Board meeting, May 11th, 2011
Board members present
- Bdale Garbee (bdale) (President)
- Joerg Jaspert (Ganneff) (Vice President)
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Treasurer)
- Jonathan McDowell (Noodles) (Secretary)
- David Graham (cdlu)
- Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide)
- Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- None
Board members absent
- Joshua D. Drake (linuxpoet)
Board advisors present
- None
Registered guests present
- Bill Allombert (yp17)
- Kåre Thor Olsen (Kaare)
- Mark Walling (mwalling)
- MJ Ray (slef)
These are the minutes for the May 11th, 2011 SPI Board meeting, held at 20:30 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG.
President's Report
Bdale reported that he was pleased to see the recent announcement from the US DJ regarding the CPTN transaction, at http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/April/11-at-491.html
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 April 01, 2011 - April 30, 2011
Income
Ordinary Income
Debian 1,287.02
Freedesktop.org 100.00
Gallery 10.00
OpenOffice.org 444.96
OpenWrt 150.00
PostgreSQL 50.00
SPI General 125.00
SPI 5% 88.40
The HeliOS Project 225.00
Total Ordinary Income 2,480.38
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Interest Income
Key Bank Money Mkt Savings 1.48
Chase BusinessClassic Checking 0.37
Chase Bus Select High Yield Savings 3.27
Total Interest Income 5.12
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Gross Income 2,485.50
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Expenses
Ordinary Expenses
Debian
Hard Drive 265.00
Processing Fees 19.52
SPI 5% 22.25
Total Debian Exp 306.77
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Freedesktop.org
Processing Fees 4.35
SPI 5% 5.00
Total fd.o Exp 9.35
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Gallery
Processing Fees 0.75
SPI 5% 0.50
Total Gallery Exp 1.25
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OpenOffice.org (OO.o)
Processing Fees 19.52
SPI 5% 22.25
Total OO.o Exp 41.77
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OpenWrt
Processing Fees 6.35
SPI 5% 7.50
Total OpenWrt Exp 13.85
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PostgreSQL
Processing Fees 2.45
SPI 5% 2.50
Total PostgreSQL Exp 4.95
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SPI
PaySimple Monthly Fee 29.95
Transaction Fees 7.10
Total SPI Exp 37.05
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The HeliOS Project
Expense Reimbursement 346.61
Processing Fees 10.10
SPI 5% 11.25
Total HeliOS Exp 367.96
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YafaRay
Books 69.91
Total YafaRay Exp 69.91
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Total Expenses 852.79
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Net Income 1,632.71
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Balance Sheet as of April 30, 2011
ASSETS
Current Assets
Chase BusinessClassic Checking with Interest 48,572.83
Chase Business Select High Yield Savings 27,567.42
Key Business Reward Checking 43,010.69
Key Business Signature Money Market Savings 36,009.30
Ameriprise Cash Mgmt Acct 13,401.62
Total Current Assets 168,561.86
TOTAL ASSETS 168,561.86
LIABILITIES & EQUITY
General and current liabilities 0.00
Equity
Reserves held in trust
aptosid Earmark 57.88
Debian Earmark 35,699.99
Freedesktop.org Earmark 12,827.40
Gallery Earmark 7,383.70
GNU TeXmacs Earmark 63.60
Madwifi.org Earmark 1,454.09
OpenOffice.org Earmark 20,433.53
OpenVAS 45.71
OpenWrt 779.70
Open Voting Foundation Earmark 153.65
OSUNIX 0.56
Path64 9.31
Plan 9 Earmark 6,500.00
PostgreSQL Earmark 27,487.53
Privoxy Earmark 446.50
The HeliOS Project 23.08
Tux4Kids Earmark 8,788.85
YafaRay Earmark 4,897.20
Total held in trust 127,052.28
General reserves 41,509.58
Total Equity 168,561.86
TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 168,561.86
Secretary's report
Jonathan mentioned that http://ankur.org.in/ had enquired about associated project status and that he expected a resolution about this for the next board meeting.
Outstanding minutes
Vote on Meeting Minutes for 13th April 2011:
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Yes |
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Abstain |
Motion passed with a vote of 6 yes, 1 abstain, 0 missing.
Items up for discussion
2011-04-13.mzh.1: Jenkins as associated project
Vote on 2011-04-13.mzh.1: Jenkins as associated project
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Yes |
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
| David Graham | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 7 yes, 0 missing.
Any other business
Martin mentioned that Midnight Commander had approached him and were keen for SPI to hold their domain.
There was further discussion about the upcoming board election in July and Jonathan suggested he'd email spi-project to poke project liaisons about it.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 at 20:30 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
| Last elected | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| July 2010 | Bdale Garbee | President |
| July 2010 | Joerg Jaspert | Vice President |
| July 2009 | Jonathan McDowell | Secretary |
| July 2009 | Michael Schultheiss | Treasurer |
| July 2010 | Joshua D. Drake | |
| July 2010 | Martin Zobel-Helas | |
| July 2008 | David Graham | |
| July 2008 | Jimmy Kaplowitz |
Appendix B: Resolutions
2011-04-26.mzh.1: Jenkins as associated project
WHEREAS 1. Jenkins is a substantial and useful open source project. 2. The Jenkins developers would like SPI's support and assistance, including taking donations. THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT 3. Jenkins 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. Kohsuke Kawaguchi is recognised by SPI as the current authoritative decision maker and SPI liaison for Jenkins. He is acting on behalf of the interim governance board. Successors will be appointed by the said governance board when need be. 5. This invitation will lapse, if not accepted, 60 days after it is approved by the SPI