[previous private MINUTES] 2022-12-12

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 2022-12-12 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.

7. Status Report: [REDACTED: sensitive HR topic] (Florian Effenberger, Stephan Ficht, 5 mins)
Reason for privacy: HR, tax and legal topics.

8. Discuss: Legal working group setup (tdf-board, 5 mins)
Continue discussion from last board call

  • how far from agreement? (Thorsten)
  • plan to work on it this eve/tomorrow (Emiliano)
    • getting close to some agreement
    • main issue is legal review
  • want to get all behind (Thorsten)
    • massively late
    • decision at Dec 19th
  • showstopper (Paolo)
    • gentleman agreement checked by legal team / legal counsel (Paolo)
  • need legal advise (Cor)
    • legal is one thing, OTOH boards resposibility when it comes to decision
    • it’s not A when the lawyer says it’s A
  • not part of the official vote
  • board is resp and legally liable (Paolo)
    • legal action against board
    • make sure that our actions is check by legal counsel
  • board not following legal advise will cause issues (Emiliano)
  • adjourn for today, put it back Dec 19

9. Discuss: Last minute item(s) (tdf-board, 5 mins)
Rationale: if there is time left, and anything is popping up after sending the agenda

  • external comm expert (Thorsten)
    • one offer missing
    • two options
    • wide feedback/support from community, MC
  • ok with that but no ok wrt my CoC issue (Paolo)
  • your case was the trigger (Thorsten)
    • somehow suboptimal how we interact
    • perhaps external person comes to same assessment
  • why not in the hands of the CoC (Paolo)
    • promoting sth against me
    • not impartial, objective
    • Thorsten, Cor have to take them out
  • unlikely board would revert (Thorsten)
    • go to discuss budget
  • money not used in a good manner (Paolo)
  • feedback that it is good that board get external help (Thorsten)
  • CoC sent and then diappeared (Paolo)
  • [REDACTED: one line of legal statement]
  • same rule for everybody (Paolo)
  • testing your case (Thorsten)
    • have to look at everyones behaviour
  • support clear rules applied for everyone (Paolo)
  • proposal for ext expert works for everyone (Emiliano)
    • solve sender/receiver issues
    • think not everybody able to understand where the issue(s) is
  • start with Paolos case (Thorsten)
    • needs extra budget
    • few days of work
    • some amount of consensus

The private meeting ends at 18:27 UTC / 19:27 Berlin time.