Minutes, Oct 13, 2005
Meeting time: 08:00 AM Pacific time
Roll Call
Attending: Joel, Jodok, Munwar, Geoff, Alan
Not attending: Limi (sick beforehand), Ben
Observing: Mark, Godefroid, Paul
Agenda Items
1) Approve and publish Sep 29 minutes and PF Member Meeting minutes. Jodok motioned and Alan seconded.
Jodok motioned for the Vienna minutes and Alan seconded.
Accepted by acclaim.
2) Approve agenda. Joel motioned to accept the minutes. Alan
seconded. Accepted by acclaim.
3) Officer reports.
4) Committee reports (below).
5) Old business (below).
6) New business (below).
7) Review newly-discussed action items.
8) Set time for next meeting.
Officer Reports
President
Joel spent his time researching non-profit stuff. He also sent
out the fundraising request. We now have around $1600. Joel
doesn't want to keep the fundraising page after we hit the limit.
Discussion about how to get a volunteer to handle fundraising in
the future.
Vice-President
No report.
Secretary
As Geoff reported by email, we are up-to-date with Delaware. Also
tracked down the contact as the registered agent. Called but
hasn't heard back.
Joel put Geoff in contact with Dan at SFLC. Dan will look things
over and let us know what's next. Likely have to pay taxes and
need to file 501c3.
Treasurer
Some money has entered via PayPayl. Around $1k. Mark paid the
previous invoice for ZEA for trademark stuff, as previously
approved by board.
Committee Reports
Membership Committee
At last meeting the board approved Godefroid as membership
committee chair. Godefroid gave an introduction. Joel and Paul
talked about the definition of merit.
Godefroid asked about the scope of work, beyond processing
applications. Alan chatted about communication. Joel mentioned IRC
meetings. Mark sent Godefroid a bunch of background information.
Godefroid said it is his goal to get more non-technicians involved
as members. Board agreed that Godefroid has the authority to
establish his own system for processing and approving/rejection.
IP Committee
Alan said he would make a concerted effort to get more
contributors signed. Joel suggested that, if the IP Committee is
moribund, we close it and create a licensing committee.
Trademark Committee
Alex has offered to step down as trademark chair. Discussion of
Andrew Hatton and volunteering for work on trademarks.
Marketing Committee
Brief discussion of fundraising commitee. Joel asked if Munwar
would chair the fundraising committee, he said yes.
Paul gave an update on his lack of progress on marketing and
plone.net. Discussion
Old Business
1) (Paul) Introduce Geoff and Dan at SFLC regarding our registered
agent or Delaware. (Finished by Joel.)
2) (Geoff) Track down status in Delaware. (Finished.)
3) (Mark) Check status on current board insurance. Alan mentioned
that CA said it is crazy insurance. Munwar said it should be
around $5,600/year.
4) (Joel) Introduce Mark to non-profit specialists. (Finished by
Joel,
communicated to Geoff.)
5) (Alan) Ask Toby about doing the PF books and taxes. (In-
progress.)
6) (Alex) Provide an update on what countries are covered on
trademark. (Handled, email sent to board list with update.)
7) (Alex) Get Stefan to cut 2.1.1 in 10 days. (Handled.)
8) (Mark/Alan) Installers for 2.1.1. (Alan: In progress. Mark: Done
today or tomorrow.)
9) (Paul) Ping marketing committee for site updates for 2.1 press
release. (Finished by Alan.)
10) (Joel) Write letter for PayPal for donating to cover press
release. (Finished, email sent.)
11) (Paul) Chair a small group for a proposal on how to structure
the board and foundation. (In progress.)
12) (All) Email Paul if you are interested in the governance
team. (Completed, team included Joel, Mark, Ben.)
13) (Paul) Followup w/ Marcel and Norm to say thanks. (Done).
14) (Mark) Let Godefroid know about membership cmt chair and walk
him through the process. (Completed)
New Business
1) (Paul) Approve "PF member meeting minutes":http://
members.plone.org/foundation/board/minutes/membermtg2005
2) (Jodok) Costs for 2.1 press-release in Europe. Joel motions that
the PF make a one-time allocation up to $750, with the same
stipulation that Jodok will make a best-effort to repay, same as
last week's terms for the American press release. Geoff seconds.
Joel: +1, Geoff: +1, Jodok: abstain, Alan: +1, Munwar:
abstain. Motion passes.
Action Items
1) (Alan) Identify who is needed for signing contrib agreements and
start getting people to sign.
2) (Joel) Announce fundraising committee and Munwar.
3) (Paul) Give a specific action report on plone.net.
4) (Munwar) Send document to board about board insurance.
5) (Mark) OSX installer today or tomorrow.
6) (Joel) Send out thank-yous for press release and remove the
PayPal link.
7) (Munwar and Paul) Draft a policy for funding international press
releases.
8) (Alan and Munwar) Talk about Breakaway Communications.