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==Location ==
 
==Location ==
 
 
  
 
Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK
 
Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK
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(Proxies are in brackets)
 
(Proxies are in brackets)
  
* Marco Cavallini 'mckoan' (proxying for Eric Bénard 'ericben')
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* Marco Cavallini               'mckoan' (proxying for Eric Bénard 'ericben')
* Paul Eggleton 'bluelightning' (proxying for Andrea Adami 'ant')
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* Paul Eggleton                 'bluelightning' (proxying for Andrea Adami 'ant')
* Philip Balister 'Crofton'
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* Philip Balister                 'Crofton' [board member]
* Richard Purdie 'RP'
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* Richard Purdie               'RP'
* Martin Jansa 'JaMa' (Simon Busch 'morphis')
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* Martin Jansa                   'JaMa' (Simon Busch 'morphis')
* Denys Dmytriyenko 'denix'
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* Denys Dmytriyenko       'denix' [board member]
* Koen Kooi 'koen' ( Khem Raj 'khem')
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* Koen Kooi                     'koen' ( Khem Raj 'khem')
 
* Anders Darander
 
* Anders Darander
* Mark Hatle 'fray' (Otavio Salvador 'otavio')
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* Mark Hatle                   'fray' (Otavio Salvador 'otavio')
* Sean Hudson 'darknighte'
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* Sean Hudson               'darknighte' [board member]
* Saul Wold 'sgw'
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* Saul Wold                     'sgw'
 
* Stefan Schmidt
 
* Stefan Schmidt
* Leon
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* Leon Woestenberg      'likewise'  [board member]
 
* David Stewart
 
* David Stewart
 
* Jefro
 
* Jefro
* Soctt Garman
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* Scott Garman
  
 
Non members present and elected to become members
 
Non members present and elected to become members
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* Bruce Ashfield
 
* Bruce Ashfield
* Ulf S
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* Ulf Samuelsson
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== Meeting notes ==
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Meeting opened 18:35
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Attendees Documented
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Financially Summary Presented
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* Euro 1731
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* Taxes had to be filed, issues due to board transition
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* German language issues and documents required to be at a German address. Lots of overhead
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* No spending in last financial year
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* No donations received either
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* Setup SPI affiliation to allow for funds to be collected in and held in the US
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Financial Report Approved
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Discussion of possible uses for collected funds:
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Things membership generally in favor of:
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- travel sponsorship preferred
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- ship event box for conferences
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- create additional event box for NA
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- financial availability for emergency hardware
 +
- promotion at events
 +
Things membership generally not in favor of:
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- sponsorship at events e.g. coffee breaks
 +
Discussion about future of e.V. and whether SPI (as an example) would make sense
 +
- nobody against dissolving e.V. in principle
 +
- Feeling that board should investigate and consult members and come up with a proposal
 +
Meeting Ended 19:20
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== Action Items ==
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# Board to review alternate legal structures including affiliation with foundations, e.g. Apache, Gnome, etc
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# Board to put together draft budget proposal
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# Members: Investigate opportunities for "hack fest" sponsorship (close to conferences)
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[[Category:General_Assemblies]]

Latest revision as of 11:31, 14 October 2014

Location

Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK

October 25, 2013 at 1830 - 1930 in Harris 1.

Agenda

  • Financial report
  • Election of new members

Forms

Attendence Record

(Proxies are in brackets)

  • Marco Cavallini 'mckoan' (proxying for Eric Bénard 'ericben')
  • Paul Eggleton 'bluelightning' (proxying for Andrea Adami 'ant')
  • Philip Balister 'Crofton' [board member]
  • Richard Purdie 'RP'
  • Martin Jansa 'JaMa' (Simon Busch 'morphis')
  • Denys Dmytriyenko 'denix' [board member]
  • Koen Kooi 'koen' ( Khem Raj 'khem')
  • Anders Darander
  • Mark Hatle 'fray' (Otavio Salvador 'otavio')
  • Sean Hudson 'darknighte' [board member]
  • Saul Wold 'sgw'
  • Stefan Schmidt
  • Leon Woestenberg 'likewise' [board member]
  • David Stewart
  • Jefro
  • Scott Garman

Non members present and elected to become members

  • Jack Mitchell
  • Andrea Galbusera
  • Ross Burton

Non members not present but elected to become members

  • Bruce Ashfield
  • Ulf Samuelsson

Meeting notes

Meeting opened 18:35
Attendees Documented
Financially Summary Presented
* Euro 1731
* Taxes had to be filed, issues due to board transition
* German language issues and documents required to be at a German address. Lots of overhead
* No spending in last financial year
* No donations received either
* Setup SPI affiliation to allow for funds to be collected in and held in the US
Financial Report Approved
Discussion of possible uses for collected funds:
Things membership generally in favor of:
- travel sponsorship preferred 
- ship event box for conferences
- create additional event box for NA
- financial availability for emergency hardware
- promotion at events
Things membership generally not in favor of:
- sponsorship at events e.g. coffee breaks
Discussion about future of e.V. and whether SPI (as an example) would make sense
- nobody against dissolving e.V. in principle
- Feeling that board should investigate and consult members and come up with a proposal
Meeting Ended 19:20

Action Items

  1. Board to review alternate legal structures including affiliation with foundations, e.g. Apache, Gnome, etc
  2. Board to put together draft budget proposal
  3. Members: Investigate opportunities for "hack fest" sponsorship (close to conferences)