20:30 #spi: < bdale> *GAVEL* 20:30 #spi: < bdale> [item 1, Opening] Welcome to today's Software in the Public Interest board of directors meeting, which is now called to order. 20:30 #spi: < bdale> Today's agenda and details of pending resolutions can be found on the web at: http://www.spi-inc.org/meetings/agendas/2011/2011-01-12/ 20:30 #spi: < cdlu> David Graham 20:30 #spi: < bdale> [item 2, Roll Call] 20:30 #spi: < bdale> Board members, please state your name for the record. As we have eight board members, quorum for today's meeting is six. 20:30 #spi: < bdale> Guests (including board advisors), please /msg your names to Noodles if you wish your attendance to be recorded in the minutes of this meeting. 20:30 #spi: < schultmc> Michael Schultheiss 20:30 #spi: < Ganneff> Joerg Jaspert 20:30 #spi: < Hydroxide> Jimmy Kaplowitz 20:30 #spi: < bdale> Bdale Garbee 20:30 #spi: < Hydroxide> cdlu: you beat the roll call :) 20:30 #spi: < Noodles> Jonathan McDowell 20:30 #spi: < bdale> cool, quorum 20:30 #spi: < bdale> who are we missing? 20:30 #spi: < schultmc> linuxpoet 20:31 #spi: < schultmc> zobel 20:31 #spi: < bdale> short agenda today, so I'll give them another minute or so before we proceed even though we have quorum 20:31 #spi: * Hydroxide took a moment just now to catch up on the December minutes and will be ready to approve them when we get to that point 20:32 #spi: < zobel> Martin Zobel-Helas 20:32 #spi: < bdale> ok, cool, 7 of 8 and the 8th isn't on channel .. let's proceed 20:32 #spi: < bdale> [item 3, President's Report] 20:32 #spi: < bdale> Nothing to report. 20:32 #spi: < bdale> [item 4, Treasurer's Report] 20:32 #spi: < bdale> Michael? 20:32 #spi: < schultmc> standard report is in the agenda 20:33 #spi: < schultmc> Jimmy did have a question about the transaction fees in SPI's expenses. Those are related to the credit card processing. 20:33 #spi: < bdale> any questions or comments? 20:33 #spi: < bdale> right, ok 20:33 #spi: < Hydroxide> what credit card processing is so different this time to result in that large amount? 20:33 #spi: < schultmc> they're higher than past fees - I'll be reviewing our credit card processing to determine why the difference 20:33 #spi: < bdale> end of year charitable bulge? 20:33 #spi: < schultmc> I'll report back what if any issue there was 20:34 #spi: < bdale> ok 20:34 #spi: < Hydroxide> schultmc: ok. maybe also let us know why it's SPI-general instead of projects-allocable? 20:34 #spi: < bdale> anything worth reporting on the filings with NY charities folks? 20:34 #spi: < Hydroxide> (when you report back) 20:34 #spi: < schultmc> Hydroxide: will do 20:34 #spi: < Hydroxide> cool 20:34 #spi: < schultmc> bdale: Jimmy noticed that we're partially in the NY charities records now 20:34 #spi: < schultmc> so they're processing our forms 20:34 #spi: < bdale> oh, that's an interesting point .. yes .. seems like fees should be amortized unless it's something we're forgetting 20:35 #spi: < bdale> yes, great, I'm pleased to know they at least received the stuff from us 20:35 #spi: < bdale> ok, anything else? 20:35 #spi: < Hydroxide> http://bartlett.ag.ny.gov/Char_Forms/show_details.jsp?id={CA400437-19FD-44C5-8A10-AD5132D7A2CF} is our partial record there, presumably still being processed 20:35 #spi: < schultmc> nothing from me 20:35 #spi: < bdale> [item 5, Secretary's report] 20:35 #spi: < bdale> Jonathan? 20:35 #spi: < Noodles> Nothing to report here. 20:35 #spi: < bdale> ok 20:36 #spi: < bdale> thanks for handling the cert stuff vis new web structure 20:36 #spi: < bdale> [item 6, Outstanding minutes] 20:36 #spi: < bdale> I believe we have last month's ready to vote on today, right Jonathan? 20:36 #spi: < Noodles> Yup. 20:36 #spi: < bdale> I'm ready to vote 20:36 #spi: < Noodles> They've been up for a while, so hopefully people have had a chance to look at them before now. 20:36 #spi: < Noodles> Voting started, 7 people (ganneff,noodles,cdlu,bdale,hydroxide,schultmc,zobe) allowed to vote on Minutes for board meeting of December 8th, 2010. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 20:36 #spi: < Ganneff> !vote yes 20:36 #spi: < schultmc> !vote yes 20:36 #spi: < cdlu> !vote yes 20:36 #spi: < bdale> !vote yes 20:36 #spi: < Hydroxide> !vote yes 20:36 #spi: < zobel> !vote yes 20:37 #spi: < Noodles> !vote yes 20:37 #spi: < Noodles> Current voting results for "Minutes for board meeting of December 8th, 2010": Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Missing: 1 ( zobe ) 20:37 #spi: < Noodles> Voting for "Minutes for board meeting of December 8th, 2010" closed. 20:37 #spi: < bdale> typo 20:37 #spi: < Noodles> I mistyped zobel there, but I'll make sure it's correct in the minutes. 20:37 #spi: < bdale> great, thanks 20:37 #spi: < bdale> [item 7, Items up for discussion] 20:37 #spi: < bdale> None. 20:37 #spi: < bdale> [item 8, Any other business] 20:37 #spi: < bdale> Do any board members have other items for discussion they would like to address briefly? 20:37 #spi: < bdale> zobel? 20:38 #spi: < zobel> well, as we did not hear back from debian.eu domain holder, zack asked if someone his common with the ADR process 20:38 #spi: < zobel> i guess not 20:38 #spi: < bdale> outside my experience 20:38 #spi: < zobel> zack == currently DPL 20:39 #spi: < zobel> for those not common with Debian 20:39 #spi: < bdale> let's continue this on the lists, I guess, working out an answer for zack and proceeding on behalf of Debian to take the next step is probably best not handled here today 20:39 #spi: < zobel> i would give it a complete other try. i could try to give them a phone call next week, if noone minds. 20:39 #spi: < bdale> anyone have anything else? 20:39 #spi: < cdlu> not me 20:39 #spi: < Hydroxide> me either 20:39 #spi: < Noodles> Nor me. 20:40 #spi: < Ganneff> we are too fast. bdale wanted 30 mins 20:40 #spi: < Noodles> We can provide him an extra 20 minutes some other time. 20:40 #spi: < Hydroxide> haha 20:40 #spi: < bdale> pfft 20:40 #spi: < zobel> bdale: give Ganneff 20min talk time :) 20:40 #spi: < bdale> [item 9, Next board meeting] 20:40 #spi: < bdale> Our next regularly-scheduled monthly meeting will be February 9th, 2010, 20:30 UTC. 20:40 #spi: < bdale> Any strong objections? 20:40 #spi: < Hydroxide> cdlu's rule is in tatters :) 20:40 #spi: * bdale ^5's Hydroxide 20:40 #spi: * Hydroxide does not mind that time/date 20:40 #spi: < cdlu> hahahaha 20:41 #spi: < bdale> it's after FOSDEM, so should be ok for me 20:41 #spi: < bdale> Ok, thank you to everyone present for participating today. 20:41 #spi: < bdale> *GAVEL*