January Board Meeting Results

Here are a few of the items from January's Board of Directors meeting. You can see the full set of notes and minutes here. Attending the meeting were Arnulf, Markus, Ari, Howard, Paul, Bob.

Approved Barcelona as 2010 FOSS4G site

The Conference Committee selected Barcelona's bid from the proposal process, then passed the choice on to the Board for ratification. This was already approved through an email vote over Christmas by the Board. Congratulations to the Barcelona team and thank you to the other bidders.

Official Status for Poland and UK Local Chapters

Two local chapters have been gradually developing over the past year or more. Both the Poland and United Kingdom chapters have moved to official status following their requests to the board.

If you are part of a local chapter that is not yet on the official list, you may request official status from the Board. If you wonder what this entails, you are welcome to contact me and I can help guide you through the process.

Chris Schmidt to Head Web Committee

A big thank you to Jason Birch for his work as former chair of the Web Committee (aka WebCom)! After Jason stepped down last month, Chris was elected as the new chair. The Board confirms the chair for each formal committee and acknowledged this change during their January meeting. Thank you for stepping up to the challenge Chris!

General Discussion

Each month the Board members review potential sponsors and those who have committed to follow up with specific ones. Several new sponsors are needed to be able to meet the 2009 budget.

Several board members will be at the Toronto Code Sprint in March, 2009.

Next board meeting will be held on February 6, 2009.