Quorum reached and meeting called to order at 12:04 EST.
Attendees
Board Members
Simon
Carol
Patrick
Josh
Allison
Molly
Richard
Guests
Expected, but Not Present
Mike
Paul
Sent Regrets
Deb Bryant
Italo Vignoli
Officer Reports
Motion to approve minutes
- Aug. 10, 2017 minutes (Patrick) https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Meeting+Notes/20170810DraftMinutes
- Sep. 14, 2017 minutes (Patrick) https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Meeting+Notes/20170924DraftMinutes
- Fall F2F minutes (Patrick) https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Meeting+Notes/2017FallF2FDraftMinutes
Patrick to update by referencing "action items"
Treasurer's report (Josh), in process.
Board Topics
Spring 2018 Face to Face Meeting
When is the spring F2F meeting and where?
- San Francisco, CA
- Microsoft (Carol)
- Google (Josh)
- Mozilla (Simon)
- EFF and San Francisco Tech Center (Molly)
Schedule
- Open: Monday, April 30th, 9:00 a.m.
- End: Tuesday, May 1st, 4:00 p.m.
- Board Dinner, Monday, April 30th TBD
- Event: Tuesday, May 1st, 4:00 p.m. TBD
Membership Topics
- Perl Application
Communications Topics
Fundraising Topics
Legal Topics
Retainer letter signed with Dykema Cox Smith. Will seek second opinion from Pam. Considering current discussions in othere areas of current OSI work, this would be a good time to pursue the certification. Simon to follow up with DLAPiper to inform our general counsel of our goals / work.
Infrastructure Topics
Incubator/Project Topics
ClearlyDefined
- February monthly report from ClearlyDefined: https://osi.xwiki.com/bin/Main/Projects/ClearlyDefined+Incubator+Project+Proposal/ClearlyDefined+Monthly+Board+Report%3A+February%2C+2018/
- Press release for ClearlyDefined announcement on Mar. 6 - Carol to provide draft, Simon to provide quote
- Standards report (verbal)
Review of Timeline
- Planning Timeline
Next Board Meeting
- The next OSI board meeting is scheduled for March 8th, 2018
Meeting adjourned at 12:59 EST
Motions
- Motion (Patrick): Approve and post the meeting minutes of Aug. 10, 2017minutes
https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Meeting+Notes/20170810DraftMinutes - Second (Simon).
- Discussion: None
- Vote: 7 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.
- Motion (Patrick): Approve and post the meeting minutes of Sep. 14, 2017 minutes
https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Meeting+Notes/20170924DraftMinutes - Second (Carol).
- Discussion: None
- Vote: 7 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.
- Motion (Patrick): Approve and post the meeting minutes of Fall F2F minutes:
https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI+Board+of+Directors/Board+Meeting+Notes/2017FallF2FDraftMinutes - Second (Josh).
- Discussion:
- Vote: 7 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.
- Motion (Simon): Approve Perl as affiliate member.
- Second (Josh).
- Discussion: Many members of the Board highlighted Perl Foundation's long history as an open source software project and their submission of the Artistic License. Review of the Affiliate Agreement and qualifications raised no issues. The Board was happy to see such a well known and respected foundation join the OSI.
- Vote: 6 Yes; 0 No; 1 Abstain (Allison).
- Motion (Simon): Adjourn.
- Second (Josh).
- Discussion: None
- Vote: 7 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.
Appendix A - Treasurer's Reports
Treasurer's Report As of January 31, 2018Total Assets at Beginning of Period (01/01/18): $104,733 (1)
Revenue or Sources of Funds
Contributions: $6,649
Memberships: $560
Interest: $2
Total Revenue or Sources of Funds: $7,211
Expenses or Uses of Funds
Payroll Expenses: $9,056
Legal & Professional Fees: $923
Office Expenses: $236
Travel & Entertainment: $2,858
Other Expenses: $731
Total Expenses or Uses of Funds $13,804
Open Accounts Payable adjustment: $200
Total Assets at End of Period (01/31/18): $98,339
Major Contributions in the last 12 months:
Sponsor Name | Date Invoiced | Dae Paid | Sponsorship Amount | Sponsorship Receivable |
---|---|---|---|---|
Previous Sponsor Previous Sponsor Previous Sponsor New Sponsorship Previous Sponsor New Sponsorship New Sponsorship New Sponsorship New Sponsorship New Sponsorship New Sponsorship New Sponsorship New Sponsorship Previous Sponsor New Sponsorship New Sponsorship Previous Sponsor |
03/09/17 04/03/17 04/17/17 06/12/17 06/26/17 06/26/17 07/31/17 07/31/17 08/11/17 08/11/17 09/11/17 09/14/17 09/14/17 10/01/17 10/06/17 12/14/17 01/12/18 |
03/09/17 04/27/17 06/05/17 07/03/17 06/26/17 07/03/17 09/07/17 09/07/17 09/05/17 11/01/17 10/02/17 09/28/17 10/14/17 11/11/17 10/17/17 01/31/18 - - |
$25,000 $20,000 $15,00 $1,000 $20,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $7,500 $2,500 $15,000 $7,500 $7,500 $20,000 $20,000 $20,000 $6,000 |
$0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,000 |
(1) Restated from cash to accrual basis; increase is due to including accounts receivable
Appendix B - Team Reports
Communications Team
Membership Team
New Affiliate Application: The Perl Foundation (TPF) (Affiliate Agreement)
Currently recognized as a (or application submitted for) non-profit / not-for-profit (or equivalent) by the national government were organized.
✓ 2000 - 2013 Tax Returns (http://donate.perlfoundation.org/irs.html)
Mission statement describing purpose and goals.
✓ Mission Statement (top of page)
Documentation formalizing organization, e.g. by-laws.
✓ TPF Bylaws
Publicly available release of a product(s) or service(s).
✓ Most recent release of Perl
✓ Numerous grass-roots Perl-based groups, including: International Yet Another Perl Conferences; Carries the legal responsibility for Perl 5 and Perl 6; perl.org; Perl Mongers; PerlMonks.
Use of an OSI approved open source license (software development projects only).
✓ TPF owns Artistic Licence 2.0, Rakudo Perl 6 is licensed under Artistic License 2.0.
✓ Perl 5 is dual licensed under Artistic License 1.0 and GPL
Documented approach for participation by the public.
✓ General guidelines to help Perl development are documented here: Perl Foundation - Want to Help?
✓ TPF does not control or govern the Perl development community and TPF helps community as outlined in #3. The Perl development community itself is open for anyone to join and it has active participation. For instance:
- Trending Perl repositories on GitHub today
- What's new on CPAN - October 2017
An active community:
- Methods for current and interested individuals/organizations to join and participate in your community
✓ TPF itself recruits volunteers on an ad hoc basis as examples below:- The Perl Foundation News - Call for Organizers - TPCNA: 2018
- The Perl Foundation News - Grants Committee needs a new member
- Active participation from multiple contributors, i.e. individuals and organizations other than founders (contributions may be other than programming/technology)
✓ The community itself is open as written in #5.
✓ Separately, TPF has volunteers and its core volunteers list is at TPF Who's Who, None of them is a founder.
References from other open source projects, ideally a current OSI Affiliate Member.
✓ Reference: Allison Randal, member of the OSI board and a member of TPF board
Fundraising Team
Infrastructure Team
Legal Team
Incubator/Projects Team