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Switched order of topics "Vote on OSMF Japan Local Chapter application" and "Decide on NextCloud", as a representative from OSMF Japan will be present and the meeting start time is very late for them.
(Removed "Monthly Local Chapter presentation" - there won't be one this month.)
(Switched order of topics "Vote on OSMF Japan Local Chapter application" and "Decide on NextCloud", as a representative from OSMF Japan will be present and the meeting start time is very late for them.)
== Treasurer's report ==
 
== Vote on OSMF Japan Local Chapter application ==
== Decide on NextCloud ==
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''[http://www.osmf.jp/ 一般社団法人オープンストリートマップ・ファウンデーション・ ジャパン] (OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan) has [[Local_Chapters/Applications/Japan|applied]] to be the [[Local_Chapters|Local Chapter]] for Japan.''
''The [[FOSS_Policy_Special_Committee| FOSS Policy Special Committee]], after a request by a [[Working_Groups|working group]] and individual board members, had asked [https://cloud68.co/ cloud68.co] to set up a [https://osmfiles.cloud68.co Nextcloud with OnlyOffice instance for OSMF] until the third week of March for testing purposes. According to the committee, this tool might be useful to replace some services hosted outside of the control of the OSMF:''
 
* ''Google Calendar/Drive/Docs/Forms/Sheets''
* ''Etherpad/Ethercalc/HackMD''
* ''Nextclouds hosted elsewhere''
 
''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ja/2021-February/010872.html Local] and [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-February/007724.html membership] consultations.''
''The FOSS Policy Special Committee had reached out to the [[Working_Groups|working groups,]] the [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-March/007767.html OSMF membership] and the [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_Member_Bios&oldid=7907 board] and invited them to test the Cloud68-hosted Nextcloud instance with [https://www.onlyoffice.com/ OnlyOffice] and provide feedback by March 20. The committee will compile the feedback and present it to the board so that they can take further action to proceed or not with the contracting of this instance.''
 
''For more background information and reasoning for using [https://nextcloud.com/ Nextcloud], please have a look at the recommendations in the [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/b/b5/FOSS_policy_special_committee_-_Report_on_FOSS_use_in_OSMF_2021-01.pdf report] that the FOSS Policy Special Committee recently published.''
 
''Related past discussion:''
* ''2021-01 [[Board/Minutes/2021-01#Inventory_of_free_and_non-free_tools_by_the_FOSS_policy_special_committee| Inventory of free and non-free tools by the FOSS policy special committee]].''
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|''Suggested by MikelRory MaronMcCann.''
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== Decide on NextCloud ==
== Vote on OSMF Japan Local Chapter application ==
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''The [[FOSS_Policy_Special_Committee| FOSS Policy Special Committee]], after a request by a [[Working_Groups|working group]] and individual board members, had asked [https://cloud68.co/ cloud68.co] to set up a [https://osmfiles.cloud68.co Nextcloud with OnlyOffice instance for OSMF] until the third week of March for testing purposes. According to the committee, this tool might be useful to replace some services hosted outside of the control of the OSMF:''
''[http://www.osmf.jp/ 一般社団法人オープンストリートマップ・ファウンデーション・ ジャパン] (OpenStreetMap Foundation Japan) has [[Local_Chapters/Applications/Japan|applied]] to be the [[Local_Chapters|Local Chapter]] for Japan.''
 
* ''Google Calendar/Drive/Docs/Forms/Sheets''
''[https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ja/2021-February/010872.html Local] and [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-February/007724.html membership] consultations.''
* ''Etherpad/Ethercalc/HackMD''
* ''Nextclouds hosted elsewhere''
 
''The FOSS Policy Special Committee had reached out to the [[Working_Groups|working groups,]] the [https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/osmf-talk/2021-March/007767.html OSMF membership] and the [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/index.php?title=Board_Member_Bios&oldid=7907 board] and invited them to test the Cloud68-hosted Nextcloud instance with [https://www.onlyoffice.com/ OnlyOffice] and provide feedback by March 20.  The committee will compile the feedback and present it to the board so that they can take further action to proceed or not with the contracting of this instance.''
 
''For more background information and reasoning for using [https://nextcloud.com/ Nextcloud], please have a look at the recommendations in the [https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/b/b5/FOSS_policy_special_committee_-_Report_on_FOSS_use_in_OSMF_2021-01.pdf report] that the FOSS Policy Special Committee recently published.''
 
''Related past discussion:''
* ''2021-01 [[Board/Minutes/2021-01#Inventory_of_free_and_non-free_tools_by_the_FOSS_policy_special_committee| Inventory of free and non-free tools by the FOSS policy special committee]].''
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|''Suggested by RoryMikel McCannMaron.''
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