Minutes: OpenEmbedded eV Board meeting, 22-Sep-2011 Attendees:
Michael Lauer (mickey) Philip Balister (Crofton) Florian Boor (florian) Denys Dmytriyenko (denix) 00) action items from last meeting: * no changes on the event box ** ready for next event? ** ELCE doesn't have real community exhibit though * open credit card with the bank ** no updates so far, florian to check again * follow up on Intel's donation offer 01) agenda: * Yocto updates * status of Crofton's meeting with OSUOSL team * TSC elections for second (Khem's) seat * GA arrangements and proxy logistics * LF server donation status, receipt & accounting processing * general budget 02) follow up on Intel's donation offer * no progress - expedite the process: ** work with DaveS or Dirk ** florian to handle the financial side ** Crofton to handle any leagl questions, reuse prev form from TI donation ** denix to initiate the dialog 03) Yocto advocacy group * a group separate from advisory board ** marketing oriented - t-shirts, logos on merchandise etc. * works on the project "messaging" aspects ** especially important for oe-core based distros outside of Yocto ** clear up for the upcoming Yocto 1.1 release @ ELCE * need someone to attend the calls and follow the progress 04) short status on Yocto advisory board meetings * trying to figure out the budget and members fees * auto-builders issues ** wearing out disks often 05) status of Crofton's meeting with OSUOSL team * OSUOSL is not going away - high prestige * Lance is a new paid admin for OSUOSL * improve collaboration with OSUOSL team ** share/offload some of the simple admin tasks to OSUOSL admins ** possibly get them to host Wiki, solve Spam issues * figure out a way for regular donations to OSUOSL ** try to reach the next Patron level from current Champion ** see if donations to OSUOSL can be made directly in OE name * Crofton to continue discussions with Lance and Tom 06) TSC elections for Khem's seat * run the election process: ** call for candidates - denix ** in case of 1 candidate, appoint by acclamation ** otherwise run the voting process and process the results - denix ** consult with Graeme for previous experience 07) GA arrangements and proxy logistics * check with Jefro (or Dirk) on meeting space * proxy form was discussed on the list and made available * schedule the formal election process for the Board seat, currently occupied by denix * check, if possible to have GA meetings in the US, e.g. at ELC ** maybe too often to have GAs every 6 month ** but will help people that are unable to travel to Europe ** making formal GA meetings more accessible would make people feel more included * check if anybody is interested in free pass to ELCE (Martin/JaMa is local, but may not be able to attend) 08) LF servers donations, receipt processing * LF has donated 2 servers for OE infrastructure * Tom is receiving and setting them up * need to handle receipts and accounting ** need to get the original receipt from Mike Woster and provide donation receipt ** florian to take care of the financial paperwork, along with mickey ** denix to ping Mike for the original (sales) receipt 09) general budget * florian to start the initial draft of the budget plans * waiting for Tom's proposal on the infrasture spending budget * figure out possible ways to encourage donations ** branded merchandise - t-shirts, mugs, etc. ** own printed publication - magazine, newspaper with news and tutorials from oe and yocto ** friends/sponsors of the project page, inspired by OSUOSL implementation _______________________________________________ Openembedded-core mailing list Openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openembedded-core
