Hi pydotorg team:
Could you please add the following board resolutions from the April through June 2011 board meeting to this web page: http://www.python.org/psf/records/board/resolutions/ Please see list of board resolutions to be added below: **RESOLVED**, that Jesse Noller is appointed the office of PyCon chair for the years 2012 and 2013. Approved 10-0-1 by IRC vote, 18 April 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PyCon 2012/13 chair, Jesse Noller, is authorized to sign the hotel contract for 2013 with the conference hotel as referenced in his email to the board on March 30. Approved 9-0-1 by IRC vote, 18 April 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the following people be appointed as officers until the next Board election (or their resignation). * **President**: Guido van Rossum * **Chairman**: Steve Holden * **Secretary**: Pat Campbell * **Treasurer**: Kurt Kaiser * **Communications**: Doug Hellmann Approved 11-0-0 by IRC vote, 18 April 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF Board of Directors may adopt binding resolutions between regularly scheduled full-board meetings by email, subject to the following procedures: (1) Any Director may make a motion to the Board, using the published Board mailing list address. (2) For a motion to pass, a "super-quorum" of 3/4 of the Directors MUST participate in the email vote by stating 'Aye', 'Nay' or 'Abstain' to a proposed motion, with the vote appended to a quoted version of the exact motion proposed. In the case of a Board of 13 Directors, this will require 10 directors to vote by email. (3) For a motion to pass, an absolute majority of the whole Board MUST vote 'Aye'. In the case of a Board of 13 Directors, this will require 7 Aye votes. (4) Amended to: The proposing Director SHALL set a specific date and time for expiration of a vote. The expiration date/time typically should be at least 72 hours after the motion is proposed and shall not be less than 24 hours after the motion is proposed, and may not extend past the next scheduled Board meeting. Votes are completed once all directors have voted even if this occurs before the expiration of the vote. (5) The result of any vote conducted by email SHALL be included in the minutes of the next regularly scheduled Board meeting. Approved 10-0-0 by IRC vote, 18 April 2011. **RESOLVED**, that Laura Creighton and Tarek Ziade' be awarded the 2011 - 2nd Quarter PSF Community Service Award. Approved 10-0-1 by IRC vote, 18 April 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF provide a grant of $1,000 US to sponsor the 2011 Summer pyGames python based programming competition. Approved 10-0-0 by IRC vote, 18 April 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF a single server for up to USD 4000 for the speed.python.org project. The PSF will additionally try to raise funds to be used for additional projects/hardware via a call for sponsors. Approved 7-0-3 by IRC vote, 18 April 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF provide funding of $3,000 in discretionary spending to allow Van Lindberg to provide the monies for the final PyCon-related expenses. Approved 7-0-0 by IRC vote, 16 May 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF provide a grant of $2,000 to sponsor the SciPy 2011 Conference to be held in Austin, Texas on July 11 through the 16th. Approved 8-0-0 by IRC vote, 16 May 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF provide funding of $1,500 to the GNOME Foundation for the 2011 Libre Graphics Meeting to be held in Montreal. Approved 7-0-1 by IRC vote, 16 May 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF provide funding of $1,500 USD to sponsor the PyArgentina Conference (requested by Juan RodrÃguez Monti). Approved 6-0-2 by IRC vote, 16 May 2011. **RESOLVED**, that David Mertz be appointed chairman of the Trademarks Committee for 2011/2012. Approved 8-0-1 by IRC vote, 16 May 2011. **RESOLVED**, that Sean Reifschneider be appointed chairman of the Infrastructure Committee for 2011/2012. Approved 9-0-0 by IRC vote, 16 May 2011. **RESOLVED**, that Jesse Noller be appointed chairman of the Sprints Committee for 2011/2012. Approved 8-0-1 by IRC vote, 16 May 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the reappointment of the individual members of the Trademarks Committee, the Infrastructure Committee and the Sprints Committee for the term 2010/2011 be delegated to the Chairman of the Board based on the proposals by the chairmen of the respective committees in accordance with section 6.4 of the bylaws. Approved 8-0-0 by IRC vote, 16 May 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the 2011 Frank Willison Award be awarded to Georg Brandl. The award was initially announced at the 2011 EuroPython Conference. Approved 7-0-1 by IRC vote, 16 May 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF provide a USD $1,220 grant to PyLadies to support the growth of this community, as outlined in Audrey Roy's grant proposal PDF: ( http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/attachments/20110604/e982d484/attachment-0001.pdf) Approved 10-0-0 by email vote, 5 June 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PyCon 2011 Chair is authorized to enter agreements, sign contracts on behalf of the PSF and incur expenses up to a total of $50,000 for a specific conference, subject to prompt reporting to the Board. The limit is waived as soon as the budget for the specific conference has been approved by the Board of Directors. Thereafter the PyCon Chair is directed to inform the Board of actual or expected variances from the budget of $5,000 or more. Approved 9-0-1 by email vote, 19 June 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the PSF form an official "Outreach and Education" project management committee with the goals of identifying key initiatives, programs and subjects in this domain that the PSF can assist, fund or help guide. This committee will make recommendations to the membership, the board and its committees and act as a guiding hand for the PSF in this domain. The committee will be chaired by David Mertz (PSF Director). The initial membership will be the following individuals: Gloria Jacobs (PSF Director), Jessica McKellar, Daniel Greenfeld, Audrey Roy, Ned Batchelder, Asheesh Laroia, Simon Law and Yannick Gingras. Approved 7-0-1 by IRC vote, 27 June 2011. **RESOLVED**, that the Board recognizes the efforts expended by its Administrator, Pat Campbell, in furthering the development of the organization and the mission of the Foundation. Approved 8-0-0 by IRC vote, 27 June 2011. Thanks in advance for posting the above resolutions online. If you have any questions, please let me know. Pat -- Pat Campbell PSF Administrator/Secretary [email protected]
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