[Board] OSGeo - ESA memorandum of intent

[Codrina Maria Ilie]

Hi, Astrid,

We would like to have one coordinated with ESA.
I will keep you posted :)

Cheers from Bucharest,
Codrina


On 09.08.2023 9:38 PM, Astrid Emde (OSGeo) via Board wrote:
> 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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