> /
>     OSGeo servers security issues
>     OSGeo Booth at Nottingham
>         Offer of booth from LOC; do we accept?
> /Yes/
>             booth size needed?
> /At FOSS4G 2009, OSGeo had a double booth, and it was a popular booth,
> and base for many people.
> 
> /            Who to manage booth duty volunteers
> /I suggest that board members at the conference should use the booth as
> a base.
> We are the spokespeople for OSGeo.
> 
> /                possibly Jeff to setup wiki and distribute
> call-for-volunteers
> /+1 Good idea. I suggest that a number of people on the OSGeo Advocate
> list will be willing to man the booth. As such, I suggest linking to
> Advocate profiles from the wiki you set up./
> 
>     Changes needed to Elections process
>         documented at: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Category_talk:Elections
>         likely needs to be put on hold until after elections, but,
> important to followup later
> 
> /I see this as low priority, where priority determined by finding
> volunteers motivated to "scratch an itch" to fix it. Is there a
> volunteer sufficiently motivated?/
> /OSGeo is still effective under our current arrangement. Cleaning up
> bylaws burns up volunteer time without gaining anything productive as a
> consequence.
> 
> /    Need to update bylaws
> http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/incorporation/bylaws.html
>         possible half-day virtual meeting to go through necessary changes?
>         suggestion by AdrianC: Board could produce an authoritative list
> of all the wiki pages considered to be approved
> 
> /If someone wishes to take on this task, maybe AdrianC? I'd be happy for
> them to do so./
> 
> amendments to the bylaws
> 
>  * /add your items here/
>  * Decide on who to report this meeting summary to the Discuss list
>  * Schedule next meeting
> 
> 
> 
> On 10/07/13 05:24, Daniel Morissette wrote:
>> BTW, a note to Cameron: I received your Google Calendar invite, but it
>> is 12 hours too early. Please see
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-07-11
>>
>>
>> On 13-07-09 3:21 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
>>> Just a reminder of our Board meeting this Thursday.
>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2013-07-11 Note the 12.00 UTC
>>> timeslot.
>>>
>>> The agenda is obviously too packed for 60 minutes, so I will likely
>>> re-prioritize the items right before the meeting.
>>>
>>> (our global community is sure alive!)
>>>
>>> -jeff
>>>
>>>
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