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/2007/2007-05-18.html 20:00 < cdlu> ohh, good timing 20:00 * slef kicks Maulkin until he bleeds 20:00 < slef> oops 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 < cdlu> David Graham 20:00 < Hydroxide> Jimmy Kaplowitz 20:00 < bdale> in the minutes of this meeting. 20:00 < bdale> Neil, please update us on known and tentative regrets. 20:00 < Maulkin> Neil McGovern 20:00 < schultmc> Michael Schultheiss 20:00 < bdale> Bdale Garbee 20:00 < Overfiend__> Branden Robinson 20:00 < cdlu> quorum! 20:00 < bdale> jberkus: ?? 20:00 < jberkus> Josh Berkus 20:00 < Overfiend__> looks like schultmc had firm regrets...he should be punished for his pessimism :) 20:01 < schultmc> firm? 20:01 * schultmc had tentative regrets :P 20:01 < Maulkin> schultmc sent regrets, but he's here 20:01 < bdale> anyone else? 20:01 < Maulkin> That's all I could find 20:01 < Overfiend__> oh, the agenda didn't say that 20:01 < Overfiend__> I was just going to go to Panera Bread if I had to 20:01 * cdlu /msg pings Joey who is not very idle 20:01 < Overfiend__> then again, come to think of it, etch is broken with the Intersil Prism wireless in my laptop 20:01 < Overfiend__> so I'd have been hosed :( 20:01 * Maulkin has also pinged him 20:01 < bdale> let's move on, since we're quorate 20:01 < bdale> [item 3, President's Report] 20:01 < bdale> Nothing new to report today. 20:02 < bdale> [item 4, Treasurer's Report] 20:02 < bdale> Josh? 20:02 < jberkus> one moment 20:02 < jberkus> I don't have the treasurer's report 20:03 < bdale> saw your email, didn't know if you had anything to say/add today? 20:03 < jberkus> my travel schedule has been more demanding than expected 20:03 < Overfiend__> er, scuse me, I was busy right up until the meeting and didn't have time to, er...you know 20:03 < Overfiend__> schultmc knows what's up mail-wise 20:03 < Overfiend__> brb 20:03 < jberkus> if it weren't for elections, I would promote the idea of transitioning to schultmc as treasurer sooner rather than later 20:04 < bdale> jberkus: I'm not sure I understand what that's election entangled? 20:04 < bdale> why, even 20:04 < jberkus> schultmc: is up for election 20:04 * schultmc is not 20:04 < jberkus> no? 20:04 < schultmc> officership is 20:04 < schultmc> board membership isn't 20:04 < cdlu> schultmc is one of the few not up for election :) 20:04 < jberkus> schultmc: let's talk about transitioning then ... off meeting 20:04 < bdale> would seem to make that easier then 20:04 < schultmc> jberkus: k 20:05 < jberkus> I'm not keeping up with records, and that's bad 20:05 < bdale> ok, perhaps we can formalize next meeting if that's the right thing to do? 20:05 < jberkus> sure 20:05 < bdale> ok, thanks. anything else today? 20:05 < cdlu> will we have quorum at debconf for an in-person meeting? 20:05 < schultmc> fwiw, we'll need to find a systems person to be VP 20:05 < jberkus> Neil's not running again? 20:06 < jberkus> cdlu: I won't be there 20:06 < Hydroxide> main thing about meeting at debconf is that we should make sure if we do it that people not in physical attendance (including non-directors) to attend virtually 20:06 * Maulkin is 20:06 < jberkus> cdlu: nor will I be able to dial in 20:06 < bdale> schultmc: good point. I guess it depends a bit on who runs for and gets elected to the board? speaking of which, when do we need to start that process? 20:06 < jberkus> ... well, depending on date 20:06 < schultmc> jberkus: you, me and neil were elected to a 3 year term last year 20:06 < jberkus> ok 20:06 < bdale> Hydroxide: one way to handle that might be irc on projector plus video feeds as per other sessions 20:06 < jberkus> good, some stability 20:06 < cdlu> with a microphone attached to an icecast feed or something 20:07 < Hydroxide> bdale: sure. there are definitely solutions possible. we should talk to the video team as Ganneff suggested last meeting 20:07 < bdale> ok, I gather we're done with treasurer discussion. 20:07 < jberkus> yes 20:07 < bdale> [item 5, Secretary's report] 20:07 < bdale> Neil? 20:07 < Maulkin> A mail from Giveline was received asking if we would be interested in their services. 20:07 < bdale> I don't recognize them offhand 20:08 < Maulkin> I forwarded this on to board, but Giveline don't seem to offer anything really positive for us 20:08 < jberkus> was this the one forwared? 20:08 < Maulkin> yup 20:08 < bdale> oh, right 20:08 < jberkus> I stand by my e-mail 20:08 < schultmc> another 501c3 i'm involved in also got contacted by Giveline 20:08 < jberkus> nobody has time to investigate them 20:08 < bdale> schultmc: good to know 20:08 < Maulkin> I've also *just* received a spi-trademark ctte report, but haven't even had time to read it yet. I'll be in next months agenda 20:08 < bdale> ok 20:09 < bdale> do we need to take any action here regarding giveline? 20:09 < Hydroxide> not in my opinion 20:09 < jberkus> I don't think so, there's no proposal before the board 20:09 < bdale> ok, good 20:09 < bdale> Maulkin: anything else? 20:09 < Maulkin> Well, I had a quick glance, and coudn't see any real advantages 20:09 < Overfiend__> back 20:09 < Maulkin> So no, IMO 20:09 < Maulkin> bdale: nope 20:09 < Maulkin> I'm done 20:09 < bdale> ok, thanks! 20:09 < bdale> but you're not really... 20:09 < bdale> [item 6, Spanish Trademark report] 20:09 < bdale> Neil? 20:10 < Maulkin> I've mailed Javier/Javier with offer of re-imbursements for expenses, nothing came back 20:10 < Maulkin> IanJackson also sent a mail out offering to meet up, as he'd be in madrid, but didn't hear anything 20:10 < bdale> ok, I'm tempted to suggest we take this off our recurring agenda until/unless something changes. opinions? 20:10 * Overfiend__ agrees 20:11 * schultmc agrees 20:11 < jberkus> concur 20:11 < Maulkin> I'm now of the opinion that we're not going to get anywhere unless we find someone else (for free, or paid) that we can use 20:11 * Maulkin agrees 20:11 * Hydroxide thinks we shouldn't lose site of it, though 20:11 < Hydroxide> *sight 20:11 < bdale> perhaps we can have some discussion with Spanish developers at Debconf about this, and determine if there's something more to be done then? 20:11 < Hydroxide> grr 20:11 < Maulkin> bdale: That would be good 20:11 * Maulkin is done 20:12 < bdale> ok, so pending decision on when we next meet, perhaps it stays on the agenda one more time. 20:12 < bdale> [item 7, Outstanding minutes] 20:12 < bdale> Neil, what's ready for us today? 20:12 < Maulkin> one set 20:12 < Maulkin> 5. April 20th, 2007 20:12 < Maulkin> (s/5. //) 20:12 < bdale> ok, I've reviewed them and am ready to vote. any discussion first? 20:12 * Hydroxide is ready 20:12 < cdlu> not here 20:12 * cdlu moves for a vote 20:12 * schultmc is ready 20:12 * schultmc seconds 20:12 < Maulkin> Voting started, 7 people (cdlu,hydroxide,maulkin,schultmc,bdale,overfiend__,jberkus) allowed to vote on Approve April 20th, 2007 minutes. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 20:12 * Overfiend__ is ready 20:12 < Hydroxide> !vote yes 20:12 < cdlu> !vote yes 20:12 < Overfiend__> !vote yes 20:12 < schultmc> !vote yes 20:12 < bdale> !vote yes 20:12 < Maulkin> !vote yes 20:12 < jberkus> !vote abstain 20:13 < Maulkin> Current voting results for "Approve April 20th, 2007 minutes": Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 1, Missing: 0 () 20:13 < Maulkin> Voting for "Approve April 20th, 2007 minutes" closed. 20:13 < Maulkin> Done. 20:13 < bdale> ok, thanks 20:13 < bdale> out of curiosity, is anything ever going to be done with the old log-only ones we're carryign on our agenda? 20:13 < cdlu> that's my responsibility that I need to stop putting off. 20:14 < bdale> cdlu: ok, get it done by Debconf, please? 20:14 < Overfiend__> after the elections, if someone seems more likely than you to actually get them converted to minutes, they might get elected to replace you as Secretary :) 20:14 < cdlu> heh 20:14 < cdlu> I haven't been secretary for a long time... reason for that. :) 20:14 * bdale tries to parse that, given who is sec 20:14 < cdlu> I don't wish two terms as any officer on anyone. :) 20:14 < Overfiend__> 'course, they have to be fool enough to nominate themselves :) 20:15 < bdale> ok, let's move on 20:15 < bdale> [item 8, Items up for discussion] 20:15 < bdale> [item 8.1, Debian Logo License] 20:15 < bdale> This is a continuation of the item from our last meeting. An hour or so ago, 20:15 < bdale> Sam Hocevar was on-channel and asked that we approve AJ's proposal today. 20:15 < bdale> Any discussion? 20:15 < Overfiend__> bdale: yeah, sorry, I brainfarted there, and I probably had pretzel syntax, too -- been getting worse about that. 20:16 < Maulkin> bdale: none from me 20:16 < Overfiend__> re: logo, no this is pretty much the proposal I'd been shopping on the wiki since last fall 20:16 * Hydroxide read it and is fine with it, as long as we approve it under the condition that it will only take effect once it has been cleared with Greg. (This was part of Sam's request too.) 20:16 * Maulkin nods 20:16 < bdale> yes, good point 20:16 * Hydroxide so moves, therefore. 20:16 < Overfiend__> fine by me. It looks like we'll actually have to ratify it before people bother to complain and provide feedback. 20:16 < Overfiend__> such is democracy 20:16 < Hydroxide> is there a second? 20:16 * Maulkin seconds 20:17 < bdale> ok, let's vote 20:17 < Maulkin> (just typing up vote line) 20:17 < Overfiend__> maybe we can get a good muckraking article from the press 20:17 < Maulkin> Voting started, 7 people (cdlu,hydroxide,maulkin,schultmc,bdale,overfiend__,jberkus) allowed to vote on Acknowledge Sam Hocevar's relicensing of the Debian Logos, to take effect if cleared by Greg. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 20:17 < Overfiend__> !vote yes 20:17 < Maulkin> !vote yes 20:17 < Hydroxide> !vote yes 20:17 < cdlu> !vote yes 20:17 < bdale> !vote yes 20:17 < schultmc> !vote yes 20:17 < Hydroxide> jberkus: ? 20:18 < jberkus> !vote yes 20:18 * bdale pokes Maulkin 20:18 < Maulkin> Current voting results for "Acknowledge Sam Hocevar's relicensing of the Debian Logos, to take effect if cleared by Greg": Yes: 7, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Missing: 0 () 20:18 < Maulkin> Voting for "Acknowledge Sam Hocevar's relicensing of the Debian Logos, to take effect if cleared by Greg" closed. 20:18 < Maulkin> (sorry) 20:18 < bdale> thanks, all. 20:18 < Maulkin> I can't count 20:18 -!- Joey [joey@luonnotar.infodrom.org] has joined #spi 20:18 < Overfiend__> hah 20:18 < Joey> Oops. 20:18 < bdale> Maulkin: will you take that to Greg, or do you want me to? 20:19 < Maulkin> bdale: If you could, that'l be great 20:19 < Overfiend__> Joey: all the voting is done; get outta here ;-) 20:19 < bdale> ok, I'll do so. 20:19 < Joey> Sorry folks, been late. Where are we.... Ohhhh 20:19 < Hydroxide> Joey: the only thing left on the agenda is determining when our next meeting is 20:19 < bdale> [item 9, Next board meeting] 20:19 < bdale> Neil, are we going with the 15th, or moving to the 22nd? I'm arriving in 20:19 < bdale> Edinburgh at 15:30 local time, which I assume means I'd be able to be online 20:19 < bdale> by our normal meeting time on the 15th... 20:19 < Overfiend__> Joey: past agenda item 7 20:19 * Joey sighs 20:19 < Overfiend__> sorry, I meant 8. I can't count, either. 20:19 < Maulkin> Quick show of hands: who can't make the 22nd? 20:19 * schultmc will be in Edinburgh on the 22nd 20:19 < Hydroxide> I'm traveling on the 15th as well 20:19 * bdale will be in EDI on either date 20:19 < Hydroxide> or at least the evening of the 15th 20:19 < jberkus> checking, hold on 20:19 < Hydroxide> I can do the 22nd 20:19 < schultmc> i arrive early on the 17th, leave early on the 24th 20:19 * cdlu will be available in person on the 22nd 20:20 * Maulkin can do wither 20:20 < Maulkin> *either 20:20 * Overfiend__ will be stuck in the U.S. on both dates :) 20:20 < Hydroxide> Overfiend__: sad :( 20:20 < Maulkin> I'd suggest the 22nd, unless there's anyone here who can make the 15th, but not make the 22nd 20:20 < bdale> let's wait for jberkus 20:20 < schultmc> speaking of Debconf, Maulkin and bdale, I could use your help w/ the SPI talk 20:20 < jberkus> I can't make the 22nd 20:20 < bdale> jberkus: can you make the 15th? 20:21 < jberkus> yes 20:21 < bdale> ok, so I guess we miss one person either date? 20:21 < bdale> might be easiest to do this on the 15th and keep it an IRC-mostly event, separate from the in-person session schultmc has organized that we should all attend if we're present 20:21 < Joey> 22nd is not good for me. 20:22 < Overfiend__> bdale: I think that's a good idea 20:22 < Hydroxide> Joey: is the 15th? 20:22 < Maulkin> ok 20:22 < Maulkin> Seems good 20:22 < cdlu> if it's the 15th these are my regrets. 20:22 < Overfiend__> IME IRC meetings while debconf is in progress are difficult 20:22 < Joey> Hydroxide: Not good either :( 20:22 < cdlu> can we make it a non-friday? 20:22 < Maulkin> Sure 20:22 < Maulkin> If you want :P 20:22 < cdlu> how about the 18th? :) 20:22 < Joey> cdlu: fine with me in general. 20:22 < jberkus> 18th is ok 20:22 < bdale> what day is that? a monday? 20:22 < Overfiend__> it'd have to be earlier than the 15th, wouldn't it? aren't lots of people in transit to Edinburgh about then? 20:22 < cdlu> monday ya 20:22 < Overfiend__> just guessing 20:23 < Hydroxide> well, on the 15th, 1900 UTC should be OK for me, even though I'm traveling that day, since my flight doesn't leave until seven hours later 20:23 < cdlu> 15th is bad because I'll be in transit 20:23 < Joey> 18th could be ok for me 20:23 < Maulkin> 18th? 20:23 < Maulkin> Objections for 18th? :) 20:23 < Overfiend__> 18th is fine for me. 20:23 < Hydroxide> 18th also works (I'll be at DebConf) 20:23 < cdlu> going once 20:23 * Maulkin wants to beat the record :P 20:23 < schultmc> 18th works for me (I'll be at Debconf also) 20:23 < christel> you'll all be delightfully jetlagged :) 20:23 < bdale> ok, the 18th it is then 20:23 * cdlu notes 18th was totally arbitrary 20:23 < cdlu> but if it works I'm fine with it :) 20:23 < Hydroxide> 19:00 UTC still? 20:23 < Overfiend__> cdlu: it's the best kind :) 20:23 < Hydroxide> (note that's 20:00 DebConf time) 20:23 < bdale> Hydroxide: yes 20:23 < cdlu> 19:00 UTC will be 20:00 there 20:23 < Maulkin> 19:00UTC is fine by me 20:24 < Hydroxide> ok 20:24 < cdlu> whic is good, won't conflict with anything but the pub. 20:24 < bdale> we're done? 20:24 < Hydroxide> :) 20:24 < Maulkin> 18th it is then :) 20:24 * Hydroxide thinks we're done 20:24 < Maulkin> (quick :P) 20:24 < Overfiend__> Hydroxide: British Summer Time, thankyouverymuch 20:24 < bdale> Ok, thank you to everyone present for participating today. Until next time! 20:24 < bdale> *GAVEL*