Working Group Minutes/EWG 2023-03-21
Formal proceedings
Attendees
- Adam Hoyle
- Andrew Hain
- Paul Norman
- Pieter Vander Vennet
- Ramya Ragupathy
- Robert Koetze
- Tobias Knerr
Actual business
Vector tiles
Follow up thoughts from last meeting:
Not quite sure on how to proceed with funding.
Fixed price vs hourly rate: fixed price might not fit into EWG's model
Looks like EWG does not have any value to add to the process at the moment; Paul in contact with board members
Examples for Worst Case size for optimized vector tile 1MB
Multi-MB tiles sizes break mobile device's software: tiles from Amsterdam, some places in US, cities in Columbia(close to equator, so projection affects); zoom in which buildings appear
Funding application process
Is this worth pursuing
Are we at a point where we might begin to turn the brainstorming pad into a more formal document (integrate with current project funding framework?)
Worth pursuing and integrating with existing framework
Local Chapter & Communities WG talking about a potential microgrants program - technical microgrants; deadlines are good
Coordination between technical microgrants and EWG funding
Adam to loop the EWG in the email chain
Microgrants are useful and they are dependent on condition on the ground
Data model
Discussion is on public Github discussion tracker; we need to decide on way forward
Jochen presented the idea in two conferences; Jochen cannot take up paid work on this due to (potential) conflicts of interest
Project manager needed to collect feedback and guide further implementation process, coordinate
How can we find a person for that position? figure out responsibilities for the role
Group has to decide on the options that Jochen has laid out in the data model document
Group to discuss the same in the next meeting when Roland is around since he has specific thoughts
GDPR follow up
Waiting to hear back from Andy
Mute users bid
Next steps given that no one has put forth a bid
Abandon or different way of funding?
Feedback from a Ruby developer outside the community: Can't put a bid on it, too much risk because of unfamiliarity with the ecosystem
Pay someone to write development specification to avoid ambiguity
Find some agencies that do ruby development if no one from the community has come forward to do the work
Find out what agencies might want from a spec (maybe even a structure/section heading)
Robert to pursue line of inquiry
Any other business
Next meeting
Next meeting is 2023-04-04, 16:30 UTC