Zope Foundation Minutes of a Meeting of the Board of Directors - 2011-08-16
Date and Time: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 12:00 UTC
Location: IRC meeting, irc://irc.freenode.net/#zope-foundation
Directors Present:
- Jung, Andreas
- Poster, Gary
- Rush, Jeff
- Theune, Christian
- Vagelpohl, Jens
Guests present:
Agenda
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- Call to Order
- Treasurer's report
- treasurer turnover process
- Membership committee
- new members since last meeting
- Repository committee
- new committers since the last meeting
- repository policy monitoring and community communication
- Message/communications
- Projects
- website progress
- Tabled items
- domain name transfer Zope Corporation to Zope Foundation
- migrating the SVN repository to a ZF-controlled host
- New Business
- New/revived nonprofit application status
- 2010 tax preparation/interfacing with the accountant
- Purchasing QuickBooks online
- Vote on approving additional hosting funds of about €210 for server
upgrade
- Arranging the next meeting date
- Adjournment
Call to Order
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Since the chairman did not attend the meeting was called to order
by the secretary at 12:19 UTC.
Treasurer's report
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Gary is still working with Jeff to hand over treasurer duties. They
are in the process of providing full bank account access for Jeff.
Membership committee
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No new members have joined since the last meeting.
Repository committee
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No new committers have signed up since the last meeting.
Message/communications and projects
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The communications agenda point is obsolete and was removed. The
new zope.org website is up and running. Andreas Jung did not
report any issues. The project is finished.
Tabled business
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The domain name transfer and Subversion repository move
items remain tabled.
New Business
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Gary reports that he did contact the accountant about the nomprofit
status earlier this year but has not received any reply. Tax
preparation for 2010 is complete, this was actually done in March or
April, so it can be removed from the agenda. Gary notes that emailing
the accountant is futile, he never answers those.
Gary and Jeff have agreed to have Jeff handle the QuickBooks online
purchase. The item can stay on the agenda, with a different person
responsible.
Following up on an email to the bord list about upgrading the older of
the two hosted servers used by the Zope Foundation, the secretary
moves to allow an added one-time expenditure of about € 210 for
renting a newer server from the hosting provider and keeping the old
one running for a period of up to 2 months. The motion is seconded by
Christian Theune and passed unanimously.
Christian Theune has re-opened the foundation future discussion on
the board mailing list and is waiting for feedback.
Arranging the next meeting date
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The secretary will ask the vice chair to set up a Doodle for the
next meeting date.
Adjournment
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The secretary adjourns the meeting at 12:25 UTC.
These minutes were written by the secretary, Jens Vagelpohl,
according to the notes taken during the meeting.
These minutes were posted to the [email protected] mailing
list and approved by all participating directors on August 17, 2011.
The chairman bid the secretary keep these minutes on file.