Board/Minutes/2025-10-16
Board chat - not open to observers.
Preliminary agenda and page for draft minutes.
Thursday 16 October 2025 at 13:00 UTC.
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Participants
Officers and board historic
Biographies historic
Minutes by Dorothea Kazazi.
Not Present
Guests
Meeting not open to observers.
Companies House - Verification of Directors' identities
Proposed by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz.
Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/807
ESA imagery for use in OSM
Proposed by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz.
Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/823
OWG 2026 budget
Proposed by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz.
Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/895
Investigate moving OSMF out of the UK, and into the EU
Suggested by Dorothea and approved by Dani Waltersdorfer and Roland Olbricht.
Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/271
Communication/meetings with Corporate Members/donors
Suggested by Dorothea and approved by Dani Waltersdorfer.
Related to the 2025 fundraising campaign (see below).
Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/877
2025 fundraising campaign
Proposed by Roland Olbricht
Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/902
SotM Europe 2025 - Board members' presence
Suggested by Dorothea and approved by Roland Olbricht
Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/900
Expenses of board members who attended SotM 2025
Proposed by Dani Waltersdorfer.
Next meetings
Open board meeting: 30 October 2025 at 13:00 UTC
Please note the new time.
Important - DST change for Europe but not for the US
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2025 dates of open board meetings: on this Framagenda calendar (green dots), and the board meetings page.
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