(My apologies for the lag in delivering these; it had completely slipped my mind as the semester got more intense. Several more are on the way this evening.)
= Minutes for Meeting of Feb. 13th, 2008 = == Next Meeting == Feb. 27th == Attendance == * Luis * Lucas * Brian * Behdad * J5 * Vincent === Regrets === * Jeff == Minutes == === Old items === * '''insurance''': ACTION: Brian to put remaining questions for insurance forms in wiki so that rest of board can help fill them out. [DONE; other board members have edited.] * '''foundation.gnome.org''': ACTION: Jeff to wiki-fy foundation.gnome.org, with privacy on by default. STATUS: On hold. * '''system administrator''': STATUS: on hold b/c of lack of time; volunteers to refine the job description needed- contact Vincent Untz. * '''Mozilla''': OWNERS: Vincent, Dave Neary STATUS: Press release ready to send out. * '''Business developer:''' We have a [http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-announce/2006-October/msg00001.html old draft job description] [see also http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/ExecutiveDirector]; may need to refine/redraft/update. ACTION: J5 to look at old announces and update. * '''merchandise:''' STATUS: moving forward; jewelry manufacturer to provide samples and list of products. Dave Neary is contact. J5 to contact Dave Neary to understand past efforts to setting up a GNOME store, to see if we can move forward with that. (past work at http://live.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/MerchandisingAgreement ) * '''Board Time Management:''' Board seems generally pleased with Tracks; ACTION: Luis to investigate sending out reminder emails for pending actions. * '''goals''': ACTION: Lucas: start mailing list discussion about goals for the next 6-12 months. STATUS: Lucas has started the discussion on board mailing list. * '''officers''': after discussion on list and IRC, board has selected the following officers: President/Chairman: Behdad; Vice-President/Vice-Chair: Lucas; Secretary: Luis; Treasurer John. Luis has confirmed that we may need to update the charter, but that this can be done. STATUS: charter and bylaws available in co-ment.net for comments/editing/updating. === New items === * '''Linux Foundation''': Behdad has been in contact with Lf about events; will pass on more details to mailing list. Several board members may also go to the Collaboration Summit, run by Linux Foundation, so may have some more details after that. == Ongoing == * '''finances:''' updates on hold through Zana's maternity leave. * '''GTK+ Hackfest:''' ongoing; working on schedule. Everything on track. * '''GUADEC:''' slightly behind schedule, but website is ready and will be launched shortly. * '''a11y program:''' announcement upcoming; lists of tasks exists but needs to go to Bugzilla. * '''Summit:''' on hold until May as a result of MIT's booking policies. * '''Budget:''' ACTION: Vincent to send draft to advisory board for feedback. * '''Annual Report''': At printers; we are waiting for proof copies before distributing further. = Discussed on board-list = * '''Unicode Consortium''': Proposed and approved that GNOME will join the Unicode Consortium as a Liason; this has now occurred and will be more formally announced once we are present on their website. * '''gnome.asia''': GNOME now owns the gnome.asia domain as part of planning for the first GNOME Asia summit. * '''Guidestar''': Board discussed becoming up-to-date with new requirements for publishing on the Guidestar non-profit ratings site; JRB to discuss some issues with accountant and Luis to discuss others with lawyers. * '''Charter''': Luis pointed out that the Foundation Charter has been in Draft since 2001; some discussion was made about doing the (hopefully minor) work necessary to review, update, and 'finalize' it as a 1.0 instead of 0.61, but no actions were taken. * '''Legal''': Luis updated the board on ongoing legal issues; will require some budget for trademark work (approved). Brian took an ACTION to discuss clean-room policies with some GNOME partners. _______________________________________________ foundation-announce mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-announce
