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Board/Minutes/2025-11-13

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Minutes by Dorothea Kazazi.

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ESA imagery for use in OSM

Topic proposed by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz.

Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/823

Reviving the current inactive or little active Working Groups

Topic proposed by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz.

2025 fundraising

Topic proposed by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz.

Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/902

2025 EWG Microgrant program awards

Topic proposed by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz. Related to email by the EWG to the board.

Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/912

Suggestion to discuss handling some extraordinary enquiries to internal mailing lists, such as legal-questions@

Suggestion by Simon Poole (former OSMF and LWG Chairperson). Topic proposed by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz.

Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/911

Companies House - Directors need to verify their identity

Topic proposed by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz.

Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/807

2026 budget

Communicating with the Working Groups to create the 2026 budget before the end of the year.

Topic suggested by Dorothea and approved by Héctor.

useOSM project and domain grandfathering application

Héctor had a meeting with the useOSM developing team, and suggested they contact the LWG about getting permission to use the OSM marks. The LWG forwarded the filled project and domain grandfathering application by useOSM to the board for consideration, with the comment that in LWG's opinion this use would be consistent with OSMF's goals.

Topic suggested by Dorothea and approved by Héctor.

Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/867

FLOSS/fund by Zerodha - preferred mode of payment

Topic suggested by Dorothea and approved by Héctor.

Internal board GitLab ticket: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/786

Board's video-recording for the opening session of SotM Kerala 2025

The SotM Kerala 2025 organisers asked the board to send a video-recording, which will be shown during the conference opening session. Topic related to suggestion by Craig Allan to have the recording made after this board chat.

Internal board GitLab comments: https://gitlab.com/osmfoundation/board/-/issues/737#note_2879523240

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Open board meeting: 27 November 2025 at 13:00 UTC

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