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

[Jody Garnett]

Thanks David, I was working from the AGM slides. I am not sure if anyone
took minutes for the meeting.

--
Jody Garnett

On 23 October 2017 at 14:54, David William Bitner <bitner at dbspatial.com>
wrote:

> 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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