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* Richard Purdie                'RP'
* Richard Purdie                'RP'
* Martin Jansa                  'JaMa' (Simon Busch 'morphis')
* 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
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* Bruce Ashfield
* Bruce Ashfield
* Ulf S
* Ulf Samuelsson


== Meeting notes ==
== Meeting notes ==
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== Action Items ==
== Action Items ==
# Board to review alternate legal structure
# Board to review alternate legal structures including affiliation with foundations, e.g. Apache, Gnome, etc
# Board to put together draft budget proposal
# Board to put together draft budget proposal
# Members: Investigate opportunities for "hack fest" sponsorship (close to conferences)
# 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

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)