12:01 #spi: < bdale> *GAVEL* 12:01 #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. 12:01 #spi: < bdale> Today's agenda can be found on the web at: http://www.spi-inc.org/meetings/agendas/2014/2014-01-09/ 12:01 #spi: < bdale> [item 2, Roll Call] 12:01 #spi: < bdale> Board members, please state your name for the record. As we have nine board members, quorum for today's meeting is six. 12:01 #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. 12:01 #spi: < Noodles> Jonathan McDowell 12:01 #spi: < schultmc> Michael Schultheiss 12:01 #spi: < Solver> Robert Brockway 12:01 #spi: < bdale> Bdale Garbee 12:01 #spi: < Noodles> I've had regrets from Ganneff and Hydroxide. 12:01 #spi: < zobel> Martin Zobel-Helas 12:02 #spi: < Noodles> Clint? 12:02 #spi: < Noodles> linuxhiker? 12:03 #spi: < Clint> Clint Adams 12:03 #spi: < bdale> cool .. quorum met 12:04 #spi: < bdale> [item 3, President's Report] 12:04 #spi: < bdale> I'm in Perth, Western Australia, this week attending Linux Conf Australia 2014. It has, as usual, been an excellent conference. 12:04 #spi: < bdale> Also, since I mentioned it here when it started last September, I will also mention in passing that my consulting engagement with Samsung has now concluded. 12:04 #spi: < bdale> [item 4, Treasurer's Report] 12:04 #spi: < bdale> Michael? 12:04 #spi: < schultmc> September 2013 report is in the agenda. Still working on the backlog and working with the bookkeeper. Negative balance for ankur.or.in is due to cash accounting method (awaiting funds from Google Summer of Code - posted in December 2013). Nothing further. 12:05 #spi: < bdale> [item 5, Secretary's report] 12:05 #spi: < bdale> Jonathan? 12:05 #spi: < Noodles> Nothing from me. 12:06 #spi: < bdale> [item 6, Outstanding minutes] 12:06 #spi: < bdale> Jonathan, I believe we have last month's to vote on today? 12:06 #spi: < Noodles> Yup. 12:06 #spi: < Noodles> Voting started, 6 people (bdale,clint,noodles,schultmc,solver,zobel) allowed to vote on Meeting minutes for Thursday 12th December 2013. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now. 12:06 #spi: < Noodles> !vote yes 12:06 #spi: < Solver> !vote yes 12:06 #spi: < schultmc> !vote yes 12:06 #spi: < zobel> !vote yes 12:06 #spi: < Clint> !vote yes 12:06 #spi: < bdale> !vote abstain 12:06 #spi: < Noodles> Current voting results for "Meeting minutes for Thursday 12th December 2013": Yes: 5, No: 0, Abstain: 1, Missing: 0 () 12:06 #spi: < Noodles> Voting for "Meeting minutes for Thursday 12th December 2013" closed. 12:06 #spi: < bdale> [item 7, Items up for discussion] 12:06 #spi: < bdale> None on the agenda this month. 12:06 #spi: < bdale> [item 8, Any other business] 12:06 #spi: < bdale> Do any board members have other items for discussion they would like to address briefly? 12:07 #spi: < jberkus> schultmc: is there something I should do on the bookeeper stuff? 12:07 #spi: < linuxhiker> Joshua D. Drake 12:07 #spi: < zobel> i just would like to know where debian admin requests to SPI should go to. we need DNS foo updated.... 12:07 #spi: < jberkus> bdale: credit card issues, briefly 12:07 #spi: < linuxhiker> Sorry... I made it, if 7 minutes late 12:07 #spi: < schultmc> jberkus: brian had a list of questions - once we get those answered we should be able to get several months of reports from him. 12:08 #spi: < jberkus> schultmc: right, are any of those questions I can answer? 12:08 #spi: < bdale> linuxhiker: welcome 12:08 #spi: < linuxhiker> bdale: thanks, I was actually here just dealing with a last minute kitchen snafu. 12:08 #spi: < schultmc> jberkus: possibly - I'll take a look after the meeting. 12:08 #spi: < Solver> Brian is the bookkeeper? (I assume you do not mean bgupta) 12:09 #spi: < schultmc> Solver: yes - sorry for the confusion 12:09 #spi: < Solver> np. thanks for clarifying 12:09 #spi: < bdale> zobel: probably Ganneff on your question? 12:10 #spi: < zobel> i want the rt queue address. 12:10 #spi: < zobel> that is all. 12:10 #spi: < schultmc> zobel: admin@spi-inc.org (or admin@rt.spi-inc.org) 12:10 #spi: < zobel> weasel: ^ there 12:10 #spi: < bdale> cool 12:10 #spi: < bdale> jberkus: what about credit cards? 12:10 #spi: < weasel> thanks 12:11 #spi: * bdale waves at weasel 12:11 #spi: < weasel> (hi there) 12:11 #spi: < jberkus> bdale: in the December meeting I brought up that Click&Pledge had become an unreliable provider 12:11 #spi: < bdale> right 12:11 #spi: < jberkus> I had not had time to do anything about switching providers since that meeting, and it is unlikely that I will have time before the next meeting. 12:12 #spi: < jberkus> if a Board member wants to take ownership of this, I'd be more than happy to turn it over to them. 12:13 #spi: < bdale> do we have a new provider selected, or is that the question? 12:13 #spi: < bgupta> how urgent is it? 12:13 #spi: < jberkus> that's one of the questions 12:14 #spi: < jberkus> bgupta: we are having ongoing issues with C&P and CC fraud 12:14 #spi: * schultmc placed a block on the country that the vast majority of fraudulent charges are coming from 12:14 #spi: < bdale> schultmc: seems reasonable 12:14 #spi: < jberkus> which, among other things, has forced us to block donations from Ireland 12:14 #spi: < schultmc> but I agree we should find a better provider 12:14 #spi: < bdale> ok 12:15 #spi: < bdale> I'm having good luck with the provider for a web store I run, but I haven't thought at all about whether they'd be good as a provider to SPI 12:15 #spi: < linuxhiker> jberkus: bdale: schultmc: I can review half a dozen providers and post a list, but I need a set of requirements 12:15 #spi: < jberkus> bdale: whom are you using? 12:15 #spi: < bdale> braintree 12:16 #spi: < bdale> who are apparently on the path to being acquired by paypal at this point, sadly 12:16 #spi: < jberkus> the majority of the work is picking 1-2 new providers, setting up the account, and getting our projects transitioned over 12:16 #spi: < linuxhiker> bdale: they are one of my customers, it is sad :( 12:17 #spi: < jberkus> linuxhiker: I'd like to also dump PaySimple. there's no reason we should be paying $30/month for CC services today. 12:17 #spi: < bdale> ouch 12:17 #spi: < bdale> jberkus: can you put this in email to linuxhiker and me? I don't really have time in Jan, but I'll make some to help. 12:17 #spi: < jberkus> sure 12:17 #spi: < linuxhiker> jberkus: that may be a legacy issue (not saying I have a problem with it). Meaning that a phone call may get us more cost effectiveness with them 12:17 #spi: < bdale> ok, let's do that then 12:18 #spi: < bdale> any other topics? 12:18 #spi: < Solver> last month we passed a resolution to open new bank accounts 12:18 #spi: < Solver> just wondering if there was any progess there. given the time of year there may not be but I thought I'd ask 12:18 #spi: < schultmc> no progress yet 12:19 #spi: < Solver> np thanks 12:19 #spi: < schultmc> I can open the account once the bank has been selected 12:19 #spi: < bdale> anyone working on the selection process? 12:20 #spi: < jberkus> I am not 12:20 #spi: < schultmc> jberkus and I need to find one that doesn't require us both to physically be in a branch to open an account 12:20 #spi: < bdale> oic 12:20 #spi: < schultmc> us bank was mentioned 12:20 #spi: < jberkus> or require any 3 board members to be 12:20 #spi: < jberkus> schultmc: US Bank has that issue 12:20 #spi: < schultmc> there's a us bank about 50 miles from here 12:21 #spi: < bdale> can you guys make time in the next month to progress on this topic? 12:21 #spi: < schultmc> sure 12:21 #spi: < jberkus> bdale: I cannot. 12:21 #spi: < Noodles> Does jberkus + other board member in a bank help or is it a signatory thing? 12:21 #spi: < schultmc> there's about 5 different banks near my work 12:21 #spi: < jberkus> Noodles: it's a signatory thing 12:21 #spi: < schultmc> I can contact them about their procedures 12:21 #spi: < bdale> schultmc: ok, if you can do a first pass survey, maybe we can at least narrow this down 12:21 #spi: < schultmc> will do 12:21 #spi: < bdale> thanks 12:21 #spi: < bdale> anything else? 12:21 #spi: < jberkus> schultmc: the other criteria is that they need to allow us to disable overdraft protection 12:22 #spi: < bdale> [item 9, Next board meeting] 12:22 #spi: < bdale> Our next regularly-scheduled monthly meeting would be 13 February 2014, 20:00 UTC. 12:22 #spi: < bdale> Any strong objections? 12:23 #spi: < bdale> Ok, thank you to everyone present for participating today. 12:23 #spi: < bdale> *GAVEL*