[HOT] HOT September Board Meeting

[Joseph Reeves]

Dear all,

Today we had our September Board meeting - it was a big one with many
important issues discussed and acted upon. Please see the summary below and
the links to the archived version and minutes.

I still owe you the minutes for our July meeting; these will be available
soon.

Best, Joseph

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Wiki Summary:
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Humanitarian_OSM_Team/Meetings/Board/24_September_2013

Meeting Minutes:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zABWRRm3Nrl7eIdeik4xBCZdaoBjxjv0lOjVGVa42OY/edit#

Our first meeting Since July as we missed the August meeting due to a
number of issues: A busy but focused meeting during which we really tried
to get some strategic matters pinned down and formalised.

The headline issue of our previous business discussion is that HOT has a
cash flow issue, largely caused by a waiting for payment on invoices. The
process of being paid is progressing as usual in most cases; OSM France,
however, is a stand out example due to the amount of time we've been
waiting. Our current expenditures are largely project based, so not
impacted outright, but we have to be careful when project spending to
ensure that we don't run out of cash. Other fund-raising measures are
progressing and we have added a donate page to the website:
http://hot.openstreetmap.org/donate

Elsewhere in ongoing business we have heard that the Tech Working Group,
Activation Working Group, HOT Code of Conduct, HOT Strategy Document, open
Project Reporting & UAV Policy are all progressing well. Of course, we
welcome input from the HOT community in all of these areas.


The Board voted on three important pieces of new business:

   - The Board unanimously agreed that no further partnering with OSM
   France would take place until payment for previous work was received.


   - The Board approved 5 in favour, 2 against, to solidify the project
   planning process.


   - The Board approved 5 in favour, 2 against, to confirm the role of the
   Executive Director. In brief we agreed that "The ED has the decision making
   authority on personnel matters, including hiring, firing and probation."
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