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2005-11-15
Board meeting agenda
This is the proposed agenda for the Board meeting of November 15th, 2005, to be held at 19:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.
- Opening
- Roll call
- David Graham may not be able to make it
- President's report (John Goerzen)
- Treasurer's report (Jimmy Kaplowitz)
- Outstanding minutes
- June 21st, 2005
- Annual meeting: July 1st, 2005 (log only)
- July 26th, 2005 (log only)
- August 16th, 2005 (log only)
- October 4th, 2005 (log only)
- October 18th, 2005 (log only)
- Items up for discussion:
- Tax filing and book keeping status (Jimmy)
- Debian Core Consortium related issues (Mako)
- OFTC election results (cdlu)
- Debian website copyright issues (Tommi Vainikainen) [see appendix]
- Nessus fork project membership: OpenVAS (see also openvas.org(Tim Brown ([machine]))
- Next board meeting: Tuesday, December 20th, 2005 (John Goerzen)
Discussion appendix
Item 6.4:
Hello,
I don't know if someone else has draw your attention to Debian's web
page license, which is currently non-free Open Publication License.
To change license to something that fits Debian's definition of free,
there is SPI's board's attention needed because SPI has copyright for
Debian's web pages even though no FSF style paperwork has been done.
I'm a bit unsure about how much SPI board cares about Debian
internals, but maybe you want to discuss about this?
This issue has been reported as a bug, please see:
Resolutions
Treasurer's Report(s)
Adjusted Treasurer's Report for July 2005
Software in the Public Interest Financial Data (Adjusted)
=========================================================
This report has been adjusted in mid-November 2005 to take
into account the Q2 2005 performance of the AmEx Financial
Advisors account, which was made available to me by Branden
only in late October 2005. No other substantive changes have
been made. The entire quarter corresponding to the Q2 2005
statement is reflected in this report, despite it covering a
period of three months, as was done in the April 2005
report.
This report uses a cash-based method of accounting,
recording donations when deposited (not when the check was
written or received by us) and recording expenses when sent
or scheduled for payment (not when incurred). Network for
Good processing fees are no longer listed, both to avoid
confusion and since they are already subtracted out from our
check before we ever receive it. The specifics of the income
and expenses summarized here will be detailed in one or more
separate "BANK:" mails or snail mail reports.
Profit/Loss July 1 2005 - July 31 2005
Ordinary Income/Expense
Income
Donations
Unrestricted 10.00
Total Donations 10.00
AXP Cash Management Fund Income 227.41[1]
Total Income 237.41
Expense
DebConf5 Reimbursement (8,741.70)[2]
Purchase of SPI Checks (26.62)
Total Expense (8,768.32)
Net Ordinary Income (8,530.91)
Net Income (8,530.91)
Balance Sheet as of July 31, 2005
ASSETS
Current Assets
First IB Checking
Known Debian Earmark (non-DebConf5) 2,262.15
Known DebConf5 Earmark 13,258.30
Known GNOME Earmark 20.00
Known Unrestricted Earmark 1,213.07
Earmark to be Determined 12,258.78
Total First IB Checking 29,012.30
AmEx Financial Advisors Acct
Earmark to be Determined 40,110.03
Total AmEx Financial Advisors Acct 40,110.03
Total Current Assets 69,122.33
TOTAL ASSETS 69,122.33
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Equity
Retained Earnings 77,653.24
Net Income (8,530.91)
Total Equity 69,122.33
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 69,122.33
- Jimmy Kaplowitz, SPI Treasurer
treasurer@spi-inc.org
[1] This is current as of July 13, the closing date of our most recent AmEx
statement, and covers the period from April 14 through then.
[2] According to our online banking information, $2,813.80 of this was
withdrawn from our account in July and $5,927.90 of this was withdrawn in
August. All of these reimbursements were distributed as US checks during
DebConf5 (quite an improvement from past years!), and so are listed in the
July report in accordance with the paragraph at the top of this message.
Adjusted Treasurer's Report for August 2005
Software in the Public Interest Financial Data (Adjusted)
=========================================================
This report has been adjusted in mid-November 2005 to take
into account the Q2 2005 performance of the AmEx Financial
Advisors account, which was made available to me by Branden
only in late October 2005. That income was reported in the
adjusted July 2005 report, and therefore the only
substantive changes here are to the size of assets in the
AmEx account and to the total size of assets.
This report uses a cash-based method of accounting,
recording donations when deposited (not when the check was
written or received by us) and recording expenses when sent
or scheduled for payment (not when incurred). Network for
Good processing fees are no longer listed, both to avoid
confusion and since they are already subtracted out from our
check before we ever receive it.
Profit/Loss August 1 2005 - August 31 2005
Ordinary Income/Expense
Income
Donations
Total Donations 0.00[1]
Total Income 0.00
Expense
OASIS membership (Debian earmark) (1,000.00)
CSC services fee (SPI earmark) (173.77)
Bookkeeper retainer fee (SPI earmark) (1,000.00)
Total Expense (2,173.77)[2]
Net Ordinary Income (2,173.77)
Net Income (2,173.77)
Balance Sheet as of August 31, 2005
ASSETS
Current Assets
First IB Checking
Known Debian Earmark (non-DebConf5) 1,262.15[1]
Known DebConf5 Earmark 13,258.30
Known GNOME Earmark 20.00
Known Unrestricted Earmark 39.30[1]
Earmark to be Determined 12,258.78
Total First IB Checking 26,838.53
AmEx Financial Advisors Acct
Earmark to be Determined 40,110.03
Total AmEx Financial Advisors Acct 40,110.03
Total Current Assets 66,948.56
TOTAL ASSETS 66,948.56
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Equity
Retained Earnings 69,122.33
Net Income (2,173.77)
Total Equity 66,948.56
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 66,948.56
- Jimmy Kaplowitz, SPI Treasurer
treasurer@spi-inc.org
[1] These numbers appear artificially low because no deposits were made
(aside from a $10 deposit by me) during the months of July and August,
and some or all donations received in June had not been deposited by the
end of August. Branden has now made deposits for June, July, and August
totaling over $3000, but since these were done in early September they
will show up on the next report instead of this one.
[2] According to our online banking information, $2,813.80 of the DebConf5
reimbursements paid so far was withdrawn from our account in July and $5,927.90
of this was withdrawn in August. All of these reimbursements were distributed
as US checks during DebConf5 (quite an improvement from past years!), and so
are listed in the July report in accordance with the paragraph second from the
top of this message.
Treasurer's Report for September 2005
Software in the Public Interest Financial Data
==============================================
This report uses a cash-based method of accounting,
recording donations when deposited (not when the check was
written or received by us) and recording expenses when sent
or scheduled for payment (not when incurred). Network for
Good processing fees are no longer listed, both to avoid
confusion and since they are already subtracted out from our
check before we ever receive it.
Profit/Loss September 1 2005 - September 30 2005
Ordinary Income/Expense
Income
Donations
Debian 2,552.68
GNU TeXmacs 9.70
Unrestricted 764.10
Total Donations 3,326.48
Total Income 3,326.48
Expense
Total Expense 0.00
Net Ordinary Income 3,326.48
Net Income 3,326.48
Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2005
ASSETS
Current Assets
First IB Checking
Known Debian Earmark (non-DebConf5) 3,814.83
Known DebConf5 Earmark 13,258.30
Known GNOME Earmark 20.00
Known GNU TeXmacs Earmark 9.70
Known Unrestricted Earmark 803.40
Earmark to be Determined 12,258.78
Total First IB Checking 30,165.01
AmEx Financial Advisors Acct
Earmark to be Determined 40,110.03
Total AmEx Financial Advisors Acct 40,110.03
Total Current Assets 70,275.04
TOTAL ASSETS 70,275.04
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Equity
Retained Earnings 66,948.56
Net Income 3,326.48
Total Equity 70,275.04
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 70,275.04
Treasurer's Report for October 2005
Software in the Public Interest Financial Data
==============================================
This report uses a cash-based method of accounting,
recording donations when deposited (not when the check was
written or received by us) and recording expenses when sent
or scheduled for payment (not when incurred). Network for
Good processing fees are no longer listed, both to avoid
confusion and since they are already subtracted out from our
check before we ever receive it. We now have Q3 2005 data
for our Ameriprise Financial account (with income from the
RVS Cash Management fund)[1], which is included in October's
report despite it covering a period of three months.
Profit/Loss October 1 2005 - October 31 2005
Ordinary Income/Expense
Income
RVS Cash Management Fund Income 283.23[1][2]
Total Income 283.23[3]
Expense
Bookkeeper fees (SPI earmark) (120.00)
FirstIB statement fees (SPI earmark) (9.00)
CSC representation services (SPI earmark) (299.00)
Providence PO box renewal (SPI earmark) (34.00)
Miscellaneous treasurer costs (SPI earmark) (14.26)
Total Expense (476.26)
Net Ordinary Income (193.03)
Net Income (193.03)
Balance Sheet as of October 31, 2005
ASSETS
Current Assets
First IB Checking
Known Debian Earmark (non-DebConf5) 3,814.83
Known DebConf5 Earmark 13,258.30
Known GNOME Earmark 20.00
Known GNU TeXmacs Earmark 9.70
Known Unrestricted Earmark 327.14
Earmark to be Determined 12,258.78
Total First IB Checking 29,688.75
Ameriprise Financial Acct
Earmark to be Determined 40,393.26
Total Ameriprise Financial Acct 40,393.26[1]
Total Current Assets 70,082.01
TOTAL ASSETS 70,082.01
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
Equity
Retained Earnings 70,275.04
Net Income (193.03)
Total Equity 70,082.01
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 70,082.01
- Jimmy Kaplowitz, SPI Treasurer
treasurer@spi-inc.org
[1] Ameriprise Financial used to be American Express Financial Advisors. The
RVS Cash Management Fund used to be the AXP Cash Management Fund. Aren't
corporate spin-offs fun?
[2] This is current as of October 13, the closing date of our most recent
Ameriprise statement, and covers the period from July 14 through then.
[3] Again, keep in mind that the lack of donations listed only means we did
not deposit any donations in October, not that we received none. Reread the
first paragraph of this report if this is unclear.