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= GRASS GIS Annual Report 2018 =

Reporting period: between OSGeo Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2017 at FOSS4G 2017 Boston (August 14-19) and FOSS4G 2018 Dar es Salaam (August 27-September 2).

Primary use of this document a presentation at [https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Annual_General_Meeting_2018 OSGeo AGM 2018], FOSS4G conference for 2018, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 

The **final version** has been included here: [https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1imiG7x09ry7lGvmS15FCVq2Z7yaICY00fcpXBK27TXY/edit?usp=sharing Slides of OSGeo Annual General Meeting 2018]
== Key accomplishments ==

=== Releases ===

* 
* [wiki:Release/7.4.0-News 7.4.0], [wiki:Release/7.4.0-News 7.4.1] (new stable version)
* [wiki:Release/7.2.2-News 7.2.2], [wiki:Release/7.2.3-News 7.2.3] (old stable version)
* [wiki:Release/7.0.6-News 7.0.6] (4th year of support!)
* 5 releases since last OSGeo AGM a year ago

Roadmap
* 7.6.0 (fall/winter 2018)
* 8.0.0 (in planning)

=== Major Developments and features ===

* `pip install grass-session` ("using GRASS GIS from outside")
* simplified usage-from-outside in CLI: grass ... --exec v.clean ...
* PROJ 5 support
* QGIS 3 integration
* openEO cloud API integration (http://www.openeo.org)
* GUI-based file-like management of data in different SRSs
* NULL (no data) compression
* Integrated Python editor
* File-like management of "grassdata"

=== Infrastructure or process changes ===

 * initial work on git migration

=== Community health and happiness ===

Team & Sprints
 * 1 new core dev: Stefan Blumentrath
 * 3 new addon devs
 * 4 new babies – a long-term plan ;-)

Community
 * Code Sprint 2018 at Basecamp
 * GSoC
   * 2017: 3 students accepted, 2 passed; 4 mentors; 2 managers for OSGeo
   * 2018: 3 students accepted; 6 mentors
 * GCI
   * 2017-2018: 2 mentors; 2 managers for OSGeo; 90 tasks completed, 74 abandoned, 44 out of time; ~120 students

== Areas for improvement ==

''These are challenges faced by the project.''

 * skilled community members and developers are always welcome!

== Opportunities to help ==

''Anything for members to help with?''

 * help designing the new web site (Wordpress) at staging.grass.osgeo.org
 * we are improving Python 3 compatibility - here assistance is appreciated

== Requests and communication ==

''Any formal request from the board, marketing or other committees? Did you make a budget request for 2018? How did it go? ... External correspondence? For example, a letter of recommendation for a GSOC student? Code donation? ...''

 * Budget for 2018 was defined, support by OSGeo requested and approved, see https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_GIS_Budget_2018

== Outlook for 2019 ==

''Any roadmap items to share with our members? Let the board know if there is anything to plan for in 2019...'' Example: https://github.com/geotools/geotools/wiki/GeoTools-Annual-Report-2017 

 * https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/roadmap