Board/Minutes/2018-10-18
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Location: Mumble, Thursday 18th of October, at 21:00 London time
Participants
Board members
Guests
Open to all OSMF members.
Guests are welcome to speak at the end of the meeting on the topics that have been discussed. Please note that text messages sent on Mumble chat may not be seen by people who join using mobile apps.
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Administrative
Previous minutes
Circular Resolutions
None.
Previous action items
The list is sortable and collapsible. New items or updates are in blue.
| Name | Date | Action item and status |
|---|---|---|
| All | 2018-03-15 | to send a reminder about etiquette guidelines on osmf-talk, talk & facebook page. |
| All | 2018-02-15 | to clean-up the SotM draft policy document. |
| All | 2017-11-16 | to send an email to members, months in advance of the 2018 Annual General Meeting, encouraging them to discuss and perhaps propose their own resolutions. |
| Frederik | 2018-09-20 | to update Roland Olbricht, maintainer of the Overpass API (downstream data controller). |
| Frederik/Paul | 2016-05-28 | to prepare transparency document from transparency session. |
| Heather | 2018-09-20 | to draft an email to the working groups about identifying potential risks and share it with the board. |
| Kate | 2018-02-15 | to follow up with Grant about the technical workaround of having conference announcement banners on osm.org linked to landing pages on the website. |
| Kate | 2018-01-18 | to update the etiquette and add a reporting plan. |
# Done | ||
| Martijn | 2018-06-21 | to initiate discussion on the osmf-talk mailing list about refining the Local Chapter criteria. # Suggested period for discussion: two weeks. |
| Mikel/Paul | 2018-03-15 | to look at the ten most active mailing lists and see if people listed as admins are active in the moderator role, what is in place, and how they manage the lists. # 2018-05-24 Mikel drafted email and both agreed on some modifications. |
| Mikel | 2017-08-24 | to send email on the list to find businesses that would like to offer input on the Welcome Mat. |
| Mikel | 2016-08-19 | to send round bullet points on diversity policy proposal. |
| Paul | 2018-04-19 | to document the evaluation process of software and services used by the OSMF. Related to our FOSS policy. |
| Paul | 2017-02-21 | to separate the State of the Map (SotM) net profit discussion items and start the follow-up discussions. |
| Paul | 2016-10-28 | to create a page on the wiki, listing software products which are used by OSMF and are closed-source and/or are externally hosted. # Was Peter's |
| Peter | 2018-09-20 | to draft email to start off discussion on the osmf-talk mailing list about developing guidance for our involvement in politics/activism. |
| Peter | 2017-04-18 | to make a list of requirements for email self-hosting and discuss them with the Operations Working Group. |
Action Item updates
Advisory Board - monthly update
| The Advisory Board members are separate from the OSMF board of directors - individuals are either nominated by corporate members of the OSMF or invited directly by the OSMF board of directors. The OSMF Board of Directors will publicly minute, in the board meeting minutes, any communication sent to, or received from, the AB members. This monthly section is reserved for this purpose. Overview. AB related updates and board discussions: |
| Lead: Martijn |
- The AB members have been asked for input on the design of the new Microgrants program.
Any other business
Guest comments or questions
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Next meeting
Meetings take place on the 3rd Thursday of the month, at 21:00 London time, unless rescheduled.
The next monthly board meeting will be on the 15th of November, at 21:00 London time, unless rescheduled.
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