Board meeting, July 10th, 2023
Board members present
- Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (President)
- Stephen Frost (Snow-Man) (Vice-President)
- Héctor Orón Martínez (zumbi) (Treasurer)
- Zach van Rijn (zv) (Interim Secretary)
- Joe Conway (jconway)
- Forrest Fleming (fsf)
- Milan Kupcevic (milan)
- Jonatas L. Nogueira (jesusalva)
- Jeremy Stanley (fungi)
Board members partially present
- None
Board members absent with regrets
- None
Board members absent
- None
Registered guests present
- Célestin Matte
These are the minutes for the July 10th, 2023 SPI Board Meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. LOG.
President's report
The July meeting of SPI is its Annual General Meeting. Thank you to Martin Michlmayr for compiling our Annual Report. Martin, Héctor and I have been working with our auditor to get our 2022 financial statements audited. We are also working with the auditing firm on filing our New York State and Federal annual filings. We have received a 6 month extension for the time to file and are confident the filings will be completed by the November 15, 2023 deadline. Thank you for all of our officers and directors who have served SPI for the past several years. Best wishes to those officers and directors who are leaving the SPI board and welcome to all new and continuing directors. Continued thanks to SPI Vice President, Stephen Frost, for handling contracting with SPI's contractors. Stephen continues to do a fantastic job working with our contractors and legal counsel.
Vice President's report
The Fastly thing is outstanding and I've followed up again today to try to get that sorted.
Treasurer's report
Payments are being processed, but we are having some technical difficulties with payments to India and Brazil, we are currently exploring options. Steam account was created this month, we need someone to admin it.
Secretary's report
We are currently in a Board election cycle. This is a reminder that the nomination period ends before Friday, July 14th UTC. Details may be found in the spi-announce mailing list archives. The 2022 SPI Annual Report is now available. It can be found at: https://www.spi-inc.org/corporate/annual-reports/2022.pdf Thanks to Martin Michlmayr for preparing it. tbm, would you like to announce it to the spi-announce mailing list as before? I am trying to set up a face-to-face board meeting; I understand that there are ongoing international logistics challenges. Thank you for your continued patience and flexibility during planning. All board members need to submit new Conflict of Interest forms; they are intended to be refreshed every twelve (12) months. If you've already done this recently, please re-send it.
Vote On Minutes For Previous Meetings
Vote on minutes for meeting Monday June 12th 2023
| Joe Conway | Yes |
| Forrest Fleming | Yes |
| Stephen Frost | Yes |
| Milan Kupcevic | Yes |
| Héctor Orón Martínez | Abstain |
| Jonatas L. Nogueira | Abstain |
| Michael Schultheiss | Yes |
| Jeremy Stanley | Yes |
| Zach van Rijn | Yes |
Vote passed with 7 yes, 2 abstain, 0 no.
Items up for discussion
Decide whether counsel needs to review clause change
Jonatas will consult Counsel for review of clause change, and provide clear and concise context from RT issues 6224 and 6571 as needed.
Other business
No other business.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned until Monday August 14th, 2023 at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org.
Appendix A: Current Board Membership
| Last elected | Name | Role |
|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Michael Schultheiss | President |
| July 2021 | Stephen Frost | Vice President |
| July 2022 | Héctor Orón Martínez | Treasurer |
| July 2022 | Zach van Rijn | Interim Secretary |
| July 2020 | Joe Conway | |
| July 2022 | Forrest Fleming | |
| July 2021 | Milan Kupcevic | |
| July 2022 | Jonatas L. Nogueira | |
| July 2022 | Jeremy Stanley |