Board meeting, August 12th, 2019
Board members present
- Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide) (President)
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Treasurer)
- Tim Potter (tpot) (Secretary)
- Forrest Fleming (fsf)
- Stephen Frost (Snow-Man)
- Héctor Orón Martínez (zumbi)
- Martin Zobel-Helas (zobel)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- Luca Filipozzi (luca)
Board members absent
- Chris Lamb (lamby)
- Andrew Tridgell (tridge)
Board advisors present
- None
Registered guests present
- Jonathan McDowell (Noodles)
- Larry Rosenman (ler)
These are the minutes for the August 12th, 2019 SPI Board Meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG.
President's Report
Since the July meeting I've been tying up loose ends, such as making sure the status of Larry Rosenman's IT services contract got resolved (it was extended through end of year) and committing my remaining uncommitted contract documents to the board-private git repository. Once again, thank you for the pleasure of serving SPI as director and as president.
Treasurer's report
Thank you to Martin Michlmayr for his continued work on SPI's periodic treasury reports as well as working with our CPA firm on SPI's voluntary audit of its 2018 finances. The audit is progressing as expected and thanks to Martin's work our backlog in reporting is caught up.
Secretary's report
We have a nomination for each officer position for the coming term which is fantastic to see. Other than that, nothing to report.
Outstanding minutes
Vote on Minutes for Monday, 8th July 2019
| Forrest Fleming | Abstain |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Héctor Orón Martínez | Abstain |
| Tim Potter | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 4 yes, 0 no, 2 abstain.
Items up for discussion
Officer elections
The following nominations were received:
| President | Michael Schultheiss |
| Vice President | Stephen Frost |
| Treasurer | Martin Zobel-Helas |
| Secretary | Timothy Potter |
Vote for Michael Schultheiss to be elected President of SPI
| Forrest Fleming | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Héctor Orón Martínez | Yes |
| Tim Potter | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 6 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
Stephen Frost be elected Vice President of SPI
| Forrest Fleming | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Héctor Orón Martínez | Yes |
| Tim Potter | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 6 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
Martin Zobel-Helas be elected Treasurer of SPI
| Forrest Fleming | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Héctor Orón Martínez | Yes |
| Tim Potter | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 6 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
Timothy Potter be elected Secretary of SPI
| Forrest Fleming | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Héctor Orón Martínez | Yes |
| Tim Potter | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 6 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain.
Resolution 2019-08-11.tp.1: Removing Drizzle as an associated project
| Forrest Fleming | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Héctor Orón Martínez | Abstain |
| Tim Potter | Yes |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Martin Zobel-Helas | Yes |
Motion passed with a vote of 5 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain.
Any other business
There was no other business.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Monday September 9th, 2019 at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
| Last elected | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| July 2018 | Michael Schultheiss | President |
| July 2018 | Stephen Frost | Vice President |
| July 2019 | Martin Zobel-Helas | Treasurer |
| July 2017 | Timothy Potter | Secretary |
| July 2018 | Luca Filipozzi | |
| July 2019 | Forrest Fleming | |
| July 2019 | Chris Lamb | |
| July 2019 | Héctor Orón Martínez | |
| July 2017 | Andrew Tridgell |
Appendix B: Resolution 2019-08-11.tp.1: Removing Drizzle as an associated project
WHEREAS 1. Drizzle is currently an SPI associated project. 2. The Drizzle project, a fork of the MySQL project made in 2008, has been defunct for many years and is no longer under active development. 3. The Drizzle project liaison has proposed that it should be removed from the list of active SPI projects. 4. The Drizzle project liaison has proposed that all Drizzle assets are to be forwarded to the SPI general fund. 5. In particular the Drizzle trademark is free to be managed by the SPI board as best fits the overall mission of SPI. THE SPI BOARD RESOLVES THAT 1. Drizzle is removed from the list of SPI associated projects. 2. SPI will no longer actively seek donations on behalf of Drizzle. 3. This is subject to any undischarged obligations SPI may have with respect to Drizzle. We are not aware of any such undischarged obligations. We ask anyone who is aware of any to notify us within 30 days of this resolution. 4. It is SPI's good-faith intention to manage the Drizzle trademark in a manner that appropriately befits the overall mission of SPI.