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# LCCWG 2024-01-31 meeting

*Meeting started at 14:05 UTC.*

## 0. Attendance

### Present
- Anisa - IT
- Arnalie - HOT
- Eugene - PH
- Maggie - US
- Geoffrey - Uganda

### Not present
- Adam - UK (with apologies)
- Besfort - Kosovo (with apologies)

## 1. Administrative
- Minutes of previous meeting:
  - https://hackmd.io/@lccwg/By84TffH6
    - Approved
  - [Eugene] Transfer of minutes to OSMF wiki will be done
- Włodzimierz Bartczak (Polish LC) interested to join LCCWG
  - Adam: Włodzimierz couldn't come to this month's meeting; will try attend next month
- Arnalie requested private gitlab repository for LC applications (LCCWG and Board to have access) to Dorothea; Dorothea forwarded to Grant; request is still ongoing
  - Followed up with Grant last year; Arnalie to follow up 9 Feb
  - Use HackMD temporarily
- Tidy up Gitlab c/o Adam and Eugene
  - no updates yet
  
## 2. Main agenda

### 2.1. LCC Virtual Congress
- Announced already 
  - 33 sign up's
  - sign up sheet: https://openstreetmap.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/neonevents/events#/events/896
- Program: 13-16:00 UTC
  - Reports from Regional SotMs or local communities from last year (Europe, Asia, Africa, MUSA)
    - ~40 minutes so at most 8 reports 
  - Discussion re OSM Affilliation Models + Local Chapters
  - OSM Website redesign
  - Sponsorship framework for all the local/regional SOTMs / Membership framework
  - Sharing 
  
#### Tentative program

| TIME | Topic | Facilitator |
| -------- | -------- | -------- |
| 13:00 - 13:10 | Welcome     | Eugene |
| 13:10 - 13:35 | LCCWG report + community/LC | Anisa? |
| 13:35 - 13:45 | 1st Break | Get a snack :) |
| 13:45 - 14:10 | Affiliation models | Arnalie |
| 14:15 - 14:40 | Website Redesign | Adam? |
| 14:45 - 14:55 | 2nd Break | Get a drink :) |
| 14:55 - 15:15 | SotM/MUSA reports | Maggie |
| 15:15 - 15:40 | Fundraising & Chapter Sustainability (SotM sponsorhip/membership framework) | Joost ? / Geoffrey |
| 15:45 - 16:00 | Closing + LCCWG invitation | Eugene or Dani :) |

#### To-dos
- Share this to the WG chat and ask for feedback and commitments for the proposed facilitators
- Use BBB as default? Or OSMUS Zoom if needed - decide by Feb 22
- Send program + link ~ 1 week before
- Arnalie to share with Dani / ask about closing
- Ask SotM/community/LC reports to send presentation if any ahead of time
- Use LCCWG Feb meeting as final prep

### 2.2. Board updates c/o Arnalie
- OSM Belgium re-application approved
- WG Board liaison: Dani (Arnalie as support)
- Other topic raised: NDA signing

### 2.3. LC How-to + application updates/status
- OSM Belgium case: https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/osmf-local-chapter-re-application-osm-belgium
  - If LC applicant is a subdivision of a larger organisation how to check that OSM is a focus? (Argentina, Italy, Germany, Oceania, previously Belgium)
  - re-application - history of why
- sanctions? de-recognition? good standing?
  - Template agreement: 9.1. The Chapter shall supply a written activity and financial report in English at least once a year, within 18 months of each chapter year end to the Foundation. The report will also list any unsuccessful membership applications with the reason why they were not approved.
  - Ideally LCs should have people in the WG
  - Currently resides with Board Secretary
  - Agreed that Board handles this for now

#### Previous notes
- 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]
- Virtual congress!!!

### 2.5. 2021 Community survey documentation
- Arnalie will do in April ?
- Ask Clifford for access

### 2.6. OSM website Communities page
- Skipped

## 3. Any other business

## 4. Next meeting
- 28 Febuary 2024
  - Arnalie: Requested to move start time to 13:00 UTC
  - Arnalie to ask in chat

*Meeting ended 15:00 UTC.*
