[Board] OSGeo - ESA memorandum of intent

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi all,

The motion has passed on Loomio with 8 +1s and one -0 (see Loomio 
discussion for further details).

Thanks all for voting.

Best,
Angelos

On 7/31/23 16:39, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> After waiting a few days for feedback, there is a motion now on Loomio:
> https://www.loomio.com/p/QlL45DxV/motion-to-approve-the-memorandum-of-intent-with-the-european-space-agency 
>
>
> Best,
> Angelos
>
> On 7/27/23 18:57, Codrina Maria Ilie via Board wrote:
>> Hi, all,
>>
>> I would like to point out that we have a draft for a Memorandum of 
>> Intent between OSGeo and the European Space Agency, for your review, 
>> published on our wiki https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/MoU_ESA.
>>
>> ESA has been collaborating with OSGeo for years now, either 
>> sponsoring or supporting FOSS4Gs, using and contributing back to 
>> OSGeo projects, participating in our events. As you know, ESA has 
>> invited and is supporting OSGeo to organize its community sprint at 
>> Big Data from Space 2023 conference in Vienna 
>> [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeo_Community_Sprint_2023].
>>
>> This MoI is an important step forward for our collaboration, better 
>> framing our ongoing and future activities, as well as raising 
>> awareness in both communities, the space related and the OSGeo one - 
>> of our common values and principles leading to encouraging 
>> interoperability with open and community standards, fostering the use 
>> and development of open source geospatial software and doing so in an 
>> open and inclusive manner.
>>
>> The 'Memorandum of Intent' and not 'Memorandum of Understanding' was 
>> used due to ESA's definition of these terms. In this particular case, 
>> MoI is the better choice because "Memorandum of Intent (MoI) is used 
>> for instruments that do not generate legal obligations for, or entail 
>> any exchange of funds between, the signatories. Conversely, the title 
>> “Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)” and its variations is used by the 
>> Agency for legally binding instruments entered into that, due to 
>> their legal and financial implications, are also subject to a more 
>> stringent approval process (since they need to be approved by our 
>> various boards/committees and Council)."
>>
>>
>> Cheers from Bucharest,
>> Codrina
>>
>>
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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
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