Local Chapters and Communities Working Group/Meeting minutes/2026-08-06

Meeting started at 14:08 UTC.

Attendance

State of the Map 2026 (Paris) Congress
- Laura started a document: https://hackmd.io/@laura-mugeha/Hy1fb6iHfx
  - LCCWG members to polish Laura's notes before SotM
- Session should start with a round of introduction
- Does the room have a projector (Laura says the room likely has a projector)? Project March Congress Menti notes?
- Maggie started a slide deck: https://canva.link/o6860ljo9pd7me7
March Congress blog post draft: https://hackmd.io/@lccwg/HyRoFl2j-g
- Finalize blog post by Aug 10; then email CWG for review
- Maybe LCCWG should have someone have blog access?
  - Eugene to ask Dorothea for access with Maggie as backup

Colombia
- Draft blog post: https://hackmd.io/@lccwg/HygxVbJWfl
- Eugene asked Board; no response yet
- Eugene asked Andrés; he replied back
- Local Chapter agreement signing: Daniela could potentially attend SotM Latam pending budget for travel
Catalan
- Board was supposed to have held a vote during their July monthly meeting; the Board decided to do a circular resolution instead

Laura started a document: https://hackmd.io/@laura-mugeha/Hy5eAAjrGl
Michael to join subcommittee
Agreed to name this as the 2026 Community Microgrants
Grantees should be members of the Foundation, can apply for membership during grant application
Maggie started creating graphics
Geoffrey to help with wiki and templates

Meeting ended at 15:11 UTC.