2021-01-15

Last modified by Thierry Carrez on 2021/10/28 16:08

Live Meeting Notes:

Call in information:

Quorum

Quorum reached and meeting called to order at xx:06 UTC.

Attendees

Board Members

Deb Bryant

Megan Byrd-Sanicki

Pam Chestek

Hong Phuc Dang

Elana Hashman

Tracy Hinds

Chris Lamb

Italo Vignoli

Faidon Liambotis (+1:06)

Guests

Deb Nicholson

Expected, but Not Present

Regrets

Approve minutes from last time (2 minutes)

Minutes from December's Meeting

https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI%20Board%20of%20Directors/Board%20Meeting%20Notes/December%2018th%2C%202020%20Draft%20Board%20Meeting%20Minutes/

Vote: 8 yes; 0 no; 2 abstain

Scheduled start time:

  • 8:00 PST (UTC -8)
  • 11:00 EST (UTC -5)
  • 16:00 GMT (UTC 0)
  • 17:00 CET (UTC +1)
  • 18:00 EET (UTC +2)

Live Meeting Notes:

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Call in information:

Quorum

Quorum reached and meeting called to order at xx:xx UTC.

Attendees

Board Members

Guests

Expected, but Not Present

Sent Regrets

January 15th 2021 Agenda

Staffing Committee - Exec Dir update (10 min) Megan

TODO: Deb N. to send Megan a note about how to use the tools in Jazz HR to communicate with candidates

Strategic Direction: - finish discussion on top 3 stakeholders (30 min) Megan

Defining Our Top Stakeholders

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZEUttp226ec0cUEFekwT1F3Wzxu3y9sN8cs18BXm9sQ/edit#heading=h.p2qsjdwfvm70

Hong Phuc: disagreed that we do not include individual contributors as our top 3 stakeholders (for the record). 

We should revisit the potential risks outlined in this proposal

BREAK

Finance update and motions (15 min)

Increasing spending limits to get out of operations' way

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BXL1xDnDKmxSZkgVg8HLLH-12I0_JDvo1Y_JGFWVM5E/edit

Motions

Motion (Tracy): 

  • Motion 1: Expand spending limit: One time expenditures up to $3500(USD) in aggregated payments, if not an approved annual contract or in current budget, may be approved by the OSI General Manager, CFO, or Board President.

Second (Pam).

Discussion:

Vote: 9 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.

Motions

Motion (Tracy): 

  • No person responsible for approving payments may approve their own compensation or expense reimbursement.

Second (Deb B.).

Discussion:

Vote: 9 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.

Motions

Motion (Tracy): 

  • One time emergency expenditures up to $10,000 (USD) may be jointly approved by the Board President and CFO.

Second (Pam).

Discussion:

Vote: 9 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.

Motions

Motion (Tracy): 

  • Erase rest of page/policy on Purchasing section

Second (Josh).

Discussion:

Vote: 9 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.

CERN OHL Licenses, (5 min)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NvC5HuCmwvFRe2Z8BhOd4tC0baH7JFnp8PrUTZ-lQag/edit

Motion (Deb B.): Moves that we accept the CERN OHL Family of Licenses as presented

Second (Josh).

Discussion:

Vote: 10 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.

TODO: Deb N. add these license to the OSI website

TODO: Deb N. and Pam to touch base about promoting the addition of these cool new license to the OSI roster

OSI’s involvement in Europe, Hong Phuc (15 min)

OSI Europe Working Group Proposal

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hsOFDO1IFqAXHFt2rbH0IwvDFxGut34-cifuzj0bQv8/edit#heading=h.y07g27qenexn

Deb B. has asked for a bit more info the deliverables and the end date

and if we can have more info about the current stakeholders and how this fits in

perhaps by convening a few conversations 

The board would like to have Hong Phuc explore an OSI working group to be implemented when there is an ED, reach out to potential partners

Prepare a motion for the next meeting 

Clearly Defined, (5 min)

OSI Fiscal Sponsorship: Annual Report 2020

https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Working%20Groups%20%26%20Incubator%20Projects/ClearlyDefined%20Incubator%20Project%20Proposal/OSI%20Fiscal%20Sponsorship%3A%20Annual%20Report%202020/

New Affiliates, update on ones we’re waiting on (5 min)

TEX Users Group Application

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qXtFoX2kY4LqUd6nxhWcFCoCORCVtMs8UAcX1nG0bb4/edit

Motion (Elana): Approve to TEX User groups

Second (Deb B.).

Discussion:

Vote: 10 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.

Board business: elections 

https://opensource.org/elections

Elana: Look at past board meetings to see if we ruled on Affiliate deadlines

otherwise, we will have those joining deadlines mirror what we do for individuals

Next Board Meeting

The next OSI board meeting is scheduled for...

February 19th

Meeting adjourned at...

Motions

Motion (): Approve and post the meeting minutes of __________ .

Second ().

Discussion:

Vote: 0 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.