Agenda for TDF board meeting on Friday, August 27th at 1300 Berlin time (UTC+2)

[stephan.ficht]

Dear Community,

please find below the agenda for our

-> TDF board meeting with a public part and followed by a private part
-> on Friday, August 27th at 1300 Berlin time

For time zone conversion, see e.g.
https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converted.html?iso=20210827T13&p1=37&p2=136&p3=241&p4=589

-> at https://jitsi.documentfoundation.org/TDFBoard
We meet on jitsi, and please, if possible use Chrome browser and do not
use video and until not speaking up please mute.

-> AGENDA:

Public Part

1. Q&A: Answering Questions from the community (All, max. 10 min)
   Rationale: Provide an opportunity for the community to ask questions
to the board and about TDF.

2. Inform: 1 month to LibOCon 2021 - Status (Florian/Team, all 5min)
   Rationale: Get information about status and where help from board is
needed

3. Plan: How to handle next pre-scheduled board meeting at 10th of
September(Lothar, all 5 min)
   Rationale: Lothar will be not available from 1st to 16th of September
(incl)

Private Part

4. Inform: Status 2nd round legal advisor questions (Florian, Lothar all
5min)
   Rationale: Florian delivered statements, what/when is next?
   Reason why in private: Confidential items for advice, preliminary
discussion of offerings

5. Discussion, Q&A: Conflict of Interest Policy for MC and Board
(Marina, all 25 minutes)
   Rationale: Board information about MC CoI policy text, status of
legal proofread, adaption to the board
   Reason why in private: Discussion about a legal text

- No more topic in private so far -

[andreasma]

Hi,

seemed the board needs a discussion and decission about § 8 IV of the
statutes:

https://blog.allotropia.de/2021/08/25/allotropia-and-collabora-announce-partnership/

Regards,
Andreas

[thb]

Hi Andreas,

Andreas Mantke wrote:

seemed the board needs a discussion and decission about § 8 IV of the
statutes:

I can assure you (and the board), that § 8 (4) is most definitely not
touched by that announcement.

Please do reach out if there's any further questions (I'll probably
not be able to make the call tomorrow though).

All the best,

-- Thorsten

[andreasma]

Hi,

the blog post shows the shrinking diversity of the TDF-board and the LibO ecosystem.

It shows also, that the spirit behind Par. 8 IV of the statutes dissolved during the last 9/10 years.

And it shows further that a critical view about the impact of such actions on TDF and its reputation is not available inside all long term board members.

Regards,
Andreas

[thb]

Hi Andreas,

please, this is not very constructive so far. I tell you §8 is not
affected, you claim it is (and conclude a number of things from there).

At the same time, MC and board are working on a CoI policy, so this:

And it shows further that a critical view about the impact of such
actions on TDF and its reputation is not available inside all long
term board members.

is a needless ad hominem, and a false statement on top.

If you still have concerns, please lets get into a quick call (you
have my number); or you join one of the next board meetings - there's
always room for the community to ask questions in the beginning.

All the best,

-- Thorsten

[andreasma]

Hi,

Hi Andreas,

please, this is not very constructive so far. I tell you §8 is not
affected, you claim it is (and conclude a number of things from there).

At the same time, MC and board are working on a CoI policy, so this:

§ 8 IV and CoI are not identical.

But it's relatively clear that we have a dissent on the understanding of
§ 8 IV of the statutes.

Regards,
Andreas