Board/Minutes/2026-11-05
Board chat - not open to observers.
Thursday 5 November 2026 at 13:00 UTC].
Draft notes.
Video room at https://osmvideo.cloud68.co using BigBlueButton.
Participants
- Craig Allan
- Dani Waltersdorfer
- Gregory Marler
- Héctor Ochoa Ortiz
- Maurizio Napolitano
- Roland Olbricht
Officers and Board Historic
Board member biographies Historic
Minutes by Dorothea Kazazi.
Not Present
- Brazil Singh
Guests
Meeting not open to observers.
Say hi to Gregory
Gregory Marler is the new board member after the 2026 Annual General Meeting.
Deputy Treasurer and finding a candidate before the November public meeting
The Treasurer and other officer roles will be officially decided during the first public board meeting. Suggestion to have a Deputy Treasurer, in a similar way to the Deputy Secretary.
Decision
- Craig to help Roland with the Treasurer role until the 2027 face-to-face board meeting.
Action items
- Roland to send documents signed by the board during SotM2026 to Michelle Heydon's (OSMF bookkeeper) residential address. Related to September 10 board resolution.
- Craig and Roland to reinstate the Finance Committee meetings.
- Craig, Dani and Gregory to help approving this months contractors' invoices.
- Roland to invite Gregory to Xero (online bookkeeping platform).
SotM2027 map storytelling competition
Background: During SotM 2026, Esri (OSMF Platinum Corporate Member) had a meeting with the board members attending the conference (all but Brazil, who couldn't attend due to visa issues). Esri proposed to organise with the OSMF board a map storytelling competition and have the awards presented during SotM 2027. It was mentioned that the use of Esri products will not be required. TomTom might also get involved.
Decision
- Dani and Craig are leading the competition issue - Laura Mugeha (former board member, SotM Working Group volunteer) will help from January onwards.
Action items
- Board members to propose about six themes or categories for the competition, with possible judges.
- Board members to think of a category that the board could judge, as Esri suggested.
Esri GIS day
Action items
- Board members to agree on what OSM resources to propose to Esri for its International GIS Day website and reply to Esri by tomorrow.
Any other business
Board internal
- Dani to start planning the board face-to-face meeting. The earliest it can happen is probably in February or March.
- Craig to contact Gunner (Aspiration Tech).
- Héctor to notify the board if he lacks time after starting his new job on Monday.