Board meeting, January 16th, 2007
Board members present
- Bdale Garbee (bdale) (President)
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Vice President)
- Neil McGovern (Maulkin) (Secretary)
- Ian Jackson (IanJackson)
- David Graham (cdlu)
- Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide)
- Branden Robinson (Overfiend)
- Martin Schulze (Joey)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- Josh Berkus (jberkus) (Treasurer)
Board members absent
- None
Board advisors present
- Robert Treat - PostgreSQL (xzilla)
Registered guests present
- Luk Clas (luk)
- Joshua Drake (linuxpoet)
- Joerg Jaspert (Ganneff)
- Kaare Thor Olsen (Kaare)
- Thijs Kinkhorst (kink)
- Greg Sabino Mullane (G_SabinoMullane)
- MJ Ray (slef)
- Mark Brown (broonie)
- Stuart Walsh (cryogen)
- Devrim Gunduz (devrimgunduz)
- Joe Nahmias (jello)
- Romain Francoise (ore)
- Julien Cristau (jcristau)
- David Fetter (davidfetter)
- Ken Coar (RoUS)
These are the draft minutes for the January 16th, 2007 SPI Board meeting, held at 19:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG
President's Report
The only significant thing to report is that I had a lengthy and detailed discussion with our legal counsel Gregory Pomerantz by phone, the details of which I reported on to the rest of the board by email. Various details from that call and the ensuing discussion will show up in various actions and reports.
Ian Jackson and Neil McGovern thanked Bdale for his work and excellent report.
Treasurer's Report
Branden Robinson resigned as Assistant Treasurer on 2007-01-05. I volunteered for Assistant Treasurer on 2007-01-05. On 2007-01-08 (date difference due to Post Office hours) Branden became the SPI Mail Clerk (in line with Josh's anti-malfeasance policies)
Robert Treat noted that although PostgreSQL are aware of the troubles with the financials, the PostgreSQL Fundraising Group is getting impatient.
Outstanding Minutes
Current status:
December 19th 2006 minutes have been raised for approval of the board.
Neil McGovern moved, seconded by Michael Schultheiss that Bdale Garbee and Branden Robinson should be marked absent with regrets for the December 19th 2006 meeting.
Motion to mark Bdale Garbee absent with regrets for December 19th, 2006 meeting
| Bdale Garbee | Abstain |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Neil McGovern | Yes |
| Ian Jackson | Yes |
| David Graham | Abstain |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Branden Robinson | Abstain |
| Martin Schulze | Abstain |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 4, No: 0, Abstain: 4.
Motion to mark Branden Robinson absent with regrets for December 19th, 2006 meeting
| Bdale Garbee | Abstain |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Neil McGovern | Yes |
| Ian Jackson | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Branden Robinson | Abstain |
| Martin Schulze | Abstain |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 5, No: 0, Abstain: 3.
Motion to accept the November 21st minutes, moved by Neil McGovern, seconded by Michael Schultheiss.
| Bdale Garbee | Abstain |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Neil McGovern | Yes |
| Ian Jackson | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Branden Robinson | Abstain |
| Martin Schulze | Abstain |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 5, No: 0, Abstain: 3.
Items up for discussion
Resolution 2006-04-03.jfsp.1: Debian trademark in Spain
Bdale notes:
I'm greatly pleased that we are finally ready to act on this long-standing issue, and thank our legal counsel for his advice which led to the proposed amendment.
Motion to approve amendment 2006-04-03.jfsp.1.jrk.1: Debian trademark in Spain (revised), moved by Neil McGovern, seconded by Jimmy Kaplowitz.
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Neil McGovern | Yes |
| Ian Jackson | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Branden Robinson | Yes |
| Martin Schulze | Yes |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 8, No: 0, Abstain: 0.
Motion to approve resolution 2006-04-03.jfsp.1.jrk.1 (as amended): Debian trademark in Spain, moved by Branden Robinson, seconded by Michael Schultheiss.
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Neil McGovern | Yes |
| Ian Jackson | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Branden Robinson | Yes |
| Martin Schulze | Yes |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 8, No: 0, Abstain: 0.
Resolution 2007-01-19.jmb.2: Moving SPI bank accounts
Motion to accept Resolution 2007-01-19.jmb.2, moved by Neil McGovern, seconded by Michael Schultheiss.
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Neil McGovern | Yes |
| Ian Jackson | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Branden Robinson | Yes |
| Martin Schulze | Yes |
Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 8, No: 0, Abstain: 0.
Resolution 2006-12-18.mjr.ijw.1: Member communications
This item was adjourned until the February board meeting.
Items from the DPL
Items 1-3 on this are resolved. Items 4 and 5 are awaiting data entry on the accounting system, and are being worked on.
Opensource.org report
Neil McGovern will prepare a summary report on the discussion by the board about resolution 2006-11-18.dbg.mjs.1: Open Source Initiative Domain, to be attached to the February minutes (if approved by the board).
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Friday 16th February, 2006 20:00 UTC.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
| Date elected | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| [2004-07-29] | Bdale Garbee | President |
| [2006-07-31] | Michael Schultheiss | Vice President |
| [2006-07-31] | Neil McGovern | Secretary |
| [2006-07-31] | Josh Berkus | Treasurer |
| [2004-07-29] | Branden Robinson | |
| [2004-02-20] | Jimmy Kaplowitz | |
| [2003-11-29] | David Graham | |
| [2003-11-29] | Ian Jackson | |
| [2003-11-29] | Martin "Joey" Schulze |
Appendix B: Approved Resolutions
- Resolution 2006-04-03.jfsp.1.jrk.1: Debian trademark in Spain
- Resolution 2007-01-19.jmb.2: Moving SPI bank accounts
Appendix C: Outstanding Items from the DPL
1) Response to concerns related to the acceptance of Sun Java into
non-free, see:
From: John Goerzen
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 18:28:22 -0500
Subject: Questions about Java license and related questions
Message-ID: <20060607232822.GA31686@katherina.lan.complete.org>
2) Response to concerns related to interaction between Debian developers
and citizens of embargoed countries, see:
From: Anthony Towns
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:47:49 +1000
Subject: Debian in embargoed countries
Message-ID: <20060609074749.GB1408@azure.humbug.org.au>
3) Response to concerns related to online harassment, see:
From: Steve Langasek
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 17:04:51 -0700
Subject: request for assistance with ongoing harassment
[debianwomenpassaway@yahoo.com: Debian women: please pass away.]
Message-ID: <20060610000450.GN13192@mauritius.dodds.net>
4) Precise accounting of funds held for the benefit of the Debian
project (my imprecise estimate is $0, split between -$50,000 for
debconf, and +$50,000 for misc debian use, which will obviously
only be useful when the HP money makes its way in)
5) Is there any sort of online/electronic report of donations from
Click & Pledge that can be made available?