Oct 21, 2022

Board Members

Aeva Black, Justin Colannino, Catharina Maracke, Thierry Carrez, Josh Berkus, Amanda Brock, Pamela Chestek, Carlo Piana (joining at 08:15)

Regrets None, though Josh notes he will have to leave early to catch a flight

Guests

Stefano Maffuli, Adam Goodman (joining at 8:31)

Quorum reached at 08:04

Notes

Approval of previous minutes

Tracy requests that PDF copies of the DRAFT MINUTES be shared in advance, to avoid intermittent permission issues on the wiki. 

All reviewed the minutes. Thierry motions to approve. Tracy seconds. Josh and Amanda abstain. Motion passes.

Election Discussion

Josh presents the history and proposed changes to our election policy.

Stefano points out that we need to be ready to publish the new policy in January, ahead of February elections. Josh requests everyone provide final comments ahead of the November board meeting so that he can incorporate input and the Board can vote in December. 

Aeva requests that Josh hold “office hours” to provide opportunities for discussion outside of the board meetings as well.

Deep Dive: AI

Stefano shares screen caps of positive feedback and press as a result of this work. First five episodes of the podcast published, and four live panels completed.

Pam and Aeva commend Stefano on the outstanding impact and recognize all the work it has taken to improve outreach through this initiative.

Strategy Discussion

Stefano provides an overview of our objectives from last year. The board discusses the direction and prioritization of the organization.

The Board discusses three separate areas of importance: (a) defending of, and acting as the custodian of, the OSD; (b) engaging with standard-setting bodies; (c) forward-looking work related to ML/AI licensing and incoming regulation that will affect open source.

Stefano notes that our choice in 2022 to create the AI podcast was a tactical choice to rebuild our brand, to build a new media platform for the OSI, and shares a look at what areas need reinforcement in 2023.

Board discusses priorities for 2023. Stefano notes the tightening budgets across all of our sponsors. The Board generally agreed on the proposed priorities and discussed how we want to define plans to meet each objective before month's meeting.

Stefano shares the financial overview of Q3, and a work-back timeline for budget discussions in the lead up to EOY.

Meeting adjourned at 09:56