Board meeting, June 10th, 2024
Board members present
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (President)
- Héctor Orón Martínez (zumbi) (Treasurer)
- Zach van Rijn (zv) (Secretary)
- Joe Conway (jconway)
- Forrest Fleming (fsf)
- Milan Kupcevic (milan)
- Jonatas L. Nogueira (jesusalva)
- Jeremy Stanley (fungi)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- None
Board members absent
- Stephen Frost (Snow-Man) (Vice-President)
Registered guests present
- Célestin Matte
- William Pine (TMW Liaison)
These are the minutes for the June 10th, 2024 SPI Board Meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG.
President's report
Thank you to SPI Director Jonatas L. Nogueira for helping track outstanding tasks. Continued thanks to SPI Vice President, Stephen Frost, for handling contracting with SPI's contractors. Stephen continues to do a fantastic job working with our contractors and legal counsel.
Vice President's report
- Vice President was not present.
Treasurer's report
A lot of effort to finalize auditor requested data, so they can proceed with audit for 2023. SPI is now available as a fiscal sponsor option at GitHub. Coordinated with sysadmin on transferring several Debian domains to SPI, released monthly reports, coordinated with associated projects about best practices to process payments for events, then there are pending payments which we plan to clear as soon as some of the treasurer accounts are rebalanced, in one or two weeks the queue should be clear. If you have any other urgent matter, please do not hesitate to reach out. Thanks to all members supporting treasurer activities.
Secretary's report
Any remaining Board members who have not submitted an up-to-date Conflict of Interest form will receive a direct email after this meeting requesting as much. Thanks for your prompt cooperation! Face-to-Face meeting proposals will be sent to board@ imminently.
Vote On Minutes For Previous Meetings
Vote on minutes for meeting Monday May 13th 2024
| Joe Conway | Yes |
| Forrest Fleming | Yes |
| Héctor Orón Martínez | Abstain |
| Milan Kupcevic | Yes |
| Jonatas L. Nogueira | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Jeremy Stanley | Yes |
| Zach van Rijn | Yes |
Vote passed with 7 yes, 1 abstain, 0 no.
Items for Discussion
- None
Other Business
From Jonatas:
- MPI Forum has SPI policy questions
- There was discussion about whether SPI could assist with conference proceedings costs
- Ticket 7349 raises the question about whether SPI would want to change payment processors based on rates. Consensus is that it is not worth the trouble.
- Tax-related questions
- Postgresql questions
- Question about whether newly-onboarded projects should be encouraged to transfer their domains to be under SPI control.
- Question about template for hiring a contractor to help with board tasks.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Monday July 8th, 2024 at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
| Last elected | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Michael Schultheiss | President |
| July 2021 | Stephen Frost | Vice President |
| July 2022 | Héctor Orón Martínez | Treasurer |
| July 2022 | Zach van Rijn | Secretary |
| July 2023 | Joe Conway | |
| July 2022 | Forrest Fleming | |
| July 2021 | Milan Kupcevic | |
| July 2022 | Jonatas L. Nogueira | |
| July 2022 | Jeremy Stanley |