On 28 March 2018 at 17:03, Allan Day <a...@gnome.org> wrote: > = Foundation Board Minutes for Tuesday, March 27th 2018, 18:00 UTC = > > Next meeting date Tuesday, April 3rd 2018, 18:00 UTC > > == Attending == > > * Alexandre Franke > * Meg Ford > * Didier Roche > * Cosimo Cecchi > * Allan Day > * Nuritzi Sanchez > * Rosanna Yuen > * Neil McGovern > > == Regrets == > > == Missing == > > == Agenda == > > * Fractal Hackfest (Neil) > * LibrePlanet update (Neil) > * GNOME.Asia status update (Nuritzi) > > Postponed until next week: > > * Employee Handbook & Records Retention Policy (Nuritzi) > * > https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Staff/EmployeeHandbook#Records_Retention_Policy
Hi board, is there any reason for the employee handbook to be private? It shouldn't contain any sensitive information and can potentially be useful as a basis for other foundations/not-for-profits if it's freely licensed. > * Bi-annual committee reports (Nuritzi) > * Reviving Free Software Macedonia (Allan) > * Code of Conduct committee charter (Allan) > * Role of the Executive Director and Director of Operations with > regards to the Board (Allan) > > == Minutes == > > * Fractal Hackfest (Neil) > * Alexandre, who is one of the organisers, has emailed the board > about this. The organisers want to pay in advance for shared > accommodation, which the travel committee has said should be referred > to the board. > * Cosimo - would like some guidance from the TC regarding whether > individuals quality for travel. > * Meg - would like guidance from the TC on the amount of funding > that's acceptable for each individual. > * The hackfest would like a sponsored social event. This falls under > the small events budget, so should be directed to the Engagement Team. > * ACTION: Meg to email the TC to ask for the information we'd like, > so the board can make a decision. > * ACTION: Meg to reply to Alexandre's original email, in order to > keep the organisers in the loop. > * Alexandre: would like timlier responses to emails like this (it > was sent 5 days ago). > > * LibrePlanet update (Neil) > * Neil went to LibrePlanet last week. > * Karen Sandler won the big individual contributor award > * Participated in a "SpinachCon" user testing session on GNOME, > which produced some interesting results. Neil will be feeding these > back. > > * GNOME.Asia status update (Nuritzi) > * The first meeting for GNOME.Asia 2018 happened today. There's a > call for hosts. Max is making plans to hold it in Taiwan in August. > * They're planning to ask us for $2k, plus travel, but they need to > move quickly. This amount is very low. > * Neil - the board shouldn't approve anythnig until we get the > accounts from last year. He's been asking for these for months. > Nuritzi - but each event does have different local organizers. > * Allan - they should follow the standard conference policy in order > to receive funding (https://wiki.gnome.org/Foundation/Conferences). > * Question around the GNOME.Asia call for bids - should the > GNOME.Asia coordinators be able to run the bidding process themselves? > * Alexandre would like them to make an effort to participate in the > wider GNOME community, and to include the GNOME community in the > bidding process. For example, advertising the bidding process on the > standard mailing lists, encouraging the community to comment on bids. > * Allan - doesn't have a problem with events holding their own > bidding processes. Board approval isn't final (so doesn't nullify the > result of a bidding process) - a local team can improve their proposal > and present it again. > * Neil - doesn't mind who runs the bidding process, but it should > be conducted in the open. > * ACTION: Nuritzi to inform the local team of the board's > requirements, and to ask that the bidding process be more open in the > future. > _______________________________________________ > foundation-list mailing list > foundation-list@gnome.org > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list _______________________________________________ foundation-list mailing list foundation-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list
