Foundation/Local Chapters/United States/Minutes/2021/02/25

Call to Order

• Diane
• Dani
• Jubal
• Minh
• Maggie (ED)
• Martijn

Old Business

Motion to approve January 2021 meeting minutes: accepted, no objections

Board Roles

• Maggie recommends Jubal for treasurer
• Diane will take on Secretary
• Minh remains P
• Dani takes on VP
• Everyone to support fundraising efforts!

Updates

• Advisory Board meeting, yesterday
  • Maggie went
  • Andrew Turner only corporate representation
  • Rory McCann reported on board screen-to-screen
  • Report back on survey results from Allan
    • Maggie and Jennings will look into breakdown
  • Quarterly meetings going forward
  • Anyone else want to represent OSM US? Dani happy to help.

ED Update

• Charter Projects -- 1 application, Maggie suggests board vote on accepting
• TeachOSM -- meeting bi-weekly now, ramping up. Collaboration with MS Edu platform. Weekly mappy hours with educators.
• Gov Committee -- meeting last Monday. Jess Beutler presented on JOSM. Next March 15. Ongoing discussion about pilot projects.
• CoC Committee -- better define internal processes
• Please share ideas for 12 months of OSM
• Budget 2021
  • Nellie for another year
  • Propose hiring part time 35h/month program director. Aim to start April.
  • Needs vote on
  • No need to vote on Maggie salary range
• Maggie is looking to create an engineering working group. A few folks from within the community and some companies have expressed interest. Minh suggests Ian Dees advise.
• Website—talking to Critigen still

New Business

• Charter Programs
  • 1 Application received, OpenHistoricalMap
  • Committee recommends accepting
  • To vote on next meeting
• Proposal to create a summary document describing OpenStreetMap
  • Formatted for general public consumption (Not on the wiki)
    • Nice md file for web
    • PDF for post-pandemic flyer
  • Purpose: to give an overview of OSM to address FAQs
  • Audience: corporate representatives, new collaborators, etc.