Re: Next board meeting

This is just my feedback on these items, not a statement by the board.

On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 23:23, Anthony Towns wrote:
> (1) Report by officers on status of SPI
> (President: overall view on the direction the corporation
> should take; Secretary: pending resolutions, membership
> numbers; Treasurer: disposition of funds)

Very briefly, SPI has (yet again) ceased to be active because of
non-participation by board members. While none of us are entirely
innocent, Ian Jackson and Nils Lohner have been quite inactive. Wichert
Akkerman has been intermittantly active, but more as a board member than
as a Secretary.

> (2) Removal (for cause) of non-participating board members
> and officers; resignations by officers and board members
> (Joey as Vice-President; others as appropriate)

Ian and Nils would be the first objects of discussion. I would prefer,
however, that they volentarily step down or commit to attending meetings
and processing work.

> (3) Appointment of officers to vacated positions (Vice-President,
> and any others necessary)

I haven't seen any specific nominations to positions. We should probably
discuss that.

I may be able to accept one of the President/Vice-President positions
sanely. I've been looking at getting an intern and helping with this
would be good for any young CIS student's soul. It would also make
managing the legwork more tractable.

> (4) Acceptance of nominations to the board, and preparation for a vote
> by the membership on whether to accept the nominations

I need to look into our current membership voting arrangements.
Presumably we would use the same voting infrastructure as Debian but I
don't know if any work has been done in that department.

> (5) Formation of a committee to consider changes to the by laws to
> further the corporation's goals (eg, more membership
> involvement, more effective interaction amongst the board)

This is definately needed.

> (6) Other issues still before the board
> (eCos membership? Tax writeoffs/OFTC? United Way? Sincere
> Choice?)

Each of these issues constitutes a fairly significant conversation in
and of itself. Getting the current board functional would be my first
priority.

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