As one of its tasks, the current board is looking into decisions and meeting minutes taken in the past that were not yet published according to our statutes. What follows are previously private minutes from the 2022-05-30 meeting of the previous board, which are now made public. Some elements in the minutes might be redacted as there is a need for confidentiality, or as individuals are mentioned in specific contexts.
Disclaimer: The following private minutes from the previous board are published as is. They have not necessarily been confirmed by the respective session’s chairperson or keeper of the minutes, nor approved by the respective board.
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Status Report: Reporting from the oversight groups (Thorsten Behrens, tdf-board, 5 mins)
Reason for privacy: HR, tax and legal topics.First quarter for the new board is up, so let’s hear reports from the various oversight groups.
- some reports missing (Thorsten)
- try to have it regularly
- added pointers to various statistics (Caolan)
- good idea, easier hand-over etc. (Thorsten)
- summary: reminder to provide the reports
- status of consent (none, poor, mostly, full): full
- next step(s): deadline in 2 weeks, during strategy weekenddd
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Status Report: [REDACTED: confidential HR topic] (Florian Effenberger, 5 mins)
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Vote, Discuss: Update [REDACTED: sensitive discussions about a potential AB membership, that ultimately did not happen] / AB membership (Florian Effenberger, 5 mins)
Reason for privacy: contract negotiation.
Options:
- admit them for 1.000 € for one year, without contributing
- admit them for 500 € for one year, but only if there are contributions at least planned within the next year
We did both options in the past (e.g. with [REDACTED] or [REDACTED]), there IMHO is no really clear rule.
- [REDACTED] not paying (Florian)
- in the range of ~ 1.000 €
- collecting not payed amount
- Ask for a letter of introduction from organisation applying for AB membership so we know what they plan to bring in (Paolo)
- relation to LO?
- maybe start with 1000 and reduce in the later years if they contribute? (Kendy)
- two options (Thorsten)
- set the process in motion
- no time pressure (Florian)
- wait for their statement
- AI Florian: ping [REDACTED] for a quick introduction
- summary: board positive towards admitting [REDACTED] company, but needs more info
- status of consent (none, poor, mostly, full): full
- next step(s): AI Florian: ping [REDACTED] for prospectus, then call for vote
- Discuss: Last minute item(s) (tdf-board, 25 mins)
Rationale: if there is time left, and anything is popping up after
sending the agenda
The private meeting ends at 17:23 UTC / 19:23 Berlin time.