Board meeting, July 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)
- Andrew Tridgell (tridge)
- Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- None
Board members absent
- Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
- Renee Phillips (Renee)
Board advisors present
- None
Registered guests present
- Martin Michlmayr (tbm)
- Niklas Laxström (Nikerabbit)
These are the minutes for the July 8th, 2019 SPI Annual General Meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG.
President's Report
On the monthly scale, this month has been pretty calm with regard to president activities. Looking back at the whole year, we've done a lot: 2-3 paid contracts helping us move a lot faster, an audit, many new projects, some departing ones. (The audit is a CPA financial audit initiated by us. No regulatory or other government agency is giving us problems.) And yes, some director and officer turnover. I should thank tbm once again for serving as president before me, and should note here that I am stepping down from the board at the end of this month (and as president in August) due to the rest of my life getting busy. Thanks and best wishes.
Treasurer's report
Tremendous thanks to Martin Michlmayr (tbm) for his work on SPI's treasury processes and his work with our CPA's firm on preparing for our financial audit. The audit materials were turned over to the auditor late last month. Also thank you to tbm for preparing our monthly reports and getting us caught up on reporting.
Secretary's report
We are in the nomination period for 3x board positions which are expiring this month. We have received a few nominations already.
Outstanding minutes
Vote on Minutes for Monday, 10th June 2019
| Luca Filipozzi | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| 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, 0 abstain.
Items up for discussion
Translatewiki as an associated project
The translatewiki project wishes to become an associated SPI project.
| Luca Filipozzi | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| 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, 0 abstain.
Any other business
There was no other business.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Monday August 12th, 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: Resolution 2019-07-08.lf.1: Translatewiki as an associated project
WHEREAS translatewiki.net is a substantial and significant Free Software project. Established in 2005, translatewiki.net is a translation community and a localisation platform for free and open source projects. It started out with localisation for MediaWiki. It now serves the localisation of tens of additional FOSS projects like Blockly, iNaturalist, MantisBT, and OpenStreetMap. The translatewiki.net community consists of thousands of volunteer translators, proficient in over 200 languages translating and updating tens of thousands of strings every month. The platform is based on MediaWiki. The translatewiki.net developers would like SPI's support and assistance, including taking donations. THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT translatewiki.net is formally invited to become an SPI Associated Project, according to the SPI Framework for Associated Projects, SPI Resolution 1998-11-16.iwj.1-amended-2004-08-10.iwj.1, a copy of which can be found at https://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/resolutions/2004/2004-08-10.iwj.1/ Niklas Laxström is recognized by SPI as the authoritative decision maker and SPI liaison for translatewiki.net. Successors will be appointed by the outgoing SPI liaison, or if the current SPI liaison is unavailable or refuses to appoint a successor, by majority vote of the translatewiki.net Core Team. If the last known SPI liaison for translatewiki.net is missing in action, and no new SPI liaison is appointed for two consecutive years the associated project is deemed defunct. In such a circumstance, the SPI Board will, in its good-faith discretion, proceed as follows: the Board will identify one or more other SPI associated projects or 501(c)(3) charities which can accept the project's assets and use them for a similar purpose, and transfer the assets to the identified destination or destinations as feasible. Assets for which no such transfer can be arranged within a reasonable time will become part of the SPI general fund. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is approved by the SPI Board. Acceptance of the invitation requires a majority vote of the translatewiki.net Core Team.