Board meeting, September 16th, 2009
Board members present
- Bdale Garbee (bdale) (President)
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Treasurer)
- Joerg Jaspert (Ganneff) (Vice President)
- Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide)
- David Graham (cdlu)
- Jonathan McDowell (Noodles)
- Joshua Drake (linuxpoet)
Board members partially present
- Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel) (Secretary)
Board members absent with regrets
- None
Board members absent
- Luk Claes
Board advisers present
- None
Registered guests present
- Neil McGovern (Maulkin)
- Bill Allombert (yp17)
- Kåre Thor Olsen (Kaare)
- Greg Sabino Mullane (G_SabinoMullane)
These are the minutes for the September 16th, 2009 SPI Board meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG
President's Report
(none)
Treasurer's Report
Michael Schultheiss provided the following financial reports for August 2009.
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 August 01, 2009 - August 31, 2009
Income
Ordinary Income
Debian 4,005.00
Gallery 170.00
OpenOffice.org 760.00
PostgreSQL 4,000.00
SPI General 226.40
SPI 5% 122.50
The HeliOS Project 155.00
Total Ordinary Income 9,438.90
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Dividend Income
Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Fund 8.13 [1]
Total Dividend Income 8.13
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Interest Income
Key Bank Money Mkt Savings 29.15
Total Interest Income 29.15
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Gross Income 9,476.18
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Expenses
Ordinary Expenses
Debian
DC9 Formal Dinner 8,297.00
HDD for master.d.o 124.63
Postage 5.65
Processing Fees 103.60
SPI 5% 18.25
Travel Reimbursement 15,307.03
Total Debian Exp 23,856.16
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Gallery
Processing Fees 4.59
SPI 5% 8.50
Total Gallery Exp 13.09
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OpenOffice.org (OO.o)
Processing Fees 27.20
SPI 5% 38.00
Total OO.o Exp 65.20
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PostgreSQL
OSCON Expenses 4,807.64
Processing Fees 27.00
SPI 5% 50.00
Total PostgreSQL Exp 4,884.64
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SPI
PaySimple Monthly Fee 29.95
Transaction Fees 17.90
Total SPI Exp 47.85
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The HeliOS Project
Processing Fees 6.20
SPI 5% 7.75
Total HeliOS Exp 13.95
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Total Expenses 28,880.89
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Net Income (19,404.71)
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[1] This dividend income includes all dividend income since the last
time the Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Fund balance was reconciled and was not
all earned during this period
Balance Sheet as of August 31, 2009
ASSETS
Current Assets
Key Business Reward Checking 43,064.65
Key Business Signature Money Market Savings 132,489.98
Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Acct 13,397.64
Total Current Assets 188,952.27
TOTAL ASSETS 188,952.27
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
General and current liabilities 0.00
Equity
Reserves held in trust
Debian Earmark 98,075.02
Drupal Earmark 2,650.00
Freedesktop.org Earmark 1,480.53
Gallery Earmark 6,262.79
GNU TeXmacs Earmark 9.70
Madwifi.org Earmark 1,364.47
OpenOffice.org Earmark 5,582.12
Open Voting Foundation Earmark 67.34
Plan 9 Earmark 6,500.00
PostgreSQL Earmark 30,360.98
Privoxy Earmark 40.00
Tux4Kids Earmark 1,865.05
The HeliOS Project 175.61
Total held in trust 154,433.61
General reserves 34,518.66
Total Equity 188,952.27
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 188,952.27
Secretary's Report
Open64's invitation to join SPI lapsed without being accepted.
Outstanding Minutes
Due to Jimmy Kaplowitz being busy preparing a presentation for the NYLUG there were no meeting minutes from August's meeting to approve.
Items up for discussion
SPI resolution 2009-09-16.mcs.1 (Establishing an additional SPI bank account)
Michael reported that banks like to see a resolution authorizing bank account openings.
Vote on resolution 2009-09-16.mcs.1
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Yes |
| Joshua Drake | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of Yes: 8, No: 0, Abstain: 0.
SPI Resolution 2009-09-08.jrk.1 (Path64 as associated project)
Vote on resolution 2009-09-08.jrk.1
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Yes |
| Joshua Drake | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of Yes: 8, No: 0, Abstain: 0.
SPI Resolution 2009-09-08.jrk.2 (OSUNIX as associated project)
Vote on resolution 2009-09-08.jrk.2
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Yes |
| Joshua Drake | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of Yes: 8, No: 0, Abstain: 0.
SPI Resolution 2009-08-19.dbg.1 (Contributing membership expiry)
Vote on this resolution has been postponed on wish of David as there was still ongoing discussion on-list.
Any other business
Joerg asked, if the monthly meetings could be moved by a week to the 2nd Wednesday.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Wednesday, October 14th, 2009 at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.oftc.net.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
| Last elected | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Bdale Garbee | President |
| July 2007 | Joerg Jaspert | Vice President |
| July 2008 | Martin Zobel-Helas | Secretary |
| July 2009 | Michael Schultheiss | Treasurer |
| July 2009 | Jonathan McDowell | |
| July 2008 | David Graham | |
| July 2007 | Luk Claes | |
| July 2007 | Joshua D. Drake | |
| July 2008 | Jimmy Kaplowitz |
Appendix B: Approved Resolutions
SPI resolution 2009-09-16.mcs.1: Establishing an additional SPI bank account
WHEREAS
1. SPI's deposits on hand at its current bank are approaching the limit of
FDIC insured funds
THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT
1. The Treasurer is authorized to open a checking account for
Software in the Public Interest, Inc. at an additional bank to
ensure SPI's balances are below the FDIC insurance limits.
2. The signatories on the account will include the following
Michael Schultheiss Treasurer
James R. Kaplowitz Director
SPI Resolution 2009-09-08.jrk.1: Path64 as associated project
WHEREAS
1. Path64 is a substantial and useful open source project.
2. Path64 would like SPI's support and assistance, including taking
donations.
THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT
3. Path64 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, Christopher Bergström is recognised by SPI as the current
authoritative decision maker and SPI liaison for Path64. The SPI Board
expresses its desire for Christopher Bergström to clarify the governance
structure of Path64 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.
SPI Resolution 2009-09-08.jrk.2: OSUNIX as associated project
WHEREAS
1. OSUNIX is a substantial and useful open source project,
2. OSUNIX would like SPI's support and assistance, including taking
donations, and
3. OSUNIX engaged the Software Freedom Law Center separately from their
representation of SPI and obtained from them an opinion letter which
satisfactorily addresses SPI's legal concerns with regard to OSUNIX,
THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT
4. 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
5. Currently, Christopher Bergstrom is recognised by SPI as the current
authoritative decision maker and SPI liaison for OSUNIX. The SPI Board
expresses its desire for Christopher Bergstrom 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.
6. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is
approved by the SPI Board.