[Board] action: Angelos to ask 4-5 projects to attend the next meeting

[Angelos Tzotsos]

I just received the first reply from a project officer asking if we 
would accept a project report (in some text format) in case they cannot 
make it to the meeting this week.

I see 2 options:
1. Accept a detailed project report in some text format (wiki, rst, 
markdown etc) along with a slide (if we feel it is necessary to complete 
the AGM presentation)
2. Ask the project officer to join a future board meeting. The actual 
question is: do we need a project officer to attend one meeting per year 
(preferably the AGM) or is this not actually needed?

Best,
Angelos


On 11/10/2017 10:49 PM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> If it helps Angelos I have prepaired a status report for GeoTools here:
>
> - https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-Annual-Report-2017
>
> The report includes two items specifically requested by the board:
>
>     - how we function as a committee, this was established during our
>     incubation process and is part of our developer guide here
>     <http://docs.geotools.org/latest/developer/roles/committee.html>
>     - budget request for for 2018 planning, Budget Request for 2018
>     <https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-Budget-Request-2018>
>
> While I can add a slide to that AGM deck, I would like a clarification as
> to why this is useful. AGM was a presentation to our membership and the
> opportunity has passed has it not?
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 7 November 2017 at 10:38, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I will start with the first 5 of the list, this is the order of appearance
>> on our web site.
>>
>> On 11/06/2017 08:00 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>>
>> action: Angelous to ask 4-5 projects to attend the next meeting (from those
>> who did not attend AGM), request slide to complete AGM presentation
>>
>> Here is the list of projects that did not participate in the AGM:
>>
>>     - gvSIG
>>     - Marble
>>     - QGIS
>>     - FDO
>>     - GDAL/OGR
>>     - GEOS
>>     - GeoTools
>>     - OSSIM
>>     - PostGIS
>>     - GeoNetwork
>>     - deegree
>>     - geomajas
>>     - Mapbender
>>     - MapFish
>>     - MapGuide Open Source
>>     - OpenLayers
>>
>> The AGM slides are:
>> ​
>>   OSGeo AGM Slides<https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-vwUulLnrSIxZwWVIvVn0wANZyFiEWtUxe-QlzRTHRw/edit?usp=drive_web> <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-vwUulLnrSIxZwWVIvVn0wANZyFiEWtUxe-QlzRTHRw/edit?usp=drive_web>
>> ​
>> Helena asked for a slide to complete the above presentation. I am not sure
>> about adding slides, since it would not match what was presented at foss4g.
>>
>> Communication notes and strategies:
>>
>> There was some confusion about what was being asked for the AGM, a report
>> to the is not so much about features of the software, but about health and
>> happiness of the project or committee. The AGM is also reporting (and
>> saying hello to) the OSGeo membership who puts a lot of love and support
>> behind our projects.
>>
>> If a project used a budget in 2017 it would be good to hear how it went.
>> Since this is a report to the membership it is a good chance to reach out
>> to volunteers and ask for help. The report can can help lay the ground work
>> for a budget request - if challenges are identified in the 2017 AGM, and
>> then addressed with a plan and budget request for 2018.
>>
>> I have prepaired a report for GeoTools here but you probably have your own
>> examples:
>> - https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-Annual-Report-2017
>> - https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/Formal-Correspondence
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>>
>>
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
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