Board meeting, October 14th, 2009
Board members present
- Bdale Garbee (bdale) (President)
- Joerg Jaspert (Ganneff) (Vice President)
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Treasurer)
- Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel) (Secretary)
- Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide)
- David Graham (cdlu)
- Jonathan McDowell (Noodles)
- Joshua Drake (linuxpoet)
- Luk Claes (luk_)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- None
Board members absent
- None
Board advisors present
- None
These are the minutes for the October 14th, 2009 SPI Board meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG
President's Report
Bdale welcomed the new associated projects Path64 and OSUNIX. He also told, he had conversations with more potential associated projects, particularly because of his participation in LinuxCon and the Ohio LinuxFest.
Treasurer's Report
Michael Schultheiss provided the following financial report for September 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 September 01, 2009 - September 30, 2009
Income
Ordinary Income
Debian 10,615.00
Gallery 170.00
Madwifi-project.org 27.80
OpenOffice.org 725.00
PostgreSQL 53.00
SPI General 517.00
SPI 5% 82.79
The HeliOS Project 65.00
Total Ordinary Income 12,255.59
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Interest Income
Key Bank Money Mkt Savings 27.23
Total Interest Income 27.23
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Gross Income 12,282.82
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Expenses
Ordinary Expenses
Debian
DC9 Catering 27,718.66
Processing Fees 23.70
SPI 5% 30.75
Transfer to debian.ch 144.76
Travel Reimbursement 6,250.48
Total Debian Exp 34,168.35
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Gallery
Processing Fees 4.59
SPI 5% 8.50
Total Gallery Exp 13.09
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Madwifi-project.org
SPI 5% 1.39
Total Madwifi Exp 1.39
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OpenOffice.org (OO.o)
Processing Fees 21.00
SPI 5% 36.25
Total OO.o Exp 57.25
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PostgreSQL
Processing Fees 2.12
SPI 5% 2.65
Travel Expenses 5,215.78
Total PostgreSQL Exp 5,220.55
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SPI
PaySimple Monthly Fee 29.95
Transaction Fees 24.98
Total SPI Exp 54.93
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The HeliOS Project
Expense reimbursement 515.81
Processing Fees 2.60
SPI 5% 3.25
Total HeliOS Exp 521.66
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Total Expenses 40,037.22
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Net Income (27,781.63)
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Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2009
ASSETS
Current Assets
Key Business Reward Checking 15,608.62
Key Business Signature Money Market Savings 132,517.21
Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Acct 13,397.64
Total Current Assets 161,523.47
TOTAL ASSETS 161,523.47
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
General and current liabilities 0.00
Equity
Reserves held in trust
Debian Earmark 74,521.67
Drupal Earmark 2,650.00
Freedesktop.org Earmark 1,480.53
Gallery Earmark 6,419.70
GNU TeXmacs Earmark 9.70
Madwifi.org Earmark 1,390.88
OpenOffice.org Earmark 6,249.87
Open Voting Foundation Earmark 67.34
Plan 9 Earmark 6,500.00
PostgreSQL Earmark 25,193.43
Privoxy Earmark 40.00
Tux4Kids Earmark 1,865.05
The HeliOS Project (281.05)
Total held in trust 126,107.12
General reserves 35,416.35
Total Equity 161,523.47
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 161,523.47
Secretary's report
Both Path64 and OSUNIX projects accepted our invitations in a timely fashion and is now associated projects of SPI. Martin is trying to prepare a press announce for both projects and for OpenWRT. Jimmy asked about the status of YafaRay, Martin said he will follow up that the next days.
Outstanding minutes
Martin hasn't done the minutes of September yet, but Jimmy finished the August's one which had been amended by Luk's regret by Jimmy during the meeting.
Vote on Meeting Minutes August 19th, 2009
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Yes |
| Joshua Drake | Yes |
| Luk Claes | Abstain |
Motion passed with a vote of 8 yes, 1 abstain, 0 missing
Items up for discussion
SPI resolution 2009-10-11.jj.1 (Holding debian.org.tw Domain in trust)
After discussion of the uncertain membership of debian.org.tw and issues related to transfering SPI assets out of the US, it was decided to defer action on this resolution until an unambiguous method is determined for SPI to validate a domain transfer request from debian.org.tw.
Any other business
Joshua reported PostgreSQL Conference West is this week. David reported that OFTC is in the midst of annual elections.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Wednesday, November 11th, 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 2007 | Luk Claes | |
| July 2007 | Joshua D. Drake | |
| July 2008 | David Graham | |
| July 2008 | Jimmy Kaplowitz | |
| July 2009 | Jonathan McDowell |
Appendix B: Resolutions
SPI Resolution 2009-10-1.jj.1: Holding debian.org.tw Domain in trust
WHEREAS 1. debian.org.tw (DOT) is an OpenSource, especially Debian, related user group in Taiwan. There had been tensions regarding their domain, so SPI offers to step in as a neutral outsider. THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT 2. SPI Inc. offers to hold the debian.org.tw Domain in trust, pointing the NS entries to machines selected by the DOT community. SPI Inc. will support a transfer of said domain to a registered non-profit organization in Taiwan anytime DOT unanimously asks us to do so