Board/Minutes/2024-08
Page for agenda and draft minutes.
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Date and time: Thursday 29 August, 13:30 UTC - Countdown
Location: Video room https://osmvideo.cloud68.co/user/dor-2cd-qah-rim
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Participants
Officers and board
Biographies
Guests
Open to all OSM Foundation members. (Become a member of the Foundation, even for free if you are an active OSM contributor)
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Preliminaries
- Welcome by Chair
- Determination of quorum
- Members present:
- Members absent:
- Apologies:
Administrative
Approval of previous minutes
Circular Resolutions
2024/Res32 Approve active contributor membership application #2024070810000365
The Board currently decides on active contributor membership applications based on non-mapping contributions on a case-by-case basis. |
Approved on 2024-08-09 with 6 votes in favour: Roland Olbricht, Sarah Hoffmann, Guillaume Rischard, Craig Allan ([name] has been of great assistance to the Foundation in [activity 1] and [activity 2] work. I support [their] membership.), Mateusz Konieczny (Thanks for your very significant activity within last year! This definitely qualifies for active contributor membership.), Arnalie Vicario ([name] is an [activity 1] and [activity 2] rockstar for OSMF! Thank you for all you support!) |
Application initially processed by the Membership Working Group. |
2024/Res33 Update of contract for iD maintenance
The board approves the updated contract for Martin Raifer1 for his work as a iD maintainer. It furthermore confirms that Mikel Maron is the designated contract manager for this contract.' |
Approved on 16 August 2024 (had been extended by one week), with 5 votes in favour: |
Circular by Sarah Hoffmann. |
1 Note by Dorothea: See Long-term contractors.
2024/Res34 Grant Slater's Salary Raise 2024-2025
The board approves to give a merit-based raise on the salary for our Senior Site Reliability Engineer Grant Slater [2] as agreed on during the annual review. This is to account for the raising cost of living. |
Approved on 2024-08-21 with 6 votes in favour: Daniela Waltersdorfer, Roland Olbricht, Sarah Hoffmann, Craig Allan, Mateusz Konieczny, Arnalie Vicario. |
Circular by Dani Waltersdorfer. |
2 Note by Dorothea: See Employees.
2024/Res35 Approve active contributor membership application #2024081610000099
The Board currently decides on active contributor membership applications based on non-mapping contributions on a case-by-case basis. |
Approved on 2024-08-24 with 5 votes in favour: Roland Olbricht, Sarah Hoffmann, Mateusz Konieczny, Arnalie Vicario, Craig Allan (Yes. Weekly OSM is a great resource for OSM users and in my opinion all the people who make it happen are making an enormous non-mapping contributions to the OSM project.). |
Application initially processed by the Membership Working Group. |
2024/Res36 Approve active contributor membership application #2024052410000043
The Board currently decides on active contributor membership applications based on non-mapping contributions on a case-by-case basis. |
Did not pass on 2024-08-25 with: |
Application initially processed by the Membership Working Group. |
2024/Res37 Approve active contributor membership application #2024072110000116
The Board currently decides on active contributor membership applications based on non-mapping contributions on a case-by-case basis. |
Approved on 2024-08-25 with 5 votes in favour: Mateusz Konieczny, Roland Olbricht, Sarah Hoffmann, Arnalie Vicario, Craig Allan (Some note some mapping activity and some community organising activity. I support the application. ). |
Application initially processed by the Membership Working Group. |
2024/Res38 Approve active contributor membership application #2024072110000018
The Board currently decides on active contributor membership applications based on non-mapping contributions on a case-by-case basis. |
Did not pass on 2024-08-25 with |
Application initially processed by the Membership Working Group. |
2024/Res39 Approve active contributor membership application #2024052610000192
The Board currently decides on active contributor membership applications based on non-mapping contributions on a case-by-case basis. |
Did not pass on 2024-08-25 with |
Application initially processed by the Membership Working Group. |
Action item updates
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Secretary's report
Background |
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Topic presented by Craig Allan. |
Treasurer's report
Previous reports during monthly board meetings and general meetings |
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See Treasurer's reports on the finances page. |
Topic presented by Roland Olbricht. |
MWG and CiviCRM
Background |
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CiviCRM is an open source, internationalised suite of computer software which the Foundation self-hosts and uses to manage the Foundation's membership database, send emails to OSMF members (such as Annual General Meeting announcements). There have been some issues in the past and recent ones. It is managed by the volunteers of the Membership Working Group (MWG). |
Topic suggested by Arnalie Vicario. |
Membership campaign
Background |
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See the blog-post by Arnalie Vicario: Help us grow and diversify the OSMF membership worldwide. |
Topic suggested by Arnalie Vicario. |
LCCWG update: Local Chapters applications updates
Background |
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Local Chapter applications are currently processed by the Local Chapters and Communities Working Group (LCCWG).
Local Chapters are country-level or region-level not-for-profit legal entities representing the area's OSM mappers and OSM data when dealing with local government, business, and media. They are recognised by the OpenStreetMap Foundation (OSMF), allowing them to use the OpenStreetMap marks, and each can have a representative on the OpenStreetMap Foundation's Advisory Board. If you or your organisation are interested in the topic please check the links below and contact the Secretary, at secretary@osmfoundation.org, with any questions.
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Topic suggested by Arnalie Vicario. |
LCCWG update: Communities tool (formerly microcosms)
Background |
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See the "Communities page" on the OSM wiki. |
Topic suggested by Arnalie Vicario. |
LCCWG update: 31 Day OSM Challenge for October
Topic suggested by Arnalie Vicario.
LCCWG update: local SotM support discussions
Background |
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See the Sponsorship distribution agreement for local SotMs and the benefits of being granted a SotM quick licence, which are also available to Local Chapters. |
Topic suggested by Arnalie Vicario. |
Take action against data consumers persistently plagiarising OSM data and not using OSMF tile servers
Background |
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For reporting cases where OSM attribution is missing and OSMF tile servers are used see https://github.com/openstreetmap/tile-attribution/issues. |
Topic suggested by Mateusz Konieczny. |
GDPR updates
Background |
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See General Data Protection Regulation on the OSM wiki. |
Topic suggested by Mateusz Konieczny. |
Presentation - OSM Colombia
Previous presentations and about this section |
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See Monthly_Board_Meetings/Presentations. |
10 minute presentation by Andres Gomez Casanova (@AngocA). 5 minutes questions and comments.
Any other business
Guest comments or questions
Open to all OSM Foundation members (Become a member of the 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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