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 2023-04-17 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.
5. Status Report, Discuss: Improve tendering process (tdf-board, 10 mins)
Reason for privacy: legal topics
- status update & next steps
- bump legal budget if necessary
Next steps:
- final round of feedback on [REDACTED: name of lawyer or law firm] draft
- pass it to ESC for feedback & implementation
Thorsten:
- everybody: last call for feedback before sharing with ESC
- ok to send to formal ESC members first?
Cor:
- gave some feedback
- curious to hear other director’s feedback now
Emiliano:
- supports: send draft to the ESC, collect their feedback
- ok to share privately first - not having a strong opinion though
Thorsten:
- will then share privately with the ESC
Emiliano:
- please share with MC too → Cor will do it
6. Status Report, Discuss: TDF 2023 Budget Planning (tdf-board, 5 mins)
Update on budget, new items, continue planning from FOSDEM in-person meeting
Current budget spreadsheet:
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[REDACTED: link to board-only document with confidential numbers]
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skipped, no news & no Florian
7. Status Report, Discuss: Discussion and budget for developer roles (Florian Effenberger, 5 mins)
- [REDACTED: sensitive HR discussion]
8. Status Report, Discuss: Next steps legal ToDo items (tdf-board, 15 mins)
We have been asked by the MC to act on items that have been known by the board for a long time. What’s the plan?
The MC asked also for updates on the actions taken but nothing has been reported back.
Status from April 3rd call:
- update from MC wrt auditor needed
- Uwe: poked Florian, got absence notice - Florian has been asked by MC to sign the contract
- Gabriele: as far as he knows, this is settled, went with [REDACTED: name of lawyer or law firm] suggestion
- app store compensation - in progress
- Thorsten: Florian has started scheduling with ecosystem companies, to find a solution
- infra question: open
- Cor: Gabriel would be willing & skilled to get full admin access
- that should solve that
- will propose a proper proposal
- there’s short-term, and longer-term actions needed here
- happy to work on the proposal, starting tomorrow
- [REDACTED: name of lawyer or law firm] has shared first draft ESC policy
- Cor: will share draft with MC
- Gabriele: no further questions
- Uwe: same
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
The private meeting ends at 17:11 UTC / 19:11 Berlin time.