= Foundation Board Minutes for Tue, August 8th 2017, 17:00 UTC = Next meeting date Tue, August 15th 2017, 17:00 UTC
Wiki: https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoard/Minutes/20170808 == Attending == * Alexandre Franke * Allan Day * Cosimo Cecchi * Nuritzi Sanchez * Carlos Soriano * Meg Ford * Rosanna Yuen == Regrets == * Zeeshan Ali * Neil McGovern == Agenda == * Liability insurance * Foundation hackfest * Engagement team committee for funds == Minutes == * Liability insurance - still pending (see mail from 31st July) * Check again next week (August 8th) * Foundation hackfest * Tentative dates 6-8 October * Tentative location Florence? * Alternative: have it before GNOME.Asia in China * Alternative: have it before/after FOSDEM * ACTION: Cosimo to do a cost analysis * Engagement team committee for funds * The committee would allocate small budgets for events like release parties * Board to vote on this once we have a list of volunteers and a description of the committee's role == Ongoing == '''This section includes items which have seen an update in the last 30 days. Format is "YYYY-MM-DD, action|discussion|abstract" for this and subsequent minutes sections''' * GNOME.Asia logo / "A simple explanation of GNOME.Asia 2017's logo to FoundationBoard" email * The design is not optimal, could use some tweaking but it’s alright. * ACTION: Allan to write recommendations for next year * 2017-07-11 - Allan still not done this. Sad face. * GUADEC 2017 finance request * The board wishes to make this a more straightforward process in the future * ACTION: Neil to make sure that expenses allocation for future conferences is discussed by the board in person at GUADEC * Foundation support for Flathub * 2017-05-09 * The Board voted to try and use some of our pro-bono counsel time towards the Flathub legal framework, provided our lawyers agree * ACTION: Neil to connect to Luis * 2017-05-16 - Exact questions to ask Luis are being worked up * 2017-06-06 - Questions sent to Luis, being looked at. * Hackfest process documentation * 2017-02-14 * ACTION: Nuritzi to take a stab at updating the documentation for the process to request a hackfest and responsibilities between Board and TC * 2017-05-02 * Nuritzi will work on this by end of May, check in then * Dropping dates in copyright claims on our websites * 2016-12-06 * ACTION: Alexandre to send an email to foundation-list with a proposal for discussion * 2016-12-20 * Next step seems to be to reach out to Creative Commons to get advice on what exactly can and should be done * 2017-01-24 * Alexandre reached out to Creative commons * 2017-02-28 * Alexandre will try alternative channels * 2017-05-02 * We got a reply, Alexandre to follow up * 2017-05-30 * Two options * Have terms of use on the website that state that linking to a page is sufficient attribution * Require contributors to assign their attribution to the GNOME Foundation * Privacy campaign funds * 2016-09-27 * Draft is out for the Board to review and give feedback * ACTION: Cosimo to try and form a committee to review internship proposals * 2016-10-26 * We are aiming for an internship round in spring 2017 * 2017-07-26 * Carlos and Zeeshan are taking this over -- the plan is still to do internships * Owncloud shared calendar for the board * 2016-08-10 * Cosimo tested creating an event, but with mixed results * ACTION: Cosimo to take it on from here * 2016-09-06 - Allan has started a list of reoccuring events on the wiki - https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Minutes/UpcomingAgenda * 2017-03-07 * Neil is looking into a similar calendar so will take over * 2017-07-26 - (Neil) can someone else have this? Alexandre volunteers. #challengeaccepted * Friends of GNOME * 2016-08-10 * ACTION: Allan to get in touch with Tobi and the sysadmin team to migrate the FoG infrastructure over to GNOME * 2017-03-07 * Allan will pass this on to Neil, and connect him to Tobi * 2017-04-18 - Neil has CRM working (ish) on the gnome website, we're looking at how to move the PayPal IPN to CiviCRM * At sysadmin meeting at GUADEC === Ongoing but stalled === '''This section includes items which haven't seen an update in the last 30 days.''' * Paypal Giving Fund * Alexandre suggested in december 2015 to get us enrolled in the program * That would give us exposure. For example Humble bundle allows to direct the charity part of purchases towards any of their participants * Zana tried to get us in sometime before may 2016, we never heard back. * 2016-09-06 * ACTION: Zana to look into it === Ongoing but no director assigned === '''This section includes items which haven't seen an update in the last 30 days and have no Director assigned''' == Nice to have == '''This section includes items which we would love to see happen at some point but lack the time to effectively become reality''' * Contract template for future use organizations for which we handle money * Kat to draft this * Alexandre took over * 2017-07-26 * This is close to being done * Privacy policy for GNOME services * Current draft is at https://wiki.gnome.org/Foundation/Privacy * Sysadmin Team's NDA should also be covered when dealing with this item * Kat or Allan to write up the policy * Kat or Allan to write up recommended wording for distribution privacy policies, regarding the behaviour of GNOME software * 2017-07-26 * Allan is still working on this, but with low priority == Discussed on the mailing list == == Completed actions == * Python Jamaica: PyCon 2017 GNOME Foundation email * 2017-07-11 * The board denied the request for sponsorship of this conference * ACTION: Neil to follow up to the request saying that we can't help financially * 2017-07-26 - Done * Web page for prior pants winners * 2016-08-10, ACTION: Shaun and Allan to add the web page * 2017-03-07 * Only missing the winner for one year, 2005 * We can crowdsource the details and refinement of the bios/photos/etc * 2017-06-06 * We are trying to expedite this before next GUADEC * ACTION: Nuritzi to ask Shaun for a download of the information he has already collected * ACTION: Alexandre to suggest a suitable location to put the information and share it with the board * https://wiki.gnome.org/Pants exists * Sysadmin fundraising levels and perks * 2016-08-10, ACTION: Nuritzi to take on this project and figure out what it entails * 2017-05-09 * We can talk about this item at GUADEC _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list