Foundation/Local Chapters/United States/Minutes/2025/05/21

May 21, 2025 regular meeting of the OpenStreetMap United States Board of Directors

Call to Order

3:12 pm, Eastern Daylight Time, via video conference.

Present:

• Maggie Cawley, Executive Director
• Harrison Devine, Treasurer
• Matthew Whilden, President
• Kiri Carini, At Large

Approval of Minutes

• April minutes approved.

Reports

• The Executive Director (ED) submitted an update.
  • State of the Map US planning much of the month, $145k sponsorship / $56k tickets
  • New Member NGA - Associate level ($7500)
  • 10+ Mapillary cameras awarded and sent (go Alyssa!)
  • Mappy hour May 21
    • OSMCha overhead runs out soon
  • New Comms committee (including Jazzy and Kiri)
  • One thing to tackle: how to reframe our homepage
    • Maggie doing a keynote at MN GIS - woop woop!

Old Business

• No old business

New Business

• Advisory council membership vote
  • Accepted Invitation: Lee Schwartz, Brandon Liu, Bill Dollins, Diane Fritz,
    • All voted on approved

Adjournment

• Left at 3:56 pm ET.
• Next board meeting to be held at SotMUS in person