Minutes 2004 Dec 15

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

Present:
    Owen	: chair
    Jonathan
    Luis
    Glynn
    Jody
    Dave
    Tim
    Bill

Absent:
    Jeff
    Leslie
    Malcolm
    Nat

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New Actions :
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    ACTION : Tim
	Send end of year status report to existing and new board.
    ACTION : Tim
	Send end annual overview to foundation list and advisory
	board.
    ACTION : Board List
	People should send in suggestions for potential keynotes
    ACTION : Board List
	Generate list of external groups to contact for
	delegations

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Discussion
    Status since last meeting
	- a burst of energy on the marketing list
	- Some progress on the trademark, a new team of lawyers
	  is helping.  Expecting 2-3 new types of agreement early
	  in 2005 (eg for use in books/reports).
	- We will want to discuss the membership fees in the new
	  year.  Specificly dealing with a wider audience (wipro,
	  real, and governments)
	- There has been a request to MIT to host the 2005 summit
	  with the same venue/dates.
	- Progress on the sub-committee approach to making the
	  board more productive.
	- GUADEC 2005 is progressing.  There is committment from
	  the state to conver the venue, and some additional cost
	  which will help defer the loss associated with
	  declining USD.   There are some volunteers with experience
	  on the KDE event to help organize.
	- The accountant will be doing the year end report shortly.
	- The fund raising committee is expanding to help get
	  support for regional events.
	- The gnome book is generating some revenue, but more
	  importantly it is being used effectively for outreach.
	  Ideally will be localized.
	- Should get the final accounting from Guadec 2004
	  during dec as the .no accounting year ends.  Additional
	  local subsidies leave us ahead of budget.
	- Potential keynotes
	    : Luis suggests Eben Moglen or a prof of inovation
	- Which external groups should we contact to attend
	  guadec

    New Board
	- Attempt to do an annual budget early in the year
	- Revisit roadmap
	- Act on the notion of committees
	    : who is interacting with the various commmitted

    Elections
	- Open discussion on new voting systems (james ?)
	- Make a call for help setting up the anonymous voting system