16:00 < bdale> *GAVEL* 16:00 < bdale> [item 1, Opening] Welcome to today's Software in the Public Interest board of directors meeting, which is now called to order. 16:00 < bdale> Today's agenda and details of pending resolutions can be found on the web at: http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/agenda/2009/2009-04-15.html 16:00 < bdale> [item 2, Roll Call] 16:00 < bdale> Board members, please state your name for the record. As we have nine board members, quorum for today's meeting is six. 16:00 < bdale> Guests (including board advisors), please /msg your names to Hydroxide if you wish your attendance to be recorded in the minutes of this meeting. 16:00 < cdlu> David Graham 16:00 < bdale> I think I saw regrets from Neil? 16:00 < schultmc> Michael Schultheiss 16:00 < linuxpoet> Joshua D. Drake 16:00 < luk> Luk Claes 16:00 < linuxpoet> bdale: yes 16:00 < cdlu> bdale, I saw them too 16:00 < bdale> Bdale Garbee 16:00 < zobel> Martin Zobel-Helas 16:00 < devil> Ferdinand Thommes 16:01 < bdale> ok, cool 16:01 < bdale> looks like we have quorum 16:01 < cdlu> one short for quorum 16:01 < bdale> oh, sorry, you're right 16:01 < linuxpoet> tap tap tap 16:01 < bdale> who are we expecting but missing? 16:01 < schultmc> cdlu: no, that's six 16:01 < zobel> Ganneff: ^^ 16:01 * cdlu pokes hydroxide 16:01 < bdale> Ferdnand isn't a board member 16:01 < cdlu> yes but one of them is not a board member 16:01 < schultmc> cdlu, schultmc, linuxpoet, luk, bdale, zobel 16:01 < schultmc> ^^ 6 16:01 < Ganneff> Joerg Jaspert 16:01 < schultmc> 7 16:02 < zobel> great. 16:02 < luk> right, I think some cannot count :-) 16:02 < bdale> trying to count with a phone in one ear is HARD 16:02 < luk> anyway 7 board members are present 16:02 < cdlu> ok :) 16:03 < bdale> [item 3, President's Report] 16:03 < bdale> Nothing exciting today. All of last week I was in San Francisco for the CELF Embedded Linux Conference and LF Collaboration Summit, but have little to repo 16:03 < bdale> rt from that of interest to SPI members. 16:03 < bdale> [item 4, Treasurer's Report] 16:03 < bdale> Michael? 16:03 * cdlu pokes hydroxide 16:03 < Hydroxide> Jimmy Kaplowitz 16:03 < schultmc> treasurer's report was mailed out this morning and is posted in the agenda 16:03 < Hydroxide> people came over at work right before the meeting started, unfortunately. I'm free again now. 16:03 < schultmc> only comment I have is to reiterate my comments from last month (encouraging projects to spend rather than hoard funds) 16:03 < bdale> schultmc: do we need to take any explicit action on that? 16:04 < schultmc> bdale: I can send a message to -projects 16:04 < bdale> sounds like a good plan 16:04 < bdale> [item 5, Secretary's report] 16:04 < bdale> Jimmy? 16:04 < Hydroxide> bdale: nothing to add to what's in the agenda as of a few minutes before the meeting :) 16:05 < Hydroxide> I do want people opinions on whether OpenWRT's acceptance meets the terms of the resolution 16:05 < bdale> that was since I read the agenda... care to elaborate briefly? 16:05 < Hydroxide> I think it does, but I wasn't one of the more vocal people arguing for a single liaison 16:05 < Hydroxide> I'll just paste the few lines I added 16:06 < Hydroxide> I notified Gregers Petersen and the openwrt-hackers email list of SPI's invitation to become an SPI associated project with Gregers as sole liaison, and mentioned the 60-day deadline of May 17, 2009. I checked with them on April 14th, and Gregers replied on the 15th accepting the offer with himself serving "as main liaison, and Andy Boyett as second/back-up liaison." Unless the Board deems the existence of a second/back-up liaison to be at odds with the resolution passed in March, this makes OpenWRT's associated project status official. 16:06 < Hydroxide> that's the whole secretary's report 16:06 < bdale> ok 16:06 < bdale> I can live with that, I think. one primary point of contact seems to meet our needs. 16:06 < linuxpoet> Well the way postgresql does it, is if I am not available I designate someone as liaison. I believe when I did that the one time I emailed board to let them know 16:06 < luk> right 16:06 < bdale> any other opinions? 16:06 < cdlu> I think it meets the terms. That's merely an instruction from the Liaison to listen to the other. :) 16:07 < Hydroxide> I agree it's fine. just thought I'd run it by you all 16:07 < bdale> cdlu: right, I think we can interpret it that way and be happy 16:07 < Hydroxide> in that case, glp, are you there? I'm happy now to say to OpenWRT: Welcome to SPI! :-) 16:07 < cdlu> do we need a motion on this or can we all agree and be happy wrt WRT? :) 16:07 < Hydroxide> I think we're all happy now. 16:07 * linuxpoet does the Happy Feet 16:07 < bdale> let's move on 16:07 < bdale> [item 6, Outstanding minutes] 16:07 < bdale> Jimmy, we have a couple sets to vote on today? 16:07 -!- juliank [~juliank@p5B25281B.dip0.t-ipconnect.de] has quit [Quit: Verlassend] 16:08 < Hydroxide> yes. I finally got the remaining info for the March 2008 minutes (thanks to some members on -private for supplementing registered guests list) 16:08 < Hydroxide> and did last month's too 16:08 * zobel needs to admit to not yet have done the other outstanding ones from Neil yet. :/ i hope to have them finished for the next month. 16:08 < Hydroxide> so March '08 and March '09 are ready for voting 16:09 * cdlu moves the motion 16:09 * schultmc has a comment on march 09 16:09 < Hydroxide> I also fixed the typo in Tim Golden's name which bdale mentioned, though it's possible that typo actually occurred during the meeting to :) 16:09 < Hydroxide> (in March '09) 16:09 < bdale> not sure 16:09 < Hydroxide> schultmc: go ahead 16:09 < bdale> yes, let's vote 16:09 < schultmc> 2009-03-18.mcs.1 isn't listed in appendix b (approved resolutions) 16:09 < Hydroxide> schultmc had a comment 16:09 < bdale> oh 16:09 < bdale> good point 16:10 < Hydroxide> yes. if you can wait literally a couple of minutes I'll fix that :) 16:10 < bdale> did Slef have a correction? said so in a blog post? 16:10 < Hydroxide> I got his correction 16:10 < bdale> ok, good 16:10 < bdale> if you accept the suggested changes, I'm happy to proceed with a vote on the minutes as amended 16:11 < Hydroxide> schultmc: does it look good now? 16:12 < Hydroxide> I'll do it as two votes 16:12 < schultmc> Hydroxide: yes 16:13 < Hydroxide> Voting started, 8 people (hydroxide,schultmc,bdale,cdlu,luk_,linuxpoet,zobel,ganneff) allowed to vote on Approve March 19, 2008 minutes. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 16:13 < schultmc> !vote yes 16:13 < cdlu> !vote yes 16:13 < bdale> !vote yes 16:13 < Hydroxide> !vote yes 16:13 < linuxpoet> $vote abstain 16:13 < zobel> !vote yes 16:13 < linuxpoet> !vote abstain 16:13 < Ganneff> !vote yes 16:13 < Hydroxide> Current voting results for "Approve March 19, 2008 minutes": Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 1, Missing: 1 ( luk_ ) 16:13 < Hydroxide> Voting for "Approve March 19, 2008 minutes" closed. 16:13 < Hydroxide> erg 16:13 < Hydroxide> sorry 16:13 < luk> !vote yes 16:13 < Hydroxide> FOR THE MINUTES: 7 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain 16:13 < Hydroxide> good 16:14 < bdale> next 16:14 < Hydroxide> Voting started, 8 people (hydroxide,schultmc,bdale,cdlu,luk,linuxpoet,zobel,ganneff) allowed to vote on Approve March 18, 2009 minutes. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 16:14 < schultmc> !vote yes 16:14 < bdale> !vote yes 16:14 < Ganneff> !vote yes 16:14 < luk> sorry, wanted to have a look at the updated ones 16:14 < zobel> !vote abstain 16:14 < linuxpoet> !vote yes 16:14 < Hydroxide> !vote yes 16:14 < luk> !vote yes 16:14 < cdlu> !vote yes 16:14 < Hydroxide> luk: no problem. I also used your wrong nick for the voting script 16:14 < Hydroxide> (the first time) 16:14 < Hydroxide> Current voting results for "Approve March 18, 2009 minutes": Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstain: 1, Missing: 0 () 16:14 < Hydroxide> Voting for "Approve March 18, 2009 minutes" closed. 16:14 < Hydroxide> both approved. 16:14 < bdale> cool 16:15 < bdale> [item 7, Items up for discussion] 16:15 < bdale> (none) 16:15 < bdale> [item 8, Any other business] 16:15 < bdale> Do any board members have other items for discussion they would like to address briefly? 16:15 < luk> I even changed my nick before the meeting to have it easy :-) 16:15 < Hydroxide> luk: I was used to the old one :) 16:15 < luk> Steve McIntyre got reelected 16:15 * Hydroxide cheers and congratulates him. 16:15 < bdale> yes, noted 16:15 < cdlu> luk, first multi-term DPL in years 16:15 < luk> and I'll will be delegated as assistant :-) 16:15 < bdale> since tbm 16:16 < cdlu> ya, tbm was right after you wasn't he? 16:16 < bdale> yes 16:16 < bdale> he survived 2 years 16:16 < bdale> anything else? 16:16 < cdlu> not from me 16:16 < bdale> [item 9, Next board meeting] 16:16 < bdale> I believe our default would be Wednesday, May 20th, 2009, at 20:00 UTC. That date and time is ok for me. Any strong objections? 16:16 < Hydroxide> it's fine for me too. 16:16 < schultmc> that's fine with me 16:16 < linuxpoet> its my birthday 16:16 < linuxpoet> so tentative regrets 16:16 < Hydroxide> linuxpoet: ok. congrats! :) 16:16 < linuxpoet> :) 16:16 < bdale> Ok, thank you to everyone present for participating today. 16:16 < bdale> *GAVEL*