Board meeting, January 13th, 2020
Board members present
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (President)
- Stephen Frost (Snow-Man) (Vice President)
- Tim Potter (tpot) (Secretary)
- Forrest Fleming (fsf)
- Chris Lamb (lamby)
- Andrew Tridgell (tridge)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- Luca Filipozzi (luca)
- Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel) (Treasurer)
Board members absent
- Héctor Orón Martínez (zumbi)
Board advisors present
- None
Registered guests present
- Philip Balister (Crofton) (OpenEmbedded)
These are the minutes for the January 13th, 2020 SPI Board Meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG.
President's Report
Tremendous thanks to SPI Vice President, Stephen Frost, for his efforts regarding contracts for SPI's paid contractors. I met with Merrill Lynch last week and started the process of opening SPI's money market account with Merrill. Due to the higher rate of return offered temporarily by Key Bank, our Merrill account will start out with a smaller amount than originally planned. We can transfer additional funds once Key's promotional rate expires later this year.
Treasurer's report
The SPI treasury team is continuing to process requests and is striving for more timely ticket handling. The backlog is much lower than it has been in the recent past.
Secretary's report
Due to hardware failure and the holiday period, minutes have not been kept up to date. This will be rectified by the next meeting.
Resolution 2019-11-22.tp.1: Rescind Board Advisors
| Forrest Fleming | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Chris Lamb | Abstain |
| Tim Potter | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Andrew Tridgell | No |
Motion vote of 5 yes, 1 no, 0 abstain.
AWS Agreements for Debian Cloud
In general not an issue to sign the AWS Marketplace Agreement on behalf of the Debian Cloud Team and also the AWS Govcloud Agreement, with some uncertainty around the implementation of the US citizen requirement for Govcloud. No vote was required.
Any other business
Some minor discussions of work-in-progress were had.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Monday February 10th, 2020 at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
| Last elected | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Michael Schultheiss | President |
| July 2018 | Stephen Frost | Vice President |
| July 2019 | Martin Zobel-Helas | Treasurer |
| July 2017 | Timothy Potter | Secretary |
| July 2018 | Luca Filipozzi | |
| July 2019 | Forrest Fleming | |
| July 2019 | Chris Lamb | |
| July 2019 | Héctor Orón Martínez | |
| July 2017 | Andrew Tridgell |
Appendix B: Resolution 2019-11-22.tp.1: Rescind Board Advisors Resolution
WHEREAS 1. SPI has not availed itself of the option of appointing Board Advisors in many years. THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT 1. Resolution 2004-08-10.iwj.dbg.3 is rescinded.