Foundation/Local Chapters/United States/Minutes/2023/08/17

August 17, 2023 regular meeting of the OpenStreetMap United States Board of Directors

Call to Order

Diane called the meeting to order at 3:00pm, Eastern, via video conference.

Present:

• Maggie Cawley (Executive Director)
• Diane Fritz (President)
• Brian Sperlongano (Vice President)
• Adam Franco (Treasurer)
• Matthew Whilden (Secretary)
• Priyanka Miller (At Large)

Reports

• The Executive Director (ED) provided an update to the board on OSM US’s activities over the prior month.
  • Frist Strategic Organization membership, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, 5 years at $40,000 per year
  • In discussion with Microsoft about sponsorship
  • Annual report for 2022 has been drafted
  • Imagery meeting - coordinating with folks to see how best to improve imagery options for broader OSM
  • FEMA, UVA project related to Disaster Risk Zones. Upcoming Mappy hour.

Old Business

• SOTM Global dates/SOTMUS
  • Dates discussion. Old possible date near OSMF State of the Map. Maybe move to June (Trails Day!).
• FOSS4G Baltimore, maybe get a table there. Maybe Diane goes?

New Business

• Slack users discussion. Nearing 250 active Slack users, could mean higher tier pricing ($13.05/year/active user).
  • Staff will do a Slack audit for usage not in line with our goals.
• Imagery
  • An important issue for US but lower impact relative to global concerns due to diversity of imagery available in the US.
  • Can get collaborators and coordinators
• Denver Post interviewed Maggie about Trails Stewardship Initiative.
• SECAS - presentation given to them and potential partner for PD map
• PATC - maybe replace their in house GIS stack with OSM

Adjournment

• Adjourned at 3:53 pm.
• Next board meeting to be held Sept 21 2pm ET