2009-07-08
This is the proposed agenda for the Annual Board meeting of Wednesday, May 20th, 2009, to be held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.
- Opening
- Roll call (Tentative regrets from Luk Claes; definite regrets from David Graham)
- President's report (Bdale Garbee)
- Treasurer's report (Michael Schultheiss)
- Secretary's report (Jimmy Kaplowitz)
- Outstanding minutes
- Neil's responsibility
- June 18th, 2008
- July 2nd, 2008 (annual meeting)
- August 20th, 2008
- Jimmy's responsibility
- Neil's responsibility
- Items up for discussion:
- SPI Board Elections
- Reminder about nominations
- Status check on voting software
- Resolution 2009-07-06.jrk.1.bg.1: Open64 as associated project (see below)
- Resolution 2009-07-06.jrk.2: OSUNIX as associated project (see below)
- SPI Board Elections
- Any other business
- Next board meeting - Set a date or leave to next board? Special-purpose meeting to pick officers or general-purpose?
President's Report
(none)
Treasurer's Report
This report uses a cash-based method of accounting, recording donations when deposited (not when the check was written or received by us) and recording expenses when sent or scheduled for payment (not when incurred). Income Statement for the Period June 01, 2009 - June 30, 2009 Income Ordinary Income Debian 1,520.53 Gallery 70.00 OpenOffice.org 1,371.26 PostgreSQL 893.26 Privoxy 30.00 SPI General 410.64 SPI 5% 151.50 The HeliOS Project 405.00 Total Ordinary Income 4,852.19 -------- Interest Income Key Bank Money Mkt Savings 39.69 Total Interest Income 39.69 ----- Gross Income 4,891.88 -------- Expenses Ordinary Expenses Debian Processing Fees 58.90 SPI 5% 13.03 Total Debian Exp 71.92 ----- Gallery Processing Fees 1.89 SPI 5% 3.50 Total Gallery Exp 5.39 ---- OpenOffice.org (OO.o) Processing Fees 54.25 SPI 5% 68.56 Total OO.o Exp 122.81 ------ PostgreSQL Processing Fees 28.97 SPI 5% 44.66 Total PostgreSQL Exp 73.63 ----- Privoxy Processing Fees 1.20 SPI 5% 1.50 Total Privoxy Exp 2.70 ---- SPI PaySimple Monthly Fee 29.95 Transaction Fees 23.55 Total SPI Exp 53.50 ----- The HeliOS Project Exp Reimbursements 617.09 Total HeliOS Exp 617.09 ------ Total Expenses 947.04 ------ Net Income 3,944.84 ======== Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2009 ASSETS Current Assets Key Business Reward Checking 24,422.19 Key Business Signature Money Market Savings 193,209.12 Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Acct 13,389.51 Total Current Assets 231,020.82 TOTAL ASSETS 231,020.82 LIABILITIES & EQUITY General and current liabilities 0.00 Equity Reserves held in trust Debian Earmark 142,814.60 Drupal Earmark 2,650.00 Freedesktop.org Earmark 1,466.88 Gallery Earmark 6,069.48 GNU TeXmacs Earmark 9.70 Madwifi.org Earmark 1,248.90 OpenOffice.org Earmark 4,094.71 Open Voting Foundation Earmark 65.52 Plan 9 Earmark 6,500.00 PostgreSQL Earmark 30,463.43 Privoxy Earmark 40.00 Tux4Kids Earmark 1,865.05 The HeliOS Project (396.23) Total held in trust 197,288.27 General reserves 33,732.55 Total Equity 231,020.82 TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 231,020.82
Secretary's report
Neil McGovern, a current board member who is vacating his seat at the conclusion of the currently ongoing SPI election, has kindly agreed to run this election. Also, contributing members were asked for feedback regarding Open64 and OSUNIX as potential new projects. A small amount of positive feedback was received and no negative feedback was received.
Resolution 2009-07-06.jrk.1.bg.1: Open64 as associated project (proposed)
WHEREAS 1. Open64 is a substantial and useful open source project. 2. Open64 would like SPI's support and assistance, including taking donations. THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT 3. Open64 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 4. The Open64 Steering Committee acting by consensus resolution is recognized as the authoritative decision maker for Open64, and C. Bergström is recognized by SPI as the current designated liaison for Open64. 5. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted by the Open64 Steering Committee, 60 days after it is approved by the SPI Board.
Resolution 2009-07-06.jrk.2: OSUNIX as associated project (proposed)
WHEREAS 1. OSUNIX is a substantial and useful open source project. 2. OSUNIX would like SPI's support and assistance, including taking donations. THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT 3. OSUNIX 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 4. Currently, C. Bergström is recognised by SPI as the current authoritative decision maker and SPI liaison for OSUNIX. The SPI Board expresses its desire for C. Bergström to clarify the governance structure of OSUNIX to the Board, which structure the Board will recognize as it would any other instruction from an associated project. 5. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is approved by the SPI Board.