=============== Zope Foundation =============== Minutes of a Meeting of the Board of Directors ============================================== Date and Time: Monday, March 31, 2008, 13:00 UTC Location: IRC meeting, irc://irc.freenode.net/#zope-foundation Directors Present: Martijn Faassen Rob Page Eric Casteleijn Jens Vagelpohl Jodok Batlogg Quorum Present: Yes The chairman calls the meeting to order at 13h04m UTC. The agenda is accepted as follows: 1. Status reports a. Old minutes update (Eric) b. Treasury update (Rob) c. Web site status (Jodok) d. By-laws status (Martijn) e. Non-profit status (Rob) 2. Trademark (Martijn, Jodok) 3. User groups a. status reusable design elements (Jens) b. User groups in Asia outreach (Tres) 4. Technical infrastructure a. New server (Jens) 5. Summer of Code (Martijn) 6. Freenode IRC Registration (Jodok) 7. Foundation News Updates 8. Miscellaneous 9. Adjournment 1.a. Old Minutes update (Eric) -------------------------- No news is reported by the secretary, as he has regretfully fallen somewhat behind in his duties. 1.b. Treasury (Rob) ------------------- The treasurer reports no changes in fincances. 1.c. Web site status (Jodok) ---------------------------- Jodok reports that Martin Aspelli has started a new effort, and Philipp von Weitershausen will do so soon. Zope.de has been asking to use the design. Jodok will send the topics to be discussed to the mailing list. 1.d. By-laws status (Martijn) ----------------------------- Martijn realizes that the mail he sent with his preliminary versions of the bylaws never made it, due to size restrictions. He will resend it and Rob will approve it. 1.e. Non-profit status (Rob) ---------------------------- The IRS sent a number of questions that will need to be answered in order for the process to move along. The treasurer will send a draft response to the zfbod mailing list. 2. Trademark (Martijn, Jodok) ----------------------------- The chairman has sent out two reminders to ZEA, to bring to their attention the fact that they promised to give the Zope Foundation board a definite answer in the beginning of March. 3.a. ZF support fo formalize design/identity elements ----------------------------------------------------- Jens reports no activity on this front, as it was agreed earlier that he should wait for the new site to go public. 3.b. User group contact (Tres) ------------------------------ Tres is not in attendance. 4.a. Moving foundation/wiki/apidoc.zope.org to a new server (Jens) ------------------------------------------------------------------ The server has been commissioned. The estimated wait until the hardware is ready for Jens to start setting it up as the new zope.org server is 2 to 3 weeks. What is currently scheduled to be moved to the new server is the wiki, the apidoc and the foundation site. A next step could be mailman. In order to investigate that migration, Jens will be given elevated rights on the current cvs.zope.org. 5. Summer of Code ----------------- There are 9 project submissions of varying quality, and it is expected at least one more will be submitted before the deadline. It is unknown how many slots Google will award the Zope Foundation. In 2007 there were four. There are plenty of mentor volunteers, and Martijn will make sure that students and or mentors that go missing in action will not escape notice, by having back up mentors available, and actively encouraging(/enforcing) regular communication between students and mentors. 6. Freenode IRC Registration (Jodok) ------------------------------------ Jodok is still waiting for a reply from freenode. He will contact them through IRC, and keep Christian Theune updated with the status. 7. Foundation News Updates -------------------------- Martijn volunteers Eric to keep an eye on the foundation.zope.org news page and update it with relevant news items from for instance the Zope Foundation board meeting minutes and Zope Announce. 8. Miscellaneous ---------------- No miscellaneous topics are brought up. 9. Adjournment -------------- The next ZF BoD meeting is scheduled for Monday, 2008-04-21 13:00 UTC The chairman adjourns the meeting at 13h34m UTC. These minutes were written by the secretary, Eric, according to the notes taken during the meeting. These minutes were posted to the foundation-board@zope.org mailing list and approved by all directors on ___________ The Chairman bid the Secretary keep these minutes on file.