[Board] Board Digest, Vol 202, Issue 5

[Miriam Gonzalez]

Hi Angelos and Board Members,

This is incredible news! Congratulations on this massive achievement for
OsGeo.

All the best,
Miriam

On Tue, Aug 8, 2023, 9:00 PM <board-request at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

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>    1. Re: OSGeo - ESA memorandum of intent (Angelos Tzotsos)
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> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 10:10:07 +0300
> From: Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Board] OSGeo - ESA memorandum of intent
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> Hi all,
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> The motion has passed on Loomio with 8 +1s and one -0 (see Loomio
> discussion for further details).
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> Thanks all for voting.
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> Best,
> Angelos
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> 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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