Board meeting, August 8th, 2013
Board members present
- Bdale Garbee (bdale) (President)
- Joerg Jaspert (Ganneff) (Vice President)
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Treasurer)
- Jonathan McDowell (Noodles) (Secretary)
- Clint Adams (Clint)
- Robert Brockway (Solver)
- 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
- None
These are the minutes for the August 8th, 2013 SPI Board Meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG.
President's Report
Bdale was delayed in attending the meeting and did not make any president's report.
Treasurer's report
Michael was delayed in presenting the report for July 2013. He indicated that he had selected Foster Results of Westfield, IN as SPI's bookkeeping service. There is a $350.00 setup fee and a $480.00/mo recurring fee for their services. An initial kickoff meeting is in the process of being scheduled - and he plans to have their bookkeeping services in full service prior to the September 2013 board meeting.
Secretary's report
Jonathan indicated that he was pleased the board had been able to deal with the Swathanthra Malayalam Computing vote by email. He had also had a request to add an agenda item about the transparency of the SPI board, but suggested to the submitter that bringing it up on spi-general in the first place would be a better idea so it could be more fully discussed with appropriate context. There was also a query about a potential associated project that consistent of a single person. It was agreed that this would make it hard for SPI to determine appropriate use of funds and we were thus unable to take on such a project.
Outstanding minutes
Vote on Meeting Minutes for 11th July 2013 AGM:
| Clint Adams | Yes |
| Robert Brockway | Yes |
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 8 yes, 0 missing.
Items up for discussion
SFC Grant
Josh Berkus had proposed on spi-general a resolution that SPI should make a grant to the Software Freedom Conservancy of $10,000, in order to work on open source accounting software.
Vote on SPI to fund SFC accounting software work to $10,000 as per http://lists.spi-inc.org/pipermail/spi-general/2013-August/003244.html
| Clint Adams | No |
| Robert Brockway | Yes |
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Abstain |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Abstain |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Abstain |
Motion passed with a vote of 4 yes, 3 abstain, 1 no, 0 missing.
Appointment of board officers
Vote on accepting the continuation of Bdale, Joerg, Michael and Jonathan as President, Vice President, Treasurer and Secretary for the following year:
| Clint Adams | Yes |
| Robert Brockway | Yes |
| Bdale Garbee | Yes |
| Joerg Jaspert | Yes |
| Jimmy Kaplowitz | Yes |
| Jonathan McDowell | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 8 yes, 0 missing.
Any other business
No one had anything additional to discuss.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Thursday, September 12th, 2013 at 20:00 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 2012 | Jonathan McDowell | Secretary |
| July 2012 | Michael Schultheiss | Treasurer |
| July 2010 | Joshua D. Drake | |
| July 2010 | Martin Zobel-Helas | |
| July 2011 | Clint Adams | |
| July 2011 | Robert Brockway | |
| July 2011 | Jimmy Kaplowitz |