[Board] OSGeo - ESA memorandum of intent

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Hello board,

it would be great to publish a news item about the OSGeo - ESA 
memorandum of intent

https://www.osgeo.org/foundation-news/

Could someone work with me on such a news item? Or is someone working o 
it already?

See you Astrid

Am 08.08.2023 09:10 schrieb Angelos Tzotsos via Board:
> 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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