Difference between revisions of "Dusseldorf, 2014"

From Openembedded.org
Jump to: navigation, search
(Attendance)
(Meeting notes)
 
(17 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown)
Line 3: Line 3:
 
Congress Centre Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
 
Congress Centre Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
  
October 14, 2014 at 1300 - 1500 in room 10.
+
October 14, 2014 at 1300 - 1500 in room 111 (room changed, was 10 before).
  
 
== Agenda ==
 
== Agenda ==
Line 9: Line 9:
 
* Financial report
 
* Financial report
 
* Election of new members
 
* Election of new members
 +
* Discussion about future of e.V. (started in 2013)
  
 
== Forms ==
 
== Forms ==
Line 15: Line 16:
  
 
== Attendance ==
 
== Attendance ==
* Martin 'JaMa' Jansa
+
* Leon 'likewise' Woestenberg
* Jeff 'Jefro' Osier-Mixon
 
 
* Denys 'denix' Dmytriyenko
 
* Denys 'denix' Dmytriyenko
* Dave "davest" Stewart (likely)
+
* Sean 'darknighte' Hudson
* Philip "Crofton" Balister
 
* Ross "rburton" Burton
 
 
* 'Khem' Raj
 
* 'Khem' Raj
 +
* Andrea 'g1zer0' Galbusera
 +
* Marco 'mckoan' Cavallini - (proxy for Andrea 'ant_work' Adami)
 +
* Martin 'JaMa' Jansa
 
* Mark 'fray' Hatle
 
* Mark 'fray' Hatle
* Henning "woglinde" Heinold (I think, I need the reactivation)
+
* Henning "woglinde" Heinold
 
* Anders Darander
 
* Anders Darander
* Andrea 'g1zer0' Galbusera - proxy for Marco 'mckoan' Cavallini
+
* Richard Purdie (proxy for Paul Eggleton + David Stewart)
 +
* Koen Kooi (proxy Graeme)
 +
* Phil 'Crofton' Ballister
 +
 
 +
Non members present and elected to become members
 +
 
 +
* Nicolas Dechesne
 +
 
 +
Non members not present but elected to become members
 +
 
 +
* Trevor Woerner
 +
* Gary Thomas
 +
* Tim Orling
 +
* Apelete Seketeli
  
 
== Meeting notes ==
 
== Meeting notes ==
 +
Meeting opened 13:05
 +
* Atendees Documented
 +
 +
=== Financial Summary Presented ===
 +
* Various forms had to be filed
 +
* Challenges due to lack of German address and language barriers
 +
* SPI Account created with one donation
 +
* No other changes to accounts
 +
* Treasures report approved
 +
 +
=== New member vote ===
 +
* New member vote for all new members except gary
 +
** Passed with all in favour
 +
* New member vote for Gary
 +
** Two objections were raised, all others were in favour
 +
 +
=== Member expiration ===
 +
* Member expiration needs to be handled
 +
* Added as an agenda item for next board meeting
 +
** Board expects to provide feedback to members within one month
 +
=== e.V. structure ===
 +
* Discussion about e.V. structure and whether it still works for the project
 +
* Board recommends replacing the e.V. with something else, exact proposal to be determined in 18 months
 +
* Historically, three things were and are needed for the project.  These resulted in the formation of the e.V.
 +
** Financial
 +
** Ownership (e.g. domain names)
 +
** Decision making ability (which implies membership list)
 +
* Currently, the financial issues are covered by SPI, others open question
 +
* Goal is to get the OE membership more involved by reducing the overhead involved with the e.V.
 +
* Members present had no objections for board looking into this
 +
* By the next GA, the board plans to have a proposal to vote on
 +
** Must be well in advance for proxy instructions
 +
 +
=== TSC ===
 +
* Koen formally resigned from TSC
 +
* Board needs to setup TSC elections
 +
* General discussion about the role of the TSC
 +
 +
Meeting Closed at 14:05
 +
 +
== Financial Summary  ==
 +
* OpenEmbedded e.V.  bank accounts hold EUR 1731. SPI account holds EUR 127.
 +
* Overhead due to lack of German address and language barriers, we now have a German volunteer that provides us with a German address for tax declarations etc. and proxies postal documents.
 +
* Exempt from taxes over 2010, 2011 and 2012.
 +
* Spending were USD 50 (Philip?) on hosting, not yet declared.
 +
* Received EUR 128 worth of donations via SPI http://www.spi-inc.org/donations/
 +
* Treasures report approved
  
 
== Action Items ==
 
== Action Items ==
 +
 +
[[Category:General_Assemblies]]

Latest revision as of 23:47, 4 November 2014

Location

Congress Centre Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

October 14, 2014 at 1300 - 1500 in room 111 (room changed, was 10 before).

Agenda

  • Financial report
  • Election of new members
  • Discussion about future of e.V. (started in 2013)

Forms

Attendance

  • Leon 'likewise' Woestenberg
  • Denys 'denix' Dmytriyenko
  • Sean 'darknighte' Hudson
  • 'Khem' Raj
  • Andrea 'g1zer0' Galbusera
  • Marco 'mckoan' Cavallini - (proxy for Andrea 'ant_work' Adami)
  • Martin 'JaMa' Jansa
  • Mark 'fray' Hatle
  • Henning "woglinde" Heinold
  • Anders Darander
  • Richard Purdie (proxy for Paul Eggleton + David Stewart)
  • Koen Kooi (proxy Graeme)
  • Phil 'Crofton' Ballister

Non members present and elected to become members

  • Nicolas Dechesne

Non members not present but elected to become members

  • Trevor Woerner
  • Gary Thomas
  • Tim Orling
  • Apelete Seketeli

Meeting notes

Meeting opened 13:05

  • Atendees Documented

Financial Summary Presented

  • Various forms had to be filed
  • Challenges due to lack of German address and language barriers
  • SPI Account created with one donation
  • No other changes to accounts
  • Treasures report approved

New member vote

  • New member vote for all new members except gary
    • Passed with all in favour
  • New member vote for Gary
    • Two objections were raised, all others were in favour

Member expiration

  • Member expiration needs to be handled
  • Added as an agenda item for next board meeting
    • Board expects to provide feedback to members within one month

e.V. structure

  • Discussion about e.V. structure and whether it still works for the project
  • Board recommends replacing the e.V. with something else, exact proposal to be determined in 18 months
  • Historically, three things were and are needed for the project. These resulted in the formation of the e.V.
    • Financial
    • Ownership (e.g. domain names)
    • Decision making ability (which implies membership list)
  • Currently, the financial issues are covered by SPI, others open question
  • Goal is to get the OE membership more involved by reducing the overhead involved with the e.V.
  • Members present had no objections for board looking into this
  • By the next GA, the board plans to have a proposal to vote on
    • Must be well in advance for proxy instructions

TSC

  • Koen formally resigned from TSC
  • Board needs to setup TSC elections
  • General discussion about the role of the TSC

Meeting Closed at 14:05

Financial Summary

  • OpenEmbedded e.V. bank accounts hold EUR 1731. SPI account holds EUR 127.
  • Overhead due to lack of German address and language barriers, we now have a German volunteer that provides us with a German address for tax declarations etc. and proxies postal documents.
  • Exempt from taxes over 2010, 2011 and 2012.
  • Spending were USD 50 (Philip?) on hosting, not yet declared.
  • Received EUR 128 worth of donations via SPI http://www.spi-inc.org/donations/
  • Treasures report approved

Action Items