[Talk-us] OSMF US chapter call meeting minutes

[Richard Welty]

  Since not all of the new board members could attend, election of new 
officers was
deferred until the next meeting, which will be next Wednesday (see the 
wiki at
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/Local_Chapters/United_States#Agenda_for_September_15th.2C_2010
for details.)

The minutes on google docs:
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1K1cODoEfCGEn28KBccq__k3ixzbnHs2B4XOcmhO8DnU



OSM US Chapter Call September 8th, 2010

Attendees

Ian Dees, Richard Welty, Thea Clay, Steven Johnson

Approval of Minutes

August 5th 2010: 
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1YTf9-iUKivwvAOEN6VpkGRyDDrABMIsMAFtiF5ehBz0

Thea motion to approve minutes. approved.

Consent Agenda

Nothing scheduled.

Officers Reports

Kate Chapman (Outgoing President)

No report.

Serge Wroclawski (Outgoing VP)

No report.

Richard Welty (Outgoing Secretary)

1) Membership report as of 5:30 PM ET 9/8/2010. 43 paid members. no 
outstanding issues.

2) Election report: new board members have already been announced. 36 of 
43 paying members voted, for nearly 84% turnout. Richard Weait and Mike 
Collinson did an excellent job of monitoring. Survey Monkey was effective.

Thea Clay (Outgoing Treasurer)

Approximately $500-$600 in bank. Final bill for SOTM-US is in and has 
been paid.

Steven Johnson (Outgoing at Large)

Working on organizing RTP mapping party.

Old Business

SOTM US discussion

First SOTM-US was discussed. Event was very well received, fully 
attended. Potential future venues for SOTM US were also discussed. 
Possibility of a US bid for SOTM for 2011 discussed. Ian will send a 
note to talk-us soliciting opinions. Thea will look at sending a short 
questionaire to SOTM US attendees to get feedback. A followup 
teleconference to discuss lessons learned is planned.

Role Email accounts

Ian will look into getting this done.

Code of Conduct

Deferred until next meeting.

New Business

GeoBus

Thea moves that OSM US officially support the GeoBus project. Ian 
seconded. Motion passed.

Working Groups

Thea suggests it’s time to start putting together working groups. Steven 
volunteered to do an openstreetmap.us blog post on the subject.

Bookkeeping

Thea volunteers to look for a “real bookkeeper”.

Election of new Officers

Deferred until Kate is available.

Next Meeting

Wednesday at 8PM 9/15/2010 ET.

Motion to Adjourn

Thea moves to adjourn. Steven second.