Board/Minutes/2025-08
Preliminary agenda and page for draft minutes. This is the last board meeting before the 2025 board election.
Date and time: Thursday 28 August 2025 at 13:30 UTC.
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Participants
Officers and Board Historic
Board member biographies Historic
Absent
Guests
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Administrative
Approval of previous minutes
Circular Resolutions
2025/Res21 Board approves funds up to 350 Euros for SotM Latam 2025 for Héctor Ochoa Ortiz
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Héctor1 will attend SOTM Latin America (2025) in Colombia. He will cover the majority of the costs but the vote agrees on covering funds for his travel costs (lodging, food) up to 350Euros. |
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Did not pass on 2025-08-25 with,
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| Circular by Daniela Waltersdorfer. |
1 Héctor Ochoa Ortiz, Board member.
2025/Res22 Board approves funds up to 350 Euros for SotM Africa 2025 for Laura Mugeha
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Laura2 will attend SOTM Latin America3 in Tanzania. She will cover the majority of the costs but the vote agrees on covering funds for her travel costs (lodging, food) up to 350Euros. |
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Did not pass on 2025-08-25 with,
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| Circular by Daniela Waltersdorfer. |
2 Laura Mugeha, Board member.
3 SotM Africa.
Chairperson's report
| Topic presented by Craig Allan. |
Secretary's report
| Topic presented by Dani Waltersdorfer - read by Héctor, as Dani was not present. |
The summer is almost over in the Northern Hemisphere. I'm not too happy about that, but that's only because I know this means eventually winter will come. But, this also means warmer times are ahead in the Southern Hemisphere! In any case, let's get to our OSM Board update for you.
First and foremost, I'd like to share a big thank you to everyone joining us and making time to be with us. We appreciate it!
About two weeks ago, the OSMF Board met with our Legal Working Group (LWG) to receive guidance on our next steps as we continue our push toward the EU. Thank you, LWG, for helping us out and providing such needed support.
Our Operations Working Group (OWG) will be hosting an "Intro to OSM Ops" sometime in September. Please stay on the lookout for the official announcement—we’re excited to see more community engagement around this!
Furthermore, we want to thank everyone who submitted an application to our Software Engineer opening. We’re working hard behind the scenes to review all submissions and schedule interviews with selected candidates. We’re truly grateful for your interest and enthusiasm!
A quick but important reminder: our Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on September 13, 2025. This is one of the Foundation’s most important meetings, and we’d like to extend a warm invitation to all our community members to join. During the AGM, the Board will announce the newly elected members. Please take time to read through the manifestos and candidate Q&As to learn more about who’s running.
Thank you
Treasurer's report
| Previous reports during monthly board meetings and general meetings |
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| See the Treasurer's reports on the finances page. |
| Topic presented by Roland Olbricht. |
Update on Core Software Engineer applications
Topic proposed by Dani Waltersdorfer. Related to 2025-08-01 blog post Apply to be the OpenStreetMap Core Software Engineer.
2025 Annual General Meeting reminder
Topic proposed by Dani Waltersdorfer. Related to the 19th Annual General Meeting of the OpenStreetMap Foundation on 13th of September 2025 at 1600 UTC.
Debrief of LWG-Board meeting about OSMF's move to the EU
Topic proposed by Dani Waltersdorfer.
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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Next meetings
Mid-month board chat: 11 September 2025 at 13:30 UTC
Not open to observers. About mid-month board chats.
Dates: See this Framagenda calendar (yellow dots), and the board meetings page.
Open board meeting: 25 September 2025 at 13:30 UTC
This will be the first meeting of the new board, after the 2025 board election. The new recurring day and time of meetings will be set by the Secretary.
2025 dates of open board meetings: on this Framagenda calendar (green dots).
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