[Board] Locus Charter

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Dear Nicole,
Dear Suchith,

The board has approved to sign the Locus Charter.
https://www.loomio.com/d/NgZMqIJK/sign-the-locus-charter
https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/osgeo/todo/issues/127

Best regards,
Angelos

On 8/15/22 05:59, Vicky Vergara via Board wrote:
> Thanks Nicole,
> The board chat is on https://meet.jit.si/OSGeo
> If you set a time for Saturday August 27, then I will add that time in the
> agenda to make sure we are on the jitsi.
> The board is meeting in Florence, Italy and we will start the meeting at
> 7:00 UTC (I just fixed a typo on the board meeting agenda)
> And for all its the most convenient day to make this meeting happen as soon
> as possible.
>
> Regards.
> Vicky
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 4:13 PM Nicole Oveisi <noveisi at americangeo.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Thanks so much Suchith for making this connection and promoting the
>> support of the Locus Charter. And thank you Vicky for adding this topic to
>> your upcoming board meeting. We would love to have OSGEO on as a Locus
>> Charter Supporter!
>>
>> The Locus Charter <http://ethicalgeo.org/locus-charter> is a set of
>> international principles regarding the ethical and responsible use of
>> location data, with the aims of improving standards of practice and
>> ensuring the privacy and security of individuals and societies. At the
>> moment, we have 16 organizations and companies around the world that have
>> signed on to support the Charter. As a supporter, your organization would
>> be committed to promoting and implementing the 10 Principles within your
>> organization's efforts. However, this is not legally binding. Supporters
>> are expected to join our quarterly meetings and help spread the Charter
>> among their networks. We are also soliciting "use cases" from supporters
>> who have been working to implement the Principles in real-time in order to
>> better understand some of the issues and solutions faced when adhering to
>> Charter Principles. I have attached the Charter and Engagement Letter for
>> your review.
>>
>> If you are interested, I would be happy to set up a 30 minute Zoom call
>> with the Locus Charter co-author and AGS Chairman Dr. Chris Tucker to
>> discuss more in depth what signing onto the Charter looks like. Please let
>> me know if you have any other questions and if you'd like to set up a call.
>> I look forward to hearing from you!
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Nicole
>> --
>> Nicole Oveisi
>> *Special Projects and Initiatives Coordinator*
>> *American Geographical Society *
>> 949-294-2326
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 11:50 AM Vicky Vergara <vicky at georepublic.de>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> Added this topic to the F2F meeting agenda
>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2022-08-27#Current_items
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 5:23 AM Suchith Anand <
>>> Suchith.Anand at nottingham.ac.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear OSGeo Board
>>>>
>>>> I have added a slide on GeoEthics to the OSGeo AGM 2022 slides. Thanks
>>>> to Vicky for inviting me to add GeoEthics slide. Please feel free to
>>>> add/edit as needed.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> In October 2020 , I organised a Think Tank on Data Ethics to bring
>>>> together over 20 organisations (including representatives from OSGeo) to
>>>> explore ideas for building support for the Locus Charter [1] - an
>>>> international charter on the ethical use of location data.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Following this Data Ethics ThinkTank, it was agreed by all participants
>>>> to keep continuing the GeoEthics discussions through the mailing list at
>>>> OGC.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I thank Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) for making Geoethics list as an
>>>> open, public archive http://lists.ogc.org/pipermail/geoethics/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I would like to request OSGeo Board to sign Letter of Engagement with
>>>> Locus Charter . I am attaching the letter for your kind consideration. I am
>>>> ccing Nicole Oveisi from AGS who will be able to provide any information
>>>> needed. Thank you.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Suchith
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://ethicalgeo.org/locus-charter/
>>>>
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