Board meeting, September 14th, 2011
Board members present
- Bdale Garbee (bdale) (President)
- Joerg Jaspert (Ganneff) (Vice President)
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Treasurer)
- Jonathan McDowell (Noodles) (Secretary)
- Clint Adams (Clint)
- Robert Brockway (Solver)
- Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide)
- Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- Joshua D. Drake (linuxpoet)
Board members absent
- None
Board advisors present
- None
Registered guests present
- None
These are the minutes for the September 14th, 2011 SPI Board Meeting, held at 20:30 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG.
President's Report
Bdale reported that he was having ongoing discussions with potential associated projects, but nothing specific to report at present.
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, 2011 - August 31, 2011
Income
Ordinary Income
aptosid 3.00
Debian 3,647.00
DebConf 11 10,502.00
FreeDesktop.org 5.00
OpenOffice.org 285.00
OpenWrt 60.00
PostgreSQL 520.00
SPI General 527.00
SPI 5% 81.50
The HeliOS Project 110.00
Total Ordinary Income 15,740.50
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Interest Income
Key Bank Money Mkt Savings 1.53
Chase BusinessClassic Checking 0.16
Chase Bus Select High Yield Savings 11.76
Total Interest Income 13.45
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Gross Income 15,753.95
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Expenses
Ordinary Expenses
aptosid
Processing Fees 0.47
SPI 5% 0.15
Total aptosid Exp 0.62
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Debian
Processing Fees 24.26
SPI 5% 32.35
Travel (DC10) 950.00
Total Debian Exp 1,006.61
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DebConf 11
Processing Fees 0.43
Total DC11 Exp 0.43
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FreeDesktop.org
Processing Fees 0.55
SPI 5% 0.25
Total fd.o Exp 0.80
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OpenOffice.org (OO.o)
Processing Fees 14.35
SPI 5% 14.25
Total OO.o Exp 28.60
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OpenWrt
Processing Fees 3.10
SPI 5% 3.00
Total OpenWrt Exp 6.10
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PostgreSQL
Processing Fees 12.40
Server hardware 4,115.70
SPI 5% 26.00
Total PostgreSQL Exp 4,154.10
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SPI
PaySimple Monthly Fee 29.95
Transaction Fees 222.82
Total SPI Exp 252.77
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The HeliOS Project
Processing Fees 2.10
SPI 5% 5.50
Total HeliOS Exp 7.60
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Total Expenses 5,457.63
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Net Income 10,296.32
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Balance Sheet as of August 31, 2011
ASSETS
Current Assets
Chase BusinessClassic Checking with Interest 8,528.04
Chase Business Select High Yield Savings 97,585.75
Key Business Reward Checking 88,380.75
Key Business Signature Money Market Savings 36,015.37
Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Acct 13,401.62
Total Current Assets 243,911.50
TOTAL ASSETS 243,911.50
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
General and current liabilities 0.00
Equity
Reserves held in trust
aptosid Earmark 69.32
Debian Earmark 54,638.19
DebConf 11 Earmark 46,355.50
Freedesktop.org Earmark 12,849.10
Gallery Earmark 7,410.80
GNU TeXmacs Earmark 63.60
LibreOffice Earmark 12,000.00
Madwifi.org Earmark 1,454.09
OpenOffice.org Earmark 21,268.64
OpenVAS 45.71
OpenWrt 945.60
Open Voting Foundation Earmark 153.65
OSUNIX 0.56
Path64 9.31
Plan 9 Earmark 6,500.00
PostgreSQL Earmark 32,129.06
Privoxy Earmark 446.50
The HeliOS Project 173.66
Tux4Kids Earmark 8,788.85
YafaRay Earmark 4,897.20
Total held in trust 210,199.34
General reserves 33,712.16
Total Equity 243,911.50
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 243,911.50
Secretary's report
Jonathan had nothing to report.
Outstanding minutes
Vote on Meeting Minutes for 10th August 2011:
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Yes |
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
| Robert Brockway | Yes |
| Clint Adams | Abstain |
Motion passed with a vote of 7 yes, 1 abstain, 0 missing.
Items up for discussion
2011-09-14.bg.1: FreedomBox as associated project
Vote on 2011-09-14.bg.1: FreedomBox as associated project
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Yes |
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
| Robert Brockway | Yes |
| Clint Adams | Abstain |
Motion passed with a vote of 7 yes, 1 abstain, 0 missing.
Any other business
There was no additional business to discuss.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Wednesday, October 12th, 2011 at 20:30 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
| Last elected | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Bdale Garbee | President |
| July 2010 | Joerg Jaspert | Vice President |
| July 2009 | Jonathan McDowell | Secretary |
| July 2009 | Michael Schultheiss | Treasurer |
| July 2010 | Joshua D. Drake | |
| July 2010 | Martin Zobel-Helas | |
| July 2011 | Clint Adams | |
| July 2011 | Robert Brockway | |
| July 2011 | Jimmy Kaplowitz |
Appendix B: Resolutions
Resolution 2011-09-14.bg.1: FreedomBox as associated project
WHEREAS 1. FreedomBox is a substantial and significant Free Software project. 2. The FreedomBox Foundation would like SPI's support and assistance, including legal help, holding property, and taking donations. THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT 3. FreedomBox is formally invited to become an SPI Associated Project, according to the SPI Framework for Associated Projects, SPI Resolution 1998-11-16.iwj.1-amended-2004-08-10.iwj.1, a copy of which can be found at https://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004/2004-08-10.iwj.1/ 4. The Executive Director of the FreedomBox Foundation, currently James Vasile, is recognised by SPI as the authoritative decision maker and SPI liaison for FreedomBox. 5. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is approved by the SPI Board.