[okfn-coord] Next Board Meeting: Tuesday December 15th @ 1830 GMT

Mon Dec 14 09:31:14 UTC 2009

Thanks Rufus

Further to this, please can everyone come to the meeting having read
the minutes for publication I drafted so that they can be approved or
otherwise fairly swiftly?

Available at http://okfn.org/board/wiki/BoardMeetings/2009-11-17 and
copied below for ease of reference.

Cheers

Becky

Begin summary minutes for publication//

Summary for publication

Present

JC (chair), MK, RP, JW, BH. Apologies sent by PD and JH.

Approval of minutes from last meeting

The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
Actions arising from previous meeting

The Board give RP approval to take discussion of proposed "network
member" structure to OKFN-discuss.
All other actions were accounted for or closed.
Finances

MK presented the Board with the OKFN accounts. The Board thanked MK,
requested a simpler summary, and asked to see the monthly financial
reports in advance of meetings.
Supporter Campaign

The Board discussed approaches for the supporter campaign. RP will
draft a plan for supporter campaign with support from JW and BH.
Consultancy Guidelines

The Board were presented with BH's work on consultancy guidelines. BH
raised issue of spinning out for-profit company with Mems and Arts to
give all net profit to OKFN. MK and JC spoke against this proposal,
citing organisational overhead.
The question of NDAs was raised. The Board resolved that OKFN do not
sign NDAs on principle.
Work updates

RP provided summary of ongoing OKFN work. The Board congratulated RP
on progress, and thanked RP, MK, JG and JC for quick and effective
response to ISP problems this month.
Next Board Meeting

The next Board meeting is on 15 December.

//ends

2009/12/11 Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>:
> This is the half-week-in-advance notice of our next board meeting
> which takes place next Tuesday (15th).
>
> Details and agenda are on board wiki (partially excerpted below).
>
> <http://okfn.org/board/wiki/BoardMeetings/2009-12-15>
>
> Please add to it as required. I have also included actions from last
> meeting below. Martin and I will ensure that updated accounts are
> available by close of play Monday at the latest.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rufus
>
> == Time + Place ==
>
>  * 1830 by phone on:
>   * Phone: 0844 8 360 360 (http://www.conferencegenie.co.uk/pricing.php)
>   * Code: 810279
>  * irc (backup): #okfnboard on irc.oftc.net
>
> == Agenda ==
>
>  * Approval of minutes from last meeting: [[BoardMeetings/2009-11-17]]
>  * [[CompanyAccounts|Finances]] - esp submission of accounts
>  * Work updates
>    * Handling funding and managing projects
>    * Having projects joining the network
>
> == Outstanding Actions ==
>
>  * RP / PD to produce one page vision statement
>  * '''ACTION''': BH to produce 2 sets of minutes henceforth - a set
> of notes for the Board, and a set to be published.
>  * '''ACTION''': RP to take discussion of "Network Members" to OKFN discuss.
>  * '''ACTION''': MK and RP to make sure that the accounts are
> henceforth circulated at least 1 day in advance of the Board meeting.
>  * '''ACTION''': MK to include hosting and Paypal in accounts
>  * '''ACTION''': MK and BH to liaise on contents of financial summary
>  * '''ACTION''': RP to draft plan for supporter campaign with support
> from JW and BH.
>  * '''ACTION''': BH and JH to draft guidelines.
>
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