Board/Minutes/2026-07
New recurring meeting time: 12:00 UTC
Date and time: 30 July 2026, at 12:00 UTC - Countdown.
Location: Video room https://osmvideo.cloud68.co/user/dor-2cd-qah-rim
Participants
Absent
Officers and Board Historic
Board member biographies Historic
Minutes by Dorothea Kazazi.
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Administrative
Approval of previous minutes
Circular Resolutions
2026/Res12 The OSMF Board to approve the signing of a new contract with Martin Raifer for iD development and maintenance, until the end of the year
| The contract would run until 2026-12-31, and the billable days per month would decrease from 13 in the current contract to 11 in the new contract. All other conditions would be unvaried. |
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Votes so far: Approved with 5 votes in favour: Craig Allan, Daniela Waltersdorfer, Héctor Ochoa Ortiz, Laura Mugeha, Maurizio Napolitano. Voting closes on 2026-07-02. |
| Circular by Héctor Ochoa Ortiz. |
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 |
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| See the Treasurer's reports on the finances page. |
| Topic presented by Roland Olbricht. |
Catalan countries - Local Chapter application
| Background |
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| Associació Catalana de l'OpenStreetMap has applied to become the OSM Local Chapter for Catalan Countries. |
| Topic suggested by Dorothea and approved by the Secretary. Internal board GitLab ticket #1041. |
More topic to be added
Any other business
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