2021-08-25
Live Meeting Notes: August 25th, 2021
Call in information:
- To join the video meeting, click this link: https://meet.google.com/ttb-aamd-ymi
Quorum
Quorum reached and meeting called to order at 15:00 UTC.
Attendees
Stefano Maffulli
Board Members
Josh Simmons
Italo Vignoli
Deb Bryant
Chris Lamb
Tracy Hinds
Hong Phuc Dang
Deb Bryant
Guests
Deb Nicholson
Expected, but Not Present
Regrets
Pam
Agenda
First 30 minutes
Chris moved to approve the minutes, Josh seconded
Approve minutes from last time (2 minutes)
Vote: yes; 6 no; 0 abstain; 0
“old Board” meets to accept election results
Deb Bryant moves to accept the slate of candidates chosen by our voters, Josh seconds
Vote: yes; 5 no; abstain 1
Thank you Chris!
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First OSI Board Meeting with new Board Members
Wednesday, August 25 · 11:30am – 1:00pm (EDT)
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/rni-ijhk-oob
Attendees
Stefano Maffulli
Board Members
Aeva Black
Catharina Maracke
Deb Bryant
Hong Phuc Dang
Josh Simmons
Megan Byrd-Sanicki
Thierry Carrez
Tracy Hinds
Italo Vignoli
Guests
Deb Nicholson
Expected, but Not Present
Regrets
Pam Chestek
AGENDA
Welcome new board members!
Introductions (15 minutes)
Board Organization
- Officer roles (Josh Simmons, 7 minutes)
- Active committees (Josh Simmons, 6 minutes)
- Finance, License, Standards, Staffing
- Appointed board members (Deb Bryant, 7 minutes)
- Logistics, philosophy and the task ahead
- You can keep people if you like
- Deb is not interested in returning
Tracy Hinds (treasurer) - describes what OSI budget process (https://docs.google.com/document/d/13cYP3b8gwb7fU-gscdeSul_1Q3Qm5RupxpEyXgroFiA/edit) will look like this year (10 minutes)
Current Financial Health Slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1RHud8DFiPYs9iUGuA4S4n_DH_jNSg1cJxtkN60VfPzY/edit#slide=id.g53c5b5b2b3_0_0
Strategic Planning process, upcoming sessions
BREAK
12:30 Fundraising update -- Betsy Waliszewski introduces herself (10 minutes)
Incubators; including Clearly Defined (5 minutes)
Clearly Defined Report from July https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OqHTTRyZI6v_EveZ-vO7PbxhjhyqYLT5wlbaJTghLUY/edit#heading=h.t4ctj4lciwd4
Affiliates applications to discuss/confirm (10 minutes)
Geek Zone’s Application
Deb Bryant moved to accept, Catharina seconded
Vote: 8 Yes; 0 No; 1 Abstain
Motion carries
Our upcoming event POSI -- board members can to help socialize (5 minutes)
*for next time: Licensing and the License discuss list (Pam Chestek, 15 minutes)*
Also, for next time invite Clearly Defined to talk about their work
Next Board Meeting
The next OSI board meeting is scheduled for 2 hours on September 17th, but there may be some additional time slots for Strategic Planning
Meeting adjourned at... 17:01 UTC