Meeting log for 2009-05-20

So I wasn't in this meeting because there was no connectivity
available at the "Connecting Somerset" event I was at (duh!), but it
looks like a fairly fast and uneventful one. From my experience with
debconf7, I don't think being known has any bearing on debconf travel
sponsorship in itself, but that's not SPI's fault.

HIGHLIGHTS

<Hydroxide> This meeting of Software in the Public Interest, Inc.'s
board of directors is called to order. Board members, please state
your name for the record. Other people who wish to be counted, /msg me

21:02:42 <Ganneff> Joerg Jaspert
21:02:42 <Hydroxide> Jimmy Kaplowitz
21:02:45 <schultmc> Michael Schultheiss
21:03:44 <luk> Luk Claes
21:04:20 <Hydroxide> we have tentative regrets from Neil McGovern
21:04:34 <cdlu> David Graham
21:06:41 <linuxpoet> Joshua D. Drake

<Hydroxide> no president's report.

<schultmc> A routine treasurer's report was sent out and is in the
agenda. the bulk of April's donations were deposited on 2009-05-01
which is why this report shows a less than typical amount of income

<schultmc> the 2008 form 990 has not yet been
filed - I need to get the appropriate data to the accountant.
The accountant automatically files
extenstions for us. I believe [that actually happened], yes

<Hydroxide> OK, moving on. My Secretary's report is in the agenda
basically summarizing some SPI-related activity on behalf of
DebConf10. I'm happy to answer any questions

<Ganneff> debconf isnt limited to debian people

<Hydroxide> if there's anyone who the DebConf organizers believe is
honestly intending to attend DebConf and leave before the visa
expires, and not immigrate illegally, we'll be glad to provide the
same visa assistance.

<Ganneff> so you can. you might not get travel sponsorship if unknown
and lotsa others ask that are known, but you are welcome for sure.

<Hydroxide> being a Debian developer isn't necessary - in fact,
although the person my report refers to does contribute to Debian,
he's not a DD. even without our visa assistance, you're welcome to
attend if you can get here :)

<Hydroxide> Current voting results for "Ganneff,luk,cdlu,Hydroxide,linuxpoet,schultmc": Yes: 0, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Missing: 2 ( 2009 minutes april 15th )

<Hydroxide> Current voting results for "April 15th, 2009": Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Missing: 0 ()

<cdlu> hydroxide, I'd just like to point out that next meeting is the
last before the 2009 general elections

<Hydroxide> the next board meeting would normally be Wednesday June
17th, 2009, same time of day (20:00 UTC)

21:19:15 <Hydroxide> *GAVEL*

TIMED LOG

21:02:16 <Hydroxide> *GAVEL*
21:02:23 <Ganneff> then do it all :)
21:02:27 <Hydroxide> This meeting of Software in the Public Interest, Inc.'s board of directors is called to order
21:02:37 <Hydroxide> Board members, please state your name for the record. Other people who wish to be counted, /msg me
21:02:42 <Ganneff> Joerg Jaspert
21:02:42 <Hydroxide> Jimmy Kaplowitz
21:02:45 <schultmc> Michael Schultheiss
21:03:38 <schultmc> cdlu, luk: ping
21:03:44 <luk> Luk Claes
21:04:12 <Hydroxide> hrm. maybe people got thrown by the fact that the reminder was 48 hours in advance?
21:04:20 <Hydroxide> we have tentative regrets from Neil McGovern
21:04:34 <cdlu> David Graham
21:04:41 <Hydroxide> we need 1 more board member for quorum
21:05:07 <Hydroxide> can someone contact Bdale or Joshua or Martin?
21:05:14 * schultmc can call Josh
21:05:22 <Hydroxide> schultmc: Drake, remember, not Berkus. Thanks.
21:05:28 <schultmc> Hydroxide: I know
21:05:29 <Hydroxide> ok
21:06:21 <Hydroxide> for everyone who's here, look at the agenda if you haven't already: http://www.spi-inc.org/secretary/agenda/2009/2009-05-20.html
21:06:22 <Ganneff> zobel wont, he is somewhere south france. no net
21:06:22 - linuxpoet!~jd(at)75(dot)142(dot)153(dot)203 has joined #spi
21:06:26 <linuxpoet> ji
21:06:38 <Hydroxide> linuxpoet: hi. state your name for the record, then we can begin
21:06:41 <linuxpoet> Joshua D. Drake
21:06:45 <Hydroxide> great. quorum.
21:06:48 <Hydroxide> no president's report.
21:06:57 <Hydroxide> schultmc: Treasurer's report. go! :)
21:07:14 <schultmc> A routine treasurer's report was sent out and is in the agenda
21:07:21 <Hydroxide> any questions or discussion regarding that?
21:07:48 <Hydroxide> no?
21:07:49 <schultmc> the bulk of April's donations were deposited on 2009-05-01 which is why this report shows a less than typical amount of income
21:08:01 <schultmc> </done>
21:08:02 <Hydroxide> schultmc: ah, that is a good point
21:08:11 <Hydroxide> schultmc: what happened with the form 990?
21:08:16 <Hydroxide> schultmc: has something been filed?
21:08:44 <schultmc> Hydroxide: the 2008 form 990 has not yet been filed - I need to get the appropriate data to the accountant
21:09:03 <Hydroxide> schultmc: did we at least file an extension? if I'm not mistaken (I may be), the deadline for filing that was May 15
21:09:20 <schultmc> Hydroxide: the accountant automatically files extenstions for us
21:09:32 <Hydroxide> schultmc: ok, good. so that actually happened?
21:09:44 <schultmc> Hydroxide: I believe so, yes
21:09:46 <Hydroxide> that's all from me. any other questions?
21:09:52 <cdlu> not from me
21:09:54 <linuxpoet> I am good
21:10:00 <Hydroxide> OK, moving on. My Secretary's report is in the agenda
21:10:08 <Hydroxide> basically summarizing some SPI-related activity on behalf of DebConf10
21:10:13 <Hydroxide> I'm happy to answer any questions
21:10:40 <Hydroxide> anyone?
21:10:43 <linuxpoet> Not I
21:10:48 <devil> will this stuff be good for any non-debian members?
21:11:02 <devil> i would like to attend debconf10
21:11:21 <Ganneff> debconf isnt limited to debian people
21:11:25 <Hydroxide> devil: yes. if there's anyone who the DebConf organizers believe is honestly intending to attend DebConf and leave before the visa expires, and not immigrate illegally, we'll be glad to provide the same visa assistance.
21:11:28 <devil> i know
21:11:45 <Ganneff> so you can. you might not get travel sponsorship if unknown and lotsa others ask that are known, but you are welcome for sure.
21:11:48 <devil> Hydroxide: thxx
21:11:54 <Hydroxide> devil: being a Debian developer isn't necessary - in fact, although the person my report refers to does contribute to Debian, he's not a DD.
21:12:09 <Hydroxide> devil: even without our visa assistance, you're welcome to attend if you can get here :)
21:12:12 <Hydroxide> any other questions?
21:12:13 <Ganneff> like, we did have gentoo people in the past :)
21:12:17 * Hydroxide nods at Ganneff
21:12:29 <devil> Hydroxide: well, i live in DE, so should be no prob really
21:12:39 <Hydroxide> devil: if you're a german citizen you don't need a visa
21:12:54 <Ganneff> now, thats not really for this meeting :)
21:12:56 <Hydroxide> right
21:13:00 <linuxpoet> where is debconf10 being held?
21:13:00 <Hydroxide> ok, moving on
21:13:03 <Hydroxide> oh
21:13:06 <devil> Hydroxide: ups, last time i visited US was ~ 25 years ago :)
21:13:07 <Hydroxide> linuxpoet: New York City
21:13:10 <Hydroxide> linuxpoet: columbia university
21:13:16 <linuxpoet> very cool
21:13:19 <Hydroxide> yes
21:13:34 <Hydroxide> any other questions from board members or directly report-related questions from anyone?
21:13:44 <Hydroxide> ok, moving on
21:14:03 <Hydroxide> Two sets of minutes to approve today. the first set was approved last month, but I made a typo in Julien Cristau's name (listed him as Jilien)
21:14:07 <Hydroxide> no other changes
21:14:13 <Hydroxide> any objection to voting on that?
21:14:20 <Ganneff> err
21:14:26 <Ganneff> we do not really have to vote on a name spelling fix?
21:14:26 <Hydroxide> or should we just say "done, move on"
21:14:27 <Ganneff> thats insane
21:14:28 <Hydroxide> ok
21:14:28 <cdlu> no objection to voting on it but it seems unnecessary. update the record and be done with it. :)
21:14:37 <Ganneff> thats no content change
21:14:40 <Hydroxide> I'll note that it was changed by unanimous consent
21:14:42 <Ganneff> none that matters.
21:14:43 <linuxpoet> agreed
21:14:44 <Hydroxide> next one: last month's
21:14:46 <cdlu> it's not like a vote changed :)
21:14:47 <Hydroxide> right
21:14:55 <Hydroxide> is everyone ready to vote on last month's minutes?
21:15:00 <jcristau> Ganneff: it matters a lot! :)
21:15:05 <luk> lol
21:15:15 <Ganneff> go vote
21:15:21 <Hydroxide> Voting started, 2 people (april 15th, 2009 minutes) allowed to vote on Ganneff,luk,cdlu,Hydroxide,linuxpoet,schultmc. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now.
21:15:23 <cdlu> Hydroxide, I'm prepared to vote
21:15:24 <cdlu> !vote yes
21:15:24 <Hydroxide> oops
21:15:26 <Hydroxide> Current voting results for "Ganneff,luk,cdlu,Hydroxide,linuxpoet,schultmc": Yes: 0, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Missing: 2 ( 2009 minutes april 15th )
21:15:29 <Hydroxide> Voting for "Ganneff,luk,cdlu,Hydroxide,linuxpoet,schultmc" closed.
21:15:37 <cdlu> haha
21:15:37 <Hydroxide> Voting started, 6 people (ganneff,luk,cdlu,hydroxide,linuxpoet,schultmc) allowed to vote on April 15th, 2009. - You may vote yes/no/abstain only, type !vote $yourchoice now.
21:15:43 <Hydroxide> !vote yes
21:15:44 <Ganneff> !vote yes
21:15:44 <schultmc> !vote yes
21:15:45 <cdlu> !vote yes
21:15:45 <luk> !vote yes
21:15:46 <linuxpoet> !yes
21:15:49 <linuxpoet> !vote yes
21:15:58 <Hydroxide> Current voting results for "April 15th, 2009": Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 0, Missing: 0 ()
21:16:01 <Hydroxide> Voting for "April 15th, 2009" closed.
21:16:05 <Hydroxide> OK, approved
21:16:09 <Hydroxide> No items scheduled for discussion.
21:16:12 <Hydroxide> Any other business?
21:16:19 <linuxpoet> Its my birthday!
21:16:21 <linuxpoet> :)
21:16:26 <Hydroxide> linuxpoet: happy birthday Joshua!
21:16:27 <Ganneff> my condolence
21:16:31 * Hydroxide grins at Ganneff
21:16:34 <Hydroxide> anything else?
21:16:38 <cdlu> linuxpoet, happy birthday :)
21:16:41 <luk> happy birthday linuxpoet!
21:16:49 <linuxpoet> thanks guys
21:16:49 <schultmc> happy birthday!
21:16:50 <cdlu> hydroxide, I'd just like to point out that next meeting is the last before the 2009 general elections
21:16:59 <cdlu> hydroxide, if you want to start preparing the membership for that :)
21:17:03 <Hydroxide> cdlu: right. do we need to do anything about that between now and then?
21:17:12 <linuxpoet> We should start talking to -private about it
21:17:16 <Hydroxide> or does the membership committee?
21:17:21 <cdlu> make sure membership ctte is up to date and let people know how many seats are up for election so they can prepare to run
21:17:21 <cdlu> that's all
21:17:27 <Hydroxide> ok. does someone want to take charge of that?
21:17:38 * cdlu gestures toward the secretary and his responsibility to manage the election
21:17:44 <Hydroxide> fair enough :)
21:17:45 <cdlu> :)
21:17:56 <Hydroxide> I was going to be the default, but I thought I'd give people a chance to take the workload first
21:17:59 <Hydroxide> ok
21:18:01 <Hydroxide> I'll do it
21:18:04 <Hydroxide> any other business?
21:18:16 <linuxpoet> none here
21:18:22 <cdlu> not from me. I may not be able to attend June meeting, to be seen.
21:18:24 <Hydroxide> if not, the next board meeting would normally be Wednesday June 17th, 2009, same time of day (20:00 UTC)
21:18:28 <Hydroxide> any objections?
21:18:38 <schultmc> none here
21:18:38 <linuxpoet> None here
21:18:39 <Hydroxide> cdlu: would an alternative day or time work better for you?
21:18:51 <cdlu> hydroxide, not really. June's a chaotic month for me.
21:18:54 <Hydroxide> ok
21:19:03 <Hydroxide> I think that's everything. going once...
21:19:08 <Hydroxide> going twice...
21:19:15 <Hydroxide> *GAVEL*

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