2014-07-01 Meeting Minutes

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

Attending: Joerg Reisenweber (DocScrutinizer05), Ruediger Schiller (chem|st), xes, Philippe Coval (rZr), Paul Healy (sixwheeledbeast), Peter Leinchen (peterleinchen), Gido Griese (Win7Mac), Tom Joyce (TomJ), dirkvl, Aaron McEwan (chainsawbike), Sebastian Krzyszkowiak (dos1), Martin Kolman (M4rtinK), Jussi Ohenoja (juiceme).

Absent:

Summary of topics (ordered by discussion):
- General orienteering for the new council election candidates

Topic (General orienteering for the new council election candidates):

• DocScrutinizer briefed the candidates on council tasks.
  • What the Maemo Council is, and what it does; http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/FAQ
  • What are the rules of the Maemo Council; http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council#Council_work
• All candidates are urged to update their introduction/declaration to the Elections Wiki page; (http://wiki.maemo.org/Community_Council/Council_election_May_2014/Candidate_declarations)
• There was talk on the responsibilities and interfaces between Council, HiFo and Techstaff
• There are 10 candidates running for the new council: (in alphabetical order of TMO nickname)
  • chainsawbike
  • dirkvl
  • jackburton
  • joerg_rw
  • juiceme
  • Mariusmssj
  • nieldk
  • peterleinchen
  • rzr
  • TomJ
• The current Council voted on eligibility of candidates that apparently have not enough Karma. The vote was unanimous; chainsawbike was declared eligible to run for council.