# LCCWG 2023-11-27 meeting

*Meeting started at 14:19 UTC.*

## 0. Attendance

### Present
- Arnalie - HOT/Board
- Eugene - PH
- Maggie - USA
- Muluba - RDC
- Adam - UK
- Besfort - UK (joined middle of meeting)
- Charles - ZM (joined near end of meeting)

### Not present
- Anisa - IT (with apologies)

## 1. Administrative

* Minutes of previous two meetings:
* October: https://hackmd.io/@lccwg/HJy48ETfT
* Approved (with some abstentions)
* September: https://hackmd.io/@lccwg/HkWO3W1ga
* Approved

## 2. Main agenda

### 2.1. Board updates c/o Arnalie
- Arnalie requested private gitlab repository for LC applications (LCCWG and Board to have access) to Dorothea; Dorothea forwarded to Grant; request is still ongoing
- Follow-up with Grant the repo request
- Arnalie Board POC for Belgium reapplication
- Board election in December: https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Foundation/AGM2023/Election_to_Board
- WG to encourage people to vote
- For future - Board remind members on deadline to be a member if they want to run for board (180days before AGM)

### 2.2. WG budget
- Board Treasurer Roland emailed the WG to ask if we need any budget
- Community microgrants?
- Suggestion: plan the microgrants 1H 2024, possibly with another WG, then run the program for 2H 2024
- Suggestion: 5 projects possibly at max 5K eur each
- Eugene to talk to Joost but Eugene can act as POC; Eugene to reply to Roland's email
- So: Possible budget of 25k euro

### 2.3. LC How-to + application updates/status
- As mentioned before Arnalie is Board POC to OSMBE reapplication
- Board to handle BE reapplication; WG will not be involved
- OSM The Gambia
- https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Local_Chapters/Applications/Gambia_by_OSM_Gambia
- sent their bylaws via email
- Circle back to Anisa about being POC for The Gambia application
- WG to review Bylaws
- Other potential applications:
- Indonesia interested to apply (via SotM Asia)
- Arnalie to follow-up
- Sri Lanka is interested; will incorporate in 2024
- Finland is interested
- Bangladesh is interested but government problems
- Fiji (under an org) is also interested

### 2.4. Improving the OSMF affiliation model [GL#12]
discourse thread: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/improving-the-affiliation-scheme-of-the-osmf/105288

### 2.5. LCC Virtual Congress
* Schedule a planning meeting early Jan OR change dates to provide more planning time?
* Reschedule for March 2. Open Data week kickoff!
* Use Jan 29 meeting to plan the event
* Use Feb 26 to make any needed changes / final prep
* Use OSM US Zoom account
* Use OSM US CRM (Neon) as signup
* Maggie will create calendar invite to LCCC
* Europe SotM - any reports?
* Adam talked with Andy Allan about the community page
* Asia SotM - any reports?
* Indonesia interested to apply; Arnalie in contact with Iko and Zainab
* Africa SotM - starts Nov 30
* Mapping USA (Jan 19)
* Previous to-dos:
* Maggie to draft a blog post to announce in-person + virtual LCCC with dates and agenda/discussion topics (SHOULD WE ADD FEEDBACK FROM THE LOCAL SOTM's?)
* Draft email to previous attendees thanking them and inviting them
* Eugene to create wiki page

## 3. Any other business
- Włodzimierz Bartczak (Polish LC) interested to join LCCWG
- he needs to come to the call meeting
- Tidy up Gitlab c/o Adam and Eugene
- add to january agenda
- 2021 Community survey documentation?
- Communities page
- Remind monthly meeting earlier (at least a day before)

## 4. Next meeting
- 29, January 2024 (Happy holidays, everyone!)
- 14:00 UTC Arnalie to request with Maggie

*Meeting ended 15:20 UTC.*