Re: Minutes of the Foundation Board, 27th March

[Neil McGovern]

On Thu, 2018-03-29 at 15:17 +0100, Allan Day wrote:
> Carlos Soriano  wrote:
> ...
> > > >  * Employee Handbook & Records Retention Policy (Nuritzi)
> > > > *
> > > > https://wiki.gnome.org/FoundationBoardPrivate/Staff/EmployeeHan
> > > > dbook#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.
> 
> For the record, the handbook has been in that private location since
> it was created back in 2009. But yes, I agree that it should be
> public
> if possible.
> 

It was originally based on templates from www.business.gov (which
doesn't seem to exist anymore...) so I assume it's public domain. It's
never been officially approved by the Foundation, so I assume that's
why it's not been published. However, it is now about 8 years old, and
so needs a review.

For info, it's not a simple thing to do this review - there's quite a
lot of "stuff" in there. I've created https://gitlab.gnome.org/Communit
y/Board/issues/43 so people who are interested in this topic can follow
along at home!

Neil
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Neil McGovern
Executive Director, The GNOME Foundation
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Re: Minutes of the Foundation Board, 27th March

[Allan Day]

Carlos Soriano  wrote:
...
>> >  * 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.

For the record, the handbook has been in that private location since
it was created back in 2009. But yes, I agree that it should be public
if possible.

Allan
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Re: Minutes of the Foundation Board, 27th March

[Ekaterina Gerasimova]

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.
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Minutes of the Foundation Board, 27th March

[Allan Day]

= 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
 * 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.
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