Board Members present

• Catharina Maracke
• Pam Chestek
• Tracy Hinds
• Hong Phuc
• Aeva Black
• Josh Simmons
• Justin Colannino
• Megan Byrd-Sanicki

• Stefano Maffulli

Regrets

• Italo Vignoli
• Thierry Carrez

Quorum reached and meeting called to order at 16:04 UTC.

Approval of last board meeting minutes

Motion (Pam): Approve last month’s minutes
Second (Aeva).
Discussion: no further question
Vote:  7 Yes;  0 No; 1 Abstain.

Motion carries.

Justin introduced to Board

The Board welcomes the addition of Justin Collannino as a board-selected appointee.

Financial and Operations update

Stefano shared some background on 2022 goals for our new Director, Justin. Operating reserves are below threshold, a few large sponsorship have been committed but not yet paid. Net income positive for January. Observed an increase in positive press mentions in January. The discussion then moved to funding for infrastructure needs.

2022 elections

2 affiliate & 2 individual seats are up for election. Board discussed promotion & outreach during nomination period.

2022 event planning

Stefano presented a plan for two complimentary online events. The discussion moved to plans for in-person event in 2023.

Board chair / vice-chair elections

Josh reviewed the Board’s prior discussion to elect new officers one month early, so as to provide overlap to support new Officers before Josh and Megan roll off of the Board. Then Josh motions to elect Catharina as Chair and Thierry as Vice Chair.

Motion (Josh): Elect Catharina Maracke as board chair and Thierry Carrez as vice-chair
Second (Megan).
Discussion: no further question
Vote: 7 Yes; 0 No; 1 Abstain.

Lexicon update

Discussion of capacity and relevant efforts at other organizations.

Next Board Meeting

The next OSI board meeting is scheduled for March 18th.

Meeting adjourned at 17:55 UTC.