Board meeting, March 19th, 2008
Board members present
- Bdale Garbee (bdale) (President)
- Joerg Jaspert (Ganneff) (Vice President)
- Neil McGovern (Maulkin) (Secretary)
- Luk Claes (luk)
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Treasurer)
- Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide)
- David Graham (cdlu)
Board members partially present
- Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel)
- Joshua D. Drake (linuxpoet)
Board members absent with regrets
- (none)
Board members absent
- (none)
Board advisors present
- Sam Hocevar (Debian Project Leader)
Registered guests present
- MJ Ray (slef)
- Julien Cristau (jcristau)
- Bill Allombert (yp17)
President's Report
Bdale stated there is nothing to report.
Treasurer's Report
Michael Schultheiss presented an informal report. The data entry system has been moved to an SPI machine and he is currently working on new accounting software. He hopes to have a proper treasurer report by the April meeting.
Current balances: checking $16,229.31 savings: $126,230.68 Ameriprise investment account: ~$13,000
Secretary's Report
No specific mail received to secretary@
We got a request for our 1023: Michael Schultheiss is working with the Internal Revenue Service to get it. He expects a status update from Internal Revenue Service before the April meeting.
Outstanding Minutes
Two outstanding, but not ready for voting on.
Items up for discussion
New board member
postponed
Resolution 2008-03-19.jrk.2: Fixing the Debian Open Use Logo License
The resolution is to relicense the open use logo variant that does not include the 'Debian' text. Luk stated that he doesn't see why the copyright notice and permission notice has to be included when the logo is used. Bdale pointed out that if there are other changes that should be made for the other logo variants, they can be handled through additional resolutions in the future. Neil McGovern moved to vote, seconded by Joshua D. Drake and Michael Schultheiss.
Joshua D. Drake | Abstain |
Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
Neil McGovern | Yes |
David Graham | Yes |
Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
Bdale Garbee | Yes |
Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Luk Claes | Abstain |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstain: 2
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 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 |
[2007-08-06] | Martin Zobel-Helas | |
[2003-11-29] | David Graham | |
[2007-08-06] | Luk Claes | |
[2007-08-06] | Joshua D. Drake | |
[2008-02-27] | Jimmy Kaplowitz |
Appendix B: Approved Resolutions
Resolution 2008-03-19.jrk.2: Fixing the Debian Open Use Logo License
WHEREAS 1. The Board, at its May 18, 2007 meeting, acknowledged the Debian Project's relicensing its logos to meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines, conditional upon legal approval by SPI's counsel; 2. SPI's legal counsel, as reported at the Board's June 18, 2007 meeting, suggested some limitations to the relicensing for the purpose of retaining enforceable trademark rights in the word "Debian"; and 3. This modified relicensing plan is amenable to the Board and to the Debian Project Leader but has not previously been put into effect; THE BOARD RESOLVES that: 1. Subject to paragraph 2 below, the Debian open use logo depicting a red swirl is hereby relicensed under the following terms, where in the phrase "this software and associated documentation files", the subphrase "this software" shall refer to the logo itself: Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 2. This relicensing shall only apply to the version of the Debian open use logo which does not include the trademarked word "debian".