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# LCCWG 2023-06-27 meeting

*Meeting started at 14:10 UTC.*

## 0. Attendance

### Present
* Arnalie - HOT
* Eugene - PH
* Adam - UK

### Not present
* Joost - BE (with apologies)
* Maggie - US (with apologies)
* Anisa - IT (with apologies)

## 1. Administrative

* Minutes of previous minutes:
  * https://hackmd.io/eOt5sbOsR2GkYHsAmlm5Cg
  * Approved

## 2. Main agenda

### 2.1. Board Local Chapters updates
* Updates from the Board from Arnalie
  * During the Board S2S, Board approved to include "Local Chapters and Community updates" agenda item into Board monthly meetings
    * No protocol for filling in this agenda item
    * Can be done during the Monthly community presentation too 
  * LCs need to submit annual report per LC agreement; Board wants to post a blog article highlighting LC activities
  * LCs also need to submit their legal accounting/financial reports

### 2.2. LC How-to
* Draft how-to: https://hackmd.io/@XT6NX5TWRciQGzTGjBEnRQ/By59EyMVn
  * Board and LCCWG was asked to provide comments by June 15. There are at least 90 comments on the document with ~50 yet unanswered.

* Finalize document tentatively by July meeting (still okay?)
  * Arnalie setting meeting Roland's and Craig's comments
  * Adam to help setting up Matrix/Element/IRC/Telegram

### 2.2. Improving the OSMF affiliation model [GL#12]

* During SOTM US Arnalie did a BoF
  * Arnalie took notes, will be shared during Board meeting
      * Check Wikipedia's model
      * Understand local context to form the affiliation model

* This de-priortized, will tackle in next LCC Congress - ask people to prepare like what would be the benefits for the user groups, thats the word i was looking for, just to make everyone understand the diference this would makes for the local smaller user groups

* Working document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LKtw8T5sF5s21pk6DL1bJtflQKNFKBcAph0_cKzId_w

### 2.4. Microgrants
* Previously, Joost sent a proposal to the board - February
* Shift to nudging the Board fundraising committee
* POC: Joost & Arnalie

### 2.5. Osm.org landing page
* need a WG mandated to redesign website
* Arnalie to push for this and mention landing page/website (Andy Allan and Tom - volunteer maintainers / OWG)
    * lots of issues in the website, but question is who is going to do the work?
* Adam happy to be part of it
* Eugene: LCCWG to bootstrap a new WG/committee for the whole website?
  * Ask LCCWG what they want to update on this page
* Adam: LCCWG can still be responsible for the communities page - UX design
* deprioritized... 
* timeline: present / discuss by LCC Congress 2023 and/or 
* SotM 2024 - what do you want to see in OSM website?

### 2.6. Trails engagement
* No updates
* Session during SOTM US; ask Maggie for async updates

### 2.7. Support the development of Microcosms [GL#7]
* Brian is supposed to spin up a new instance because people couldn't sign up to test the UI/UX but Brian is a bit busy

### 2.8. LCC Congress 2022
* Previous to-dos:
  - [ ] send thank you e-mail once the links are up (Maggie) & include ask to get more involved with LCCWG
    - Follow-up after SOTMUS 

### 2.9. LCC Congress 2023
kuo m 
* mini-congress + online with pre-defined Agenda
* Eugene: No WG member in Oceania...

**Decision:** LCC Congress at in-person regional SotMs; can still organize an online session if we want to 
* Oceania - October, no WG member yet
* Africa - Geoffrey (Nov-Dec)
* Asia - Arnalie and Eugene
* Europe - Anisa (if she attends) and Joost, Adam

**Tabled topics to discuss:**
* **Improving the OSMF affiliation model** - ask people to prepare like what would be the benefits for the user groups, thats the word i was looking for, just to make everyone understand the diference this would makes for the local smaller user groups
* Maybe: OSM.org home page

### 2.10. Improving the User group wiki page 
* No updates

### 2.11. GitLab or some other tool for tracking async work
**Action:**
* Eugene to check if everyone has access to Gitlab (need to register with email address (Gitlab account) then we add them to Gitlab)
* Eugene to create tickets for our agenda topics

## 3. Any other business
None

Meeting set for July 31st 14 UTC.

*Meeting ended 15:07 UTC.*