Working Group Minutes/EWG 2026-02-06
These minutes are a draft.
Formal proceedings
Attendees:
- Salim Baidoun
- Adam Hoyle
- Tobias Knerr
- Minh Nguyễn (joined late)
- Héctor Ochoa Ortiz
- Emerson Rocha
Guests:
- Mateusz Konieczny
Apologies:
- Roland Olbricht
Actual business
ID tagging schema project initiative
Hector volunteers to take over the post to the community forum.
Presentation French Cadastre
The Engineering Working Group suggest to prepare a short dossier to explain the name choice to the community. Hector will discuss the name with the Board.
Microgrants
Adam has prepared a timeline. Four Projects had milestones in January. Salim is handling it.
The Engineering Working Group (EWG) sees a benefit in discusssing the relationship between EWG and Local Chapters and Communities Working Group (LCCWG) microgrants. The next LCCWG meeting is on 5th March at 15 UTC.
Budget
The budget for 2026 budget has been approved by the board.
| 2025 expenses | 2026 budget | Desc |
|---|---|---|
| ~50000.00 | 68000.00 | iD development |
| ~37000.00 | 73000.00 | Vector Tiles |
| 0.00 | 25000.00 | Various website work |
| 0.00 | 60000.00 | Microgrants (actual payment of 2025 and a new round 2026) |
Floss Fund
Next steps:
- Provide finance-related documents
- After sorting out banking issues: Approach them on their views regarding banking data in funding.json
Hector to repeatedly nudge Roland about this. This is more a board issue than an EWG issue.
Any other business
Minh leading on recruiting for someone to work on GPS Traces - ties in to GDPR. This will be funded by the Souvereign Tech Fund funding.