2021-03-19

Live Meeting Notes:

Call in information:

Quorum

Quorum reached and meeting called to order at 15:06 UTC.

Attendees

Board Members

Deb Bryant

Josh Simmons

Megan Byrd-Sanicki

Faidon Liambotis

Italo Vignoli

Pam Chestek

Chris Lamb

Hong Phuc Dang

Elana Hashman

Tracy Hinds

Guests

Deb Nicholson

Expected, but Not Present

Regrets

Approve minutes from last time (2 minutes)

Deb moved to approve, Megan seconded

Minutes from February’s Meeting

https://wiki.opensource.org/bin/Main/OSI%20Board%20of%20Directors/Board%20Meeting%20Notes/February%2019%2C%202021%20Draft%20Minutes/

Vote: 10 yes;  no;  abstain

Agenda

Financial update/fundraising update (Tracy, 5 minutes)

Memberships were down a bit, mostly because of technical issues

Sponsorship work is set to ramp up in April

Staffing Committee Update (Deb B., 5 minutes)

We have some solid candidates and are excited to start the next phase

Thanks to everyone who’s worked on this process so far

Feedback on the proposed Vision Statement (Megan, 25 minutes)

Deb and Italo will take this feedback and consult Pam 

Vote on TekKids Affiliate Application (5 minutes)

Deb motioned to accept TecKids, Hong Phuc seconded

Unanimous vote to accept TecKids as an Affiliate 

Clearly Defined, any questions (Italo, 5 minutes)

Hiring a contractor, in touch with Phyllis

Snowdrift is leaving in April (after a solid convo with Phyllis)

Break (5 minutes)

Board Business:

  • Election update (Deb N. 5 minutes)

Contact candidates who won via the exploited election

  • Resolved: To extend the terms of Directors Hong Phuc Dang, Elana Hashman, Chris Lamb and Faidon Liambotis, whose terms expire March 31, 2021, until either new board members are seated or until April 30, 2021, whichever is earlier. 
  • Faidon moved, Deb seconded 

Vote:  yes; 10  no;  abstain

  • Separate onboarding session for new board members? If so, when? (Josh, 10 minutes)

Deb B. and Deb N. have been drafting a Board Orientation Packet. 

Announcements or questions on packet materials (5 minutes)

Additional Materials:

Clearly Defined Update

Standards Update

IGM Report

30 minute social time

Next Board Meeting

The next OSI board meeting is scheduled for…

April 16th

Meeting adjourned at…

Motions

Motion (): Approve and post the meeting minutes of __________ .

Second ().

Discussion:

Vote: 0 Yes; 0 No; 0 Abstain.

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