Board/Minutes/2023-05
Votes and new action items. Draft minutes to be added.
The topics of the agenda get locked one week before the meeting.
Date and time: Thursday 25 May 2023 at 13:00 UTC- Countdown
Location: Video room https://osmvideo.cloud68.co/user/dor-2cd-qah-rim
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Participants
Board members
- Arnalie Vicario
- Craig Allan
- Guillaume Rischard (joined 3 minutes after start)
- Mikel Maron
- Mateusz Konieczny
- Roland Olbricht (until 72 minutes after start)
- Sarah Hoffmann (Chairing)
Officers and board
Biographies
Not Present
Guests
- 20 guests, including Tasauf A Baki Billah (Presentation: OSM Bangladesh community)
Open to all OSMF members.
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Administrative
Previous minutes
- 2022-04 Approved
Circular Resolutions
No circulars
Action item updates
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Reportage
Draft minutes to be added.
Treasurer's report
| Previous reports during monthly board meetings and general meetings |
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Please note that additional financial-related topics have been discussed during previous board meetings and General Meetings (e.g. 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015). |
| Presented by Roland Olbricht (Treasurer). |
Revision of finance committee page on OSM wiki
Draft minutes to be added.
Collection of sponsor funds for local chapter conferences
Draft minutes to be added.
Donation tax implications
Draft minutes to be added.
Action items
- Mikel to figure out tax implications for receiving donations, what are the rules and how to handle them.
- Arnalie to bring up the issue of collection of sponsor funds by OSMF for local chapter conferences during the next LCCWG meeting.
- Mikel to draft something more thorough to try to address everyone's questions.
Secretary's report
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| During the 2023-02 board meeting it was decided to have a "Secretary's report" section during the monthly board meetings, in place of the "Advisory Board monthly updates", which were provided by the Secretary.
Previous reports during monthly board meetings On past Advisory Board monthly updates Overview of board communications with representatives on the Advisory Board. 2023 Jan |
| Presented by Mikel Maron (Secretary). |
Advisory Board meeting on the strategic plan
Draft minutes to be added.
Overture meeting
Draft minutes to be added.
Local Chapters reports
Draft minutes to be added.
Map Builder
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Adopt the fundraising guidelines
See https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Fundraising_Guidelines. Topic proposed by Mikel Maron.
Vote: Adopt the fundraising guidelines
| Motion to adopt the fundraising guidelines. |
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Unanimously approved on 2023-05-25 with 7 votes in favour: Arnalie Vicario, Craig Allan, Guillaume Rischard, Mateusz Konieczny, Mikel Maron, Roland Olbricht, Sarah Hoffmann. |
Draft minutes to be added.
Strategic Plan Discussion
Topic proposed by Arnalie Vicario.
Draft minutes to be added.
Monthly presentation - OSM Bangladesh community
Presentation about the OSM community in Bangladesh. Invited speakers: Sawan Shariar and Tasauf A Baki Billah (Ribin - Presenter).
Draft minutes to be added.
Any other business
Donation of geo-fencing patents
Vote on donation of geo-fencing patents
| Motion to write back that we are not interested in the offer of geo-fencing patents. |
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Approved on 2023-05-25 with 5 votes in favour: Craig Allan, Guillaume Rischard, Mateusz Konieczny, Mikel Maron, Sarah Hoffmann. |
Draft minutes to be added.
Request for trademark licence to sell OSM merchandise and donate all profits
Vote on request for licence to sell OSM merchandise and donate all profits
| Amended motion: direct the requestor to contact the CWG about merchandise.
Initial motion was: deny the request and encourage the requestor to contact the CWG. |
| There was no vote. |
Draft minutes to be added.
Guest comments or questions
| Open to all OSMF members (join the OpenStreetMap Foundation). You are welcome to ask questions or to comment (via voice or on the chat) at the end of the meeting.
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Draft minutes to be added.
Next meetings
- 2023-06-17 Screen-to-screen board meeting (not open to observers)
- 2023-06-29 Public board meeting at 15:00 UTC (New time - Time in different time-zones - Countdown)
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