Board meeting, August 15th, 2006
These are the minutes for the August 15th, 2006 SPI Board meeting, held at 19:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG
Board members present
- Bdale Garbee (bdale) (President)
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Vice President)
- Neil McGovern (Maulkin) (Secretary)
- Josh Berkus (jberkus) (Treasurer)
- Ian Jackson (Diziet)
- David Graham (cdlu)
- Branden Robinson (Overfiend)
- Martin Schulze (Joey)
- Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide)
Board members absent with regrets
- None
Board members absent
- None
Board advisors present
- Robert Treat (xzilla) (postgresql)
Registered guests present
- Joerg Jaspert (Ganneff)
- Joshua D. Drake (linuxpoet)
- Joey Smith (TML)
- Javier Fernandez-Sanguino (javifs)
- MJ Ray (slef)
- Kaare Thor Olsen (Kaare)
- Steve Langasek (vorlon)
- Greg Sabino Mullane (greg)
- John Goerzen (CosmicRay)
- Daniel Baumann (panthera)
These are the draft minutes for the August 15th, 2006 SPI Board meeting, held at 19:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.
President's Report
No formal report was received
Treasurer's Report
Jimmy Kaplowitz has submitted reports from Jan through April on the 1st August. Approval from the board will occur after the handoff to the new treasurer (Josh Berkus) has occurred.
The board thanks Jimmy for his work to date and looks forward to the report next time.
Outstanding Minutes
Current status: August 1st, 2006 is ready to be voted on and approved this meeting. David Graham is processing the previous unapproved minutes, which will be presented next meeting for approval.
Motion to accept the August 1st minutes, moved by Neil McGovern, seconded by David Graham.
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Neil McGovern | Yes |
| Josh Berkus | Abstain |
| Ian Jackson | Abstain |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Branden Robinson | Yes |
| Martin Schulze | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
Resolution 2006-04-03.jfsp.1: Debian trademark in Spain
No update has been received from Greg Pomerantz as to this issue. Bdale Garbee is to follow up.
Resolution 2006-08-07.dbg.2: Attendance Policy
Vote deferred until next meeting.
Resolution 2006-08-15.bg.1: Freedesktop.org as Associated Project
Motion 2006-08-15.bg.1 to invite Freedesktop.org as an Associated Project, proposed by David Graham, seconded by Branden Robinson.
| David Graham | yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | yes |
| Branden Robinson | yes |
| Ian Jackson | yes |
| Martin Schulze | yes |
| Neil McGovern | yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | yes |
| Josh Berkus | yes |
| Bdale Garbee | yes |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 9, No: 0, Abstain: 0.
Tax filing and book keeping status
Form 8688 has to be posted today to apply for an extension on filing taxes until November. Branden Robinson to action. Josh Berkus expects to be spending a good portion of September doing filings.
Website rebuild
The website transition has happened. We're now using a new server, and thanks is extended to the admin team and Black Cat Networks for their support in doing so. There was a couple of issues during the transition process, but these seem mostly resolved now.
Items from the DPL (see Appendix C)
Items one to three need input from Greg Pomerantz, which Bdale Garbee will action, and items four and five are to be discussed with Josh Berkus. For item six, the consensus of the board is that we're ok with it.
Any other business
Some concern was expressed over the timing of the board meetings in future. This will be discussed later via email.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until September 19th, 2006 at 19:00 UTC.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
| Date elected | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| [2004-07-29] | Bdale Garbee | President |
| [2006-07-31] | Michael Schultheiss | Vice President |
| [2006-07-31] | Neil McGovern | Secretary |
| [2006-07-31] | Josh Berkus | Treasurer |
| [2004-07-29] | Branden Robinson | |
| [2004-02-20] | Jimmy Kaplowitz | |
| [2003-11-29] | David Graham | |
| [2003-11-29] | Ian Jackson | |
| [2003-11-29] | Martin "Joey" Schulze |
Appendix B: Approved Resolutions
2006-08-15.bg.1: freedesktop.org as Associated Project
Appendix C: Items from the DPL
Since there's a new board, I thought it might be a reasonable time to
go back over some of the issues that Debian would appreciate SPI input on:
1) Response to concerns related to the acceptance of Sun Java into
non-free, see:
From: John Goerzen
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:28:22 -0500
Subject: Questions about Java license and related questions
Message-ID: <20060607232822.GA31686@katherina.lan.complete.org>
2) Response to concerns related to interaction between Debian developers
and citizens of embargoed countries, see:
From: Anthony Towns
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:47:49 +1000
Subject: Debian in embargoed countries
Message-ID: <20060609074749.GB1408@azure.humbug.org.au>
3) Response to concerns related to online harassment, see:
From: Steve Langasek
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:04:51 -0700
Subject: request for assistance with ongoing harassment
[debianwomenpassaway@yahoo.com: Debian women: please pass away.]
Message-ID: <20060610000450.GN13192@mauritius.dodds.net>
4) Precise accounting of funds held for the benefit of the Debian
project (my imprecise estimate is $0, split between -$50,000 for
debconf, and +$50,000 for misc debian use, which will obviously
only be useful when the HP money makes its way in)
5) Is there any sort of online/electronic report of donations from
Click & Pledge that can be made available?
6) I think Debian would appreciate it if SPI would formally comment
on the asset handling changes proposed on debian-vote, to ensure we
can maintain a friendly and consultative relationship. (Even if the
comment is just "yup, that's fine by us!" or whatever) See the threads
related to:
From: Manoj Srivastava
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2006 20:12:54 -0500
Subject: Constitutional Amendment GR: Handling assets for the project
Message-id: <87r70f92w9.fsf@glaurung.internal.golden-gryphon.com>
http://lists.debian.org/debian-vote/2006/07/msg00005.html