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| + | |''Reminder + deadline for [[Membership_Working_Group|Membership Working Group]] (MWG) plus fallback plan to complete the work in time for the [[Annual_General_Meetings|Annual General Meeting]] (AGM).'' |
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| + | == 15th Annual General Meeting - pending tasks == |
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| + | |''The 15th [[Annual_General_Meetings|Annual General Meeting]] (AGM) will take place on 11 December 2021, at 16:00 UTC.'' |
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| + | ''Some of the pending tasks:'' |
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| + | * ''Approve/modify the [https://framagenda.org/apps/calendar/p/HipJHmLDr9Kw2DCM/dayGridMonth/2021-10-01 suggested board election timeline].'' |
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| + | * ''Announce the AGM date on osmf-talk and remind members that they can submit resolutions.'' |
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Revision as of 19:10, 12 August 2021
Page for agenda and minutes.
Location: Video room https://osmvideo.cloud68.co/user/ror-nt7-6tu
using BigBlueButton.
Please note that this video chat is not open to observers.
Date and time: Friday 13 August 2021, 14:00 UTC - Countdown
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| Background from board Gitlab ticket |
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| During one of the regular operations meetings, the QGIS' usage of the OpenStreetMap Standard layer and the Nominatim geocoding service was discussed. The Operations Working Group (OWG) sees significant tile usage from QGIS: ~ 40% of tile requests come from QGIS users. Typically with this level of usage, the OWG would ask the requester to use another tile provider, or take action to block their usage. However, as QGIS is part of the open mapping community, and the board has previously agreed to help with Nominatim, the thought is to make an exception and ask them to help with supporting costs of the service.
OWG suggested to the board asking for a certain financial amount per year, based on QGIS current traffic levels. In this amount, a portion of the osm2pgsql grant was included, because osm2pgsql is a key part of the current standard layer architecture. The OWG suggested that the amount should be revisited in a year, if QGIS' traffic levels significantly change (e.g. 3x change), or if OSMF was to lose sponsorship from the current content delivery network. The expectations are that QGIS will continue to follow the tile usage policy, including displaying license attribution, not bulk downloading, and following the technical requirements. Although not required, the OWG would also like to see a second OpenStreetMap-based tile layer in the QGIS defaults. This would spread the load and add more options for QGIS users. The Nominatim load is difficult to estimate, but the OWG recommended asking for another x% in sponsorship and revisiting after 6 months when they have data on their usage. Instead of QGIS being limited to 1 Nominatim request per second, each copy of it would be limited to that. It is essential that this limit is followed, because it is automatically enforced. The other requirements of the Nominatim Usage Policy would continue to apply, including displaying attribution, no auto-complete, and caching of results. |
| Suggested by Mikel Maron. |
Resourcing options for openstreetmap-website maintenance and development
| Background from board Gitlab ticket |
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| openstreetmap-website was a topic of discussed in the consultation on the Engineering Working Group (EWG) restart. Many of the issues discussed have to do with resourcing of openstreetmap-website, beyond the remit of the EWG. We currently have stretched volunteer capacity helping figure out the direction of the website and pull requests. We have identified and filled resource gaps for iD and site reliability and we need options for resourcing openstreetmap-website. |
| Suggested by Mikel Maron. |
Brexit / research into EU member states as possible venues for reincorporation of OSMF
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| The OSMF board is considering relocating the OSMF to the EU and is consulting the members for feedback, advice and whether they’ve missed anything.
Comments by members on the osmf-talk* mailing list: thread 1, thread 2. Collaborative spreadsheet by the community. * osmf-talk is the mailing list for OpenStreetMap Foundation members (Join the Foundation). All past messages are available here. |
| Suggested by Allan Mustard. |
Consider updates to Board Rules of Order regarding circulars
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| Suggestion to change $7.1 of the Board Rules of Order regarding circular resolutions from: "Circular resolutions are board resolutions on time-sensitive issues agreed prior to a board meeting." To: |
| Suggested by Mikel Maron. |
Discussion of Mastodon support
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| Related to circular resolution: 2021/29 "OSMF takes over funding for the en.osm.town Mastodon instance/server". |
| Suggested by Mikel Maron. |
Current status of hiring of Senior Site Reliability Engineer
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| The OSMF board plans to hire a senior site reliability engineer (SSRE). The person has already been selected.
Related:
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| Suggested by Amanda McCann. |
HOT trademark grant
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| OSMF is currently talking with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and is working on a draft agreement regarding granting rights for the use of OSMF marks.
Related: |
| Suggested by Amanda McCann. |
OSMF policy for “State of the Map” trademark grants for places which are LGBTQ-unsafe
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| Community members that want to use the OSMF marks for a conference, specifically the "State of the Map" and "SOTM" marks, have to fill out the licence form and email it to trademarks@osmfoundation.org, after checking whether they need a licence at all. You can read more about why we need to licence the OSMF marks here and read the FAQs for more information.
Suggestion for OSMF policy for “State of the Map” trademark grants for places which are LGBTQ-unsafe. |
| Suggested by Amanda McCann. |
OSM website Terms of Use
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| Related to openstreetmap-website Github issue "Require login for User blocks #3284". |
| Suggested by Amanda McCann. |
Membership Prerequisites
| Background |
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| Reminder + deadline for Membership Working Group (MWG) plus fallback plan to complete the work in time for the Annual General Meeting (AGM). |
| Suggested by Tobias Knerr. |
St John's Innovation centre request for documents
FOSS policy special committee
15th Annual General Meeting - pending tasks
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| The 15th Annual General Meeting (AGM) will take place on 11 December 2021, at 16:00 UTC.
Some of the pending tasks:
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Next meeting
Public board meeting on Friday 27 August 2021, 14:00 UTC: Time in your timezone -- Countdown - Video room