Board/Minutes/2019-10-16
Draft agenda.
Location: Channel "OSMF Board of Directors (Public)" on Mumble.
Date and time: Wednesday 16th October, 19:00 London time
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Contents
- 1 Participants
- 2 Administrative
- 3 Action items updates
- 4 Attribution by Facebook
- 5 Working Groups - Board relation
- 6 Annual General Meeting planning
- 7 Microgrants update
- 8 Advisory Board - monthly update
- 9 Any other business
- 10 Guest comments or questions
- 11 Next meeting
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.
Not Present
Administrative
Previous minutes
Circular Resolutions
Board_Rules_of_Order#7._Circular_Resolutions
2019/Res18 Approve financial hardship fee waiver 2019080110000108
| The Board currently decides on membership applications for a fee waiver due to financial need on a case-by-case basis. |
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Accepted 2019-08-29 with 6 votes in favour: Heather Leson, Frederik Ramm, Tobias Knerr, Joost Schouppe, Kate Chapman, Mikel Maron |
2019/Res19 Approve financial hardship fee waiver 2019080710000053
| The Board currently decides on membership applications for a fee waiver due to financial need on a case-by-case basis. |
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Accepted 2019-07-30 with 6 votes in favour: Frederik Ramm, Joost Schouppe, Heather Leson, Mikel Maron, Kate Chapman, Tobias Knerr |
2019/Res20 OSM Ireland to become an OSMF Chapter
| OSM Ireland has completed the paperwork to become a formal OSMF Chapter. The community and .ie community were consulted. There was one dissenting opinion, which was addressed. Please see the application documents. OSM IE will have representatives at SOTM. It would be great to welcome them as a chapter. |
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Accepted 2019-09-15 with 6 votes in favour: Kate Chapman, Paul Norman, Joost Schouppe, Mikel Maron, Frederik Ramm, Heather Leson |
2019/Res21 Sign FOSSGIS PoA
| Let us sign the original PoA and send it to them accompanied by a separate message that says we expect them to keep us appraised of any developments. Details see Mikel’s email to board dated 22 Sep 2019 subject “Informal meeting of OSMF and FOSSGIS”. |
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Unanimously accepted 2019-10-11 with 7 votes in favour: Heather Leson, Kate Chapman, Paul Norman, Joost Schouppe, Mikel Maron, Tobias Knerr, Frederik Ramm. |
Related to Power of Attorney request from FOSSGIS (2019-08).
2019/Res22 Approve financial accounts
| Approve financial accounts for 2018 as provided in Fred's email (to board) dated 05 Oct. |
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Voting closes on 2019-10-13 |
Previous action items
Action items updates
Attribution by Facebook
| Facebook uses OSM data in various of its products. It is also an OSMF Gold Corporate member. The lack or way that it does attribution has been a subject of community discussions in the past years (see links towards the end of this section).
On 2019-06-06 a request was made to the OSMF board, as the Licensor under ODbL 9.4 c), to notify Facebook and remove their rights under ODbL, if the attribution violation is not fixed after 30 days of notice, as written on ODbL. Suggestions for discussion:
The current requirements for attribution are specified on the Licence and Legal FAQ. The LWG is currently working on producing an updated version of the document (Snapshot of draft on 2019-10-07). Related community discussions: |
| Lead: Joost |
Working Groups - Board relation
| The relation of the Working Groups and the board has been a subject of discussion during the 2019 board face-to-face meeting, which prompted a survey to be sent to the Working Groups. Feedback was received from representatives of the Data, Membership and the State of the Map Working Groups. Additionally, there was a discussion between board and WG members present at State of the Map 2019 in Heidelberg (description of session, video). |
| Lead: Joost |
Annual General Meeting planning
| Planning the 2019 Annual General Meeting, which will take place in December.
Related board discussion: Aug (Articles of Association changes) |
Microgrants update
| Providing microgrants was a topic discussed extensively during the 2018 Face-to-Face board meeting, where a plan was developed. You might know similar programs from e.g. OSM-US, HOT or FOSSGIS. As a start and as a first trial we want to make a time-bound program where you can apply for microgrants until a specific date. A consultation document was shared in 2018 with the membership and the Advisory Board members, which contained an outline and top questions. There were also two microgrant-related sessions at the State of the Map 2018 conference (read some discussion points and questions). Work on Microgrants was paused in 2018 and restarted after the 2019 F2F meeting. Community feedback is welcome on this document (the document had initially been put to vote but voting was subsequently cancelled to consult the community - see the related osmf-talk thread). Related board discussions: Related osmf-talk discussions: 2019 Aug, 2018 Oct (asking for input) |
| Lead: Joost |
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: Heather |
Any other business
Guest comments or questions
Next meeting
Meetings take place online on the 3rd Wednesday of the month, at 19:00 London time, unless rescheduled.
The next monthly board meeting will be on the 20th November 2019 at 19:00 London time, unless rescheduled.
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