20:33 #spi: < Ganneff> *GAVEL*
20:33 #spi: < Ganneff> [item 1, Opening] Welcome to today's Software in the Public Interest board of directors meeting, which is now called to order. The agenda is at  http://www.spi-inc.org/meetings/agendas/2011/2011-03-09/
20:33 #spi: < Ganneff> [item 2, Roll Call]
20:33 #spi: < Ganneff> Board members, please state your name for the record.  As we have eight board members, quorum for today's meeting is six. Guests (including board advisors), please /msg your names to noodles if you wish your attendance to be recorded in the minutes of this meeting
20:33 #spi: < schultmc> Michael Schultheiss
20:33 #SPI: < Noodles> Jonathan McDowell
20:33 #spi: < Ganneff> Joerg Jaspert
20:33 #spi: < zobel> Martin Zobel-Helas
20:34 #spi: < Ganneff> linuxpoet: ping
20:34 #spi: < schultmc> linuxpoet: ping
20:34 #spi: < Ganneff> bdale: ping
20:34 #spi: < schultmc> bdale: ping
20:34 #spi: < Ganneff> slow schultmc
20:34 #spi: < schultmc> echo
20:35 #spi: < Ganneff> we need both for quorum, i think?
20:35 #spi: < schultmc> yes
20:35 #spi: < schultmc> or hydroxide
20:35 #spi: < linuxpoet> here
20:35 #spi: < Ganneff> Hydroxide: wake up
20:35 #spi: < Ganneff> aha, one more
20:35 #spi: < linuxpoet> Joshua Drake
20:35 #SPI: < Noodles> Or cdlu?>
20:35 #spi: < schultmc> yes
20:35 #spi: < Ganneff> cdlu: bad cdlu
20:35 #spi: < zobel> ha, one left
20:37 #spi: < Ganneff> if we still miss em at :40 we should stop waiting
20:38 #spi: < zobel> well, we can to stop the meeting then... :/
20:38 #spi: < Ganneff> bdale, Hydroxide, cdlu: bad you three
20:39 #spi: < Ganneff> zobel: yes. happened in the past, though not much in the time i am on board
20:39 #spi: < schultmc> hrm - if we have 8 members, isn't 5 quorum?
20:39 #spi: < Ganneff> is it? i just copied from old texts :)
20:39 #spi: < schultmc> bylaws says 2/3
20:40 #spi: < schultmc> 5.33 members :)
20:40 #spi: < jello> 5.67
20:40 #spi: < Ganneff> 09-02-2011 21:30:04 <bdale> Board members, please state your name for the record.  As we have eight board members, quorum for today's meeting is six.
20:40 #spi: < Ganneff> so six we want
20:40 #spi: < linuxpoet> I am sure someone here could act like .67 of a person
20:40 #SPI: < Noodles> linuxpoet: But we need them to act like 1.67 of a person.
20:40 #spi:  * linuxpoet flexes
20:41 #spi: < Ganneff> ok. its :40 and we dont have quorum.
20:41 #spi: < moray> Ganneff is big enough to count for more than one
20:41 #spi: < zobel> someone in US giving bdale a sms ping?
20:41 #SPI: < Noodles> "20:41 < Ganneff> ok. its :40" :P
20:41 #spi: < Ganneff> i conclude we cant have a meeting today then, so unless anyone cries too loud, im going to end it
20:41 #SPI: < Noodles> bdale is probably talking to lawyers.
20:42 #spi: < Ganneff> (and btw: Next board meeting: April 13th, 2011, 20:30 UTC)
20:42 #SPI: < Noodles> WFM.
20:42 #spi: < Ganneff> I know I can not attend this, so Noodles: Regrets. Im in Taiwan then.
20:42 #spi: < Ganneff> and with about no network access i can hope for
20:42 #spi: < zobel> so we have quorum, so we can process the one membership  then?
20:42 #spi: < Ganneff> Noodles: ^^ regrets from me.
20:42 #spi: < Ganneff> *GAVEL*