Minutes 2003 Aug 12

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

     Minutes of the Board meeting Aug 12 2003
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Attendance:
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   Nat Friedman (char)
   Luis Villa
   Jonathan Blandford
   Glynn Foster
   James Henstridge
   Jody Goldberg
   Jim Gettys
   Tim Ney
   Daniel Veillard (+45)

Regrets:
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   Bill Haneman
   Miguel de Icaza
   Jeff Waugh

Completed Actions:
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    ACTION : Jeff to forward link on Madrid Protocol to Tim
	: Done.

    ACTION : Tim to check with lawyers on applicability of Madrid Protocol
	: Done.

    ACTION : Daniel and Nat to add  trademark legal paper work to advisory
	     board agenda.
	: Done.  Nat added it to his list.

    ACTION : Jeff send 2.4 release notes suggestions to marketing-private list
	: Done

    ACTION : Luis to generate a list of GNOME differentiating factors
	: Done

Actions:
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    ACTION: Thanks: Wilson-Sonsini for working pro-bono
            Red Hat for bandwidth
        in newsletter and on the foundation site
	: Pending newletter
	: Will go onto new website too

    ACTION: Tim to look into merchandising options around our logo and
        GUADEC proceedings
	: Ongoing.

    ACTION: Nat to get the charter amended to reflect the current consensus
	: Nat sent something, but no formal adoption process has be done.

    ACTION: Nat and Jody to draft a short list of projects to propose for
        funding.
	: Pending.   Jody will send a start to list.

    ACTION: Nat to collect advisory board slides and post them
	: pending

    ACTION: Put the confidentiality policy on website
	: Sent and reviewed on list.  We need to put it on the web
	and add links to it from the .sig lines of all board and
	advisory board emails.
	: Pending Nat.

    ACTION: Daniel to request and review by-laws of the proposed German GNOME
    	Association "GNOME Deutschland e.V."
	: Pending.
    ACTION : Daniel to check with Nat and schedule the advisory phone call,
	: Pending

    ACTION : Luis poll the release team for roadmap.
	: Ongoing.  Being delayed until 2.4 is out.

    ACTION : Jim, find status of GPE announment from Leslie & Nils
	: Ongoing

    ACTION: Tim to produce a proto-budget for next year based on this year's
    	fiscal results.
	: Ongoing, will be reviewed with Jonathan for presentation in Sept.

    ACTION : Leslie to produce a schedule of conferences for the next 6 months.
	: Pending real life.

New Actions:
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    ACTION : Look into summit in Mid-Nov in southern US or Mexico.  Need to
    	know by next meeting.

    ACTION : Nat send RFP for summit location.

    ACTION : Glynn to coordinate a call with GNOME Deutschland e.V. to update them

    ACTION : Jody & Nat to send announcement and proposed agenda for advisory
    	     board meeting.

Discussion
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    Approved Minutes from 2003/07/29
    http://mail.gnome.org/archives/foundation-list/2003-July/msg00033.html

    Ximian purchased by Novel
	- Congratulations to Ximian
	Nat : Overview Novell committment to GNOME.
	    - expect some announcements in the coming weeks

    Printing
	- Seems like a number of people are working on printing now, possibly
	  hold a printing mini-summit or tele-conference.
	- Jim has some done some review of the current state of printing

    Mini-Summit
	- Feb in Chicago is
	    1) Fairly close to GUADEC
	    2) Cold
	- Nov would be good time

    GUADEC
	: Contact Team Norway to review options
	: Publicise request for venue

    Merchandise
	: Need to get payment mechanism in place
	: Contact FSF
	: No need to get certificate for website now, continue to use self signed
	: Would assist at shows with internet connected booths because we could
	  accept credit cards.

    GNOME Deutschland e.V.
	: Contact them to review current status

    Advisory board meeting
	: Aim for a meeting first week of sept
	: Propose basic agenda