What has OSGeo done in the past year (or two)?
OSGeo is a member supported organization, and its entire operating budget comes from sponsorship. One thing that I think is critically important to ensuring continuing sponsorship is to report back to them annually with a “here’s what we did because of your support” report.
We’ve had an Executive Director for over a year, and we’ve been in operation for almost two, but we’ve yet to have an annual report of OSGeo’s activities. I think an annual report is extremely important to help reduce the opacity of OSGeo, show sponsors how their support has actually helped, and give potential volunteers a window into the organization so they can see where to start. Without it, the whole thing’s just a giant black box. In this case, we do need to know how the sausage is made…