2023-12-15

Board Members Aeva Black, Tracy Hinds, Carlo Piana, Josh Berkus, Justin Colannino, Pamela Chestek, Catharina Maracke, Thierry Carrez, Anne-Marie Scott

Guests Stefano Maffuli 

Regrets 

Quorum reached at 08:03 PT

Notes

Carlo moves to approve the previous minutes. Josh seconds. All present approve.

The Board discusses the Board expansion, and discusses two strong candidates. Catharina moves to appoint Sayeed Chowdhury as a new member of the Board. Anne-Marie seconds. All present approve, and an invitation will be extended. 

The Board discusses the Board Election process. No action is taken.

Stefano begins to discuss the Budget and Priorities for 2024, and the Board continues discussions from previous meetings. Pam and Aeva raise questions, which are addressed. Carlo moves to approve the Budget, Thierry seconds. All present approve. 

Stefano begins to discuss the KPIs for 2024. The Board, having previously seen, does not discuss in depth. Carlo moves to approve the KPIs. Tracy seconds. All present approve.

Stefano proposes a set of new sponsor benefits for 2024, including sponsored speaking opportunities and invitations to an annual Board Dinner. The Board offers feedback.

Stefano moves on to provide an operational update regarding the Deep Dive AI workstream, and shares concerns about efforts made by a few BigTech Co’s to define “it’s all fair use” as the accepted norm. Board Members discuss the importance of a cautious and expeditious approach to the Board taking a formal stance on questions of fair use of creative works in training LLMs and other AI systems. 

Aeva and Anne-Marie depart at 09:58. Carlo takes over minutes.

Thierry and Justin leave at 10:01