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Quorum
Quorum reached and meeting called to order at 16:31 UTC.
Attendees
Board Members
- Carol
- Simon
- Chris
- Faidon
- Patrick
- Molly
- Richard
- Italo - arrived at 16:38
Guests
Expected, but Not Present
Sent Regrets
- Allison
- Josh
Officer Reports
- Motion to approve minutes (Carol)
Motion (Carol): Approve and post the meeting minutes of February 14, 2019.
Second (Chris).
Discussion:
Vote: 7 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.
- Treasurer's report (Josh), see Appendix A
- Downtrend in fundraising, but not surprising and we'll be fine
- President's Report
- Spoke at IP & Competition Forum, Brussels
- Attended OSOR Review Workshop, Brussels
- Discussion with ATIS
- Have a "Open Source IoT" group that uses non-open source license
- We have written to the Board complaining
- ETSI discussions
- Will participate in CONSUL formation meeting March 22
General Manager Report
Board Topics
- Motion (Patrick): Restrict candidates for the Board to choose either to run for an Affiliate seat or Individual seat, but not both.
- Already in FAQ and just needs to be in body of text on elections page - resolved
- New member vote restrictions / blackout period (from IRC) - tabled for May F2F meeting as well
- Reserved seats (Simon) - also tabled for F2F
- Elections topic for NYC F2F (collected from discussion)
- Confirm candidates can only run in one category at any given election
- Institute blackout periods for eligibility in nominations and for elections after joining OSI
- Discuss reserving seats for Board nomination
- Consider voting algorithm selection
- Explore more structured hustings/debate/candidate exposure
- FOSDEM Post-mortem (tabled from February agenda)
- Generally hadn't had a presence at FOSDEM before; previous year we had had a table with funded staffing but with Italo/LibreOffice next to us
- That attendance was planned in conjunction with the 20th anniversary
- This year: Confusion over level of presence; sign-up sheet for staffing; sent out package that was mishandled by the post office
- Italo got package at end of February
- Didn't "contract" for staffing of booth
- Table sat empty briefly before being absorbed by FSFE/Conservancy
- For conferences in future, if we want a formal presence specifically task Patrick with the coordination & have a single, clearly defined stand manager
- May F2F meeting update?
- Office host location has changed for meeting
- Patrick will get new location info to everyone ASAP
- Event with NYU and CUNY will change
- More updates to come
- Dates are the same
- Book flights and decide if you're coming for the educational event
- Brandeis programme
- Professional certificate in open source
- Paying for everything
- Course chair identified
- Faculty are all paid
- OSI receives fees from the income (10% of tuition)
- Affiliates & Members get a discount
Motion (Patrick): Approve "Open Source Initiative (OSI) and Brandeis Graduate Professional Studies (GPS): Proposal for Collaboration".
Second (Simon).
Discussion:
Vote: 8 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.
Membership Topics
- Open source community Africa application (Josh) - tabled
Communications Topics
Fundraising Topics
Legal Topics
- Reference:
- March License Committee Report
- Server Side Public License version 2: MongoDB Inc. did an 11th hour withdrawal of the license from consideration.
- Convertible Free Software License version 1.4 - Richard recommends Board reject
- Richard to message the rejection
Motion (Richard): Reject the Convertible Free Software License version 1.4
Second (Patrick).
Discussion:
Vote: 8 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.
Infrastructure Topics
Incubator/Project Topics
- Redid website to give people quicker view into components that have been scanned
- Rescanning all 435,000 components we have to get better data
- $50k more from Microsoft for the project
- Blog post to go up after elections
- Standards update
- Report coming out shortly
- Discuss staffing for working group - need to find a new chair
- Need to have someone engage on a small level with ETSI
- Going through everyone's renewals/sponsorships
Next Board Meeting
The next OSI board meeting is scheduled for:
Call about election results: Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 9:30am PDT for 30 minutes.
Next monthly meeting: April 11, 2019 at 9:30am PDT.
Meeting adjourned at 17:24 UTC
Appendix A - Treasurer's Report
Treasurer's Report For the Month Ending February 28, 2019
Total Assets at Beginning of Period (02/01/19): $295,770
Revenue or Sources of Funds
- Contributions: $1,640
- Memberships: $3,602
- Interest: $5
Total Revenue or Sources of Funds: $5,268
Expenses or Uses of Funds
- Compensation: $10,349
- Legal & Professional Fees: $2,338
- Office Expenses: $77
- Program Service Expense: $20,021
- Promotional Expense: $0
- Travel & Entertainment: $716
- Other Expenses: $2,439
Total Expenses or Uses of Funds: $36,939
Change in Accounts Payable: $4,449
Total Assets at End of Period (02/28/19): $268,558
Appendix A.1 - Treasurer's Report
Open Source Initiative: ClearlyDefined
Balance Sheet as of January 31, 2019
ASSETS
- Cash-Clearly Defined: $31,252
Total Assets: $31,252
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Liabilities
- Accounts Payable: $20,152
Equity
- Temporarily Restricted Net Assets-ClearlyDefined: $11,100
Total Liabilities and Equity: $11,100