Foundation/Local Chapters/United States/Minutes/2021/06/30

Call to Order

Present

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

Old Business

• Approval of the May Minutes

Updates

• ED Update
  • Fed Geo day
    • Maggie was on two panels - recordings imminent
    • OpenStreetMap had good presence
    • Blog post has lot of attention (public domain project)
  • TWG (Technical Working Group)
    • Looking forward to recruiting starting in the next week
  • OHM
    • Greeting meeting today
    • Donate page created for their project
    • They are excited about helping OSMUS
    • Vector Tile Service
  • Mappy Hour
    • June’s might lead to another charter project with Resiliency Maps
    • Attendance is low in the summer, but we’ll have one more
  • SOTM
    • Maggie moderating a panel on sexism - Looking for another panelist
    • 6 countries talking about engaging with local governments
    • Both panels on July 9th
  • Meeting with Kaboom
  • Hiring
    • Courtney Clark (youth mappers/ geographic society) - working with her on paid internships
    • Also will have intern from UVA
  • Community Masters program - hoping to launch soon
    • How to engage with community partners
    • Call with company called High Tide - sea level rise impact on people
      • Interesting idea of how to help with other data
      • Predictive modeling algorithm applied to coasts
      • Could we serve up their information?
      • Dependencies - what is it like for OSMUS to host a map?
        • Let’s get a system in place
        • Human and technical resources need to be considered
      • Diversifying OSMUS scope could be good
        • Charter projects could support this shift
    • What do we bring to the table? Usually mappers.
    • Good to figure out different classes of partners
  • Process for moderation
    • Draft complete - the group has a few days left for reviewing
    • Etiquette guidelines being down in parallel
    • Group has shrunk in numbers, but process has been appreciated.
    • Meetings are every Wednesday
  • Fall event - might be best to cancel this and focus on spring SOTMUS
    • We’re in touch with U of AZ for hosting. In person restrictions will likely go away.
    • We could do something other than a conference
    • 30 days of mapping in November
    • Unconference
  • Corporate Sponsorship
    • We had said no as a local chapter… reconsider?
    • Easier for company to donate yearly - ease of negotiating
    • Precedent: Belgium, France, Germany...

New Business

• OSMF
  • Moving out of the UK - financial complications are on the > horizon
  • Would be good to stay aware of the fundraising committee
  • EU - database rights and companies can donate there as well
• Budget
  • We have enough $ for the year
  • SOTMUS will be useful, need to start focusing fundraising
  • MapLibre involvement has brought a lot of small companies forward for potential donors

Open Discussion

• New volunteers are coming forward
  • Some frontend developing
  • Person from Microsoft - potentially pursuing good press
• Organizational Goals document
  • Generally outlined foci so project leaders can see where they fit in
    • e.g. “Building partnerships”
  • Also outlining technical framework - makes it easier to connect dots
  • Example project: new renderer
    • Vector tiles - technically different
    • Not vendor specific
    • Cartographically more attune to old paper maps
• Separate ballot for changing the bylaws? - to be discussed next meeting

Next Meetings

• Next Board meeting in July’s mid-20s - see doodle in slack
• Extra meeting to discuss trail mapping etiquette - see doodle in slack

Adjournment

15:03 MDT