Board meeting, November 14th, 2007
Board members present
- Bdale Garbee (bdale) (President)
- Joerg Jaspert (Ganneff) (Vice President)
- Neil McGovern (Maulkin) (Secretary)
- David Graham (cdlu)
- Michael Schultheiss (Treasurer)
- Luk Claes (luk)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- None
Board members absent
- Josh Berkus (jberkus)
- Joshua D. Drake (linuxpoet)
- Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel)
Board advisors present
- None
Registered guests present
- Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide)
- Julien Cristau (jcristau)
- Rico Gloeckner (mc)
- MJ Ray (slef)
- Richard Hartmann (RichiH)
These are the draft minutes for the November 14th, 2007 SPI Board meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG
President's Report
Between work-related travel and a family health situation in the last month, I still have not made time to complete and publish our annual report yet. I will again try to get that closed before our next meeting.
Treasurer's Report
Michael Schultheiss has a tentative project balance report available as of mid September 2007. He's also working with our CPA to get our 2006 taxes (form 990) filed. We don't owe taxes as far as he is aware. https://www.spi-inc.org/treasurer/2007-11-14-draft-report.html is the draft balance report as of mid September.
Secretary's Report
No specific mail received to secretary@
Outstanding Minutes
Several sets of minutes were raised for approval this meeting:
Neil McGovern moved to approve the June 18th, 2007 minutes, seconded by Michael Schultheiss.
Bdale Garbee | Yes |
Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
Neil McGovern | Yes |
Luk Claes | Abstain |
David Graham | Yes |
Joerg Jaspert | Abstain |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 4, No: 0, Abstain: 2.
Neil McGovern moved to approve the July 6th, 2007 minutes, seconded by Michael Schultheiss.
Bdale Garbee | Yes |
Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
Neil McGovern | Yes |
Luk Claes | Abstain |
David Graham | Yes |
Joerg Jaspert | Abstain |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 4, No: 0, Abstain: 2.
Neil McGovern moved to approve the August 17th, 2007 minutes, seconded by Michael Schultheiss.
Bdale Garbee | Abstain |
Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
Neil McGovern | Yes |
Luk Claes | Abstain |
David Graham | Yes |
Joerg Jaspert | Abstain |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 3, No: 0, Abstain: 3.
Neil McGovern moved to approve the September 19th, 2007 minutes, seconded by Michael Schultheiss.
Bdale Garbee | Abstain |
Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
Neil McGovern | Yes |
Luk Claes | Yes |
David Graham | Yes |
Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 5, No: 0, Abstain: 1.
Neil McGovern moved to approve the October 17th, 2007 minutes, seconded by Michael Schultheiss.
Bdale Garbee | Yes |
Michael Schultheiss | Abstain |
Neil McGovern | Yes |
Luk Claes | Abstain |
David Graham | Yes |
Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 4, No: 0, Abstain: 2.
Items up for discussion
Resolution 2007-11-14.nm.1 - EU-wide Debian Trademark
Neil McGovern moved to approve 2007-11-14.nm.1 - EU-wide Debian Trademark, seconded by Michael Schultheiss.
Bdale Garbee | Yes |
Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
Neil McGovern | Yes |
Luk Claes | Yes |
David Graham | Yes |
Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 0.
Resolution 2007-11-14.jdd.1.jb.1 - Obtaining new legal counsel
David Graham moved to approve 2007-11-14.jdd.1.jb.1 - Obtaining new legal counsel, seconded by Michael Schultheiss.
Bdale Garbee | Yes |
Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
Neil McGovern | Yes |
Luk Claes | Yes |
David Graham | Yes |
Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 0.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Wednesday, December 19th, 2007 at 19:00 UTC in #spi on irc.oftc.net.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
Date elected | Name | Role |
---|---|---|
[2004-07-29] | Bdale Garbee | President |
[2007-08-06] | Joerg Jaspert | Vice President |
[2006-07-31] | Neil McGovern | Secretary |
[2006-07-31] | Michael Schultheiss | Treasurer |
[2006-07-31] | Josh Berkus | |
[2007-08-06] | Martin Zobel-Helas | |
[2003-11-29] | David Graham | |
[2007-08-06] | Luk Claes | |
[2007-08-06] | Joshua D. Drake |
Appendix B: Approved Resolutions
- Resolution 2007-11-14.nm.1: EU-wide Debian Trademark
- Resolution 2007-11-14.jdd.1.jb.1: Obtaining new legal counsel