From gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com  Thu Oct 16 07:51:07 2025
From: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com (Angelos Tzotsos)
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:51:07 +0300
Subject: [Board] Board meeting 2025-09-30
In-Reply-To: <301aa2be-fa17-422d-9a8d-15f37e4c6e47@gmail.com>
References: <301aa2be-fa17-422d-9a8d-15f37e4c6e47@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <33151952-1a78-482e-bae5-7c81adcaecf2@gmail.com>

Hi all,

The meeting minutes are now available.

Best,
Angelos

On 9/16/25 11:52, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> This is the next meeting agenda, please add your topics:
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2025-09-30
>
> Please note that this is going to be a F2F meeting during the OSGeo 
> Community Sprint in Riga and we are planning a half day meeting.
>
> Best,
> Angelos
>

-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President, Board of Directors
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/



From gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com  Thu Oct 16 07:57:06 2025
From: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com (Angelos Tzotsos)
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:57:06 +0300
Subject: [Board] Board meeting 2025-10-28
Message-ID: <328e7e48-2442-40ca-9f6e-f28ba6bd139a@gmail.com>

Hi all,

This is the next meeting agenda, please add your topics:
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2025-10-28

Best,
Angelos

-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President, Board of Directors
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/



From gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com  Thu Oct 16 08:02:17 2025
From: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com (Angelos Tzotsos)
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:02:17 +0300
Subject: [Board] Request - formal recognition - OSGeo Slovenija as an
 official OSGeo Local Chapter
In-Reply-To: <93CB206A-7415-45B3-9A30-3757DFC6C27A@gmail.com>
References: <CAP=N1MFdV8zXUitQ2nP1QaMy+Cc5LPj4_OJaqzU_mcHOyOSdzA@mail.gmail.com>
 <9e191dfa-f408-428b-88be-8c5e7ef06271@gmail.com>
 <CAP=N1MHGvn=dMYg8rJf4zAJfQMiGcbbJSfzjP-aaz-kwsyKQvg@mail.gmail.com>
 <c4389cbc-eec4-4145-9453-3f8fdbbefd59@gmail.com>
 <dd7a850b-7e0c-4ed8-b100-fb62b844f6c7@gmail.com>
 <CAP=N1MHsEfCbdXP1-zsd9NLXUTZdzKmG0tC0a2Kxh=EVFBTi4A@mail.gmail.com>
 <93CB206A-7415-45B3-9A30-3757DFC6C27A@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <ab4e4bc6-38ff-4b06-aef2-07bc223ec79f@gmail.com>

Dear Alen,

You will need editing privileges to the web site to add the new Local 
Chapter.
Vicky, can we please provide this from SAC?

Best regards,
Angelos


On 8/23/25 12:29, Alen Mangafi? wrote:
> Hi to all,
>
> I am reforwarding my old mail, hopefully the last one got lost :)
>
> Have a great weekend,
> Alen
>
> On 6 August 2025 10:39:51 CEST, "Alen Mangafi?" <amangaf at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Dear Board,
>>
>> I would kindly ask you for the guidelines of how to get on the official OSGeo
>> Chapters list <https://www.osgeo.org/about/local-organizations/> and the
>> page with the Local chapters <https://www.osgeo.org/local-chapters/>.
>> Guidelines as - who to address about it and collaborate.
>> All the information about us and the logos are here:
>>
>>    - https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Slovenia
>>    -
>>    https://github.com/OSGeo-si/osgeo-si/blob/main/marketing/logo/osgeo-si-logo.png
>>
>> All the best,
>> Alen
>>
>> On Wed, May 28, 2025 at 12:35?AM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Motion has passed.
>>> Congratulations to the Slovenija local chapter!
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Angelos
>>>
>>> On 5/20/25 12:30, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>>>> Dear all,
>>>>
>>>> The motion is now on Loomio:
>>>>
>>> https://www.loomio.com/p/9XwAzmaW/motion-to-formally-recognize-osgeo-slovenija-as-an-official-osgeo-local-chapter
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>> Angelos
>>>>
>>>> On 4/23/25 15:24, Alen Mangafi? wrote:
>>>>> Dear Angelos,
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> I?ll do my best to attend, although I have a transatlantic flight a few
>>>>> hours later. In any case, I?ll make sure to inform the other members
>>>>> of our
>>>>> local board.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>> Alen
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 1:59?PM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Dear Alen,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thank you for the request. We have added it to the next board meeting
>>>>>> agenda:
>>>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2025-04-29#Current_items
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Feel free to attend if you are available.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Best regards,
>>>>>> Angelos
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 4/15/25 14:30, Alen Mangafi? via Board wrote:
>>>>>>> Dear OSGeo Board,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are writing to request formal recognition of *OSGeo Slovenija* as
>>>>>>> an *official
>>>>>>> OSGeo Local Chapter*.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Our community has been evolving organically over the past years,
>>>>>>> shaped
>>>>> by
>>>>>>> contributions from a diverse group of researchers, students,
>>>>> professionals,
>>>>>>> and enthusiasts across disciplines - including GIS, geodesy, biology,
>>>>>>> computer science, forestry, social sciences, etc. From the beginning,
>>>>>>> inclusivity and openness have been core to how we operate and grow.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Over the last three years, we have been connecting with interested
>>>>>>> individuals from all over our little country. Through shared
>>>>>>> activities,
>>>>>>> informal meetups, and regular presence at FOSS4G events, we?ve grown
>>>>>>> together into a critical mass that decided to take this step
>>>>> collectively.
>>>>>>> While we are more focused on geeking out, building (and destroying)
>>>>> things,
>>>>>>> and fostering community than on formal structures or bureaucracy, we
>>>>> felt
>>>>>>> it was the right moment to make this official.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A cornerstone of this journey has been our annual *Open Source
>>>>> Geospatial
>>>>>>> Slovenija* conference in Ljubljana, which has become a central
>>>>>>> platform
>>>>> for
>>>>>>> collaboration, idea exchange, and showcasing open geospatial work
>>>>>>> in our
>>>>>>> region. Over the years, we?ve also had the pleasure of hosting members
>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the global OSGeo community at this event, strengthening our ties with
>>>>> the
>>>>>>> broader network. While many Local Chapters have served as valuable
>>>>>>> references, it was especially the story of the Romanian Local
>>>>>>> Chapter -
>>>>>>> presented at FOSS4G 2022 Firenze and later again at our Slovenian
>>>>>>> conference (2024) - that motivated us to move forward with formal
>>>>>>> recognition.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Throughout this incubation period, we have:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       *Organized annual *(totally DIY, free-of-charge, 100+ attendees)
>>>>> *Open
>>>>>>>       Source Geospatial Slovenija* conferences in *Ljubljana*
>>>>>>>       2024
>>>>>>> <https://github.com/OSGeo-si/OpenSourceGeospatialSlovenija2024>
>>>>>>>       2023
>>>>>>> <https://github.com/OSGeo-si/OpenSourceGeospatialSlovenija2023>
>>>>>>>       2022
>>>>>>> <https://github.com/OSGeo-si/OpenSourceGeospatialSlovenija2022>
>>>>>>>       -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       *Launched a series of technical meetups under the name GeoDev
>>>>>>>       <https://github.com/OSGeo-si/GeoDev>* ? open, hands-on
>>> gatherings
>>>>>>>       focused on geospatial development. We joined forces with other
>>>>> IT-crazy
>>>>>>>       people to create a space where geo-developers can share tools,
>>>>> workflows,
>>>>>>>       and experiments in a relaxed, community-driven setting with beer
>>>>> and pizza
>>>>>>>       (the last one was yesterday),
>>>>>>>       -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>       *Supported field-based use cases* like dragonfly tracking (in
>>>>>>>       collaboration with the local odonata society) and analyzing
>>>>>>> beaver
>>>>>>>       population spread by tracking their poo - both carried out using
>>>>> QField in
>>>>>>>       support of environmental and academic projects.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are formally organized as a non-profit, with a statute aligned with
>>>>>>> OSGeo values. Our current membership includes *50 active individuals*,
>>>>> and
>>>>>>> all core information is published on our wiki page:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Slovenia
>>>>>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Slovenia>*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Our logo is currently under development.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We feel ready to formally join the OSGeo family and continue
>>>>> contributing -
>>>>>>> as we already do - the global open geospatial movement. We hope we
>>>>> didn?t
>>>>>>> mess up the formal steps too badly along the way.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for your time and consideration. Please let us know if there
>>>>> are
>>>>>>> any next steps or additional information needed to support this
>>>>>>> request.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Alen Mangafi?*
>>>>>>> Secretary, OSGeo Slovenija
>>>>>>> osgeoslovenija at gmail.com
>>>>>>> https://osgeo.si
>>>>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Slovenia
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>>> Board mailing list
>>>>>>> Board at lists.osgeo.org
>>>>>>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>>>>>> President, Board of Directors
>>>>>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>>>>> https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>> --
>>> Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
>>> President, Board of Directors
>>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>> https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/
>>>
>>>


-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President, Board of Directors
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/


From nobusuke.iwasaki at osgeo.jp  Wed Oct 22 17:49:48 2025
From: nobusuke.iwasaki at osgeo.jp (=?UTF-8?B?Tm9idXN1a2UgSXdhc2FraSAo5bKp5bSO5LqY5YW4KQ==?=)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 09:49:48 +0900
Subject: [Board] Some Question regarding prepalation FOSS4G 2026
Message-ID: <CAKhgRDx2vcEGinEs+zHEzPKPWDfpDAQ1A=7bxVNn1Ris5S=oiA@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Conference Committee Members and Board Members,

We have a few questions regarding the preparation for FOSS4G 2026.

1. E-mail addresses
When checking the FOSS4G 2025 website, we noticed that most contact
emails use the foss4g.org domain (chair, registration, TGP,
sponsorship), while the program contact uses the foss4g-oceania.org
domain.
For contact e-mail addresses such as those for the Call for Papers or
general inquiries, is there any specific rule or recommendation on
which type of address we should use?

2. Payment and registration systems
We are planning to use Pretalx for the Call for Papers. After that, we
will need to prepare the registration and payment systems.
Does the OSGeo Foundation provide any official system for handling
payments, or should the Local Organizing Committee select and manage
these systems independently?

3. Promotion opportunities at FOSS4G 2025
At the FOSS4G 2025 venue, will there be any space available -such as
at the OSGeo Foundation booth- where we could distribute materials
about FOSS4G 2026?
Also, will there be an opportunity to briefly introduce FOSS4G 2026
during the AGM or the Closing Session?

Best regards,
Nobusuke

--
Nobusuke Iwasaki
 Representative, OSGeo Japan Chapter
 FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Co-Chair
 Professor, Geographic Information Science Lab.,
 Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University

From lucadeluge at gmail.com  Wed Oct 22 23:09:04 2025
From: lucadeluge at gmail.com (Luca Delucchi)
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:09:04 +0200
Subject: [Board] Some Question regarding prepalation FOSS4G 2026
In-Reply-To: <CAKhgRDx2vcEGinEs+zHEzPKPWDfpDAQ1A=7bxVNn1Ris5S=oiA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKhgRDx2vcEGinEs+zHEzPKPWDfpDAQ1A=7bxVNn1Ris5S=oiA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAK4m-3xHY1Y+Rh6F5peomF3X9E1pDW+mH_WCUFeV1==DEZK0cA@mail.gmail.com>

Il gio 23 ott 2025, 02:50 Nobusuke Iwasaki (????) via Board <
board at lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto:

> Dear Conference Committee Members and Board Members,
>

Dear Nobusuke-san

>
> We have a few questions regarding the preparation for FOSS4G 2026.
>
> 1. E-mail addresses
> When checking the FOSS4G 2025 website, we noticed that most contact
> emails use the foss4g.org domain (chair, registration, TGP,
> sponsorship), while the program contact uses the foss4g-oceania.org
> domain.
> For contact e-mail addresses such as those for the Call for Papers or
> general inquiries, is there any specific rule or recommendation on
> which type of address we should use?
>

There are no specific rule or recommendation, usually @foss4g it is just a
redirect to another email addresses


> 2. Payment and registration systems
> We are planning to use Pretalx for the Call for Papers. After that, we
> will need to prepare the registration and payment systems.
> Does the OSGeo Foundation provide any official system for handling
> payments, or should the Local Organizing Committee select and manage
> these systems independently?
>

LOC has to choose their system. Some loc used pretix (self installed or as
service), for 2022 we used the PCO system

>
> 3. Promotion opportunities at FOSS4G 2025
> At the FOSS4G 2025 venue, will there be any space available -such as
> at the OSGeo Foundation booth- where we could distribute materials
> about FOSS4G 2026?
> Also, will there be an opportunity to briefly introduce FOSS4G 2026
> during the AGM or the Closing Session?
>

Yes of course you can use osgeo booth, during closing session you will have
dedicated time to introduce 2026 edition (usually with a video, but you can
have a presentation, as you prefer)

>
> Best regards,
> Nobusuke
>

Best
Luca

>
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From alexgleith at gmail.com  Thu Oct 23 13:53:48 2025
From: alexgleith at gmail.com (Alex Leith)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:53:48 +1100
Subject: [Board] Some Question regarding prepalation FOSS4G 2026
In-Reply-To: <CAK4m-3xHY1Y+Rh6F5peomF3X9E1pDW+mH_WCUFeV1==DEZK0cA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKhgRDx2vcEGinEs+zHEzPKPWDfpDAQ1A=7bxVNn1Ris5S=oiA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAK4m-3xHY1Y+Rh6F5peomF3X9E1pDW+mH_WCUFeV1==DEZK0cA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAEvGJsoEy2NC9cccHLOUNhZiRXzNj2p6mNev1e3-pr24vdr_0Q@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Nobusuke

The LOC for 2025 uses Tito for ticketing, and find it super comprehensive
and easy to use https://ti.to/home

We used Pretalx too, which is highly recommended.

And we have an open source website, which could be adapted by someone on
your team: https://github.com/osgeo-oceania/foss4g-2025/

Happy to do a handover of the tools, systems and processes that we used
this year. Our LOC has been doing regional events for a few years, and have
a lot of lessons learnt.

Cheers,

On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 at 17:09, Luca Delucchi via Board <board at lists.osgeo.org>
wrote:

>
>
>
>
>
> Il gio 23 ott 2025, 02:50 Nobusuke Iwasaki (????) via Board <
> board at lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto:
>
>> Dear Conference Committee Members and Board Members,
>>
>
> Dear Nobusuke-san
>
>>
>> We have a few questions regarding the preparation for FOSS4G 2026.
>>
>> 1. E-mail addresses
>> When checking the FOSS4G 2025 website, we noticed that most contact
>> emails use the foss4g.org domain (chair, registration, TGP,
>> sponsorship), while the program contact uses the foss4g-oceania.org
>> domain.
>> For contact e-mail addresses such as those for the Call for Papers or
>> general inquiries, is there any specific rule or recommendation on
>> which type of address we should use?
>>
>
> There are no specific rule or recommendation, usually @foss4g it is just a
> redirect to another email addresses
>
>
>> 2. Payment and registration systems
>> We are planning to use Pretalx for the Call for Papers. After that, we
>> will need to prepare the registration and payment systems.
>> Does the OSGeo Foundation provide any official system for handling
>> payments, or should the Local Organizing Committee select and manage
>> these systems independently?
>>
>
> LOC has to choose their system. Some loc used pretix (self installed or as
> service), for 2022 we used the PCO system
>
>>
>> 3. Promotion opportunities at FOSS4G 2025
>> At the FOSS4G 2025 venue, will there be any space available -such as
>> at the OSGeo Foundation booth- where we could distribute materials
>> about FOSS4G 2026?
>> Also, will there be an opportunity to briefly introduce FOSS4G 2026
>> during the AGM or the Closing Session?
>>
>
> Yes of course you can use osgeo booth, during closing session you will
> have dedicated time to introduce 2026 edition (usually with a video, but
> you can have a presentation, as you prefer)
>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Nobusuke
>>
>
> Best
> Luca
>
>> _______________________________________________
> Board mailing list
> Board at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
>


-- 
*Alex Leith*
m: +61 419 189 050
https://auspatious.com
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From nobusuke.iwasaki at osgeo.jp  Thu Oct 23 18:28:20 2025
From: nobusuke.iwasaki at osgeo.jp (=?UTF-8?B?Tm9idXN1a2UgSXdhc2FraSAo5bKp5bSO5LqY5YW4KQ==?=)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:28:20 +0900
Subject: [Board] Some Question regarding prepalation FOSS4G 2026
In-Reply-To: <CAK4m-3xHY1Y+Rh6F5peomF3X9E1pDW+mH_WCUFeV1==DEZK0cA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKhgRDx2vcEGinEs+zHEzPKPWDfpDAQ1A=7bxVNn1Ris5S=oiA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAK4m-3xHY1Y+Rh6F5peomF3X9E1pDW+mH_WCUFeV1==DEZK0cA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAKhgRDy=ff_yjihQWEjsxzyg3SJD-kqn+=k387gUO8Y=MWJj_Q@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Luca,

Thanks for the info.
We?ll discuss the email and payment system in the LOC.
And thanks a lot for your support in promoting FOSS4G 2026.

See you soon in Auckland!
Nobusuke

--
Nobusuke Iwasaki
 Representative, OSGeo Japan Chapter
 FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Co-Chair
 Professor, Geographic Information Science Lab.,
 Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University

2025?10?23?(?) 15:09 Luca Delucchi <lucadeluge at gmail.com>:
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Il gio 23 ott 2025, 02:50 Nobusuke Iwasaki (????) via Board <board at lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto:
>>
>> Dear Conference Committee Members and Board Members,
>
>
> Dear Nobusuke-san
>>
>>
>> We have a few questions regarding the preparation for FOSS4G 2026.
>>
>> 1. E-mail addresses
>> When checking the FOSS4G 2025 website, we noticed that most contact
>> emails use the foss4g.org domain (chair, registration, TGP,
>> sponsorship), while the program contact uses the foss4g-oceania.org
>> domain.
>> For contact e-mail addresses such as those for the Call for Papers or
>> general inquiries, is there any specific rule or recommendation on
>> which type of address we should use?
>
>
> There are no specific rule or recommendation, usually @foss4g it is just a redirect to another email addresses
>
>>
>> 2. Payment and registration systems
>> We are planning to use Pretalx for the Call for Papers. After that, we
>> will need to prepare the registration and payment systems.
>> Does the OSGeo Foundation provide any official system for handling
>> payments, or should the Local Organizing Committee select and manage
>> these systems independently?
>
>
> LOC has to choose their system. Some loc used pretix (self installed or as service), for 2022 we used the PCO system
>>
>>
>> 3. Promotion opportunities at FOSS4G 2025
>> At the FOSS4G 2025 venue, will there be any space available -such as
>> at the OSGeo Foundation booth- where we could distribute materials
>> about FOSS4G 2026?
>> Also, will there be an opportunity to briefly introduce FOSS4G 2026
>> during the AGM or the Closing Session?
>
>
> Yes of course you can use osgeo booth, during closing session you will have dedicated time to introduce 2026 edition (usually with a video, but you can have a presentation, as you prefer)
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Nobusuke
>
>
> Best
> Luca

From nobusuke.iwasaki at osgeo.jp  Thu Oct 23 18:29:25 2025
From: nobusuke.iwasaki at osgeo.jp (=?UTF-8?B?Tm9idXN1a2UgSXdhc2FraSAo5bKp5bSO5LqY5YW4KQ==?=)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2025 10:29:25 +0900
Subject: [Board] Some Question regarding prepalation FOSS4G 2026
In-Reply-To: <CAEvGJsoEy2NC9cccHLOUNhZiRXzNj2p6mNev1e3-pr24vdr_0Q@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKhgRDx2vcEGinEs+zHEzPKPWDfpDAQ1A=7bxVNn1Ris5S=oiA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAK4m-3xHY1Y+Rh6F5peomF3X9E1pDW+mH_WCUFeV1==DEZK0cA@mail.gmail.com>
 <CAEvGJsoEy2NC9cccHLOUNhZiRXzNj2p6mNev1e3-pr24vdr_0Q@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <CAKhgRDzDMkXxNUHtzYcNQpLAuOm48S+wbnsBEuXQP51hrkRvfQ@mail.gmail.com>

Dear Alex,

Thanks for the valuable info.
We?ll consider using Tito as one of our options.

Also, thanks for the kind suggestion about the website.
I?ll share the details with our web team.

See you soon in Auckland!
Nobusuke

--
Nobusuke Iwasaki
 Representative, OSGeo Japan Chapter
 FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Co-Chair
 Professor, Geographic Information Science Lab.,
 Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University

2025?10?24?(?) 5:54 Alex Leith <alexgleith at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi Nobusuke
>
> The LOC for 2025 uses Tito for ticketing, and find it super comprehensive and easy to use https://ti.to/home
>
> We used Pretalx too, which is highly recommended.
>
> And we have an open source website, which could be adapted by someone on your team: https://github.com/osgeo-oceania/foss4g-2025/
>
> Happy to do a handover of the tools, systems and processes that we used this year. Our LOC has been doing regional events for a few years, and have a lot of lessons learnt.
>
> Cheers,
>
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2025 at 17:09, Luca Delucchi via Board <board at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Il gio 23 ott 2025, 02:50 Nobusuke Iwasaki (????) via Board <board at lists.osgeo.org> ha scritto:
>>>
>>> Dear Conference Committee Members and Board Members,
>>
>>
>> Dear Nobusuke-san
>>>
>>>
>>> We have a few questions regarding the preparation for FOSS4G 2026.
>>>
>>> 1. E-mail addresses
>>> When checking the FOSS4G 2025 website, we noticed that most contact
>>> emails use the foss4g.org domain (chair, registration, TGP,
>>> sponsorship), while the program contact uses the foss4g-oceania.org
>>> domain.
>>> For contact e-mail addresses such as those for the Call for Papers or
>>> general inquiries, is there any specific rule or recommendation on
>>> which type of address we should use?
>>
>>
>> There are no specific rule or recommendation, usually @foss4g it is just a redirect to another email addresses
>>
>>>
>>> 2. Payment and registration systems
>>> We are planning to use Pretalx for the Call for Papers. After that, we
>>> will need to prepare the registration and payment systems.
>>> Does the OSGeo Foundation provide any official system for handling
>>> payments, or should the Local Organizing Committee select and manage
>>> these systems independently?
>>
>>
>> LOC has to choose their system. Some loc used pretix (self installed or as service), for 2022 we used the PCO system
>>>
>>>
>>> 3. Promotion opportunities at FOSS4G 2025
>>> At the FOSS4G 2025 venue, will there be any space available -such as
>>> at the OSGeo Foundation booth- where we could distribute materials
>>> about FOSS4G 2026?
>>> Also, will there be an opportunity to briefly introduce FOSS4G 2026
>>> during the AGM or the Closing Session?
>>
>>
>> Yes of course you can use osgeo booth, during closing session you will have dedicated time to introduce 2026 edition (usually with a video, but you can have a presentation, as you prefer)
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Nobusuke
>>
>>
>> Best
>> Luca
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Board mailing list
>> Board at lists.osgeo.org
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
>
>
>
> --
> Alex Leith
> m: +61 419 189 050
> https://auspatious.com

From gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com  Sun Oct 26 03:30:49 2025
From: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com (Angelos Tzotsos)
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:30:49 +0200
Subject: [Board] Board meeting 2025-09-30
In-Reply-To: <33151952-1a78-482e-bae5-7c81adcaecf2@gmail.com>
References: <301aa2be-fa17-422d-9a8d-15f37e4c6e47@gmail.com>
 <33151952-1a78-482e-bae5-7c81adcaecf2@gmail.com>
Message-ID: <59834065-6032-4728-b7b8-0a24f3743048@gmail.com>

Motion is now open on Loomio:
https://www.loomio.com/d/VZdFLW3P/approve-meeting-minutes-from-board-meeting-2025-09-30

On 10/16/25 17:51, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The meeting minutes are now available.
>
> Best,
> Angelos
>
> On 9/16/25 11:52, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> This is the next meeting agenda, please add your topics:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2025-09-30
>>
>> Please note that this is going to be a F2F meeting during the OSGeo 
>> Community Sprint in Riga and we are planning a half day meeting.
>>
>> Best,
>> Angelos
>>
>

-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President, Board of Directors
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/



From gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com  Sun Oct 26 04:09:23 2025
From: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com (Angelos Tzotsos)
Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:09:23 +0200
Subject: [Board] Some Question regarding prepalation FOSS4G 2026
In-Reply-To: <CAKhgRDx2vcEGinEs+zHEzPKPWDfpDAQ1A=7bxVNn1Ris5S=oiA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <CAKhgRDx2vcEGinEs+zHEzPKPWDfpDAQ1A=7bxVNn1Ris5S=oiA@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1f35afa6-9b29-40c5-b4f2-66a8285705e5@gmail.com>

Dear Nobusuke,

Feel free to attend the next Board meeting if you have further questions.
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2025-10-28

Best regards,
Angelos

On 10/23/25 03:49, Nobusuke Iwasaki (????) via Board wrote:
> Dear Conference Committee Members and Board Members,
>
> We have a few questions regarding the preparation for FOSS4G 2026.
>
> 1. E-mail addresses
> When checking the FOSS4G 2025 website, we noticed that most contact
> emails use the foss4g.org domain (chair, registration, TGP,
> sponsorship), while the program contact uses the foss4g-oceania.org
> domain.
> For contact e-mail addresses such as those for the Call for Papers or
> general inquiries, is there any specific rule or recommendation on
> which type of address we should use?
>
> 2. Payment and registration systems
> We are planning to use Pretalx for the Call for Papers. After that, we
> will need to prepare the registration and payment systems.
> Does the OSGeo Foundation provide any official system for handling
> payments, or should the Local Organizing Committee select and manage
> these systems independently?
>
> 3. Promotion opportunities at FOSS4G 2025
> At the FOSS4G 2025 venue, will there be any space available -such as
> at the OSGeo Foundation booth- where we could distribute materials
> about FOSS4G 2026?
> Also, will there be an opportunity to briefly introduce FOSS4G 2026
> during the AGM or the Closing Session?
>
> Best regards,
> Nobusuke
>
> --
> Nobusuke Iwasaki
>   Representative, OSGeo Japan Chapter
>   FOSS4G 2026 Hiroshima Co-Chair
>   Professor, Geographic Information Science Lab.,
>   Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University
> _______________________________________________
> Board mailing list
> Board at lists.osgeo.org
> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board


-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
President, Board of Directors
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
https://www.osgeo.org/member/angelos-tzotsos/