Meeting agenda for Thursday 12th November, 2015

This is the proposed agenda for the SPI board meeting of Thursday, November 12th, 2015, to be held at 20:30 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.

  1. Opening
  2. Roll Call
  3. President's report (Bdale Garbee)
  4. Treasurer's report (Michael Schultheiss)
  5. Secretary's report (Martin Michlmayr)
  6. Outstanding minutes
    1. Thursday, 13th August 2015 (Martin Michlmayr)
    2. Thursday, 10th September 2015 (Martin Michlmayr)
    3. Thursday, 8th October 2015 (Martin Michlmayr)
  7. Items up for discussion
    1. Status of our current treasurer process
    2. Conflict of interest policy
    3. Resolution 2015-11-11.jrk.1: Acknowledging the election of David Graham to the Canadian House of Commons
    4. LIR (Local Internet Registry) and SPI budget
  8. Any other business
  9. Next board meeting: December 10th, 2015, 20:30 UTC

President's report

(none)

Treasurer's report

This report uses a cash-based method of accounting, recording donations
when deposited (not when the check was written or received by us) and
recording expenses when sent or scheduled for payment (not when
incurred).

Income Statement
for the Period August 01, 2015 - August 31, 2015

 Income
   Ordinary Income
        0 A.D.                              35.00
        Arch Linux                         431.12
        DebConf15                       11,350.00
        Debian                           1,874.22
        FFmpeg                             143.00
        FFmpeg - OPW                         1.00
        LibreOffice                        150.00
        MinGW                               20.00
        OpenWrt                             60.58
        SPI General                        311.55
        SPI 5%                             133.50
        YafaRay                              5.00

        Total Ordinary Income           14,514.97
                                        ---------

   Interest Income
        Key Business Platinum MM Savings     2.76
        Chase Bus Select High Yield Savings 17.41
        Fifth Third Business MM 128          6.50

        Total Interest Income               26.67
                                            -----

   Gross Income                         14,541.64
                                        ---------

 Expenses
  Ordinary Expenses

        0 A.D.
          Hosting                    83.43
          Processing Fees             2.05
          SPI 5%                      1.75

          Total 0 A.D. Exp           87.90
                                     -----

        Arch Linux
          Processing Fees            23.12
          SPI 5%                     21.56

          Total Arch Linux Exp       44.68
                                     -----

        Debian
          Debit Card Fee              3.00
          Processing Fees         5,453.04
          SPI 5%                     93.71

          Total Debian Exp        5,549.75
                                  --------

        FFmpeg
          Processing Fees             7.65
          SPI 5%                      7.15

          Total FFmpeg Exp           14.80
                                     -----

        FFmpeg - OPW
          Processing Fees             0.22
          SPI 5%                      0.05

          Total FFmpeg - OPW Exp      0.27
                                      ----

        Haskell
          Hosting Fees               20.00

          Total Haskell Exp          20.00
                                     -----

        LibreOffice
          Processing Fees             3.40
          SPI 5%                      5.00

          Total LibreOffice Exp       8.40
                                      ----

        MinGW
          Processing Fees             1.15
          SPI 5%                      1.00

          Total MinGW Exp             2.15
                                      ----

        OpenWrt
          Processing Fees             2.18
          SPI 5%                      3.03

          Total OpenWrt Exp           5.21
                                      ----

        SPI
          Bookkeeping Fee           480.00
          IRS Filing Fee             35.00
          NYS Fee                   100.00
          PaySimple Monthly Fee      37.95
          Transaction Fees            1.18

          Total SPI Exp             654.13
                                    ------

        YafaRay
          Processing Fees             0.55
          SPI 5%                      0.25

          Total YafaRay Exp           0.80
                                      ----

        Total Expenses            6,388.09
                                  --------

        Net Income                8,153.55
                                  ========


Balance Sheet as of August 31, 2015

   ASSETS
     Current Assets
        Chase Performance Business Checking               73,869.49
        Chase Business Select High Yield Savings         205,711.59
        Fifth Third Business Money Market 128            164,872.82
        Fifth Third Business Elite Checking (SPI)             71.16
        Fifth Third Business Elite Checking (Debian)          60.58
        KeyBank Basic Business Checking                    8,928.08
        Key Business Reward Checking                     236,022.33
        Key Business Platinum Money Market Savings       162,873.00
        Key Express Checking                               5,283.72
        Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Acct                         13,406.15
        Debian Debit Card                                    188.00

     Total Current Assets                                871,286.92


   TOTAL ASSETS                                          871,286.92


   LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

     General and current liabilities                           0.00

     Equity
        Reserves held in trust
           0 A.D. Earmark                    34,468.92
           ankur.org.in                       2,811.13
           aptosid Earmark                      251.14
           Arch Linux Earmark                22,186.09
           Chakra                                45.22
           Debian Earmark                   226,515.44
           DebConf 14 Earmark                35,962.78
           DebConf 15 Earmark                91,142.30
           Drizzle                            6,333.99
           FFmpeg                             8,575.00
           FFmpeg (OPW)                          24.13
           Fluxbox                              995.00
           Freedesktop.org Earmark           16,059.88
           FreedomBox Foundation Earmark     24,955.61
           Gallery Earmark                    8,357.71
           GNU TeXmacs Earmark                  381.99
           Haskell Earmark                   32,900.72
           Jenkins Earmark                   26,598.54
           LibreOffice Earmark               49,364.03
           madwifi-project.org Earmark        1,494.90
           MinGW Earmark                      3,812.67
           OpenVAS                               56.21
           OpenWrt                            3,983.05
           Open Bioinformatics Earmark       52,168.66
           Open Embedded                        181.65
           Open Voting Foundation Earmark         5.73
           OSUNIX                                 2.92
           Path64                                18.60
           Plan 9 Earmark                     6,500.00
           PostgreSQL Earmark                70,240.85
           Privoxy Earmark                      163.99
           Swathanthra Malayan Comp Earmark   2,483.62
           The HeliOS Project Earmark           201.39
           TideSDK Earmark                      353.99
           Tux4Kids Earmark                  16,277.50
           YafaRay Earmark                    5,395.12

        Total held in trust                              751,270.47

        General reserves                                 120,016.45

     Total Equity                                        871,286.92

   TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY                          871,286.92
This report uses a cash-based method of accounting, recording donations
when deposited (not when the check was written or received by us) and
recording expenses when sent or scheduled for payment (not when
incurred).

Income Statement
for the Period September 01, 2015 - September 30, 2015

 Income
   Ordinary Income
        0 A.D.                              95.00
        Arch Linux                         666.62
        DebConf16                           35.00
        Debian                           1,536.22
        FFmpeg                              70.00
        freedesktop.org                    120.00
        FreedomBox Foundation                5.00
        GNU TeXmacs                        700.00
        LibreOffice                     10,220.00
        Open Voting Foundation             300.00
        OpenWrt                             20.00
        PostgreSQL                           5.00
        Privoxy                              5.00
        SPI General                        649.00
        SPI 5%                             188.88

        Total Ordinary Income           14,615.72
                                        ---------

   Interest Income
        Key Business Platinum MM Savings     2.68
        Chase Bus Select High Yield Savings 20.52
        Fifth Third Business MM 128          6.77

        Total Interest Income               29.97
                                            -----

   Gross Income                         14,645.69
                                        ---------

 Expenses
  Ordinary Expenses

        0 A.D.
          Hosting                    85.65
          Processing Fees             3.25
          SPI 5%                      4.75

          Total 0 A.D. Exp           93.65
                                     -----

        Arch Linux
          Processing Fees            28.41
          SPI 5%                     33.33

          Total Arch Linux Exp       61.74
                                     -----

        Debian
          Debit Card Fee              3.00
          Processing Fees         3,146.06
          SPI 5%                     76.80

          Total Debian Exp        3,225.86
                                  --------

        FFmpeg
          Processing Fees             3.08
          SPI 5%                      3.50

          Total FFmpeg Exp            6.58
                                      ----

        freedesktop.org
          Processing Fees             5.02
          SPI 5%                      6.00

          Total fd.o Exp             11.02
                                     -----

        FreedomBox Foundation
          Processing Fees             0.24
          SPI 5%                      0.25

          Total FreedomBox Exp        0.49
                                      ----

        GNU TeXmacs
          Processing Fees            28.09
          SPI 5%                     35.00

          Total GNU TeXmacs Exp      63.09
                                     -----

        Haskell
          Hosting Fees              114.31

          Total Haskell Exp         114.31
                                    ------

        LibreOffice
          Processing Fees             4.29
          SPI 5%                     11.00
          Travel Reimbursement    4,031.75

          Total LibreOffice Exp   4,047.04
                                  --------

        Open Bioinformatics Foundation
          Domain names               30.00

          Total OBF Exp              30.00
                                     -----

        Open Voting Foundation
          Processing Fees            12.09
          SPI 5%                     15.00

          Total OVF Exp              27.09
                                     -----

        OpenWrt
          Processing Fees             1.15
          SPI 5%                      1.00

          Total OpenWrt Exp           2.15
                                      ----

        PostgreSQL
          Processing Fees             0.24
          SPI 5%                      0.25

          Total PostgreSQL Exp        0.49
                                      ----

        Privoxy
          Processing Fees             0.24
          SPI 5%                      0.25

          Total Privoxy Exp           0.49
                                      ----

        SPI
          Bookkeeping Fee           480.00
          PaySimple Monthly Fee      37.95
          Registered Agent Fee      416.00
          Transaction Fees           16.36

          Total SPI Exp             950.31
                                    ------

        Total Expenses            8,634.31
                                  --------

        Net Income                6,011.38
                                  ========


Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2015

   ASSETS
     Current Assets
        Chase Performance Business Checking               14,362.40
        Chase Business Select High Yield Savings         269,756.30
        Fifth Third Business Money Market 128            165,893.09
        Fifth Third Business Elite Checking (SPI)             71.16
        Fifth Third Business Elite Checking (Debian)          60.58
        KeyBank Basic Business Checking                    8,928.08
        Key Business Reward Checking                     236,600.41
        Key Business Platinum Money Market Savings       162,875.68
        Key Express Checking                               5,276.72
        Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Acct                         13,406.15
        Debian Debit Card                                    185.00

     Total Current Assets                                877,415.57


   TOTAL ASSETS                                          877,415.57


   LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

     General and current liabilities                           0.00

     Equity
        Reserves held in trust
           0 A.D. Earmark                    34,470.27
           ankur.org.in                       2,811.13
           aptosid Earmark                      251.14
           Arch Linux Earmark                22,790.97
           Chakra                                45.22
           Debian Earmark                   224,825.80
           DebConf 14 Earmark                35,962.78
           DebConf 15 Earmark                91,142.30
           DebConf 16 Earmark                    35.00
           Drizzle                            6,333.99
           FFmpeg                             8,638.42
           FFmpeg (OPW)                          24.13
           Fluxbox                              995.00
           Freedesktop.org Earmark           16,168.86
           FreedomBox Foundation Earmark     24,960.12
           Gallery Earmark                    8,357.71
           GNU TeXmacs Earmark                1,018.90
           Haskell Earmark                   32,786.41
           Jenkins Earmark                   26,598.54
           LibreOffice Earmark               55,536.99
           madwifi-project.org Earmark        1,494.90
           MinGW Earmark                      3,812.67
           OpenVAS                               56.21
           OpenWrt                            4,003.05
           Open Bioinformatics Earmark       52,138.66
           Open Embedded                        181.65
           Open Voting Foundation Earmark       278.64
           OSUNIX                                 2.92
           Path64                                18.60
           Plan 9 Earmark                     6,500.00
           PostgreSQL Earmark                70,245.36
           Privoxy Earmark                      168.50
           Swathanthra Malayan Comp Earmark   2,483.62
           The HeliOS Project Earmark           201.39
           TideSDK Earmark                      353.99
           Tux4Kids Earmark                  16,277.50
           YafaRay Earmark                    5,395.12

        Total held in trust                              757,366.46

        General reserves                                 120,049.11

     Total Equity                                        877,415.57

   TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY                          877,415.57
This report uses a cash-based method of accounting, recording donations
when deposited (not when the check was written or received by us) and
recording expenses when sent or scheduled for payment (not when
incurred).

Income Statement
for the Period October 01, 2015 - October 31, 2015

 Income
   Ordinary Income
        0 A.D.                              30.00
        Arch Linux                         571.00
        Chakra                              20.00
        Debian                             510.00
        FFmpeg                              40.00
        freedesktop.org                     25.00
        GNU TeXmacs                         25.00
        haskell.org                         35.00
        Jenkins                            100.00
        LibreOffice                     20,095.00
        OpenWrt                             13.37
        SPI General                        245.00
        SPI 5%                              73.22

        Total Ordinary Income           21,782.56
                                        ---------

   Interest Income
        Key Business Platinum MM Savings     2.77
        Chase Bus Select High Yield Savings 18.89
        Fifth Third Business MM 128          7.04

        Total Interest Income               28.70
                                            -----

   Gross Income                         21,811.26
                                        ---------

 Expenses
  Ordinary Expenses

        0 A.D.
          Hosting                    86.82
          Processing Fees             1.90
          SPI 5%                      1.50

          Total 0 A.D. Exp           90.22
                                     -----

        Arch Linux
          Processing Fees            30.04
          SPI 5%                     28.55

          Total Arch Linux Exp       58.59
                                     -----

        Chakra
          Processing Fees             1.15
          SPI 5%                      1.00

          Total Chakra Exp            2.15
                                      ----

        Debian
          Debit Card Fee              3.00
          Processing Fees           281.35
          SPI 5%                     25.50

          Total Debian Exp          309.85
                                    ------

        FFmpeg
          Processing Fees             2.65
          SPI 5%                      2.00

          Total FFmpeg Exp            4.65
                                      ----

        freedesktop.org
          NPES Membership Fee       250.00
          PDF Association
           Membership Fee           271.98
          Processing Fees             1.09
          SPI 5%                      1.25

          Total fd.o Exp            524.32
                                    ------

        GNU TeXmacs
          Processing Fees             1.18
          SPI 5%                      1.25

          Total GNU TeXmacs Exp       2.43
                                      ----

        haskell.org
          Hosting Fees               65.45
          Processing Fees             1.93
          SPI 5%                      1.75


          Total haskell.org Exp      69.13
                                     -----

        Jenkins
          Processing Fees             4.35
          SPI 5%                      5.00

          Total Jenkins Exp           9.35
                                      ----

        LibreOffice
          Processing Fees             4.70
          SPI 5%                      4.75
          Travel Reimbursement    4,672.43

          Total LibreOffice Exp   4,681.88
                                  --------

        OpenWrt
          Processing Fees             0.88
          SPI 5%                      0.67

          Total OpenWrt Exp           1.55
                                      ----

        SPI
          Bookkeeping Fee           480.00
          PaySimple Monthly Fee      37.95
          Transaction Fees           11.90

          Total SPI Exp             529.85
                                    ------

        Total Expenses            6,283.97
                                  --------

        Net Income               15,527.29
                                 =========


Balance Sheet as of October 31, 2015

   ASSETS
     Current Assets
        Chase Performance Business Checking               15,764.77
        Chase Business Select High Yield Savings         269,775.19
        Fifth Third Business Money Market 128            165,900.13
        Fifth Third Business Elite Checking (SPI)             71.16
        Fifth Third Business Elite Checking (Debian)          60.58
        KeyBank Basic Business Checking                    8,928.08
        Key Business Reward Checking                     250,478.53
        Key Business Platinum Money Market Savings       162,878.45
        Key Express Checking                               5,269.72
        Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Acct                         13,406.15
        Debian Debit Card                                    182.00

     Total Current Assets                                892,714.76


   TOTAL ASSETS                                          892,714.76


   LIABILITIES AND EQUITY

     General and current liabilities                           0.00

     Equity
        Reserves held in trust
           0 A.D. Earmark                    34,410.05
           ankur.org.in                       2,811.13
           aptosid Earmark                      251.14
           Arch Linux Earmark                23,303.38
           Chakra                                63.07
           Debian Earmark                   225,025.95
           DebConf 14 Earmark                35,962.78
           DebConf 15 Earmark                91,142.30
           DebConf 16 Earmark                    35.00
           Drizzle                            6,333.99
           FFmpeg                             8,673.77
           FFmpeg (OPW)                          24.13
           Fluxbox                              995.00
           Freedesktop.org Earmark           15,669.54
           FreedomBox Foundation Earmark     24,960.12
           Gallery Earmark                    8,357.71
           GNU TeXmacs Earmark                1,041.47
           Haskell Earmark                   32,752.28
           Jenkins Earmark                   26,689.19
           LibreOffice Earmark               70,950.11
           madwifi-project.org Earmark        1,494.90
           MinGW Earmark                      3,812.67
           OpenVAS                               56.21
           OpenWrt                            4,014.87
           Open Bioinformatics Earmark       52,138.66
           Open Embedded                        181.65
           Open Voting Foundation Earmark       278.64
           OSUNIX                                 2.92
           Path64                                18.60
           Plan 9 Earmark                     6,500.00
           PostgreSQL Earmark                70,245.36
           Privoxy Earmark                      168.50
           Swathanthra Malayan Comp Earmark   2,483.62
           The HeliOS Project Earmark           201.39
           TideSDK Earmark                      353.99
           Tux4Kids Earmark                  16,277.50
           YafaRay Earmark                    5,395.12

        Total held in trust                              773,076.71

        General reserves                                 119,638.05

     Total Equity                                        892,714.76

   TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY                          892,714.76

Resolution 2015-11-11.jrk.1: Acknowledging the election of David Graham to the Canadian House of Commons

WHEREAS

1. David de Burgh Graham (hereafter "Graham") was formerly a longtime
member of the Software in the Public Interest board of directors,
helping with numerous legal and logistical matters during his time on the
board.

2. Graham has held several other prominent roles in the free and open
source software community over the past 15 years, including serving as a
journalist and founding the Open and Free Technology Community, an
SPI-affiliated project which offers communication services to the free and
open source software movement.

3. Graham has been a user of Linux-based operating systems for 20 years.

4. On October 19, 2015, Graham was elected to the Canadian House of Commons
as the Member of Parliament for Laurentides-Labelle.

5. Knowledge of the free and open source software movement in general and
of Linux-based operating systems specifically is a valuable but scarce
resource among national legislators.

6. Graham has this knowledge coupled with the skill of sharing it with
broader audiences from his time in journalism.

7. National governments make many policy decisions which affect the health
of the free and open source software movement within that country and
worldwide.

8. Being an MP of the political party which now forms the government of
Canada, Graham is well-positioned to provide informed input regarding the
free and open source software movement as such policy decisions are made.

THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT

1. SPI congratulates Graham on his election to the Canadian House of
Commons as the Member of Parliament for Laurentides-Labelle and wishes
him well in that endeavor.

2. SPI encourages greater sharing of expertise regarding free and open
source software with all elected officials to help in their policy and
technology decisions.

3. SPI shall issue and publicize a press release substantially based on
this resolution, including a suitable quote from one or more current SPI
directors and layman-friendly descriptions of the free and open source
software movement and of SPI.

4. In recognition of Canadian bilingualism and of Graham's
majority-Francophone constituency, the aforementioned press release and
this resolution will be published in both French and English unless
volunteer translation services cannot be obtained with reasonable effort.