Board members present * Michael Schultheiss (schultmc) (Vice President) * Neil McGovern (Maulkin) (Secretary) * Josh Berkus (jberkus) (Treasurer) * Ian Jackson (IanJackson) * Jimmy Kaplowitz (Hydroxide) * David Graham (cdlu) Board partially present * None Board members absent with regrets * None Board members absent Bdale Garbee (bdale) (President) Branden Robinson (Overfiend) Martin Schulze (Joey) Board advisors present * None Registered guests present * Jonathan McDowell (Noodles) * Joshua Drake (linuxpoet) * Chris Travers (metatrontech) * Joerg Jaspert (Ganneff) * MJ Ray (slef) * Bill Allombert (yp17) * Louis Suarez-Potts (louis_to) These are the approved minutes for the March 16th, 2007 SPI Board meeting, held at 20:00 UTC in #spi on irc.spi-inc.org. President's Report None received Treasurer's Report Income Report -------------- As of 2/28/07. Note that these figures are NOT yet verified by our CPA. name | expenses | income | net | balance -----------------+----------+--------+----------+---------- Debian | 2282.81 | 784.28 | -1498.53 | 97742.00 Drupal | | | | 6650.00 Freedesktop.org | | | | 1900.00 Gallery | | 144.78 | 144.78 | 783.42 OVF | | 90.49 | 90.49 | 23.91 PostgreSQL | | 135.82 | 135.82 | 21801.48 SPI 5% | 0.00 | 61.02 | 61.02 | 11423.45 SPI General | 395.93 | 54.77 | -341.16 | 1770.65 Notes: Balance includes all accumulated funds to date, except for securities interest income for 2006 which is not yet accounted. This report counts donation dates slightly differently from the required IRS rules and thus will differ slightly from our accounting reports. Balance forward from 2005 and earlier is assumed to be 100% Debian funds (see below). Accounting Status ------------------ All 2006 donations and expenses are entered into the ad-hoc data entry system. After some discussion with our accountant, these amounts will be imported into the accountant's proprietary system for preparation of our 2006 taxes. We will start fresh for 2007 with ledgerSMB; the Treasurer plans to pay a LedgerSMB developer to make this happen a little faster than it has been. We have terminated our relationship with Mark's bookkeeping service, and they have forwarded copies of all of our files. Tax/IRS Status ------------------- The IRS requested additional information for our 2005 Form 990, namely a listing of donors over $5000. I forwarded this information to them and have not heard back. We need to start harassing them again about updating our address. We have begun preparation of our 2006 taxes but because 2006 is not reconciled, we will probably file an extension. I will have filed our New York registration by the board meeting. Secretary's Report All mail to secretary@spi-inc.org have been resolutions visible on public spi mailing lists. Spanish Trademark Report Neil McGovern has received a mail from Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña explaining that Javier de la Cueva may no long be motivated in working towards a closure of this matter. Neil has offered to fly to Madrid to arrange a face to face meeting, but has not yet received a reply. Ian Jackson noted that he will be in Madrid in May, and may be available for a meeting. Outstanding Minutes Current status: February 16th 2007 minutes have been raised for approval of the board. Motion to accept the February 16th minutes, moved by Michael Schultheiss, seconded by David Graham. Michael Schultheiss: Yes Neil McGovern: Yes Josh Berkus Yes Ian Jackson: Yes David Graham: Yes Jimmy Kaplowitz: Yes Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 0. Resolution 2007-02-15.jrk.1 - Openness of SPI Decision making Motion to approve resolution 2007-02-15.jrk.1 - Openness of SPI Decision making, moved by Neil McGovern, seconded by Jimmy Kaplowitz. Michael Schultheiss: Yes Neil McGovern: Abstain Josh Berkus Yes Ian Jackson: Yes David Graham: Abstain Jimmy Kaplowitz: Yes Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 4, No: 0, Abstain: 2. Resolution 2007-02-28.iwj.1.jrk.1 - Formally recording Debian's status as an Associated Project After a short amount of discussion, asking for a summary of the recent changes to the resolution, Jimmy Kaplowitz moved to approve resolution Resolution 2007-02-28.iwj.1.jrk.1 - Formally recording Debian's status as an Associated Project, seconded by Michael Schultheiss. Michael Schultheiss: Yes Neil McGovern: Yes Josh Berkus Abstain Ian Jackson: Yes David Graham: Abstain Jimmy Kaplowitz: Yes Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 4, No: 0, Abstain: 2. Resolution 2007-03-16.jmb.1 - Accepting OpenOffice.org as Associated Project Motion to approve resolution 2007-03-16.jmb.1 - Accepting OpenOffice.org as Associated Project, moved by David Graham, seconded by Michael Schultheiss. Michael Schultheiss: Yes Neil McGovern: Yes Josh Berkus Yes Ian Jackson: Yes David Graham: Yes Jimmy Kaplowitz: Yes Motion passes with a vote of Yes: 6, No: 0, Abstain: 0. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned until Friday, April 20, 2007 at 19:00 UTC. Appendix A: Current Board Membership Date elected Name Role [2004-07-29] Bdale Garbee President [2006-07-31] Michael Schultheiss Vice President [2006-07-31] Neil McGovern Secretary [2006-07-31] Josh Berkus Treasurer [2004-07-29] Branden Robinson [2004-02-20] Jimmy Kaplowitz [2003-11-29] David Graham [2003-11-29] Ian Jackson [2003-11-29] Martin "Joey" Schulze Appendix B: Approved Resolutions Resolution 2007-02-15.jrk.1 - Openness of SPI Decision making Resolution 2007-02-28.iwj.1.jrk.1 - Formally recording Debian's status as an Associated Project Resolution 2007-03-16.jmb.1 - Accepting OpenOffice.org as Associated Project