Foundation/Local Chapters/United States/Minutes-2014-11-04

Attendees

• Ian
• Martijn
• Alex
• Eleanor

Agenda

State of the Map US announcement

• There's a blog post waiting
• Henk wants to wait until Sunday to announce the SOTMs
• He wants to announce the full calendar for next year at the same time.
• Henk wants to consider "combining forces" to make NY SOTM.org instead of just SOTM.us
• There will be some vacuum in SOTM coordination that we could fill
• Combining forces means OSMF doesn't get money
• It makes more sense to announce this as a US-specific event and negotiate the OSMF part later (at SOTM in Argentina)
• Alex: we should announce it as SOTM US soon so we don't steal OSMF's thunder at the beginning of SOTM.org
• Eleanor: I'm ok with announcing now, but I don't want to break a commitment. What was the conversation with Henk like?
• Martijn: I feel a stronger sentiment for announcing it now
• Alex: Here's the SOTM.org ask: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Of_The_Map_2015/Call_for_venues#Criteria
• Martijn: I've got some comments on the blog post
• Alex: Sending a note to Henk

Finances

• Martijn will make sure the accountants have everything before he leaves for South America
• The tickets that are open
• Alex will look at 23, Eleanor will work on text in 26