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 2022-08-08 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: [REDACTED: sensitive HR topic] (Florian Effenberger, Stephan Ficht, 5 mins)
Reason for privacy: HR, tax and legal topics. -
Status Report: Hiring web developer (Florian Effenberger, 5 mins)
Reason for privacy: HR, tax and legal topics.- job advert is out
- first applications in
- interviews started?
- four applications yet (Florian)
- first interview on wednesday
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Vote, Discuss: Elect new deputy chairperson (Thorsten Behrens, 25 mins)
Reason for privacy: legal topics.After Caolan’s step-down, the board needs to elect a new deputy chair. On request, might be board-only, thus at the end of the call.
- call for nominations (Thorsten)
- Cor (would accept, nominated by Thorsten), Emiliano (would accept, nominated by Paolo), Laszlo (not present, nominated by Emiliano)
- think about possibly conflicted persons (Emiliano)
- withdraw given the fact Emiliano stands (Cor)
- unanimous approval of Emiliano
- thanking all
- 4 in favour, 1 abstain
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Discuss: Last minute item(s) (tdf-board, 0 mins)
Rationale: if there is time left, and anything is popping up after sending the agenda
- pandemic situation wrt meetings (Florian)
- dropping down in Italy actually (Emiliano)
- strive to be more protective
- got advise from AB (Thorsten)
- task to communicate (Cor)
- is definitely much more than only hearing
- assure good climate, fresh air, etc.
- discussion with masks very difficcult situation
- different experiences from different peoples
- avoid ‘hidden’ discussion behind masks (Cor)
- follow discussion even online would be great (Paolo)
- maybe present a self test when accesing the meeting
- premature to guess what’s up end of sept (Thorsten)
- ask for a negative test to much? (Paolo)
- was dropped in the Netherlands (Cor)
- we have to see how situation wrt. regulations evolve (Thorsten)
- enable people to feel safe during conference
- diffent POVs
- difficult to have an educated decision by now (Florian)
The meeting ends at 17:12 UTC / 19:12 Berlin time.