> > > Karen, Marina: > > > > Can you elaborate on your plans for OP? It seems unclear whether you > intend > > to continue to lean on the infrastructure of larger organisations like > GNOME > > or SFC or whether you intend to create a concrete autonomous model for > OP in > > the long run and these things are just necessary steps towards that goal. > > Organizationally, Outreachy will be hosted by Conservancy for the time > being. Conservancy is set up to encourage self-governance of the projects > it hosts to a great degree. >
What I am wondering is whether the long term goal for this project is autonomy, or if this is the set-up which is most likely to meet all the demands of the project. Magdalen > > > > > As you are likely aware, there is an awful lot more to consider in > organising > > project which is focused on engaging and minority groups than logistics, > but > > this is especially so now that OP is has begun expanding its reach to > > include potentially vulnerable people, too. Personally I would support a > > move towards the establishment of OP as an organisation, with a European > > base. > > > > Magdalen > > > > p.s. Consider what "Outreachy" rhymes with, before finalising this as a > name. > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 8:20 PM, Sriram Ramkrishna < s...@ramkrishna.me > > > wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Stormy Peters < sto...@gnome.org > > wrote: > > > Did anything happen with the adboard at FOSDEM? It's very important to > keep > > > up relationships with adboard members if we want to continue to depend > on > > > them for financial contributions. And you should never pass up a > chance to > > > meet with them in person! > > > > > > > I agree completely. It's a lot harder without a executive director > > who primarily does this. That said, I did send a note out about > > having an adboard meeting possibly during the Conservency dinner. We > > generally have enough members do one at FOSDEM. This time we did not > > have a quorom unfortunately. > > > > sri > > > > > Stormy > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Andrea Veri < a...@gnome.org > wrote: > > >> > > >> = Minutes for Friday, January 23th, 2015, 17:00 UTC = > > >> > > >> Next meeting due on February 6th, 2015 at 17:00 UTC > > >> > > >> == Attending == > > >> * Ekaterina Gerasimova > > >> * Rosanna Yuen > > >> * Marina Zhurakhinskaya > > >> * Jeff Fortin > > >> * Andrea Veri > > >> * Karen Sandler > > >> * Tobias Mueller > > >> * Sriram Ramkrishna > > >> > > >> == Regrets == > > >> > > >> == Missing == > > >> > > >> == Board meeting == > > >> > > >> * Adboard meeting at FOSDEM 2015 > > >> * Unfortunately was not organized yet, so possibility of piggybacking > > >> on the SFC dinner event with a "GNOME table"? ($40 in advance/euro 40 > at > > >> the > > >> door per attendee) > > >> * People can go on an individual basis, but the general feeling among > > >> board members seems to be "we're probably not setting this up as an > > >> official > > >> event"; maybe just sending an informal invitation email to the adboard > > >> list > > >> to let them know they can join us there > > >> * ACTION: Sri to send an informal invitation mail to the adboard for > > >> the event > > >> > > >> * Next steps for the Outreach Program > > >> * Marina sent an e-mail to board-list with all the planned next steps > > >> for the OP > > >> * This is a follow-up to a discussion we started during the GUADEC > 2014 > > >> board meeting about the growth & requirements for the Outreach Program > > >> * GNOME has been a good home to launch and grow the project so far, > but > > >> the program has somewhat outgrown the capabilities of GNOME. > Preparations > > >> are being made to create an environment where the OP can grow over > time > > >> without creating too much burden to the GNOME Foundation (in terms of > > >> workload on the Board, Rosanna's time handling the payments and > invoices) > > >> * OP is being renamed to "Outreachy" > > >> * OP would be joining the SFC; GNOME would still be providing its > > >> infrastructure, for the time of the transition > > >> * When this round will end (around March) funds (general OP and travel > > >> funds) will have to be transferred from the GNOME Foundation to the > SFC > > >> * Obligations (reimbursements etc.) will be then moved to the SFC > > >> itself > > >> * Rosanna will still be required to help out OP with invoicing / > > >> reimbursement till the end of March > > >> * Travel allowances will still have to be approved by the Board for > > >> this (round that ends in March) and previous rounds > > >> * VOTE: The board agrees to move of OP to the SF Conservancy to > further > > >> the growth of the program. GNOME will continue to be the > infrastructure > > >> partner for the time being. Details on the transfering of funds and > any > > >> other information and the exact timetable will be established in due > > >> course, > > >> upon consulation with counsel. > > >> * The GNOME Foundation would not be bound by the contract of the SFC. > > >> The primary reason for this vote is that SFC wants to make sure that > > >> "GNOME > > >> is okay with this move" > > >> * +1 from Jeff, Tobi, Sri, Kat, Andrea - Karen & Marina abstain > > >> * ACTION: Karen & Marina should provide a more detailed plan as things > > >> are being figured out (timeframe, next steps) > > >> > > >> * 500$ materials sponsorship request for GNOME Peru Fest 2015 > > >> * VOTE: approve the 500$ materials sponsorship: +1 unanimous > > >> > > >> * Next board meeting: our backlog is huge. We could have an extra > meeting > > >> right after FOSDEM, intsead of waiting 2 weeks. > > >> * ACTION: Tobi/Sri to evaluate the situation while at FOSDEM and > > >> request an extra meeting if needed > > >> > > >> Deferred: > > >> * Responding to a phone press inquiry asking to reach Stormy Peters > > >> * Comment from Stormy: "There is a press mailing list to deal with > press > > >> inquiries. And if they are looking for me, they should be able to > find me > > >> but you are welcome to point them my way." > > >> * ACTION: maybe Rosanna can check with the caller to see what he wants > > >> and see if we need to get back to him by press contact, or if he > really > > >> wanted to reach Stormy in particular? > > >> * Sysadmin sponsorship: should we have a guadec-style sponsors' > brochure > > >> to help with that? > > >> * WHS > > >> * OEM Linux distribution including GNOME - any action required wrt > Narcis > > >> Garcia's email? > > >> * Review action items in kanban board, for completeness and status > > >> * ED search > > >> > > >> * Deferred until further mailing list discussion occurs from other > board > > >> members (or missing info): > > >> * Reviewing and harmonizing our logos & trademark guidelines wrt ®, ™, > > >> etc. > > >> * Discuss plans for reviewing salaries/hourly rates of > > >> employees/contractors > > >> * Trademark defense campaign has ended and been a success: start > > >> evaluating the use of funds to wrap up the matter and to make GNOME > better > > >> * GNOME Privacy project: what to do with the gathered funds? > (hackfest? > > >> internships? more ideas?) > > >> * NDA for sysadmins (for the privacy policy) > > >> > > >> == Discussed on the mailing list == > > >> * Midpoint payments to Outreach interns > > >> > > >> == Completed Actions == > > >> * Edward Swartz's "philantropist donation": Sri to email him to thank, > > >> say we're getting a gift together, ask about reasons motivating his > great > > >> donation, maybe offer an interview? And verify his mailing address. > > >> > > >> == Pending action items == > > >> * GNOME's CoC: Board to follow up in the upcoming meetings and > prepare a > > >> version of the CoC to be finally considered final over all the GNOME > > >> yearly > > >> events > > >> * Kat to create a private wiki page on the web services accounts > holders > > >> and passwords > > >> * Allan and Kat decided to go for a private git account instead for > > >> security reasons > > >> * Kat to draft a proposal for a privacy policy for review > > >> * Kat to draft a contract template for future use organizations for > which > > >> we handle money > > >> * Karen to write the Privacy policy for GNOME services > > >> * Karen will look at gnome-software privacy issues from a legal > > >> standpoint > > >> * Karen to draft a proposal for the photography policy at GNOME > > >> conferences to discuss on foundation-list > > >> * Tobi to continue pursuing the fund collection in Europe > > >> * Tobi to talk to Andrea to move the PayPal data extraction scripts > over > > >> to the GNOME infrastructure > > >> * Sri to investigate better uses of adsense/adwords on the GNOME > websites > > >> * Sri to communicate to Rosanna and work on the donation for the West > > >> Coast hackfest > > >> * Sri, Marina, Kat to work on establishing criteria for drafting for > the > > >> hiring committee for the ED role > > >> * Sri to investigate the GNOME gifts situation > > >> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> > > >> Andrea > > >> > > >> Debian Developer, > > >> Fedora / EPEL packager, > > >> GNOME Sysadmin Team Coordinator, > > >> GNOME Foundation Membership & Elections Committee Chairman > > >> > > >> Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/~av > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> foundation-announce mailing list > > >> foundation-annou...@gnome.org > > >> https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-announce > > >> > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > foundation-list mailing list > > > foundation-list@gnome.org > > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-list mailing list > > foundation-list@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-list mailing list > > foundation-list@gnome.org > > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-list > > >
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