GNOME Board meeting 2003 May 20

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

	  Minutes of the GNOME Board meeting 2003 May 20
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Present:
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    Nat Friedman	(chair)
    Jonathan Blandford
    Tim Ney
    Jody Goldberg	(minutes)
    James Henstridge
    Bill Haneman
    Glynn Foster
    Daniel Veillard

Regrets:
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    Miguel de Icaza
    Luis Villa
    Jeff Waugh
    Jim Gettys

Actions Done:
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  ACTION: DV to follow up on setting protocols for reporting and performance
	  metrics for Tim.

  ACTION: Jonathan to get an announce for the tutorial on the gtk list
     => done, but lots of people want slides afterward

  ACTION: A Pre-GUADEC Friends of GNOME fund raising drive
	=> tim sent

Actions:
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  ACTION : Tim/Jonathan Create spreadsheet outline for funding
	- baseline needs
	- target goals above that
	- known income
	=> Will do a buget after guadec for rest of fiscal year

  ACTION: Prepare the logistics for the Advisory & Board meetings
      => Nat handling agenda
      => Tim to arrange for space for board on 15th
      => Tim to arrange for space for advisor on 19th
      => Glynn to draft invitations for both

  ACTION: Re-contact the LinuxDesktop Consortium and act as liaison
      => still pending
      => Nat to contact them to see if any reps will attend guadec

  ACTION: Jim to followup on new or extensions of the existing fonts
     => pending

  ACTION: Organise a thank you to for the bitstream folk
	=> Jim to organise a dinner

  ACTION: Discuss Friends of GNOME sign up at GUADEC registration with
  	GUADEC planning committee.
	eg 'I gave a friends of GNOME' button
	or Liberally waived registration fees
	=> Tim has done mugs and shirts, still looking for buttons and
	   mousepads.
	=> For donations > 10 EUR raffle a couple of books

  ACTION: post new web-site.  Come Hell, High Water, or lack of
	bandwidth, or hardware problems, or ...
	=> New plan.  Post it to beta.g.o by Sat June 14 then spend the
	   pre guadec day start poking at it

New Actions:
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  ACTION: Tim to prepate financial overview for board meeting

  ACTION: Set up a moderated write only Friends of GNOME mailing list
	=> Tim to supply names to Jonathan

Discussion:
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    - Web Site
	: Jeff is still critical path
	: We'll have

    - News Letter
	: Glynn posted sample
	: Will add an interview with Mark

    - Alan Kay Keynote will be done via remote video
	=> Potentially move talk to room more amenable to video

    - Agenda for Board meeting on Sunday 15th
    - Agenda for Advisory meeting on Thurs 19th

    - Sat June 14 will be 'web day'  Jeff will either have committed
      new site or will have bits with him.