Board meeting, April 8th, 2019
Board members present
- Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide) (President)
- Luca Filipozzi (luca) (Vice President)
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Treasurer)
- Tim Potter (tpot) (Secretary)
- Stephen Frost (Snow-Man)
- Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
- Andrew Tridgell (tridge)
- Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- None
Board members absent
- None
Board advisors present
- None
Registered guests present
- Larry Rosenman (ler)
These are the minutes for the April 8th, 2019 SPI Board Meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG.
President's Report
During the last month, Martin Michlmayr resigned from the board. We thank him greatly for his service and wish him well in his future activities. He continues to work with us as a contractor. We also started working with Larry Rosenman (ler) as an IT contractor. Last, I'm working with Debian to figure out AWS and Azure accounts for cloud image publication, and with Jenkins and Linux Foundation and our legal counsel to facilitate asset transfers to their new Continuous Delivery Foundation in a way that meets our legal needs.
Treasurer's report
SPI released its 2018 Annual Report and monthly treasurer's reports for January - March, 2019. Many thanks to Martin Michlmayr for completing the reports and working on streamlining the treasury toolset. We have received a quote from a CPA for auditing SPI's 2018 financials and filing our 2018 federal and New York State tax forms. The quote is slightly higher than the original estimate but still within reason - I can sign the engagement letter this week.
Secretary's report
Voting has concluded on the bylaws vote but I'm frustratingly unable to see the result.
Outstanding minutes
Vote on Minutes for Monday, 11th February 2019
| Luca Filipozzi | Abstain |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Dimitri John Ledkov | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Abstain |
| Tim Potter | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Andrew Tridgell | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 6 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain and 0 missing.
Items up for discussion
Resolution 2019-04-05.jrk.1: Renee Phillips as interim director
| Luca Filipozzi | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Dimitri John Ledkov | Abstain |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Tim Potter | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Andrew Tridgell | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 7 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain and 0 missing.
Resolution 2019-02-12.mm.1: Removal of Torch as an associated project
| Luca Filipozzi | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Dimitri John Ledkov | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Tim Potter | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Andrew Tridgell | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain and 0 missing.
Any other business
Engagement of IT contractor
SPI has engaged the services of Larry Rosenman (ler) for migrating SPI's IT infrastructure from its current host to various cloud providers.
Resolution 2018-20-11.mm.1: Arch Linux 32 as associated project
Vote was delayed again until the next meeting in order to add sunset provision.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Monday, May 13th, 2019 at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
| Last elected | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Jimmy Kaplowitz | President |
| July 2018 | Luca Filipozzi | Vice President |
| July 2018 | Michael Schultheiss | Treasurer |
| July 2017 | Tim Potter | Secretary |
| July 2018 | Stephen Frost | |
| September 2018 | Dimitri John Ledkov | |
| April 2019 | Renee Phillips | |
| July 2017 | Andrew Tridgell | |
| July 2016 | Martin Zobel-Helas |
Appendix B: Resolutions
Resolution 2019-04-05.jrk.1: Renee Phillips as interim director
WHEREAS 1. A vacancy on the SPI board of directors exists due to the resignation of Martin Michlmayr. 2. Renee Phillips has sufficient time, interest, motivation, and experience to usefully assist SPI over the remainder of the current board term. 3. Renee is available to attend most or all of the remaining board meetings in the current term; and 4. Renee has confirmed that she is willing to accept this appointment; THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT 1. Renee Phillips is hereby appointed as an interim member of the SPI board of directors, beginning at the conclusion of the April 2019 board meeting and continuing until the conclusion of the July 2019 SPI board elections.
Resolution 2019-02-12.mm.1: Removal of Torch as an associated project
WHEREAS 1. Torch became an Associated Project of SPI in 2016. 2. Torch is no longer in active development and has been obsoleted by PyTorch. 3. PyTorch is not an Associated Project of SPI. 4. SPI holds no substantial funds and no other assets on behalf of Torch. THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT 1. Torch will be removed as an SPI Associated Project. 2. SPI will no longer actively seek donations on behalf of Torch. 3. All assets, including (without limitation) money and any future donations, held by SPI on behalf of Torch, will henceforth be moved to SPI's general fund. 4. This is subject to any undischarged obligations Torch may have. We are not aware of any such undischarged obligations. We ask anyone who is aware of any to notify us within 30 days of this resolution.