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Board Minutes For Meeting On November 15th, 2012

2012-11-15 17:23 UTC  by  hildonfound
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Attending:

  • Tim Samoff / timsamoff
  • Iván Gálvez Junquera / ivgalvez (via chat only)
  • Rob Bauer / SD69 (via chat only)
  • Cosimo Kroll (zehjotkah)

Appoint maemo.org administrators (or, if someone steps in):

  • Possibly ask Reggie to take over admin of maemo.org.
    • How much would he charge?
    • Other NDA-restricted info discussed pertaining to transfer and administration of maemo.org infra from Nokia to the community (recorded elsewhere).

Further maemo.org infra:

  • Other NDA-restricted info discussed pertaining to maemo.org infra(recorded elsewhere).

Bank account and fundraising:

  • Cosimo will research banking options for the Board/community.
  • Iván has received an email offering to put ads on maemo.org.
    • It could be a possible solution for TMO if Reggie wants to keep it independent of maemo.org.
  • Cosimo: Opinion that the community should run on donations; so no ads.
    • Others agree: no ads on maemo.org.
  • Will investigate possibility of commercial “sponsors” (preferably OSS companies).
  • Other NDA-restricted info discussed pertaining to community funding (recorded elsewhere).

Foundation website/servers/hosting:

  • We need administrators (volunteers).
  • Still need to get domain from Niel Nielsen (nieldk).
    • This has since been resolved.
  • Some discussion about who should “own” or “hold” the domain name(s) and hosting.
    • Tim will take care of gaining domain and setting up hosting/website in Foundation’s name.
    • Hildonfoundation.org site will point point to maemo.org.
Meeting concluded.
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hildonfound

Board Minutes For Meeting On November 3rd, 2012

2012-11-03 16:10 UTC  by  hildonfound
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Minutes for first Hildon Foundation Board meeting. VoIP meeting held on Google Hangout.

Attending:

  • Randall Arnold / texrat
  • Tim Samoff / timsamoff
  • Ivan Galvez / ivgalvez
  • Robert Bauer/ SD69
  • Craig Woodward (intermittent) / woody14619

Note:

  • Technical Issues persisted via Google Hangout: only Randy, Ivan and Tim had voice capability. Others participated via chat.

Public Meeting Minutes?

  • Tim: Yes
  • Randy: Some private; some public
  • Ivan: Are they required?
  • Rob: n/a
  • Craig: They should be public, with exceptions of criticalinformation/NDA.

Bylaws, version 7:

  • Bylaws unanimously approved by all Board members.

Board Officers:

  • Chair: Randall Arnold
  • Secretary: Robert Bauer
  • Treasurer: Currently, Tim Samoff
    • Proposed to ask Cosimo Kroll/zehjotkah to occupy this role.
  • Cosimo has agreed to take the position and will be appointed at the next Board meeting.)

Bank account?

  • Find out about bank account (ask Niel Nielsen/nieldk).

Meeting schedule:

  • VoiP every two weeks?
  • IRC meetings (Board Business) every two weeks & VoiP meetings(Official Board Meetings) monthly?
  • Will schedule regular meetings on Google Calendar (which will also create a permanent Hangout for the Board).

Transitioning tasks from Council to Board. Separation of current tasks.

  • Ensure Council remains communication conduit for community.
  • Board organizes operational decisions.
  • Board needs an official statement for Board responsibility withcommunity.
    • Ask Craig Woodward about maemo.org channel(s) of Board communication.
  • After the meeting, Ivan asked X-Fade to set up the same mechanism that Council is using for communication. In the meantime, Council account can be used.

Funding activities:

  • Nothing to report at this time.

Private session concerning some NDA-protected issues (recorded elsewhere).

Infrastructure problems:

  • To be discussed via email.
Meeting concluded.
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