Minutes of the board meeting of January 7, 2019
Wiki location: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20180107 = Foundation Board Minutes for Monday 7 January, 16:30 UTC = == Attending == * FedericoMenaQuintero * AllanDay * NeilMcGovern * PhilipChimento * NuritziSanchez * RobMcQueen * RosannaYuen * KatGerasimova == Regrets == * CarlosSoriano == Agenda == * Emails with trademark licensing questions (Philip) * Expectations for board around hiring (Allan) * FOSDEM advisory board meeting (Nuritzi) == Minutes == * Emails with trademark licensing questions * We received an email from Phil King about use of GTK trademark in a book. * Philip: Do we own that trademark as well as the GNOME foot? * Neil: I believe so, will check. I'll also check informally with the GTK team members before answering the email. * We received another email notifying about royalties from Gabor Kum EV for GNOME-branded merchandise. * Philip: Is there a way to publicize that trademark licensing questions should go to the staff instead of the board? * Neil: Trademark questions should indeed not go to the board; they should go directly to licens...@gnome.org, which is redirected to the staff list. It may be that people are using the wrong address. * Expectations for board around hiring * Allan: Are we expected to formally welcome new hires in a meet-the-board gathering, as part of their onboarding? * No. Better to informally meet them at, say, FOSDEM or other conferences. * FOSDEM advisory board meeting * Nuritzi: Is the board preparing any presentation for the advisory board meeting at FOSDEM? * Neil: Traditionally not, it's only a half day as opposed to a full day at GUADEC. I will prepare a presentation. * Neil: Those attending the advisory board meeting at FOSDEM, please fill in the Framadate poll so we can pick a time for the meeting. ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
Minutes of the board meeting of December 17, 2018
Wiki location: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20181217 = Foundation Board Minutes for Monday 17 December, 16:30 UTC = == Attending == * FedericoMenaQuintero * CarlosSoriano * AllanDay * NeilMcGovern * PhilipChimento * NuritziSanchez * RobMcQueen == Regrets == * RosannaYuen * KatGerasimova == Agenda == * Leo Utskot's mail about sponsoring a Rust hackfest in Mexico (Federico) * Meeting time * Designate Sri Ramkrishna as The Document Foundation advisory board member * Review board initiatives (Nuritzi) == Minutes == * Leo Utskot's mail about sponsoring a Rust hackfest in Mexico (Federico) * Neil will reply. * Meeting time * This time works for Nuritzi as well. We'll adopt this as the meeting time until the next daylight savings time change. * Designate Sri Ramkrishna as The Document Foundation advisory board member * Sri has responded to the call for volunteers. * VOTE: designate Sri Ramkrishna as The Document Foundation's advisory board member: * +1 unanimous * ACTION: (Rob) Follow up with Sri and close https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Board/issues/72 * Review board initiatives * Ongoing discussion from the board hackfest about how to define GNOME software. This group will have a call soon. * Employee handbook, https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Board/issues/43 — can this be closed now that it is being done? * Policy for private minutes, https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Board/issues/61 — Philip will try to work on this during the holiday break. (Not done yet.) * Hackfest approvals — need to define better what a GNOME event is. Pam's advice was to write a description of the events that may use the trademark (iin other words, describe a hackfest) and supply that as a guideline. * Committees — need to revisit this one in the new year. * What was the status of the sponsorship committee? - Wait for development coordinator to be hired, and see how the board needs to support that person with a committee. * Who is going to FOSDEM? == Actions == * Rob - Follow up with Sri Ramkrishna about The Document Foundation advisory board position. (Done.) ___ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
