[Board] Online agm?

[Jody Garnett]

The treasurer has a couple spreadsheets used to organize prior foss4g
sponsors/partners/board breakfast meetings; these contain the most uptodate
contact details.
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Jody Garnett


On Sun, 7 Jun 2020 at 04:17, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) <astrid_emde at osgeo.org>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Jody thanks a lot for bringing up the idea of an Online AGM. That's a
> great idea and we should go for it.
>
> I would favorite to do it in August or September to show some activity
> of OSGeo.
>
> It would be great to enhance it and provide an event for half a day or
> even a day and provide sections for projects and local chapters.
>
> Maybe we also could give our sponsors some minutes to show what they are
> doing with OSGeo Software. In advance we should promote OSGeo
> sponsorship (I contacted Tom Kralidis about doing that the day before).
>
> If we are going to record the AGM it could be good promotion for OSGeo
> and our community.
>
> See you
>
> Astrid
>
>
>
> Am 02.06.2020 00:50 schrieb Jody Garnett:
> > Can see advantages both ways, depending on priority:
> >
> > - Planning cycle: October would play into the planning cycle: AGM to
> > see how projects did, November to plan for the year ahead, Dec to set
> > budget.
> > - Board cycle: September would make the AGM a great handover from
> > current board, collect what has been happening and listen to feedback.
> > It would also be a great kick-off to election process.
> > - Academic cycle: August is the calm before the storm and great for
> > GeoForAll participation, however often summer / vacation / family time
> > for those in the norther hemisphere
> >
> > Given foss4g cancelation may be worth doing a call out for osgeo
> > sponsorship in conjunction with the AGM. I know my employer has had a
> > lot of our foss4g sponsorship opportunities evaporate this year.
> >
> > All the best Angelos and thank you for your service.
> > --
> > Jody Garnett
> >
> > On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 at 01:44, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Thanks Jody,
> >>
> >> This is a great idea and actually we would be forced to arrange
> >> something like this due to our bylaws.
> >> I am wondering if we should target the dates we had for FOSS4G or
> >> later in the year.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Angelos
> >>
> >> On 6/1/20 12:27 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
> >>
> >> I think it would be nice to invite partners as well.
> >>
> >> On Sun, May 31, 2020 at 11:37 AM <michael.smith.erdc at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> I think that is a fantastic idea. We could even make it longer and
> >> have
> >> sections for projects and local / regional groups. Harder for a full
> >> conference but for an AGM it’s a great idea. And we can have a
> >> lots of
> >> questions/answers/discussions. Either a full day or a few half days
> >> I
> >> think.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >> OSGeo Treasurer
> >>
> >> On May 31, 2020, at 2:28 PM, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com>
> >>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> 
> >> I had an idea to pass on to the board, how do folks feel about
> >> having an
> >>
> >> online AGM this years?
> >>
> >> We could go quick, with the core AGM presentation, and board and
> >>
> >> officers format.
> >>
> >> Or if folks wish to make an afternoon of it the online format could
> >>
> >> allow each project / committee/ local chapter, community project to
> >> do a
> >> “state of presentation”.
> >>
> >> —
> >> Jody
> >> --
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> >> Jody Garnett
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