2013-12-18 Meeting Minutes (MCC Handover Meeting Q4/2013)

Meeting held on FreeNode, channel #maemo-meeting (logs)

Attending: Joerg Reisenweber (DocScrutinizer05), Ruediger Schiller (chem|st), Michael Demetriou (qwazix), Christian Ratzenhofer (merlin1991), Paul Healy (sixwheeledbeast), Aakash Sadh (thedead1440), freemangordon, Craig Woodward (Woody14619), chainsawbike, Gido Griese (Win7Mac), Jussi Ohenoja (juiceme).

Absent:

Summary of topics (ordered by discussion):
- Announcing election results
- Farewell to stepping down memebers and welcoming new members
- Nominating new chairman
- Proposing date and time for the next meeting
- Planning for next election
- Proposals for next contest
- Discussion on state of maemo infra
- Things to be settled with Nokia

Topic (Announcing election results):

• chem|st announced the MCC/Q4 election results. Members are DocScrutinizer51, chem|st, juiceme.

Topic (Farewell to stepping down memebers and welcoming new members):

• The stepping down council memebers qwazix and merlin1991 were thanked for their valuable contribution to MCC/HFC.
• Also sixwheeledbeast and thedead1440 were recognized for support to community.
• juiceme was welcomed to council.

Topic (Nominating new chairman):

• chem|st proposed that as the newest addition to council, juiceme should be nominated to chair.
• juiceme accepted on the condition that screwups will be tolerated :)

Topic (Proposing date and time for the next meeting):

• There was a lot of discussion on the date of the next meeting. The holiday season breaks the end-of-year and it was difficult to agree on a date suitable for all.
• Finally it was agreed that next meeting will be held on Tuesday 2014-01-07 19:00 UTC.

Topic (Planning for next election):

• DocScrutinizer51 suggested that it would be important to start planning immediately for next elections so that it can be synchronized with Hildon Foundation board elections.

Topic (Proposals for next contest):

• chem|st asked for participants to dream up a new maemo contest topic over christmas holidays.

Topic (Discussion on state of maemo infra):

• qwazix brought up the topic of upgrading the infrastructure. There was some discussion on using the funds reserved for HW upkeep.

Topic (Things to be settled with Nokia):

• The "Maemo" name licencing from Nokia is still an open issue. To properly transfer the name and domain name to us from Nokia needs some paperwork.