[pydotorg-www] Fwd: PSF- board meetings posted online
Pat Campbell
patcam at python.org
Thu Sep 16 13:32:05 CEST 2010
Hello:
Could you please post the following "PSF board meeting minutes" online at
the usual web locations:
please see the attachment for the approved board meeting minutes for April
through August 2010.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thanks,
Pat
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From: Doug Hellmann <doug.hellmann at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 4:39 PM
Subject: Re: [PSF-Members] board meetings
To: Aahz <aahz at pythoncraft.com>
Cc: Pat Campbell <patcam at python.org>
On Sep 15, 2010, at 2:28 PM, Aahz wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 15, 2010, Doug Hellmann wrote:
>> On Sep 15, 2010, at 10:59 AM, Aahz wrote:
>>> On Tue, Sep 14, 2010, Doug Hellmann wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It looks like the section of the website where the minutes go requires
>>>> svn commit access and build knowledge to update. Maybe someone on the
>>>> webmaster team could help Pat with adding new minutes pages, or work
>>>> out something else to make it easier for her to post them (moving that
>>>> material to the wiki, for example).
>>>
>>> Two interim options:
>>>
>>> * If Pat already knows reST, it would be trivially easy to get the
>>> minutes posted from someone who has access -- just e-mail them to
>>> pydotorg or pydotorg-www
>>
>> Yes, the minutes are taken in a reST format (at least that's how I've
>> been receiving the draft copies). So I think all we need is someone
>> to volunteer to do the work of taking the official minutes from Pat
>> and take the next step(s) of getting them onto the website. No format
>> translation or modification of the text should be necessary.
>
> Then as I said above, just send them to pydotorg or pydotorg-www; I'll
> ensure they get posted, but sending them to the list gives other people
> who might have more time also a chance at getting them up. (I only have
> website access at home, so I'm not promising to get them up immediately.)
Thanks, Aahz!
Pat,
If you send the approved versions of the minutes to the
pydotorg-www at python.org, one of the website maintainers will add them to the
site.
Doug
--
Pat Campbell
PSF Administrator/Secretary
patcam at python.org
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| The Python Software Foundation
| Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
|
| April 12, 2010
|
| Draft
A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of
Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:00 UTC, 12
April 2010. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell
prepared the minutes.
All votes are reported in the form "*Y-N-A*" (*in favor ? opposed ?
abstentions*; e.g. "5-1-2" means "5 in favor, 1 opposed, and 2
abstentions").
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.. contents::
Attendance
==========
The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the
meeting: Raymond Hettinger, Steve Holden, Marc-Andre Lemburg, David Mertz
[joined meeting at 16:09], Doug Napoleone, Jesse Noller, Tim Peters, Allison
Randal, and Jeff Rush, Greg Stein, James Tauber, Martin v. Löwis [left meeting
at 16:58], Gloria Willadsen. Also in attendance were Kurt Kaiser (Treasurer),
and Pat Campbell (Secretary & Administrator).
Minutes of Past Meetings
========================
The 8 February 2010 and 8 March 2010 Board meeting minutes were approved
during this month's meeting session.
8 February 2010: Approved, 10-0-2
8 March 2010: Approved, 9-0-3
Votes Taken Between Meetings
============================
There were no votes taken since the last Board meeting on 08 March 2010.
Treasurer Report
================
A preliminary version of the monthly Treasurer's Report was provided to
Board members by K. Kaiser prior to the Board meeting.
Progress Report
===============
To add to K. Kaiser's monthly financial report of PyCon 2010, V. Lindberg
provided the board with an additional financial update shortly after the
board meeting had adjourned.
Election of Board Officers
==========================
The following Officers were elected:
* **President**: Guido van Rossum
* **Chairman**: Steve Holden
* **Secretary**: Pat Campbell
* **Treasurer**: Kurt Kaiser
* **PyCon Chairman**: Van Lindberg
Further discussion to elect more officers and create new officer
positions such as Membership Communications Officer, Voting Officer,
etc. was deferred to email and will continue at next month's board
meeting.
Appointment of Infrastructure Committee Chairman
================================================
R. Hettinger: "Sean [Reifschneider] is expected to abstain from votes
about his own company."
S. Holden: "We do need to discuss the conflict of interest situation with
him, but I agree with T. Peters' suggestion that we trust him to recuse
himself from decisions where tummy.com might profit."
**RESOLVED**, that Sean Reifschneider be appointed chairman of the
Infrastructure Committee.
Approved, 13-0-0.
Appointment of Trademarks Committee Chairman
============================================
**RESOLVED**, that David Mertz be appointed chairman of the Trademarks
Committee.
Approved, 11-0-1
Funding of PyCon Italy 2010
===========================
The board discussed funding of PyCon Italy and agreed to provide
a grant to conference organizers. However, S. Holden reminded board
members of the limited funding available in the 2010 PSF budget for
conference funding.
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF grant US$4,000 to PyCon Italy 2010.
Approved, 10-0-3.
Funding of Kiwi PyCon 2010
==========================
The board discussed funding of Kiwi PyCon 2010.
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF sponsor Kiwi PyCon 2010 at the
"Silver" rate of NZ$1,000.
Approved, 8-0-4.
Contributor Agreements - Methods to Pursue Coverage
===================================================
M.A Lemburg: "Who will be continuing Andrew [Kuchling's] effort?"
R. Hettinger: "I am continuing the effort."
S. Holden: "...It is important work."
This discussion was deferred to email in order for members to
pursue the remaining coverage of the Python code base which is
nearly at 100%.
PSF Community Service Award Nominations for 2010 - 2nd Quarter
==============================================================
The Board decided that the award candidate pool should first be broaden to
include more candidates then nominations for the award would resume. Therefore,
the discussion was deferred to email.
PSF Members Vote Counting Requirement Waived
============================================
Motion from Marc-Andre Lemburg:
**RESOLVED**, that the new SECTION 4.10 clause vote counting scheme becomes
effective today, i.e. failure to vote in the April 3, 2010 members election
does not count toward the missed votes count.
Approved, 11-0-0
Other Business
==============
The board briefly discussed payment to D. Goodger for expenses he incurred over
time. This discussion was deferred to email.
Adjournment
===========
S. Holden adjourned the meeting at 17:30 UTC.
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| The Python Software Foundation
| Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
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| June 21, 2010
|
| Draft
A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of
Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:03 UTC, 21
June 2010. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell
prepared the minutes.
All votes are reported in the form "*Y-N-A*" (*in favor ? opposed ?
abstentions*; e.g. "5-1-2" means "5 in favor, 1 opposed, and 2
abstentions").
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Attendance
==========
The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the
meeting: Steve Holden, Marc-Andre Lemburg, Doug Napoleone, Jesse
Noller, Allison Randal, Greg Stein [left meeting at 17:04], James
Tauber, Gloria Willadsen. Also in attendance were Kurt Kaiser
(Treasurer), and Pat Campbell (Secretary & Administrator).
Minutes of Past Meetings
========================
The 10 May 2010 Board meeting minutes will be voted on after online
posting.
Votes Taken Between Meetings
============================
There was one vote taken since the last Board meeting on 10 May 2010.
Funding for Redevelopment of PyCon Website
==========================================
**RESOLVED**, that the Board approves the use of up to $15,000 USD
of the PyCon 2010 profits to be used by the PyCon Chair (Van Lindberg)
to fund the rebuilding of the PyCon website and codebase, with the
approval to use an additional $5000 USD for continued support and bug
fixing of the new site for the PyCon 2011 season.
Approved, 9-1-3
Treasurer Report
================
The monthly Treasurer's Report was provided to Board members by K. Kaiser
prior to the Board meeting. There were no changes in the PSF's financial
position since the last Treasurer's Report a month ago.
Progress Report
===============
The Treasurer along with board members also thanked Van Lindberg and
conference volunteers for their hard work. It was reported that PyCon
2010 made a 72K profit and that all of the bills generated from the
conference have been paid.
Also, board members and officers will be holding a budget planning meeting
by telephone-conference in July 2010 to plan and review the 2011 PSF budget.
Fund PyCon India 2010
=====================
The board discussed funding of PyCon India 2010 and agreed to provide a USD 1,000
grant to conference organizers.
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 1,000 grant to the organizers of the
PyCon India 2010 conference to be held September 2010, to fund the air travel
of one (1) foreign delegate from the U.S. or Europe to India.
Approved, 7-0-1.
Fund EuroPython 2010
====================
Motion from M.A. Lemburg:
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 2,000 grant to the organizers
of the EuroPython 2010 conference to be held July 2010, to fund sprint
costs and travel expenses for selected speakers who could not otherwise
attend.
Approved, 7-0-1.
PSF New Membership Class as Honorary Associate Member (HAM)- Resolution Only
============================================================================
Motion from M.A. Lemburg:
**RESOLVED**, that the Board of Directors implement the creation
of a new membership class, called "honorary associate members",
as requested and approved by the members at the 2010 first
annual PSF members meeting, as follows:
There are now four classes of members of the corporation, denoted as
nominated members, sponsor members, honorary associate members and
emeritus members. References in the bylaws to a "member" or to the
"members" of the corporation shall not include any honorary associate
member, emeritus member or sponsor member unless explicitly provided
otherwise.
Honorary associate members have no voting rights and are not included
in the membership count for purposes of establishing a quorum.
Honorary associate membership shall be granted, on a yearly basis, in
consideration of financial donation to the PSF, but subject to
revocation by the Board of Directors.
Annual donations sufficient for honorary associate membership shall
initially be set at US$99, and may be revised by the Board of
Directors from time to time.
Honorary associate members may withdraw from membership in the
corporation at any time upon ten (10) days' written, signed notice
delivered to an officer of the corporation.
The Board or Directors may, at its discretion, decide to provide
incidental benefits to honorary associate members, such as
subscription to a newsletter, Python-branded email addresses, or
printed promotion material such as badges, stickers, or garments.
Approved, 8-0-0.
Fund Project to Port pyOpenSSL to Python 3.x
============================================
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 3,000 grant to Jean-Paul Calderone
for a fully functional port of pyOpenSSL to Python 3.x with an API as
similar to the 2.x API as possible.
This discussion was deferred to email to be voted on at the next board
meeting.
Fiscal Sponsorship of Third-Party Projects
==========================================
Motion from S. Holden:
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF expend up to USD 5,000 on attorney's
fees to obtain instructions on how to properly operate a fiscal
sponsorship scheme allowing it to support third-party projects
compatible with the PSF's mission and accept donations on their
behalf (possibly retaining a small portion of the funds to cover
administration expenses).
This discussion was deferred to email to be voted on at the next board
meeting.
Fund Python Core Development Tasks
==================================
The board discussed a proposal by Brett Cannon to work on Python core
development tasks full-time for a period of two months: November &
December 2010. The proposal included a grant request of USD 4,500.
This discussion was deferred to email to be voted on at the next board
meeting.
Reimburse Expenses for PSF Chairman to Attend EuroPython
========================================================
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF reimburse expenses not to exceed USD 1,500
to allow the Chairman to attend EuroPython which is holding the first
Members' Meeting outside the United States.
Approved, 7-0-1.
Other Business
==============
Move Monthly Board Meetings to Third Monday
-------------------------------------------
Board members agreed to move their monthly board meeting from the second (2nd)
Monday of each month to the third (3rd) Monday of each month. The start date
for this change will begin in July 2010.
Adjournment
===========
S. Holden adjourned the meeting at 17:06 UTC.
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| The Python Software Foundation
| Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
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| May 10, 2010
|
| Draft
A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of
Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:05 UTC, 10
May 2010. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell
prepared the minutes.
All votes are reported in the form "*Y-N-A*" (*in favor ? opposed ?
abstentions*; e.g. "5-1-2" means "5 in favor, 1 opposed, and 2
abstentions").
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.. contents::
Attendance
==========
The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the
meeting: Steve Holden, Marc-Andre Lemburg, David Mertz, Doug Napoleone
[joined meeting at 16:12], Jesse Noller, Tim Peters, Jeff Rush, Greg
Stein, Martin v. Löwis, Gloria Willadsen. Also in attendance were
Kurt Kaiser (Treasurer), and Pat Campbell (Secretary & Administrator).
Minutes of Past Meetings
========================
The 12 April 2010 Board meeting minutes were approved during this
month's meeting session.
Approved, 9-0-0
Votes Taken Between Meetings
============================
There were no votes taken since the last Board meeting on 12 April 2010.
Treasurer Report
================
The monthly Treasurer's Report was provided to Board members by K. Kaiser
prior to the Board meeting.
The board also discussed a variety of strategies to use in order to get a more
timely report on current financials as well as on a budget plan for periodic
review and planning.
Progress Report
===============
V. Lindberg provided the board with an update on PyCon 2010 financials with a
preliminary budget report.
The board also discussed and was provide information from our treasurer on the
status of how far away we are from transitioning the accounting to our new accounts.
Election of Additional Officers
===============================
The following officer position was added to the corporation:
Communications Officer
The following Officer was nominated and elected:
* **Communications**: Doug Hellmann
**RESOLVED**, that we create a new officer position "Communications
Officer" to oversee the PSF communication between board, members
and community. Doug Hellmann is appointed as first PSF Communications
Officer.
Approved, 10-0-0.
Infrastructure Committee (IC) Conflict of Interest Motion
=========================================================
Motion from M.A. Lemburg:
**RESOLVED**, that the Infrastructure Committee may contract companies
affiliated with IC members under the condition that:
* these affiliations are publicized,
* the respective IC member abstains from any vote regarding
a contract with an affiliated company,
* the IC gets at least one quote from a non-affiliated company,
in case the expected costs exceed USD 1000 for one-time
or USD 1000 per year for periodically billed expenditures.
* the IC reports a summary of the decision process to the board
for each such decision.
Approved, 10-0-0.
Funding of PyCamp 2010
======================
The board discussed the funding of PyCamp 2010 and decided to provide a
USD 750 grant to the organizers of the PyCon Ukraine Conference.
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 750 grant to the organizers of
the PyCon Ukraine conference to be held in Kyiv, Ukraine, later this
year, for funding speaker travel expenses.
Approved, 10-0-0
Funding of SciPy 2010
=====================
The board discussed funding of SciPy 2010 and agreed to provide a USD 1,000
grant to conference organizers. Motion from S. Holden.
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 1,000 grant to the organizers
of the SciPy 2010 Conference to be held in Austin, Texas on June 28
through July 3, 2010, for students travel expenses.
Approved, 8-0-1.
Simplify Processing of Expense Receipts
=======================================
Motion from M.A. Lemburg:
**RESOLVED**, that expense receipts and invoices for any PSF funded
activity or equipment must be sent to the PSF Treasurer within 90
days of date of receipt or invoice. Late filings will not be
processed or refunded, unless prior arrangements have been
made with the PSF Board, with a summary sent to psf at python.org.
Expenses in non-USD currencies will be refunded in USD at the
representative exchange rate as published by the International
Monetary Fund (IMF) as-of the date on the receipt/invoice
(http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/data/param_rms_mth.aspx).
Approved, 10-0-0.
Exoweb, Ltd. Sponsor Membership Application
===========================================
The board reached a consensus after a discussion on rather to
recommend the PSF sponsor membership application of Exoweb, Ltd., an
international software development company.
**RESOLVED**, that the board recommends Exoweb Ltd., Bejing, China,
as a pending sponsor member.
Approved, 10-0-0.
Late Filing of Non-USD PyCon 2009 Expenses
==========================================
Motion from M.A. Lemburg:
**RESOLVED**, that all non-USD expenses incurred by officers or
directors of the PSF for PyCon 2009 be reimbursed in USD based on
the representative exchange rate as published by the
International Monetary Fund as-of May 22 2009
(http://www.imf.org/external/np/fin/data/param_rms_mth.aspx).
Approved, 8-0-2.
PSF Community Service Award Nominations for 2010 - 2nd Quarter
==============================================================
One Nominee for the 2010 - 2nd quarter PSF Community Service Award was selected.
*[Details temporarily omitted from the public minutes, to be restored after the
announcement of the prospective award recipient at the EuroPython Conference to
be held in Birmingham UK in July 2010.]*
PSF New Membership Class as Honorary Associate Member (HAM)- Bylaws Change
==========================================================================
Motion from M.A. Lemburg:
**RESOLVED**, that the Board of Directors implement the creation
of a new membership class, called "honorary associate members",
as requested and approved by the members at the 2010 first
annual PSF members meeting, by updating the bylaws as follows:
* Section 3.10, first paragraph, is updated to include the
honorary associate members as non-voting member class:
Section 3.10. Voting. Each nominated member shall be entitled to
one vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of the
members, except as may otherwise be provided in the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. Sponsor members that
have appointed a representative, as described in Section 4.3,
are also entitled to one such vote. Emeritus members and honorary
associate members are not entitled to vote at members' meetings.
* Section 4.1 is updated to include the new member class:
Section 4.1. Member Classes. There are four classes of members
of the corporation, denoted as nominated members, sponsor members,
honorary associate members and emeritus members. References in
these Bylaws to a "member" or to the "members" of the corporation
shall not include any honorary associate member, emeritus member
or sponsor member unless explicitly provided otherwise.
* Section 4.9 is updated to include the possibility to have
honorary associate members withdraw their membership:
Section 4.9. Voluntary Withdrawal from Membership. Members
(including honorary associate members and emeritus members) may
withdraw from membership in the corporation at any time upon ten
(10) days' written, signed notice delivered to an officer of the
corporation.
* a new Section 4.12 is added to defined the new membership class:
Section 4.12. Honorary Associate Members. Honorary associate
members have no voting rights and are not included in the
membership count for purposes of establishing a quorum.
Honorary associate membership shall be granted, on a yearly
basis, in consideration of financial donation to the PSF, but
subject to revocation by the Board of Directors. Annual
donations sufficient for honorary associate membership shall
initially be set at US$99, and may be revised by the Board of
Directors from time to time. The Board or Directors may, at
its discretion, decide to provide incidental benefits to
honorary associate members, such as subscription to a
newsletter, Python-branded email addresses, or printed
promotion material such as badges, stickers, or garments.
Denied, 2-8-0.
PSF New Membership Class as Honorary Associate Member (HAM)- Board Resolution
=============================================================================
Motion from M.A. Lemburg:
**RESOLVED**, that the Board of Directors implement the creation
of a new membership class, called "honorary associate members",
as requested and approved by the members at the 2010 first
annual PSF members meeting, as follows:
There are now four classes of members of the corporation, denoted as
nominated members, sponsor members, honorary associate members and
emeritus members. References in the bylaws to a "member" or to the
"members" of the corporation shall not include any honorary associate
member, emeritus member or sponsor member unless explicitly provided
otherwise.
Honorary associate members have no voting rights and are not included
in the membership count for purposes of establishing a quorum.
Honorary associate membership shall be granted, on a yearly basis, in
consideration of financial donation to the PSF, but subject to
revocation by the Board of Directors.
Annual donations sufficient for honorary associate membership shall
initially be set at US$99, and may be revised by the Board of
Directors from time to time.
Honorary associate members may withdraw from membership in the
corporation at any time upon ten (10) days' written, signed notice
delivered to an officer of the corporation.
The Board or Directors may, at its discretion, decide to provide
incidental benefits to honorary associate members, such as
subscription to a newsletter, Python-branded email addresses, or
printed promotion material such as badges, stickers, or garments.
This board discussion was deferred to email and will be voted on
during the next board meeting to be held in June 2010.
New Sprint Committee & Community-Based Sprints Funding
======================================================
Motion from J. Noller:
**RESOLVED**, that the Board approves the creation of a specific
"Targeted Sprint Committee" and allocates a yearly budget of 5000
USD for the funding of targeted, community based sprints with Jesse
Noller as the initial Chairman, and additional members as needed
per project requirements and approved by the board.
Approved, 9-0-1
Funding for Redevelopment of PyCon Website
==========================================
The board discussed V. Lindberg's, PyCon 2011 Chairman, request of USD 15,000
for "redevelopment of the PyCon website using Django and Pinax, with the
funds going toward the hiring of Eldarion for initial development and any
necessary data porting from the old sites."
This discussion was deferred to email.
Other Business
==============
Budget Planning
---------------
M.A. Lemburg suggested that "the PSF should start to work based on budgets
rather than just having the treasurer chase after our expenses. This will
reduce the fluctuation we have in the financials figures and make the whole
operation more predictable."
This discussion was deferred to email.
Creating Marketing Material for Python
--------------------------------------
The board also discussed the use of a Plone model to design a brochure and
flyer as marketing material for Python as suggested by M.A. Lemburg.
M.A. Lemburg: "MarcAndreLemburg has been in touch with a texter and a designer in
Germany who have prepared a professional quality brochure and flyer for Plone.
Should we put more energy and money into this to create a similar set for Python?
The idea then is to have the PSF send out this marketing material to conferences and
other similar events in order to help spread the word about the Python."
G. Stein: "I'd suggest making this the responsibility of the Communications
Officer."
This discussion was deferred to email.
Adjournment
===========
S. Holden adjourned the meeting at 17:28 UTC.
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The Python Software Foundation
Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
July 26, 2010
Draft
A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors
was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:01 UTC, 26 July 2010. Steve
Holden presided at the meeting. David Mertz prepared the minutes.
All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor ? opposed ? abstentions;
e.g. "5-1-2" means "5 in favor, 1 opposed, and 2 abstentions").
Contents
1 Attendance
2 Minutes of Past Meetings
3 Votes Taken Between Meetings
4 Treasurer Report
5 Progress Report
6 Funding of Jean-Paul Calderone for a port of pyOpenSSL to Python 3.x
7 Funding of Brett Cannon for Python core development
8 Donation to American Heart Association
9 Reauthorization of the Trademarks Committee
10 Funding of PyCon Argentina and Python Brasil
11 Discussion of Email Balloting
12 Electronic Contributor Agreements
13 Adjournment
1 Attendance
The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the meeting:
Steve Holden, Gloria Willadsen, Jeff Rush, Marc-André Lemburg, Jesse Noller,
David Mertz, Tim Peters, Douglas Napoleone [joined meeting at 16:08], James
Tauber [joined meeting at 16:10], Raymond Hettinger [joined meeting at 16:39].
Also in attendance was Kurt Kaiser (treasurer).
2 Minutes of Past Meetings
The 10 May 2010 Board meeting minutes were approved during this month's meeting
session.
Approved, 6-0-1.
The 21 June 2010 Board meeting minutes were approved during this month's meeting
session.
Approved, 4-0-3.
3 Votes Taken Between Meetings
There were no votes taken since the last Board meeting on 21 June 2010.
4 Treasurer Report
The montly Treasurer's Report was provided to Board members by K. Kaiser prior
to the Board meeting.
The board discussed how to respond to Wendroff's request for increase in fees
from the previously contracted amounts; dissatisfaction with the level of
service from Wendroff was discussed. The Chair will explore other options for
future accounting service.
5 Progress Report
Jesse Noller reported funding of 2 sprints, one in Canada and one at Europython,
and the potential to fund 2-3 in the upcoming months. He reports 2 potential
donors and plenty of donated space for sprints, including space donation by
Microsoft.
6 Funding of Jean-Paul Calderone for a port of pyOpenSSL to Python 3.x
The board voted on the funding motion.
RESOLVED, that the PSF offers a USD 3,000 grant to Jean-Paul Calderone for a
fully functional port of pyOpenSSL to Python 3.x with an API as similar to the
2.x API as possible.
Approved, 9-0-0.
7 Funding of Brett Cannon for Python core development
The board discussed the funding request previously submitted in writing by Brett
Cannon.
RESOLVED, that the PSF offers a USD 4,500 grant to work full-time for a period
of two months on Python core development as outlined in the proposal PDF
(http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/attachments/20100614/62bbf3b8/attachment-0001.pdf).
Approved, 9-0-0.
8 Donation to American Heart Association
The board voted on a charitable donation in memory of Tim Costello.
RESOLVED, that the PSF donate $100 to the American Heart Association in memory
of Tim Costello, the uber- technician of CTE who recently passed-away.
Approved, 9-0-0.
9 Reauthorization of the Trademarks Committee
The board discussed a revised membership and continuation of the Trademarks
Committee.
RESOLVED, that the Board reauthorize the Trademarks Committee, with a
membership consisting of Chair David Mertz, and members Marc-Andre Lemburg,
David Goodger, James Tauber, Doug Napoleone. Further resolve that the Chair
shall be authorized to appoint or remove such advisors to the committee as
s/he sees fit, where advisors may offer advice to the committee on legal or
technical issues but shall not vote in discussions nor count towards quorum.
Approved, 5-0-3.
10 Funding of PyCon Argentina and Python Brasil
The board discussed a funding request that would cover joint funding of speakers
to appear at both time-adjacent conferences. The original request was felt to be
underspecified, heed was taken to current financial limitations fo the PSF, and
the board reached a clarified motion.
RESOLVED, that the PSF offers a grant of US$2500 to the organizers of the
PyCon Argentina & Python Brasil 2010 conferences to be held October 2010, to
fund the travel expenses of keynote speakers.
Approved, 9-0-0.
11 Discussion of Email Balloting
Concern was expressed that Secretary Pat Campbell's health issue may prevent her
from conducting the planned election to follow the recent EuroPython.
Consensus was reached that the board should wait two weeks to see if Pat is
comfortable with conducting the election at such time; further consensus was
reached that should she be unable to conduct this election, another a principled
non-PSF member would be suitable to conduct the balloting (with technical
assistance from David Mertz, as needed).
12 Electronic Contributor Agreements
The board discussed whether electronic signatures would be legally appropriate
for contributor agreements and whether use of them would make it easier to
optain such agreements. Jeff Rush agreed to research the issue.
13 Adjournment
Steve Holden adjourned the meeting at 17:10 UTC.
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| The Python Software Foundation
| Minutes of a Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
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| August 16, 2010
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A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of
Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat beginning at 16:09 UTC, 16
August 2010. Steve Holden presided at the meeting. Pat Campbell
prepared the minutes.
All votes are reported in the form "*Y-N-A*" (*in favor ? opposed ?
abstentions*; e.g. "5-1-2" means "5 in favor, 1 opposed, and 2
abstentions").
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Attendance
==========
The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the
meeting: Steve Holden, Marc-Andre Lemburg, David Mertz, Doug Napoleone,
Jesse Noller, Tim Peters, Jeff Rush, Greg Stein, James Tauber, Also in
attendance were Kurt Kaiser (Treasurer), and Pat Campbell (Secretary &
Administrator).
Minutes of Past Meetings
========================
The 26 July 2010 Board meeting minutes were voted on and approved.
Approved, 8-0-1.
Votes Taken Between Meetings
============================
There was one vote taken since the last Board meeting on 26 July 2010.
Funding of PyTexas 2010
=======================
The original Motion from J. Rush was amended:
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF support PyTexas 2010 with a grant of $750.
Approved, 12-0-1.
Treasurer Report
================
The monthly Treasurer's Report was provided to Board members by K. Kaiser
prior to the Board meeting. There were only a few changes in the PSF's
financial position since the last Treasurer's Report a month ago.
Progress Report .
===============
D. Napoleone will provide an email report to the board on the new PyCon
software.
The board also discussed and recommended that all reports (committee
reports, project reports, etc.) be submitted to the board mailing list
at least one week before the monthly board meeting.
Fund PyCon PL 2010
==================
The board discussed funding of PyCon PL 2010 and agreed to provide a USD
750 grant to conference organizers to aid with conference needs.
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF offers a USD 750 grant to the organizers of
the PyCon PL 2010 conference.
Approved, 8-0-1.
Employee Healthcare
====================
The original Motion from S. Holden was amended:
**RESOLVED**, that subject to the President's approval the PSF will
increase the administrator's reimbursement by USD 400 per month.
Approved, 9-0-0.
New Sponsor Membership Application
==================================
The board recommended Werbeagentur Berlin - Eventelligence
ltd. as a new pending sponsor member of the PSF. The new
member recommendation will be voted on at the next members'
meeting.
**RESOLVED**, that the board recommends Werbeagentur Berlin
- Eventelligence ltd. as a pending sponsor member.
Approved, 9-0-0.
Fund Static PyPI Mirror on Amazon Cloudfront
============================================
**RESOLVED**, that the PSF will direct an initial $500 towards exploring
the feasability of a static PyPI (http://pypi.python.org/) mirror on a
cloud delivery network (CDN), setup as outlined in the proposal
http://mail.python.org/mailman/private/psf-board/2010-August/013056.html.
Anticipated ongoing costs will be $1944/year, subject to approval in
subsequent Board motions.
Approved, 9-0-0.
Other Business
==============
No other business reported on at this board meeting.
Adjournment
===========
S. Holden adjourned the meeting at 17:02 UTC.
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