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 2023-01-09 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.
3. Discuss: Legal working group setup (tdf-board, 45 mins)
Continue discussion from last board call
- per se, fine with Emiliano’s proposal - Florian and legal counsel to work things out (Thorsten)
- no legal group, Florian and legal counsel [Mike, Winheller, Carlo] to sort things out
- fine (Cor, Gabriel, Gabor, Laszlo)
- wants this clearly defined, what is the proposal? (Paolo)
- agreement to go with Carlo? needs around [REDACTED] of budget
- AI florian sign-up Carlo
- offload legal work, to ED and legal counsels. No further agreements needed (Emiliano)
- get input from people (Thorsten)
- offload tasks from Florian (Emiliano)
- Florian can organize that himself (Thorsten)
- yes, will work with Sophie and Stephan, this is one of the most important topics right now (Florian)
- Cor: willing to put massive trust into people here - important to work hard & fast - please do ask for input
4. Discuss: Last minute item(s) (tdf-board, 5 mins)
Rationale: if there is time left, and anything is popping up after sending the agenda
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Carlo: 15h, targetting 12h (for working this out)
- [REDACTED: sensitive compensation details]
- motion: budget [REDACTED] for Carlo, to team up with Mike, spend upmost 15h, authorize Florian to sign him up & pay his invoices
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MC topic (not minuted on purpose)
- good to meet with the MC
- share doc with those who want to read - a bit more than 24h in advance
- hold any discussions, until after the call
- willing to have a follow up with people wishing so
- good to meet with the MC
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ask Florian to poke MC members who wants to receive full document
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organize call, share document shortly before
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similar setup as last time - Florian and some board members, possibly leaving call at some time (depending on topics discussed)
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Cor, Paolo, Emiliano happy to join - but lets not block on anyone’s individual availability
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might be some legal bits only parts of the board know, should that be discussed, people might have to leave (Florian)
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full board could join if they want and have time
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AI Florian: reach out to MC, ask who wants statement, share document and setup call
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EU Digital Security Act - overall agreement that current idea is terrible
- everyone, please reach out to contacts, make it heard this is a terrible proposal
- also remind Italo
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other than that, no immediate need for TDF to take the lead - but: willing to co-sign initiatives from e.g. FSFE, OFE
The private meeting ends at 18:17 UTC / 19:17 Berlin time.