Re: [board-discuss] LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?

2013-03-29 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Tom Davies wrote on 2013-03-28 20:33: That 40 sounds bizzare. Some have already claimed more than that on travel without being even slightly dishonourable. Far from it in fact, they seem to have gone to extraordinary pains to keep costs down and i really can't imagine people in other organ

Re: [us-marketing] Re: [board-discuss] LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?

2013-03-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Robinson Tryon wrote on 2013-03-28 19:37: 2) We don't spend more than 40 € of TDF's money per year, per person remember there are certain things we need to count in here, including e.g. a possible party at the next LibOCon. Doing via SPI is *much* better. Florian

Re: [board-discuss] LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?

2013-03-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Joel Madero wrote on 2013-03-28 19:29: So if I'm reading this right, even if we combine with an event that we need LibreOffice gear, we can't use that gear as a prize and therefor TDF cannot be involved at all? If this is the case I'll plan on going through SPI which is cool but will be unf

Re: [board-discuss] LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?

2013-03-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Michael Meeks wrote on 2013-03-28 12:56: The stop energy has already reached epic proportions here:-) The plan is to encourage SPI to fund this - which should be no issue. sure, that would be no issue then. :) Florian

Re: [board-discuss] LibreOffice Swag/Merchandise Bulk Purchase?

2013-03-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Robinson Tryon wrote on 2013-03-28 05:19: We're looking to purchase some swag and goodies for the contest. Some of the ideas we've come up with have included: please check with Thorsten first - TDF cannot legally spend more than 40 € per year individually for each member, including hoodie

Re: [board-discuss] [Fwd: Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: need "branding" approval[?] for the flier/brochure]

2013-03-27 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2013-03-27 12:02: Something to decide on today or in a few days (posting this here just for archive). FYI: I'm fine to give it a go together with Italo without going all the way up to the BoD. thanks! My proposal is that you and Italo check if we can use the cur

[board-discuss] D&O and liability insurance

2013-03-27 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, my calendar yielded an item to renew our D&O and liability insurance. I checked the documents, and in fact, both are automatically renewed for one year, beginning on July 1st, unless we cancel them on April 1st. I see no reason for making any change here, and unless someone has a comp

[board-discuss] invitation to formal board meeting for annual report

2013-03-25 Thread Florian Effenberger
. publically 2. by name 3. in time. Thanks, Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal

[board-discuss] BoD call on Wednesday

2013-03-18 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, this is just a quick reminder that the next BoD call takes place this Wednesday, 1600 UTC. Dial-in details and agenda are available at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Meetings If you have items to discuss, please add them in time, otherwise we should adjourn the call (no i

Re: [board-discuss] FTP space for LibreOffice Server Install GUI

2013-03-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Florian Reisinger wrote on 2013-03-15 20:57: I continue to work at gerrit. I just wanted to ask, when I am able to re-publish my program? (In other words: When I am able to publish @TDF FTP?) if I understood Norbert right, the plan is to host it inside our git repository? Florian

[board-discuss] BoD minutes from 2013-03-06

2013-03-12 Thread Florian Effenberger
archived by the BoD and its deputies. Florian Minutes 2013-03-06 The Document Foundation Board of Directors Meeting Call Minutes Date: Wednesday, Mar 6th, 2013 Location: Private phone conference room Keeper of the minutes: Thorsten Behrens (Board of Directors) Session chair: Florian Effenberger

[board-discuss] Minutes 2013-02-20 missing

2013-03-12 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, it seems that the BoD minutes from February 20th are still missing. Can the minute-taker please send them in? ;-) Thanks, Florian

[board-discuss] feedback needed for TDF annual report

2013-03-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, one of the legal requirements of running a foundation is to send in an annual report. In fact, it's two reports: One financial report, which mostly Thorsten takes care of (thanks so much!), and one activity report, which is mostly on my desk at the moment. We need to list all activiti

Re: [board-discuss] BoD call tomorrow?

2013-03-05 Thread Florian Effenberger
CeBIT preparations as well, I asked already deputies to step in and Thorsten to be the session chair. I'll join the call of course, if I can make it. Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document

Re: [board-discuss] Request for auxiliary travel budget Dresden Impress Sprint

2013-03-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, The Board of Directors at the time of voting consists of 7 seat holders without deputies. In order to be quorate, the vote needs to have 1/2 of the Board of Directors members, which gives 4. A total of 5 Board of Directors members have participated in the vote. The vote is quorate. A

Re: [board-discuss] FTP space for LibreOffice Server Install GUI

2013-03-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Florian Reisinger wrote on 2013-03-04 13:10: I hope, that you understand, that my only need is a FTP server, so that everyone can access the program I developed for this community I think the problem that Michael points out is that when we do so, it will be an official TDF product, th

[board-discuss] Budget, final call

2013-03-04 Thread Florian Effenberger
tomorrow, Tuesday, so we have a final document available for Wednesday's call. Most likely, we need to cut down several budgets to make it fit, but that will be topic for the call. Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile

[board-discuss] Reminder: BoD call on Wednesday

2013-03-03 Thread Florian Effenberger
therefore ask any deputy to step in on my behalf, and Thorsten Behrens to be the session chair. Thanks, Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Re: [board-discuss] Request for auxiliary travel budget Dresden Impress Sprint

2013-03-03 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello Thorsten, given this event is quite soon, let's indeed vote on this individually, and not as part of the large bucket "budget approval". I will factor it into the budget later on. Thorsten Behrens wrote on 2013-03-01 14:44: Our host has a budget for accomodation and travel, and with cu

[board-discuss] Budget 2013 draft

2013-02-26 Thread Florian Effenberger
o make everyone happy. Be advised that we only plan with money we actually do have, not with projected donations. In other word, chances are that in e.g. 3 months, we can top up several budgets. Looking forward to your feedback! Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvo

Re: [board-discuss] renaming @documentfoundation.org mailing lists

2013-02-23 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Tom Davies wrote on 2013-02-23 19:42: Is ml a language code like Pt-br? oh, indeed, a very good point - thanks a lot! Yes, it is, just discovered :/ Florian

Re: [board-discuss] renaming @documentfoundation.org mailing lists

2013-02-23 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2013-02-23 19:22: It will be annoying whatever we change :-) that for sure. ;-) However, technically, I think it's the best solution. Is there merit in requesting that, instead of naming "global", we use something like "lists.documentfoundation.org" or lists

[board-discuss] renaming @documentfoundation.org mailing lists

2013-02-23 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, quite a while ago, we have renamed the @libreoffice.org mailing lists to @global.libreoffice.org for technical reasons. I'd now like to do the same for the @documentfoundation.org mailing lists, namely - announce - board-discuss - discuss - mirrors

Re: [board-discuss] L10n QA budget request

2013-02-22 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello Sophie, Sophie Gautier wrote on 2013-02-21 18:55: Sorry for the delay, with some help on investigating :) the result is 3k EUR of cost estimation for the task. thanks a lot - have added that to the budget proposal, and try to send it out soon. :) Florian

Re: [board-discuss] Request for LGM Trip Funding

2013-02-20 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, FYI: the board has just approved 300 €, more in the board minutes that will follow soon. :) Florian Mirek M. wrote on 2013-02-20 13:45: I would love to visit the Libre Graphics Meeting [1] this year, running from April 10-13. While I have submitted a talk proposal, I won't know if it ha

[board-discuss] budget discussion postponed

2013-02-20 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, we have postponed the budget discussion. Preparing took much longer than planned, and it's easier if I work on it a bit more. Sorry for that, I had expected it to be easier. ;-) I'll try to update you tomorrow. Florian

[board-discuss] Budget 2013

2013-02-20 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, if this mail is to long for you: We will work on the budget groups during today's call. The current progress can be seen at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/WikiAction/edit/User:Floeff/Budget2013Proposal, don't forget to reload every once in a while. In preparation for our call a

[board-discuss] TDF Budget as of 2013-02-19

2013-02-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, for tomorrow's BoD call, one action item is to approve the first iteration of our 2013 budget. First iteration means that this will be the budget we will work with for the next few months. Of course we can adjust later on, but we should stick to the parameters. Sadly, our credit card

Re: [board-discuss] travel refund for Italo's trips

2013-02-18 Thread Florian Effenberger
quorum could be reached with a simple majority of 3 votes. Result of vote: 5 approvals, 0 neutral, 0 disapprovals. Decision: The request has been accepted. This message is to be archived by the BoD members and their deputies. Florian Florian Effenberger wrote on 2013-02-14 10:28: Hello

Re: [board-discuss] [4.0] Review

2013-02-18 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, klaus-jürgen weghorn ol wrote on 2013-02-13 12:05: as 4.0.0 is rolled out there should be a review about what happened: The good points, the bad points What can we do in the same way, what in a better way the next time? What is needed to get it better? A discussion may cause some budget

Re: [board-discuss] Micro Funding Discussion on User List

2013-02-18 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Joel Madero wrote on 2013-02-14 18:53: Wanted to make sure that the board was aware of this. I gave my response and hope that it is a good one, if anyone feel like they need to add or refute what I said, of course feel free to do so :) just one generic, personal comment: Of course, any in

[board-discuss] BoD call on Wednesday

2013-02-17 Thread Florian Effenberger
deputies in time shouldn't you be able to attend the call. Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerl

[board-discuss] Happy Birthday, Document Foundation!

2013-02-17 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello everyone, exactly one year ago, February 17th 2012, The Document Foundation was established as a charitable Foundation under German law (gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts). So far, it has proven to be the ideal entity for reflecting the LibreOffice's community

Re: [board-discuss] travel refund for Italo's trips

2013-02-14 Thread Florian Effenberger
+1 from me Florian Effenberger wrote on 2013-02-14 10:28: Hello, based on the recent discussions, I'd ask the board to vote on: 1. Having a budget of 2.500 € in total for Italo's trips to POSSCON, LibrePlanet and FOSSC Oman, 2. thereby revoking decision # 20121220-01 [1] Florian

[board-discuss] travel refund for Italo's trips

2013-02-14 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, based on the recent discussions, I'd ask the board to vote on: 1. Having a budget of 2.500 € in total for Italo's trips to POSSCON, LibrePlanet and FOSSC Oman, 2. thereby revoking decision # 20121220-01 [1] Florian [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Decisions

Re: [board-discuss] budget for business cards

2013-02-14 Thread Florian Effenberger
by the BoD members and their deputies. Florian Florian Effenberger wrote on 2013-02-13 09:53: Hello, The Board of Directors at the time of voting consists of 7 seat holders without deputies. In order to be quorate, the vote needs to have 1/2 of the Board of Directors members, which gives 4. A

Re: [board-discuss] Travel Expenses

2013-02-13 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello Italo, Italo Vignoli wrote on 2013-01-29 14:29: I will travel to Oman in midi February, for the Free & Open Source Software Conference (http://fossc-oman.net/). Flight and lodging are covered by the organization, but I will incur in some expenses for local transportation (mostly taxis) and

Re: [board-discuss] Development Budget Request

2013-02-13 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Jonathan, Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2013-02-13 17:29: Regarding the build farm how many Linux machines are we looking for. I am running some tests and I am on a virtual server provider called linode. I am building on their 512mb virtual private servers and they are quite quick and 16 euro

Re: [board-discuss] Development Budget Request

2013-02-13 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Thorsten Behrens wrote on 2013-02-12 15:40: Even more specifically, development build hardware. For the gerrit/jenkins setup, we need a (small) build farm. ok, I have added 8.000 € budget proposal for development hardware onto the budget in WebDAV, which is used as basis for my regular ma

Re: [board-discuss] budget for business cards

2013-02-13 Thread Florian Effenberger
quorum could be reached with a simple majority of 3 votes. Result of vote: 4 approvals, 0 neutral, 0 disapprovals. Decision: The request has been accepted. This message is to be archived by the BoD members and their deputies. Florian Florian Effenberger wrote on 2013-02-12 11:32: Hello

Re: [board-discuss] Development Budget Request

2013-02-12 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Thorsten Behrens wrote on 2013-02-12 14:17: I concur with Norbert. Having a budget does not mean to spend it. There is a very definitive need for build hardware - if that need can be satisfied w/o all the money, even better. ok, sorry, I simply missed this then. :-) Can you briefly rephras

Re: [board-discuss] Development Budget Request

2013-02-12 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, Thorsten Behrens wrote on 2013-01-29 18:25: In total, the request would be, for 2013, a budget of ** 8.000,00 € ** for this setup (plan is to start with one EX4 and then ramp it up, thus we don't incur the full cost in the first months). because installing your own Windows with Hetz

Re: [board-discuss] budget for business cards

2013-02-12 Thread Florian Effenberger
+1, of course Florian Effenberger wrote on 2013-02-12 11:32: Hello, unfortunately, this got a bit lost before FOSDEM and the 4.0 release, so I'd like to call for a vote on it now. Italo Vignoli has kindly produced business cards for the whole board, to hand out during events and

[board-discuss] budget for business cards

2013-02-12 Thread Florian Effenberger
57,60 €. I'd like the board to approve this sum for the production. Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige St

[board-discuss] TDF Budget as of 2013-02-12

2013-02-12 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, I have just updated TDF Budget as of 2013-02-12: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Tdfbudget2013.pdf Florian

Re: [board-discuss] Development Budget Request

2013-02-10 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Tom Davies wrote on 2013-02-10 11:20: I thought the request for Windows machines was for desktop machines for testing and building purposes? I thought that's why they requested bare-metal rather than virtualised? I guess this is a separate request? no, the request is for buildbots, i.e.

Re: [board-discuss] Development Budget Request

2013-02-10 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Jonathan Aquilina wrote on 2013-02-10 07:55: I think something else that needs to be considered is the virtualization platform, there is xen kvm etc each offering their own benefits. virtualization is part of the next infra platform due in summer or fall, but was specifically not asked fo

Re: [board-discuss] Development Budget Request

2013-02-09 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Norbert Thiebaud wrote on 2013-02-08 19:37: Then we need to find another provider. so, as explained offlist, it's not a legal issue per se, but rather a technical one - how can I get Windows installed out of a running Linux box when I don't have physical access to the machine (for USB or

[board-discuss] CANCELLING board call

2013-02-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, given that there's only one item on the agenda, and we are right in preprations for 4.0 with lots of work still to do, I hereby CANCEL today's board call. The next call will take place in two weeks. Sorry for the short notice. Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chair

Re: [board-discuss] Reminder: BoD call tomorrow

2013-02-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Thorsten Behrens wrote on 2013-02-06 01:01: Exceptionally, I'll not be able to attend tomorrow. I therefore authorize Andreas, Jesus, and Bjoern, in that order, to represent me. shouldn't there be more items on the list, and given we are all swamped in work for the 4.0 release, I even thi

Re: [board-discuss] L10n QA budget request

2013-01-31 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, Sophie Gautier wrote on 2013-01-29 20:10: One month/man. The request have to be completed by Petr or YiFan because I can't find the mail again (sorry) but last we discussed this I recall for one month/man to achieve the localization capabilities of Moztrap. is there any rough cost estim

Re: [board-discuss] additional FOSDEM budget

2013-01-31 Thread Florian Effenberger
quorum could be reached with a simple majority of 4 votes. Result of vote: 6 approvals, 0 neutral, 0 disapprovals. Decision: The request has been accepted. This message is to be archived by the BoD members and their deputies. Florian Florian Effenberger wrote on 2013-01-28 12:43: Hello, the

Re: [board-discuss] additional FOSDEM budget

2013-01-29 Thread Florian Effenberger
+1 from my side, of course as well Florian Effenberger wrote on 2013-01-28 12:43: Hello, the board has previously approved [1] 2.000 € for FOSDEM collaterals. Because we would like to opt for higher quality t-shirts, plus produce some stickers in addition, I'd like to ask the board to ap

[board-discuss] 2013 budget as of today

2013-01-29 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, I have just updated the draft of the TDF budget. It's available at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/File:Tdfbudget2013.pdf The good news is that we have, despite some expenses, grown the total amount available, leaving an unallocated amount of approximately 17.000 €. For SPI, who ki

Re: [board-discuss] Splashscreen & Startscreen proposals for the 4.0

2013-01-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, after having a call with Thorsten, and thinking a second time about it, I must confess that I have indeed changed my mind on this. The board should only veto for a very limited set of topics, mostly legal stuff, and normally should not make use of its power as body. I had, like other

[board-discuss] additional FOSDEM budget

2013-01-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, the board has previously approved [1] 2.000 € for FOSDEM collaterals. Because we would like to opt for higher quality t-shirts, plus produce some stickers in addition, I'd like to ask the board to approve an additional 600 € for collaterals. Although the amount sounds rather high, we

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Joining Silicon Sentier

2013-01-25 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Marc, Marc Paré wrote on 2013-01-24 16:45: Thanks for the explanations and as Florian says that "... I hope it remains an exception ..." I have to say still, that, having sat on quite a few committees, the rules of quorum are such that if it not reached, and where there is a planned vote on

[board-discuss] BoD minutes from 2013-01-23

2013-01-25 Thread Florian Effenberger
: Phone Conference Room Session chair: Florian Effenberger (Chairman of the Board) Keeper of the minutes: Olivier Hallot (Board of Directors) In the call: Thorsten Behrens, Florian Effenberger, Olivier Hallot, Andreas Mantke, Charles-H. Schulz, Italo Vignoli, Caolán McNamara. Representations

Re: [board-discuss] [VOTE] Ask for additional employement budget

2013-01-24 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, since this affects me, I hereby abstain from the vote. Florian Thorsten Behrens wrote on 2013-01-24 19:31: Dear board colleagues, the paperwork is done regarding our first employee, and with that I unfortunately have discovered a select few hidden cost items. Combined with the payroll

Re: [board-discuss] Joining Silicon Sentier

2013-01-24 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Tom, Tom Davies wrote on 2013-01-23 20:31: Ouch! Seems like a bad way to make the decision but it's worked well this time. It sounded like a good deal with people that are likely to be great to work with. thanks! Agreeably, it's the worst way of making decisions, and I definitely hope t

Re: [board-discuss] Re: Joining Silicon Sentier

2013-01-24 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Marc, Marc Paré wrote on 2013-01-24 05:25: While I agree totally with joining Silicon Sentier, I was wondering how the BoD can run a vote when there is no quorum reached for the meeting? Are business for the meeting not cancelled and must be re-scheduled for proper discussion at a future meet

Re: [board-discuss] Request pre-approval of personal expenses for SCALE 11x

2013-01-23 Thread Florian Effenberger
Airport Hilton (venue of conference) -- $350.92 Total I will submit receipts and a signed reimbursement form after the event. I will submit a separate request for reimbursement of the cost of booth supplies. --Jean Hollis Weber -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board

Re: [board-discuss] Joining Silicon Sentier

2013-01-23 Thread Florian Effenberger
s asap. Thanks, -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details: http://www.documen

[board-discuss] BoD minutes from 2013-01-09

2013-01-23 Thread Florian Effenberger
Location: Phone Conference Room Session chair: Florian Effenberger (Chairman of the Board) Keeper of the minutes: Thorsten Behrens (Board of Directors) In the call: Thorsten Behrens, Florian Effenberger, Olivier Hallot, Michael Meeks, Charles-H. Schulz, Italo Vignoli Representations: none Chairman of

[board-discuss] Reminder: BoD call tomorrow

2013-01-22 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, this is a short reminder that tomorrow, Wednesday, at 1600 UTC, our next BoD call takes place. The agenda, which you are free to add your items to, and the dial-in details, are available at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Meetings Please remember to name your deputy in t

Re: [board-discuss] Request pre-approval of personal expenses for SCALE 11x

2013-01-22 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Jean, Jean Weber wrote on 2013-01-19 06:21: I am organising the LibreOffice booth at SCALE 11x, 22-25 February in Los Angeles. https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale11x I request pre-approval for reimbursement of the following personal expenses for attending this event: $ 91.90 Airfare Oaklan

Re: [board-discuss] Joining Silicon Sentier

2013-01-22 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi Charles, Charles-H. Schulz wrote on 2013-01-17 14:36: I would like to ask that TDF joins the Silicon Sentier Association in Paris (www.siliconsentier.org) . Silicon was our partner that hosted the first LiboCon but more importantly, the membership comes with the ability to run events either f

Re: [board-discuss] Re: 2013 budget draft - TDF Budget as of 2013-01-14

2013-01-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, Marc Paré wrote on 2013-01-15 07:27: A question about the funding requests. Could we have information as to what was requested? pt-BR project (Olivier) QA netbooks (Björn) Marketing (Charles) -- I think this one is for the FB ads? I'm Cc'ing those three. We have been working internally o

[board-discuss] CORRECTED: MC minutes from 2012-12-18

2013-01-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
Quarter 2013. Thorsten Behrens Jesús Corrius Olav Dahlum Florian Effenberger Rene Engelhard Tollef Fog Heen Peter Foley Sophie Gautier Olivier Hallot Jan Holešovský David Emmerich Jourdain Thomas Krumbein Leif Lyngby Lodahl Lionel Elie Mamane Caolán McNamara Michael Meeks Cor Nouws Jacqueline

[board-discuss] 2013 budget draft - TDF Budget as of 2013-01-14

2013-01-14 Thread Florian Effenberger
eedback welcome, and thanks a lot to everyone for their contributions! Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 1

[board-discuss] BoD minutes from 2012-12-12

2013-01-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
for Florian Effenberger Deputy Chairman of the Board is in the call. One of the Chairman or Deputy is required to be present or represented for having a quorate call. The Board of Directors at time of the call consists of 7 seat holders without deputies. In order to be quorate, the call needs to

[board-discuss] MC minutes from 2012-12-18

2013-01-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
that the following person have their status of Member of The Document Foundation extended until the end of the fourth Quarter 2013. Thorsten Behrens Jesús Corrius Olav Dahlum Florian Effenberger Rene Engelhard Tollef Fog Heen Peter Foley Sophie Gautier Olivier Hallot Jan Holešovský David Emmerich

[board-discuss] improving the meetings page

2013-01-10 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, based on a proposal by Andreas, I have just edited the meetings page. Only the 2013 minutes are now available at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Meetings, older minutes are at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Meetings/2012, 2011 and 2010 respectively. Florian

[board-discuss] Reminder: First 2013 BoD Call on Wednesday

2013-01-05 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hello, this is, as usual, a short reminder that the first BoD call of the year 2013 takes place next Wednesday at 1600 UTC. Agenda and dial-in details are available at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Meetings#Next_Call Looking forward to hearing you, Florian

Re: [board-discuss] Format of the BoD votes announcement

2013-01-03 Thread Florian Effenberger
Hi, practically spoken, I've just added that topic to the next call's agenda. [1] If there are no severe objections, we can already draft the minutes like you proposed. Florian [1] https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Meetings#Agenda

Re: [board-discuss] Format of the BoD votes announcement

2013-01-02 Thread Florian Effenberger
not formally allowed to vote (e.g. the audience or deputies not representing anyone). It helps giving an impression of the overall opinion. Any thoughts from someone else? Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 144

[board-discuss] payments done

2012-12-31 Thread Florian Effenberger
ss for the Hackfest than planned, so we have some money left for other areas. Happy new year! Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation, Zim

[board-discuss] travel payments

2012-12-29 Thread Florian Effenberger
aster. ;-) Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerl

[board-discuss] Personal wishes at the end of the year

2012-12-23 Thread Florian Effenberger
Dear friends, Dear community, the end of the year 2012 is approaching with large steps, and in most countries around the globe, whether they celebrate Christmas or not, the holiday season has just begun. People meeting with old friends, their families, their beloved ones, thinking about what h

Re: [board-discuss] Reimbursement for Attending Events

2012-12-21 Thread Florian Effenberger
amount of money. -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des

Re: [board-discuss] POSSCON + LibrePlanet

2012-12-20 Thread Florian Effenberger
approve the trip and a provisional budget of 2,000 euro (estimated to cover all expenses) for this trip. -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation

Re: [board-discuss] Reimbursement for Attending Events

2012-12-19 Thread Florian Effenberger
. -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal

Re: [board-discuss] POSSCON + LibrePlanet

2012-12-18 Thread Florian Effenberger
+1, and thanks a lot for your work on this! Italo Vignoli wrote on 2012-12-18 12:39: I ask the board to approve the trip and a provisional budget of 2,000 euro (estimated to cover all expenses) for this trip. -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341

Re: [board-discuss] TDF decision regarding power of attorney

2012-12-17 Thread Florian Effenberger
For the records: The vote was taken on November 28th, 2012, and approved with 6 out of 6 votes. Florian Effenberger wrote on 2012-12-17 17:49: Hello, following our statutes, I'd like to convey the following information to the public: In a private call, the board has unanimously vot

[board-discuss] TDF decision regarding power of attorney

2012-12-17 Thread Florian Effenberger
ed to this per se, payment will be handled on an individual basis when we need his advice, so there is no financial risk involved for TDF. Thank you very much, Mike, for being our counsel, and for all your invalueable advice! Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the

[board-discuss] Board decision on investment of the capital stock

2012-12-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
make public. Florian Original Message Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:59:27 +0100 From: Florian Effenberger Organization: The Document Foundation Hello, The Board of Directors at time of the vote consists of 7 seat holders without deputies. In order to be quorate, the vote needs

Re: [board-discuss] Request: approve 523,60 € lawyer fees for drafting a work contract

2012-12-15 Thread Florian Effenberger
. -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal

[board-discuss] TDF Budget as of 2012-12-12

2012-12-12 Thread Florian Effenberger
€ -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal details

Re: [board-discuss] Re: [tdf-membership] MC filings for Q4/2012

2012-12-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
that next week, that'd be wonderful, so I could file in time. I don't object to bringing a letter to the post office during the holiday season, but I want to avoid end of the year rush and last-minute sessions on December 31st. :-) Florian -- Florian Effenberger, C

Re: [board-discuss] BoD tasks as of 2012-12-11

2012-12-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
aft policy/contract for people holding domains on behalf of TDF * fill in credit card compliance questionnaire /(Florian)/ * handle Q4/2012 MC filings * draft end of year donation text * apply for donation seal -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 834

[board-discuss] BoD tasks as of 2012-12-11

2012-12-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
compliance questionnaire (Florian) handle Q4/2012 MC filings draft end of year donation text apply for donation seal -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@ipt

[board-discuss] BoD tasks

2012-12-11 Thread Florian Effenberger
nizing our todos and give everyone more time for strategic topics. Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berli

[board-discuss] BoD call during holiday season

2012-12-10 Thread Florian Effenberger
y 9th. Is everyone fine with this? Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsf

[board-discuss] MC filings for Q4/2012

2012-12-10 Thread Florian Effenberger
file in time, and would like to avoid filing after that day, if possible. There are several members who need renewal, so we shouldn't let pass this opportunity. Thanks, Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 15

[board-discuss] BoD call on Wednesday

2012-12-10 Thread Florian Effenberger
this time, as I am on the road. I therefore call any of the deputies Andreas Mantke, Björn Michaelsen or Jesús Corrius, in that order, to represent me during the call, and ask Thorsten Behrens to be the session chair. Thanks, Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board

[board-discuss] TDF Budget as of 2012-12-06

2012-12-06 Thread Florian Effenberger
€ -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49 151 14424108 Jabber: flo...@jabber.org | SIP: flo...@iptel.org The Document Foundation, Zimmerstr. 69, 10117 Berlin, Germany Gemeinnützige rechtsfähige Stiftung des bürgerlichen Rechts Legal

Re: [board-discuss] infrastructure budget

2012-11-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
We have discussed this during today's BoD call, and it was approved - for details, see the minutes that follow soon Florian Effenberger wrote on 2012-11-26 16:28: I'd like to call for your vote on a new infrastructure budget, but not without some explanations: -- Florian E

Re: [board-discuss] Request budget for Berlin Foundation Day 2012

2012-11-28 Thread Florian Effenberger
llent opportunity to network with other foundations and Berlin politicians. Detailed expenses are: - booth: € 119.00 - train ticket Thorsten: € 78.40 - hotel Thorsten: € 66.50 - Mike's presence: priceless With kind regards, -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvo

[board-discuss] infrastructure budget

2012-11-26 Thread Florian Effenberger
including the 1st quarter of 2013, and then will be lower again Most probably, for #4, costs will be lower much sooner again, but for the official approval I wanted to use conservative values. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of

[board-discuss] Reminder: Public board call this Wednesday

2012-11-26 Thread Florian Effenberger
talk about, is available at http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/TDF/BoD_Meetings#Agenda The call is public, and the community is invited to take part. Looking forward to hearing you, Florian -- Florian Effenberger, Chairman of the Board (Vorstandsvorsitzender) Tel: +49 8341 99660880 | Mobile: +49

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