Fwd: OSGeo Project report 2017 - Invitation to attend next Board meeting

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi all,

Since I have not heard back from the project officer, I am forwarding 
this to the developers mailing list.

Best,
Angelos



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Subject: 	OSGeo Project report 2017 - Invitation to attend next Board 
meeting
Date: 	Tue, 14 Nov 2017 14:45:35 +0200
From: 	Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
To: 	Torsten Rahn <rahn at kde.org>



Dear Torsten,

During the OSGeo general meeting (AGM) in Boston FOSS4G this year, OSGeo
Projects were asked to provide a slide [1] with the project status report.
Since some of the projects did not manage to attend or provide feedback,
the OSGeo Board of Directors has started an effort to reach out to these
projects and ask them to attend a Board meeting to provide this report.

You are the Project Officer of Marble, so I would like to ask you to
attend the next board meeting [2] [3] if possible. Would you be
available to attend?

On behalf of the OSGeo Board,
Best regards,
Angelos

[1]
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-vwUulLnrSIxZwWVIvVn0wANZyFiEWtUxe-QlzRTHRw/edit?usp=drive_web
[2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-11-21
[3]
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?year=2017&month=11&day=21&hour=14&min=0&sec=0%2017.00UTC

On 10/23/2017 10:28 AM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> Thanks Jody,
>
> It looks like the following projects have not provided an update 
> during the AGM and should be called to attend our next board meeting:
>
> - gvSIG
> - Marble
> - QGIS
> - FDO
> - GDAL/OGR
> - GEOS
> - GeoTools
> - OSSIM
> - PostGIS
> - GeoNetwork
> - deegree
> - geomajas
> - Mapbender
> - MapFish
> - MapGuide Open Source
> - OpenLayers
>
> Given the number of the projects in that list, perhaps it would be 
> easier to organize separate meetings (or video calls), asking projects 
> and board members to attend.
>
> I volunteer to follow up with the project officers and arrange those 
> meetings if the board approves.
>
> Best,
> Angelos
>
>
>
>
> On 10/23/2017 08:48 AM, Jody Garnett wrote:
>> In our most recent mins that we had a good review of outstanding f2f 
>> action
>> items <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-10-05>, one 
>> thing we
>> are missing is following up on our well attended, entertaining, annual
>> general meeting.
>>
>> I am (CCing) the discussion list here as this is a fun update.
>>
>> The main action item is to invite projects and committees who missed the
>> AGM to the next board meeting (Board Meeting 2017-11-02
>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2017-11-02>). Anita has also
>> identified this as an opportunity to start thinking about next years 
>> budget.
>>
>> The slides are here:
>> ​​​
>>   osgeo-agm
>> <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1T9QRcCdyd8PLQnXB2VfZ2k3ReX-9CH_YXRg0VKqtgeQ/edit?usp=drive_web> 
>>
>> ​
>> We had reports from the board and core officers (or delegate):
>>
>>     - president: delegated to helena as vice-president
>>     - treasurer
>>     - secretary
>>     - elections - annual short term position
>>
>> Initiatives:
>>
>>     - Website/rebranding - temporary initiative
>>     - OSGeo-Live
>>
>> Projects:
>>
>>     - GRASS GIS
>>     - GeoMOOSE
>>     - ORFEO ToolBox - welcome to new graduate!
>>     - pycsw
>>     - geonode
>>     - pywps*
>>     - MapServer
>>     - ZOO project - brought up external slides
>>     - GeoServer
>>
>> *via incubation committee
>>
>> Aside: t*here was some confusion for projects who had had a state-of 
>> talk
>> during the conference. The AGM update is focused on the project 
>> health and
>> happiness, rather than technology updates.*
>>
>> Local Chapters
>>
>>     - OSGeo Korean Chapter
>>     - GfOSS.it
>>     - OSGeo Ireland
>>     - D-A-Ch: FOSSGIS e.V.
>>     - OSGeo:UK
>>     - OSGeo.JP
>>     - geo-spatial.org (OSGeo.RO)
>>     - And more
>>        - OSGeo Finland Chapter Report
>>        - OSGeo Spanish Language Chapter
>>        - OSGeo Africa
>>        - OSGeo European
>>
>> *Aside: There was a lot of friendly encouragement from
>> the European chapters considering considering bidding for FOSS4G 2019.*
>>
>> *Note: Local chapter updates are the highlight of any AGM (and
>> inspirational). There is no expectation for a report from local 
>> chapters -
>> they do not have an officer representative in our organization. I think
>> this makes sense since they are regional in nature and need to have the
>> freedom to incorporate in accordance with local laws*.
>>
>> Committees:
>>
>>     - United Nations Committee
>>     - GeoForAll
>>     - Conference Committee
>>     - OpenGeoScience Committee
>>     - Marketing Committee
>>     - Incubation Committee
>>     - GSoC - is this a committee or initiative?
>>
>> -- 
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Board mailing list
>> Board at lists.osgeo.org
>> https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/board
>
>

-- 
Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
Charter Member
Open Source Geospatial Foundation
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos

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