Agenda for board meeting September 17th

[Andreas Nilsson <lists andreasn se>]

Hello everyone!

The next board meeting is this Tuesday the 17th of September at 16:00 UTC

* Implement a Foundation employee policy for COLA (Cost of Living 
Adjustment)
 * At the face to face board meeting we discussed having employee 
salaries increase when inflation increases, as other comparable 
nonprofits do.
 * http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CWUR0000SA0?output_view=pct_12mths
* Adopting a photography policy for GNOME events.
 * Ongoing action, see last meeting minutes
* Montreal Summit update
* Scheduling an IRC Foundation meeting
 * waiting until after 3.10
* Travel reimbursement time frame request form Michael Hill (see 
https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/private/board-list/2013-September/msg00027.html 
)
 * Reimbursement should happen within a specified time period, for 
example 2 weeks after receipts are sent in
 * How will this affect the new process for small events?
* New travel sponsorship process for small events
 * Update for Montreal Summit
* Womens Outreach Program
 * New round is coming up
 * General status update
 * It would be good to discuss some questions around the contracts for 
the mentors

- Andreas