OSM Foundation Management Team meeting

21st October 2014, 19:00 - GMT

(MEETING POSTPONED FROM 18th March)

This meeting do not go ahead due to lack of quorum. Reportage information is valid, but provided on an informal basis.

AGENDA & MINUTES

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Participants

Present:   Michael Collinson

Unavailable:

Apologies:

Minutes by: Michael

Agenda and Minutes

Minutes of previous meetings

Feb 18

Proposed:

Seconded:  

Open Action Items

20130423-01        Harry Interviews need turning into blog(s). Invitation has been send out to Paul.

        [Pending]

20130723-03        Mike (and Paul) to do expand on DMCA document and blocking text (mostly [done,  need to add text on publishing requests before asking board to formally endorse]

20131217-07           Henk ping Nick Black re OSMF use of telconf and up-to-date dial-in list (Montreal no longer working) (Done but no response yet)

20140121-08           Gerhard Look at what OSGeo does re corporate sponsors/members

20140121-09           Dermot will “interview” GeoFabrik as to why they became a member.

Highlights Current Status Working Groups

CWG:

• Expressions of interest. Not much action
• Trying to get some people involved. One or two promising expressions of interest which have so far amounted to no much action

DWG:

• DWG welcomes Andy Townsend as a new member
• Revert to edits in Crimea dragging on - result is unlikely to be liked by either side of dispute
• Sorin/sorein indefinately blocked - they are now routinely sending a torrent of abuse to DWG and others
• “Normal” levels of ongoing vandalism and other problems (no metrics)

EWG:

LCWG:

• The LWG last met formally in February, with some subsequent business transacted via email resolutions. Next meeting is scheduled for 2014-10-28.
• LWG now gets 1-2 enquiries per week from organisations wanting to use OSM data in their products and services.
• No substantive action on being more aggressive on making sure that folks attribute us, (board request).
• In June, a number of Community Guidelines, focused on folks who make maps from OSM data, were successfully taken through to the final stage, i.e. formal endorsement as OSMF policy. The can be seen at http://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/License/Community_Guidelines
• Next priority is Community Guidelines for folks who run geocoding and other data services that use OSM data, usually in a mixed environment. See https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Open_Data_License/Community_Guidelines

LWG:

OWG:

SotM:

SWG:

New conference call system

Cloudmade have very generously supported the work of the OSMF and its working groups by providing international conference call facilities.  Due to changes in their system, this facility is now at end of life.  MT wishes to thank Cloudmade, Nick Black and Gloria Roa for making this available and for their help in using it.

A shared HOT/OSM Mumble server is now available for board, Management Team, working group or project use. Please contact Mike Collinson for further information if you need individual access or want a group setting up. Thank you to Andrew Buck for being the driving force behind this.

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