20:00 < bdale> *GAVEL* 20:00 < bdale> [item 1, Opening] Welcome to today's Software in the Public Interest 20:00 < bdale> board of directors meeting, which is now called to order. Today's agenda 20:00 < bdale> and details of pending resolutions can be found on the web at: 20:00 < bdale> http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/agenda/2007/2007-07-06.html 20:00 < bdale> This meeting serves as SPI's annual meeting per our bylaws, rescheduled 20:00 < bdale> from 1 July when we failed to meet quorum requirements as anticipated. 20:00 < bdale> 20:00 < bdale> [item 2, Roll Call] 20:00 < bdale> Board members, please state your name for the record. As we have nine board 20:00 < bdale> members, quorum for today's meeting is six. Guests (including board advisors), 20:00 < bdale> please /msg your names to Maulkin if you wish your attendance to be recorded 20:00 < Maulkin> Neil McGovern 20:00 < cdlu> David Graham 20:00 < bdale> in the minutes of this meeting. 20:00 < bdale> Neil, please update us on known and tentative regrets. 20:00 < bdale> 20:00 < bdale> Bdale Garbee 20:00 < schultmc> Michael Schultheiss 20:00 < Maulkin> None known bdale. 20:00 * schultmc goes to ping Branden in person 20:01 -!- jello [~joe@dot.nahmias.net] has joined #spi 20:01 < Overfiend> pong 20:01 < Overfiend> Branden Robinson 20:01 < bdale> need one more? 20:01 < schultmc> yes 20:01 < schultmc> jberkus was around earlier 20:01 < bdale> saw him, don't see him online now 20:02 < bdale> Ian? 20:02 < xzilla> berkus is currently at a conference in .it, he might be distracted 20:02 < bdale> right, we know taht 20:02 < Overfiend> he mentioned earlier that he'd try to get away from it 20:02 < bdale> right, saw that too 20:02 < Overfiend> and that we should note his sacrifice in doing so :) 20:03 < xzilla> apparently the note will be small, like the sacrifice :-) 20:03 < Overfiend> heh 20:03 < bdale> who else are we missing? 20:03 < Overfiend> Joey S. 20:03 < schultmc> joey 20:03 -!- _rene__ [~rene@dslb-088-064-156-084.pools.arcor-ip.net] has joined #spi 20:03 < cdlu> ian, joey, jberkus, and hydroxide 20:03 < Maulkin> Pinged him 20:03 < bdale> Hydroxide: PING 20:04 < bdale> Maulkin: didn't Joey say something about not being able to make this time, or was that just on the 1st? 20:04 < cdlu> want to proceed with items that don't require a vote? think that covers announcements, like trademark (Woot!) stuff and whatnot. 20:04 < Overfiend> Our filing extension for tax year 2006 has been granted. 20:04 < schultmc> joey said tomorrow was bad, today was less bad 20:04 < cdlu> overfiend, cool. 20:05 < Overfiend> and this week saw the worst vandalism to a donation letter I've ever seen 20:05 < bdale> hrm. ok. yes, I'm certainly willing to proceed with items on the agenda that don't require votes. it's now 5 minutes past. 20:05 < bdale> [item 3, President's Report] 20:05 < bdale> Just returned from trip to Europe that began with Debconf7 and continued with 20:05 < bdale> some family vacation elsewhere in Scotland and in France. It was good to see 20:05 < bdale> so many SPI board and contributing members in person, and the turnout for our 20:05 -!- _rene_ [~rene@dslb-088-064-156-084.pools.arcor-ip.net] has quit [Ping timeout: 480 seconds] 20:05 -!- _rene__ is now known as _rene_ 20:05 < bdale> SPI sessions at Debconf7 was higher than I personally expected, and we had 20:05 < bdale> some good Q&A. 20:05 < bdale> 20:05 * Overfiend wishes that high turnout would translate to the IRC meetings :-/ 20:05 < bdale> [item 4, Treasurer's Report] 20:05 < bdale> with Josh not here, does schultmc want to say anything? 20:06 * cdlu notes the election in process that includes 3 of the 4 missing people 20:06 < schultmc> I don't have anything to say treasurer wise at this time 20:06 < bdale> ok 20:06 < bdale> we'll come back if Josh appears 20:06 < bdale> [item 5, Secretary's report] 20:06 < bdale> Neil? 20:06 < Maulkin> One item here 20:06 < jello> cdlu: to whom do observers register? 20:07 < cdlu> jello, Maulkin 20:07 < Maulkin> I've just found the spi trademark report, I'll copy it to the minutes 20:07 < jello> cdlu: thx 20:07 -!- jberkus [~josh@81.75.61.139] has joined #spi 20:07 < Maulkin> Doesn't require action 20:07 < jberkus> ciao 20:07 < Overfiend> you mean the agenda? 20:07 < jberkus> scusi, sono piu tardi 20:07 < cdlu> jberkus! quorum! 20:07 < bdale> jberkus: please state name for record 20:07 < jberkus> Josh Berkus 20:07 < schultmc> grazi mille (sp?) 20:07 < bdale> jberkus: thanks! quorum is good. 20:07 < aj> Overfiend: (there's no point attending an irc meeting though as a non-board-member, there's no opportunity to ask questions or otherwiseparticipate) 20:07 < jcristau> schultmc: grazie 20:08 < Overfiend> aj: you just did :) 20:08 < jello> Maulkin: Joe Nahmias 20:08 < Maulkin> jello: /msg please 20:08 < Maulkin> Overfiend: do you want to see them now? :) 20:08 < bdale> aj: hrm. perhaps I should note that I've accepted /msg from folks who wanted to inject something before and that has worked well 20:08 < bdale> irc lacks a simple "this person has their hand raised" mechanism like some other online conferencing tools 20:09 < bdale> Maulkin: ok, anything beyond noting that'll be in the minutes? 20:09 < cdlu> bdale, /nick nick_handup :) 20:09 < bdale> cdlu: ick 20:09 < Maulkin> bdale: yup, that'll do 20:09 < jberkus> bdale: however, irc is universally available 20:09 < bdale> agreed 20:09 < Maulkin> bdale: erm... aka: I'm done 20:09 < bdale> [item 4, Treasurer's Report] 20:09 < bdale> Josh? 20:09 < slef> aj: heckling of meetings has been reported in the press! (slef runs away, runs away) 20:10 < jberkus> I have been travelling too much to get caught up 20:10 < jberkus> at this point, I need to have a meeting with schultmc about handing over the role of Treasurer 20:10 < jberkus> and discuss with the board paying hte accountancy firm for routine data entry 20:10 * cdlu takes it noone plans to compete wtih schultmc for the role :) 20:10 < jberkus> end of report 20:10 < Overfiend> jberkus: Did Ledger-SMB get developed to the point where you think it's an adequate tool for SPI's purposes? 20:10 < bdale> jberkus: I need to pull an annual report together, seems like some sort of summary statement of finances would be appropriate for that. so, a plan to get to that is something I'd like to have asap. 20:10 < jberkus> cdlu: not that I've hear 20:10 < jberkus> Overfiend: no, not to date 20:11 < Overfiend> jberkus: ok 20:11 < jberkus> bdale: deadline? 20:11 < jberkus> Overfiend: I'm looking at other options 20:11 < aj> jberkus: is there a summary of what's inadequate about it? 20:11 < jberkus> Overfiend: including custom development 20:11 < bdale> jberkus: I'm not exactly sure what the expectation for our annual report is, but I have a sense of responsibility to issue one before we vote for officers again. 20:11 < jberkus> bdale: when is that? 20:11 < jberkus> 8/1? 20:11 < bdale> Maulkin: first board meeting after elections, right? 20:12 < Maulkin> If that means 1st August... yes :) 20:12 < cdlu> annual report is normally due at annual meeting :) 20:12 < jberkus> hmmm 20:12 < bdale> jberkus: then yes, that's my thought. 20:12 < jberkus> we'll see. it's possible 20:12 < Maulkin> Although we're still missing the 2006 report.... 20:13 < jberkus> hmmm? 20:13 < bdale> cdlu: hrm. well. not sure we've ever actually done that, though it certainly makes sense. the rigidity and "strangeness" of our annual meeting requirement in the bylaws is something I'd love us to fix someday... 20:13 < jberkus> oh, right, 2006 taxes aren't closed out 20:13 < Maulkin> jello: We're missing the presidents report :) 20:13 < jberkus> it's really not possible to do an annual report the day the year ends 20:13 < Overfiend> j collision? 20:13 < bdale> Maulkin: from my predecessor, right? 20:13 < Maulkin> bdale: Si 20:13 < Maulkin> gah. Yes. Too much spanish 20:13 * bdale sighs in relief 20:14 < Overfiend> CosmicRay is here. We can flog him. 20:14 < bdale> jberkus: ok, so how about a target date of a financial report suitable for inclusion in an annual report by the end of July. If that's not doable, give me a plan with dates for getting to same by the end of July. Fair enough? 20:14 < jberkus> ok 20:15 < jberkus> I can commit to a plan 20:15 < Maulkin> bdale: I'll try and get some bits over to you too 20:15 < bdale> yes, thanks, everyone take this as an indication that I want inputs for annual report by end of July 20:15 < bdale> ok, let's move on 20:15 < bdale> [item 6, Spanish Trademark report] 20:15 < bdale> Neil? Updates from and/or since our in-person meetings at Debconf? 20:16 < cdlu> this one's good! 20:16 < Maulkin> As per a mail received to spi-board, the local people in Spain consider that both issues (trademark and domain) are resolved 20:16 < bdale> cool. I'm way behind on email and hadn't seen that yet. 20:17 < Maulkin> Thus, I suggest that 2006-04-03.jfsp.1.jrk.1 is revoked 20:17 < cdlu> so moved 20:17 * jberkus heaves a big sigh of releive 20:17 < bdale> second? 20:17 < jberkus> seconded 20:17 < bdale> any further discussion? 20:17 < Maulkin> hang on a tic... 20:18 < cdlu> http://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2006-04-03-jfsp-1-jrk.1.html 20:18 < cdlu> is the resolution if you're looking for it. 20:18 < Overfiend> cdlu: thanks. I think I know which one that is but would like to review before voting. 20:18 < Overfiend> yup, it's that one. 20:18 < Maulkin> ready 20:18 < Maulkin> Voting started, 6 people (maulkin,cdlu,bdale,schultmc,overfiend,jberkus) allowed to vote on Revoke resolution 2006-04-03.jfsp.1.jrk.1. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 20:18 < cdlu> !vote yes 20:18 < Maulkin> (I hope that's everyone) 20:18 < Overfiend> !vote yes 20:18 < Maulkin> !vote yes 20:19 < jberkus> !vote yes 20:19 < bdale> !vote yes 20:19 < schultmc> !vote yes 20:19 < Maulkin> Current voting results for "Revoke resolution 2006-04-03.jfsp.1.jrk.1": Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Missing: 0 () 20:19 < Maulkin> Voting for "Revoke resolution 2006-04-03.jfsp.1.jrk.1" closed. 20:19 < Maulkin> 6:0:0, pass 20:19 < bdale> Maulkin: thank you for your service in this matter. 20:19 < bdale> does this open up the possibility of pursuing an eu-wide trademark registration, then? 20:19 < Overfiend> Maulkin: Sometimes success is just being willing to wait the other bastards out :) 20:20 < Maulkin> YEs, I've been investigating this, and hope to work with spi-trademark and bring something to the board soon 20:20 < Overfiend> awesome 20:20 < bdale> ok, great, will look forward to that 20:20 < bdale> [item 7, Outstanding minutes] 20:20 < bdale> Neil, what's ready for us today? 20:20 < Maulkin> Initial estimates are approx 2kEUR 20:20 < cdlu> Overfiend, if only it were so... as I understand it we didn't have a case to begin with, the trademark was not registered in the domain of 'software' to begin with. :) 20:20 < Maulkin> Two sets this month 20:20 < jberkus> Maulkin: debian has plenty of funds 20:20 < jberkus> if they want it 20:20 < bdale> has everyone read them? 20:20 < Maulkin> December 13th, 2005 and May 18th, 2007 20:20 < Overfiend> I have. 20:21 * bdale has 20:21 * schultmc has 20:21 * jberkus has not 20:21 < bdale> jberkus: the 2005 ones you can just abstain on, of course 20:21 < jberkus> sorry 20:21 < Maulkin> the 2005 minutes are the ones from last meeting 20:21 < jberkus> well, vote slowly on the may ones. 20:21 * schultmc was there as an observer :) 20:21 * cdlu is prepared to vote on both sets of minutes 20:21 < bdale> Maulkin: you mean the 2007 ones, right? 20:21 < Overfiend> it brought back some memories :) 20:22 < Overfiend> the obnoxious English Civil War over Debian UK Society 20:22 < jberkus> I can read them in 2 min 20:22 < Maulkin> bdale: nope. The 2005 ones were on teh agenda for last month, but lacked resolutions 20:22 * Overfiend reaches for a bottle of Scotch at the mere thought of it 20:22 < bdale> anyway, I'm ready to vote. let's do the 2005 first and perhaps jberkus can read the 2007 ones in the meantime 20:22 < bdale> Maulkin: oh, right, sorry 20:22 < jberkus> hmmm 20:22 < Maulkin> LAst meeting isn't done yet (sorry) 20:22 < jberkus> how about a link? they're not at /minutes 20:22 < cdlu> Overfiend, you know there's a reason they took me so long to get done. I kept blocking on that set every time I opened them to do them. :) 20:22 < Overfiend> they're linked from today's agenda 20:22 < Maulkin> I'm waiting for the high-quality video 20:22 < Overfiend> http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/agenda/2007/2007-07-06.html/ 20:22 < Maulkin> http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/agenda/2007/2007-07-06.html/ 20:23 < aj> Maulkin: (you don't just want logs of #spi from someone?) 20:23 < bdale> Maulkin: let's vote on the 2005 ones, please 20:23 < Overfiend> cdlu: I think "the discussion went for 20 minutes and was then deferred" is an awesome summary. 20:23 < Maulkin> bdale: ok... 20:23 < cdlu> Overfiend, hehe 20:23 < Overfiend> no sarcasm at all -- it was a mess 20:23 < Maulkin> Voting started, 6 people (maulkin,cdlu,bdale,schultmc,overfiend,jberkus) allowed to vote on Approve December 13th, 2005 meeting minutes. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 20:23 < Overfiend> !vote yes 20:23 < Maulkin> !vote yes 20:23 < schultmc> !vote yes 20:23 < cdlu> !vote yes 20:23 < bdale> !vote yes 20:23 < jberkus> !vote abstain 20:23 < Maulkin> Current voting results for "Approve December 13th, 2005 meeting minutes": Yes: 5, No: 0, Abstain: 1, Missing: 0 () 20:23 < Maulkin> Voting for "Approve December 13th, 2005 meeting minutes" closed. 20:24 < bdale> Maulkin: is that the last of the ancient sets? 20:24 * jberkus is done reading 20:24 * Hydroxide shows up 20:24 < Maulkin> bdale: yes 20:24 * bdale WOOTs 20:24 * Maulkin moves to approve May 18th, 2007 20:24 * schultmc seconds 20:24 * Overfiend seconds 20:24 < Maulkin> Voting started, 6 people (maulkin,cdlu,bdale,schultmc,overfiend,jberkus) allowed to vote on Approve May 18th, 2007 meeting minutes. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 20:24 * cdlu fourths 20:24 < bdale> Hydroxide: state your name for the record and you can participate in the remaining votes 20:24 < Overfiend> !vote yes 20:24 < cdlu> !vote yes 20:24 < Maulkin> !vote yes 20:24 < jberkus> !vote yes 20:24 < schultmc> !vote yes 20:24 < bdale> !vote yes 20:25 < Hydroxide> Jimmy Kaplowitz, board member, rather tardy today 20:25 < Maulkin> Hydroxide: vote? 20:25 < Hydroxide> Maulkin: abstain, I haven't had a chance to read them 20:25 < Maulkin> Current voting results for "Approve May 18th, 2007 meeting minutes": Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Missing: 0 () 20:25 < Maulkin> Voting for "Approve May 18th, 2007 meeting minutes" closed. 20:25 < Hydroxide> !vote abstain 20:25 < Maulkin> (will note) 20:25 < bdale> ok, fair enough 20:25 < Maulkin> I'm pleased to annouce we're now very caught up 20:25 < bdale> ok, so that's all past minutes except for the in-person meeting at Debconf7? 20:25 < Maulkin> I have last month's remaining, and that's it 20:25 < Maulkin> yup 20:26 < bdale> very cool. hopefully we can close that by next meeting and be completely caught up? 20:26 < jberkus> I can't vote on that one either 20:26 < Maulkin> bdale: yes :) 20:26 * bdale is going to enjoy the "what we got caught up on" part of writing the annual report this year 20:26 < bdale> [item 8, Items up for discussion] 20:26 < bdale> [item 8.1, OpenVAS] 20:26 < bdale> Any further discussion called for, or are we ready to vote on Ian's resolution? 20:27 < Maulkin> [machine]: Any comments here? 20:27 < [machine]> nope 20:27 * Hydroxide is ready to vote. Yay for quick-to-read resolutions. 20:27 < jberkus> looks good to me 20:27 < bdale> ok, let's vote 20:27 * Maulkin seconds 20:28 < Maulkin> Voting started, 7 people (maulkin,cdlu,bdale,schultmc,overfiend,jberkus,hydroxide) allowed to vote on Approve 2007-06-18.iwj.2 - OpenVAS as an Associated Project. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 20:28 < cdlu> !vote yes 20:28 < Overfiend> !vote yes 20:28 < Hydroxide> !vote yes 20:28 < bdale> !vote yes 20:28 < schultmc> !vote yes 20:28 < Maulkin> !vote yes 20:28 < jberkus> !vote ues 20:28 < jberkus> !vote yes 20:28 < jberkus> si 20:28 < Maulkin> Current voting results for "Approve 2007-06-18.iwj.2 - OpenVAS as an Associated Project": Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Missing: 0 () 20:28 < Maulkin> Voting for "Approve 2007-06-18.iwj.2 - OpenVAS as an Associated Project" closed. 20:28 * Overfiend reports jberkus to U.S. Attorneys for attempting to vote twice 20:29 < Maulkin> done 20:29 * jberkus was already arrested by the Italian polizia today 20:29 < Hydroxide> Maulkin: I just read the May 18 minutes and consider them fine, so change my vote on that to yes if it's not too late 20:29 < Overfiend> jberkus: I hope it was for drunk & disorderly 20:29 < Maulkin> Hydroxide: fine by me 20:29 < Maulkin> though this set of minutes will be interesting to write 20:29 < jberkus> nah, just an exceptionally elaborate conference joke 20:29 < bdale> ok, great. welcome back to OpenVAS, is there someone here to accept the re-invite immediately? 20:29 < [machine]> i can 20:29 < Overfiend> jberkus: heh. Or for renting a billboard to place an ad for "powergenitialia.com" 20:30 < Maulkin> [machine] (plus one more?) 20:30 < Overfiend> s/itialia/italia/ 20:30 < jberkus> Overfiend: how did you find out about that? 20:30 < bdale> [machine]: great! we'll note the invite as immediately accepted then 20:30 < Overfiend> jberkus: :) 20:30 < [machine]> officially we require 2 signed pgp mails 20:30 < Hydroxide> Maulkin: I also just re-read the December 2005 minutes, and I am also happy to vote yes on that. See? I voted on everything :) 20:30 < [machine]> i will progress that tomorrow 20:30 < bdale> thanks 20:30 < Maulkin> ok, thanks 20:30 < bdale> [item 8.2, SPI Board Elections] 20:30 < bdale> Neil? 20:31 < Maulkin> As some people may know (:P) It's election time again 20:31 < Maulkin> Six seats are up for election. I've currently received 4 nominations 20:32 < jberkus> yes, and we ran out of time to do anything about the wonky board terms 20:32 < Maulkin> Would people wishing to stand please mail secreatary@spi-inc.org 20:32 < Maulkin> no... 20:32 < Maulkin> secretary@ 20:32 < Hydroxide> Maulkin: when is the deadline for nominations? 20:32 < cdlu> 13th 20:32 < cdlu> friday the 13th :) 20:32 < Maulkin> Please also mention (though you don't *have* to) is you want to run for an officer position 20:32 < Maulkin> Nominations are open until 2007-07-13 23:59:59 UTC 20:33 < Maulkin> You don't need to send a platform yet 20:33 * cdlu notes competition, as always, only for the VP position 20:33 < Maulkin> So, get sending those mails :) 20:33 < Hydroxide> cdlu: are you still on secretary@, or is the list of nominees public? 20:33 < jberkus> cdlu: really? even after we made infrastructure part of the responsibilities? 20:33 < bdale> as I've told several folks previously, I'm willing to continue as president 20:33 < cdlu> Hydroxide, http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/votes/vote6/ 20:33 < cdlu> it's all public 20:34 < bdale> will send email after the meeting 20:34 < ravidgemole> Maulkin: So, send platforms if >6 people go into the running? 20:34 < schultmc> jberkus: i convinced one of the current admins to run 20:34 < xzilla> is there an ETA on update attendence records? 20:34 < Maulkin> ravidgemole: send platforms anyway :) 20:34 < bdale> Maulkin: ok, anything else about the election? plan is we'll have elected new board members by the time of the next board meeting, right? 20:34 < Maulkin> xzilla: before voting starts 20:35 < Maulkin> Board officer elections will be held on teh 1st 20:35 < Maulkin> (traditionally) 20:35 < Maulkin> This can be moved to the 3rd if needed 20:35 < cdlu> maulkin, on the first meeting following the results, whateve date that is 20:35 < Maulkin> 1st = Wed, 3rd = Fri 20:35 < Maulkin> cdlu: Last year was a special meeting 20:35 < cdlu> after the election we'll probably need to circulate the good-meeting-time chart again 20:36 < Maulkin> however, this can all be discussed on list. 20:36 < Hydroxide> Maulkin: I just reviewed everything else that happened in this meeting, and you can add my vote of yes to the decision to revoke the spanish trademark delegation 20:36 < Maulkin> basically: if you wanna stand, mail me :) 20:36 < Maulkin> Hydroxide: doen 20:36 < Overfiend> Does anyone have a problem with the SPI mail clerk not being a Board member? 20:36 < Overfiend> if so, I reckon I'd better run again 20:36 < bdale> right, ok, so the salient bits are that folks should see http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/votes/vote6/ for details, nominations open until 13th, elections close before the next board meeting at which time the board will elect officers. right? 20:36 < cdlu> overfiend, I don't have a problem with that 20:37 * schultmc doesn't have a problem with the mail clerk not being a board member 20:37 < Maulkin> Overfiend: Fine by me 20:37 < schultmc> as long as I get the mail in a timely fashion :) 20:37 < Hydroxide> Overfiend: I'm fine with it if the current board is fine with it throughout the clerk's tenure 20:37 < Maulkin> bdale: yup 20:37 < jberkus> it's not a board position. if you're willing to do it without the title, I'm certainly happy 20:38 < bdale> Overfiend: I have no problem with the mail clerk not being a board member 20:38 < Overfiend> thanks for the input! 20:38 < jberkus> jberkus: I'll even send you a present 20:38 * Hydroxide thinks that's at least a majority of those board members present, so that's decided. Let's note it in the minutes and move on. 20:38 < bdale> we probably need a board member to be "responsible", perhaps that's something the secretary and/or treasurer would oversee 20:38 < Hydroxide> bdale: treasurer, I'd say 20:39 < Hydroxide> bdale: oh, yeah, and secretary for non-financial stuff ;) 20:39 < Maulkin> Theoretically secretary. Logistically, treasurer :) 20:39 < bdale> ok, as I said, that can be duked out later 20:39 < jberkus> we just need to divide responsibilities 20:39 < bdale> [item 9, Next board meeting] 20:39 < bdale> Neil? 20:39 < jberkus> opening mail, depositing and data entry 20:39 < Maulkin> Erm... this one is interesting 20:39 < Overfiend> August 2007 20:39 < Overfiend> Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 20:39 < Overfiend> 1 2 3 4 20:39 < Overfiend> 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 20:39 < Overfiend> 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 20:39 < bdale> Maulkin: why? 20:39 < Overfiend> 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 20:39 < jberkus> that could actually be volunteer, treasurer and accountant 20:39 < Overfiend> 26 27 28 29 30 31 20:39 < Overfiend> 20:40 < Maulkin> These last few meetings have been messed up with teh dates due to AGM and election foo 20:40 * cdlu suggests friday the 3rd at 19:00 UTC would be easiest for people to remember 20:40 < Maulkin> So... we can hold the one for electing officers as a normal meeting, or as a special 20:40 < Maulkin> Last year was special. 20:40 < Hydroxide> yeah, with just that one item of business 20:41 * Maulkin is tempted to do the same, so we can just get over it. 20:41 < cdlu> as a special meeting where we can discuss offer selections and see when the majority-new (potentially) board actually wants to meet :) 20:41 < bdale> I suggest we do it as a normal board meeting, election of officers as last item before we break so existing officers handle the remainder of the agenda. 20:41 < cdlu> officer rather 20:41 < Maulkin> Which would make the next offical board meeting on the 17th August 20:41 < jberkus> wait ... who's going to LWE San Francisco? 20:41 < Overfiend> is that kosher with the bylaws? 20:41 < Overfiend> how quickly after election do the new board members have to be seated? 20:41 < bdale> I'd have to go look 20:41 < Maulkin> Overfiend: you said the B-word 20:42 < cdlu> overfiend, our by-laws say only that our officers have to be selected in the same manner as our board members. 20:42 < Overfiend> we can't have the old and new board members sitting simultaneously 20:42 < cdlu> that's all it says on the matter 20:42 < Overfiend> cdlu: er...then we don't do that 20:42 < Overfiend> the board is elected by the membership, and the officers by the board 20:42 < cdlu> the election resolution states taht the new board seats take effect on the 29th 20:42 < Overfiend> cdlu: of July? 20:42 < cdlu> yeah 20:42 < bdale> ok 20:43 < bdale> then a special board meeting just to elect officers soon after that makes sense 20:43 < Maulkin> The ballots for the election of officers shall be kept secret even after the vote is over. 20:43 < bdale> and the new officers can run the next "real" board meeting at or near the normal time for August 20:43 < Overfiend> we haven't been doing that, either, I don't think 20:43 < Maulkin> Thus, I'd suggest special. 20:43 < cdlu> the relevant bits of the resolution: 20:43 < cdlu> 4. On July 29th, the results will be announced by the current secretary, or a member of the Board not seeking reelection in the event that secretary is seeking reelection. 20:43 < cdlu> 5. New board member seats take effect immediately upon the announcements of results, notwithstanding any vote quorum requirements; 20:44 < Overfiend> Next board meeting - Friday 20th July, 2007 20:44 < bdale> Maulkin: ok, so when are we going to have the special meeting? let's just pick a time 20:45 < Overfiend> the agenda says we should meet again *this* month 20:45 < bdale> if we get too many regrets, we'll try to change it 20:45 < Overfiend> are we pre-worrying this? 20:45 < schultmc> last year there was no competition for officers 20:45 < Maulkin> Overfiend: That's wrong now. 20:45 < schultmc> thus no need for secret ballots 20:45 < Overfiend> ok 20:45 < Overfiend> ah 20:45 * cdlu thinks a meeting july 20th is redundant 20:45 * Maulkin suggests the 1st 20:45 < Overfiend> well 20:45 < Maulkin> (wednesday) 20:45 < Maulkin> Or 3rd (Friday_) 20:45 < Overfiend> might be useful for bdale to light a fire under people's asses for annual report input 20:46 < Overfiend> if he wants to have it delivered before the new crew is installed 20:46 < cdlu> whatever day you decide I'll be there, unless I lose my seat :) 20:46 < bdale> that's a reasonable goal, but not one I'll fall on a sword for 20:46 < Overfiend> heh, okay :) 20:46 < jberkus> unfortunately, I'm on the hook past the 29th 20:46 < Overfiend> *on* the hook? 20:46 < bdale> I'm ok with either the 1st or the 3rd 20:46 * Overfiend is indifferent to the date 20:46 * cdlu prefers the third only for consistency (fridays) 20:47 < Maulkin> 3rd then 20:47 * schultmc is also indifferent 20:47 * Hydroxide loudly and obnoxiously proclaims his indifference 20:47 < bdale> ok, 19:00 utc on the 3rd of August, we will hold a special board meeting to elect officers 20:47 * jberkus prefers the 1st 20:47 * Overfiend prefers the same time, though 1900UTC 20:47 < Maulkin> next board meeting: 17th 20:47 < Overfiend> where "we" == the new Board as elected by the membership. 20:47 < Overfiend> Maulkin: of August 20:47 < Maulkin> Yup 20:48 < cdlu> hehe 20:48 < bdale> ok, 20:48 < Maulkin> 17th August 2007, 19:00 UTC (unless it changes) 20:48 < cdlu> don't remember the last time "next meeting date" was longest item on our agenda. :) 20:48 < Overfiend> bwa ha 20:48 < bdale> so much for 30 min meetings 20:48 < xzilla> cdlu: agreed, i was afraid we wouldnt finish in time 20:48 < Maulkin> Short agenda this time 20:48 < bdale> Ok, thank you to everyone present for participating today. Until next time! 20:48 < bdale> *GAVEL*