2023-07-21

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

Guests Stefano Maffuli

Regrets Tracy excused herself on maternal business (Congratulations)

Quorum reached at 8:02am PT

Notes

Carlo is the minutes-taker for July.

Approval of previous minutes deferred to August meeting.

Operational Updates

Catharina welcomes and provides an update about the Board status and Amanda having resigned and collects comments from Board Members and Stefano. The Board discusses whether to fill in the gap or even to expand the number of members.

Carlo motions to accept the withdrawal of Amanda and not to replace her until the next round of elections. Aeva seconds. After discussion, motion is passed unanimously.

License Consistency Working Group

Josh updates on the License Consistency Working Group.

Candidates who have been put forward for approval after discussion are:
- Josh Berkus (chair, software developer, US)
- Carlo Piana (backup chair, attorney, Europe)
- Mike Dolan (attorney, US, Linux Foundation)
- McCoy Smith (attorney, US)
- Kevin P. Fleming (software dev, US)
- Janneke van de Westelaken (attorney, Europe, Bosch)

Catharina moves to approve the roster with the additional provision that we will adopt a code of conduct for the non-board members to ensure a healthy and productive discussion and works. Thierry seconds. Motion is passed unanimously.

Other Business

Stefano provides the Board with an update on fundraising (going well), the Linux Foundation’s Geneva summit (as expected), and the FOSSY event (relatively small, good conversations).

No other business.

Meeting adjourned at 09:17 PT