Board/Minutes/2026-04

Date and time: Thursday 30 April at 13:00 UTC - Countdown.

Location: Video room https://osmvideo.cloud68.co/user/dor-2cd-qah-rim

Participants

Officers and Board ^Historic
Board member biographies ^Historic
Minutes by Dorothea Kazazi.

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Administrative

Approval of previous minutes

2026-03-26

Circular Resolutions

2026/Res03 The Board to extend Martin Raifer's (iD maintainer) contract for three months, under the current payment and contracting conditions

The Board to extend Martin Raifer's¹ (iD maintainer) contract for three months, under the current payment and contracting conditions.
Approved on 2026-04-01 with 4 votes in favour: Héctor Ochoa Ortiz, Laura Mugeha, Craig Allan, Roland Olbricht. 3 did not vote: Brazil Singh, Daniela Waltersdorfer, Maurizio Napolitano.
Circular by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz.

Note: ¹ See OSMF long-term contractors.

2026/Res04 The board to approve Dorothea's contract extension

The board to approve Dorothea's² contract extension for 12 months, updating the rate to reflect the current Greek inflation rate.
Approved on 2026-04-01 with 5 votes in favour: Héctor Ochoa Ortiz, Craig Allan, Roland Olbricht, Daniela Waltersdorfer, Laura Mugeha. 2 did not vote: Brazil Singh, Maurizio Napolitano.
Circular by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz.

Note: ² See OSMF long-term contractors.

2026/Res05 Board 2026 face-to-face meeting travel

The board resolves to book and pay the hotel, the flights, and the usual cost per travel policy for the seven board members as well as Dorothea Kazazi and the facilitator³.
Closing on 2026-04-17.
Circular by Roland Olbricht.

Note: ³ Allen Gunn (Gunner)/Aspiration Tech. See recurring individual contractors.

2026/Res06 Access to Fire-EU OSMF bank account

The board authorizes Dorothea Kazazi to sign⁴ the letter to set Michelle Heydon (current accountant for the Foundation) as the administrative contact for the Foundation's bank account at Fire.
Closing on 2026-04-17.
Circular by Roland Olbricht.

Note: ⁴ by "sign" the board means they authorise Dorothea to add the Treasurer's signature to the letter.

2026/Res07 SotM2026 swag

The board approves to spend up to 500 EUR to prepare swag⁵ for the SotM in Paris. Reasonable proposals shall be approved by simple feedback on Matrix. The board will add a line item in the budget for that..
Closing on 2026-04-17.
Circular by Roland Olbricht.

Note: ⁵ the swag will be for OSMF's booth during the State of the Map 2026 conference.

2026/Res08 Active contributor membership application #2026011310000086

The Board currently decides on active contributor membership applications based on non-mapping contributions on a case-by-case basis.
Closing on 2026-04-21.
Application initially processed by the Membership Working Group.

Chairperson's report

Topic presented by Craig Allan.

Secretary's report

Topic presented by Dani Waltersdorfer.

Treasurer's report

Previous reports during monthly board meetings and general meetings

See the Treasurer's reports on the finances page.

Topic presented by Roland Olbricht.

Any other business

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