Hi Folks,
We are having OSGeo:UK's Annual General Meeting (AGM) at FOSS4G:UK 2026 in Leeds, on 12th October, 3:45pm to 4:15pm
Everyone is invited to attend. Unfortunately we do not have the capability to run this as a hybrid meeting. If you are unable to attend in person, we invite you to submit any comments before the meeting to osgeouk@gmail.com, and I am also happy to meet with you beforehand.
We have an agenda on the website and also listed below.
We envisage membership of OSGeo:UK as being a way of showing your involvement with and support for open source geospatial software in the UK. Membership is free, and being a member enables you to vote for the committee.
A key item on the agenda is a proposed change to the constitution in relation to membership. Following on from discussions about how we define membership last year, and the need to move on from using the mailing list to having a dedicated membership list, these changes are proposed to the constitution:
Membership (a) - (e): New text clarifying membership is open to individuals, and members have a voting right. The committee can approve or reject membership, in accordance with the aims of OSGeo:UK. The committee shall maintain a list of members, and inactive members will be removed. To vote at an AGM, individuals must be a member 28 days before the date of the AGM.
There are a number of other stylistic changes, but no other substantive changes.
The draft (with track changes) is available at Draft of OSGeoUKConstitution-2026 - Google Docs. The current constitution is at https://uk.osgeo.org/files/OSGeoUKConstitution-2025_signed_NB_AS_JS.pdf.
We will also be electing a new secretary and committee members - more details on this to follow!
If you have any questions, or would like more information, please do reach out to us - either osgeouk@gmail.com or nick@nickbearman.com.
Best wishes,
Nick.
Agenda:
- Apologies for absence
- [Minutes from previous meeting](OSGeo UK: 2025 AGM)
- Accounts 2025-26
- Constitution: Vote on changes to definition of membership, as discussed above
- Committee Elections:
- Election of Secretary
- Election of two committee members
- Diversity
- Communications
- FOSS4G:UK 2026
- Future events
- FOSS4G 2027
- FOSS4G:UK 2028?
- Funding of Open Source Geo Projects: GoFundGeo
- Any other business
- Date of next AGM
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