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==Location == | ==Location == | ||
Edinburgh International Conference Centre, Edinburgh, UK | |||
October 25, 2013 at 1830 - 1930 in Harris 1. | |||
== Agenda == | == Agenda == | ||
* Financial report | * Financial report | ||
* Election of new members | |||
== Forms == | == Forms == | ||
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(Proxies are in brackets) | (Proxies are in brackets) | ||
* Marco Cavallini 'mckoan' (proxying for Eric Bénard 'ericben') | * Marco Cavallini 'mckoan' (proxying for Eric Bénard 'ericben') | ||
* Paul Eggleton 'bluelightning' (proxying for Andrea Adami 'ant') | * Paul Eggleton 'bluelightning' (proxying for Andrea Adami 'ant') | ||
* Philip Balister 'Crofton' | * Philip Balister 'Crofton' [board member] | ||
* Richard Purdie 'RP' | * Richard Purdie 'RP' | ||
* Martin Jansa 'JaMa' | * Martin Jansa 'JaMa' (Simon Busch 'morphis') | ||
* Denys Dmytriyenko 'denix' | * Denys Dmytriyenko 'denix' [board member] | ||
* Koen Kooi 'koen' ( Khem Raj 'khem') | * Koen Kooi 'koen' ( Khem Raj 'khem') | ||
* Anders Darander | * Anders Darander | ||
* Mark Hatle 'fray' (Otavio Salvador 'otavio') | * 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 == | |||
# Board to review alternate legal structures including affiliation with foundations, e.g. Apache, Gnome, etc | |||
# Board to put together draft budget proposal | |||
# Members: Investigate opportunities for "hack fest" sponsorship (close to conferences) | |||
[[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
- Proxy form File:Proxy instructions-oe.pdf
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
- Board to review alternate legal structures including affiliation with foundations, e.g. Apache, Gnome, etc
- Board to put together draft budget proposal
- Members: Investigate opportunities for "hack fest" sponsorship (close to conferences)