13:04 #spi: < bdale> *GAVEL* 13:04 #spi: < bdale> [item 1, Opening] Welcome to today's Software in the Public Interest board of director's meeting, which is now called to order. 13:04 #spi: < bdale> Today's agenda can be found on the web at: http://www.spi-inc.org/meetings/agendas/2013/2013-04-11/ 13:04 #spi: < bdale> [item 2, Roll Call] 13:04 #spi: < bdale> Board members, please state your name for the record. As we have nine board members, quorum for today's meeting is six. 13:04 #spi: < Hydroxide> Noodles: looks good, thanks 13:04 #spi: < bdale> Guests (including board advisors), please /msg your names to Noodles if you wish your attendance to be recorded in the minutes of this meeting. 13:04 #spi: < Clint> Clint Adams 13:04 #spi: < Hydroxide> Jimmy Kaplowitz 13:04 #spi: < Ganneff> Joerg Jaspert 13:04 #spi: < schultmc> Michael Schultheiss 13:04 #spi: < bdale> Bdale Garbee 13:04 #spi: < Noodles> Jonathan McDowell 13:04 #spi: < Solver> Robert Brockway 13:05 #spi: < luca> to buy a single cert... okay 13:05 #spi: < Noodles> zobel sent regrets. 13:05 #spi: < Noodles> So just linuxpoet unaccounted for. 13:06 #spi: < bdale> ok, thanks 13:06 #spi: < bdale> [item 3, President's Report] 13:06 #spi: < bdale> Nothing meaningful to report today. 13:06 #spi: < bdale> [item 4, Treasurer's Report] 13:06 #spi: < bdale> Michael? 13:06 #spi: < schultmc> Standard report is in the agenda and has been e-mailed out. 13:06 #spi: < bdale> I know there was some discussion after last month's meeting about book-keepers, is there any progress to report? 13:06 #spi: < Hydroxide> luca: see latest minutes update we allowed up to 10 certs, but that was just intentional slight overkill to remove unnecessary round-trips with the board in case OFTC's needs had been stated imprecisely. /me stops distracting from the main meeting now. 13:06 #spi: < schultmc> I've contacted the bookkeeping firm in metro indy about working with SPI and haven't yet heard back from them. I'll call them in the next few days. 13:07 #spi: < bdale> ok 13:07 #spi: < schultmc> they may be busy due to the april 15 personal income tax deadline 13:07 #spi: < bdale> sure 13:07 #spi: < Hydroxide> speaking of which, are we on track with our tax year 2012 / calendar year 2013 filings? 13:07 #spi: * bdale filed early this year... 13:07 #spi: < schultmc> Hydroxide: yes 13:07 #spi: < Hydroxide> cool 13:08 #spi: < bdale> [item 5, Secretary's report] 13:08 #spi: < bdale> Jonathan? 13:08 #spi: < zobel> Martin Zobel-Helas 13:08 #spi: < Noodles> Nothing much from me. We had one mail through to officers@ about donating a monitor but I replied and said a project donation address was a better move. 13:08 #spi: < zobel> (internet is up since a few minutes at home!) 13:09 #spi: < zobel> sorry for being late. 13:09 #spi: < Noodles> I think it was in NY so all I could think of was Hydroxide ending up with it otherwise. 13:09 #spi: < Hydroxide> zobel: welcome back! 13:09 #spi: < bdale> yes, thanks, I didn't have any great thoughts about the monitor either 13:09 #spi: < Hydroxide> Noodles: haha :D 13:09 #spi: < bdale> it's a nice monitor, but not easy to move around 13:09 #spi: < bdale> anyway, thanks for handlign that 13:09 #spi: < bdale> [item 6, Outstanding minutes] 13:09 #spi: < bdale> Jonathan, I believe we have last month's to vote on today? 13:09 #spi: < Noodles> Yup, just a single set. 13:10 #spi: < Noodles> Voting started, 8 people (clint,hydroxide,ganneff,schultmc,bdale,noodles,solver,zobel) allowed to vote on Minutes for 14th March 2013 meeting. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 13:10 #spi: < Ganneff> !vote yes 13:10 #spi: < Clint> !vote yes 13:10 #spi: < Hydroxide> !vote yes 13:10 #spi: < Noodles> !vote yes 13:10 #spi: < bdale> !vote yes 13:10 #spi: < schultmc> !vote yes 13:10 #spi: < Solver> !vote yes 13:10 #spi: < zobel> !vote yes 13:10 #spi: < Noodles> Current voting results for "Minutes for 14th March 2013 meeting": Yes: 8, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Missing: 0 () 13:10 #spi: < Noodles> Voting for "Minutes for 14th March 2013 meeting" closed. 13:11 #spi: < bdale> thanks 13:11 #spi: < bdale> [item 7, Items up for discussion] 13:11 #spi: < bdale> [item 8, Any other business] 13:11 #spi: < bdale> Do any board members have other items for discussion they would like to address briefly? 13:11 #spi: < bdale> Ganneff: anything further to report on the CA front? 13:11 #spi: < Ganneff> well, there is that bit on the lists, but nothing much, nope 13:12 #spi: < Solver> so the verdict is it was too expensive? 13:12 #spi: < bdale> for the board's purposes, I think the only immediate action from last month was to get oftc the cert(s) they needed .. that's taken care of? 13:12 #spi: < Ganneff> (except that my personal experience with startssl is horrible. technical that is) 13:12 #spi: < Ganneff> yes 13:12 #spi: < Ganneff> i yelled a lot at that sh*t while doing it. 13:12 #spi: < Ganneff> so broken they are. 13:13 #spi: < bdale> Solver: yes, I think the verdict is too little benefit for too much money at this time for SPI to become a CA in the cartel's clutches/embrace/whatever 13:13 #spi: < Ganneff> anyways, yes, oftc has their stuff and is happy. doesnt look like we go on with intermediate ca for now 13:13 #spi: < Solver> bdale: agreed 13:13 #spi: < bdale> any other topics today? 13:13 #spi: < bdale> [item 9, Next board meeting] 13:13 #spi: < bdale> Our next regularly-scheduled monthly meeting would be 9 May 2013, 20:00 UTC. 13:13 #spi: < bdale> Any strong objections? 13:14 #spi: < zobel> 19:30 UTC? 13:14 #spi: < Ganneff> wfm 13:14 #spi: < zobel> or is that too early for Solver? 13:14 #spi: < Noodles> It ends up right in the middle of lunch time for me. 13:14 #spi: < Solver> that makes it 5:30am for me... 13:14 #spi: < Ganneff> 2200 (aka 20utc) is a fine time with son sleeping :) 13:14 #spi: < bdale> yeah, I think 20:00 is the best compromise 13:14 #spi: < zobel> okay. 13:14 #spi: < Ganneff> solver just needs to move 13:14 #spi: < Ganneff> to a more sane tz 13:14 #spi: * zobel shuts up. 13:14 #spi: < Solver> zobel: thanks :) 13:15 #spi: < Solver> one day :) 13:15 #spi: < Hydroxide> should be fine with me :) 13:15 #spi: < bdale> my apologies to everyone for the late start... 13:15 #spi: < Ganneff> Solver: one day each month. yes. 13:15 #spi: < bdale> Ok, thank you to everyone present for participating today. 13:15 #spi: < bdale> *GAVEL*