[Board] OSGeo - ESA memorandum of intent

[Jody Garnett]

That is great :)

In addition to foundation-news:
- Board members should have access to add a partner page here
https://www.osgeo.org/partners/
- And upload PDF of MOU to https://www.osgeo.org/resources/

If you have these things in place when making the announcement everything
should link together...
--
Jody Garnett


On Wed, Aug 9, 2023 at 12:20 PM Codrina Maria Ilie via Board <
board at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:

> 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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