By Luca Marzo on 2023-09-21 21:01 in Board of Directors

Open Source Matters, Inc.
Full Board of Directors and Officers Meeting

Date: August 10, 2023
Time: 17:00 UTC
Total time of meeting: 50 minutes

Attendees:

Nicola Galgano (Vice President), Luca Marzo (Secretary), Nadja Lamisch (Treasurer), Philip Walton (Director).

Apologies:

Crystal Dionysopoulos (President), Harald Leithner (Director)

Proxies:

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Discussion outline

Treasurer

• Nadja had a meeting with Karen, the bookkeeper, who is working to finish the books for the past Fiscal Year. 

• Online banking of Citibank had some troubles in the past days, so Nadja couldn’t provide the latest details to the bookkeeper.

Outreach Department

• Work on Joomla 5 challenge templates underway with a meeting of all the stakeholders.

• Magazine brought forward to mark 18th Birthday.

Vice President

• Nicola suggested involving the newly formed Advisory Board in the management of the CoC proceedings. Philip suggested to onboard them first, then involve them to provide advice.

Secretary

• Group 1 Election cycle in progress. Every open role has at least one candidate.

President

• Crystal proposed to arrange the first meeting to welcome the newly formed Advisory Board. A doodle will be launched to find a suitable time for all the participants.

• All the Advisory Board members have been onboarded in a dedicated channel in Mattermost.

• The Board discussed the motion #2020/136 in light of the recent activities related to the Cyber Resilience Act. The Board decided to take a position in relation to the Cyber Resilience Act due to the fact it would put Open Source projects at risk.

• The Board supports the attendance of the WebSummit in Lisbon.

Other business

• On August 26, 2023 a global Pizza Bugs and Fun event will be held.

Motions taken during this meeting

#2023/036 - The Secretary proposes to adjourn the meeting.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Philip Walton.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.

Motions taken offline before this meeting

#2023/035 - Approve and publish the Board Meeting Minutes.
Proposed by Luca Marzo, seconded by Crystal Dionysopoulos.
The motion passed with unanimous consent.