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Great seeing this — had no idea of the scope of FOSSGIS activities, the server run for OSM (and other related projects), the grants. Really appreciate the myriad ways this local chapter supports its community, as well as projects and services which benefit the global community.<div><br></div><div>Hope this kind of activities and reporting are inspirational to other local chapters.</div><div><br></div><div>Question on</div><div><br></div><div>> <span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">The AGM asks the board to prepare a concept paper on professionalising the organisation, particularly public relations.</span><div><br></div><div>Can FOSSGIS folks say more about the issues that prompted this request, and what “professional” means in this context. It’s a word that can have a lot of connotations, and one that’s caused confusion in the OSMF.</div><div><br>Mikel<br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: #715FFA; padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0">On Saturday, June 22, 2019, 10:15 AM, Tobias Knerr <osm@tobias-knerr.de> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">FOSSGIS e.V., the OSMF Local Chapter in Germany, submitted their annual<br></div><div dir="ltr">report to the OSMF board a few months ago. We briefly discussed it<br></div><div dir="ltr">during this week's public board meeting, and I'm happy to forward the<br></div><div dir="ltr">document to the membership:<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/9/92/FOSSGIS_annual_report_2019.pdf" target="_blank">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/w/images/9/92/FOSSGIS_annual_report_2019.pdf</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">More information on local chapters is available at<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters" target="_blank">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters</a><br></div><div dir="ltr">As part of their agreement¹ with the OSMF, local chapters commit<br></div><div dir="ltr">themselves to provide an annual English-language activity and financial<br></div><div dir="ltr">report to the Foundation.<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">Yours,<br></div><div dir="ltr">Tobias<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">¹ <a href="https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Template_agreement" target="_blank">https://wiki.osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Template_agreement</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br></div><div dir="ltr">osmf-talk mailing list<br></div><div dir="ltr"><a ymailto="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org" href="mailto:osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org">osmf-talk@openstreetmap.org</a><br></div><div dir="ltr"><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk" target="_blank">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/osmf-talk</a><br></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></div></div>
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