[Board] AGM Followup - what our foundation is doing in 2017

[David William Bitner]

Jody,

I did present at the AGM to say that the Geodata Committee is indeed
inactive.

David

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 4:38 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
wrote:

> It looks like the following committees did not have a chance to join the
> AGM:
>
>    - Code of Conduct Committee
>    <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CodeOfConduct_Committee> - could not
>    figure out contact
>    <http://www.osgeo.org/content/foundation/board_and_officers.html>, not
>    listed as an officer, and wiki inconclusive
>    <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/CodeOfConduct_Committee>
>    - Finance Committee <http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Finance_Committee>
>    - contact Daniel Morissette
>    - Public Geospatial Committee
>    <http://www.osgeo.org/content/projects/geodata.html> - contact David
>    Bitner; perhaps inactive, last email sent july 2016
>    <https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/geodata/>
>
> I also note that the website committee
> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Website_Committee> was dissolved due to
> inactivity.
>
>
> --
> Jody Garnett
>
> On 22 October 2017 at 22:48, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> In our most recent mins that we had a good review of outstanding f2f
>> action items <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-10-05>, one
>> thing we are missing is following up on our well attended, entertaining,
>> annual general meeting.
>>
>> I am (CCing) the discussion list here as this is a fun update.
>>
>> The main action item is to invite projects and committees who missed the
>> AGM to the next board meeting (Board Meeting 2017-11-02
>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-11-02>). Anita has also
>> identified this as an opportunity to start thinking about next years budget.
>>
>> The slides are here:
>> ​​​
>>  osgeo-agm
>> <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1T9QRcCdyd8PLQnXB2VfZ2k3ReX-9CH_YXRg0VKqtgeQ/edit?usp=drive_web>
>> ​
>> We had reports from the board and core officers (or delegate):
>>
>>    - president: delegated to helena as vice-president
>>    - treasurer
>>    - secretary
>>    - elections - annual short term position
>>
>> Initiatives:
>>
>>    - Website/rebranding - temporary initiative
>>    - OSGeo-Live
>>
>> Projects:
>>
>>    - GRASS GIS
>>    - GeoMOOSE
>>    - ORFEO ToolBox - welcome to new graduate!
>>    - pycsw
>>    - geonode
>>    - pywps*
>>    - MapServer
>>    - ZOO project - brought up external slides
>>    - GeoServer
>>
>> *via incubation committee
>>
>> Aside: t*here was some confusion for projects who had had a state-of
>> talk during the conference. The AGM update is focused on the project health
>> and happiness, rather than technology updates.*
>>
>> Local Chapters
>>
>>    - OSGeo Korean Chapter
>>    - GfOSS.it
>>    - OSGeo Ireland
>>    - D-A-Ch: FOSSGIS e.V.
>>    - OSGeo:UK
>>    - OSGeo.JP
>>    - geo-spatial.org (OSGeo.RO)
>>    - And more
>>       - OSGeo Finland Chapter Report
>>       - OSGeo Spanish Language Chapter
>>       - OSGeo Africa
>>       - OSGeo European
>>
>> *Aside: There was a lot of friendly encouragement from
>> the European chapters considering considering bidding for FOSS4G 2019.*
>>
>> *Note: Local chapter updates are the highlight of any AGM (and
>> inspirational). There is no expectation for a report from local chapters -
>> they do not have an officer representative in our organization. I think
>> this makes sense since they are regional in nature and need to have the
>> freedom to incorporate in accordance with local laws*.
>>
>> Committees:
>>
>>    - United Nations Committee
>>    - GeoForAll
>>    - Conference Committee
>>    - OpenGeoScience Committee
>>    - Marketing Committee
>>    - Incubation Committee
>>    - GSoC - is this a committee or initiative?
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>
>
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