[previous private MINUTES] 2023-09-04

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 2023-09-04 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. Vote, Discuss: Elect a new deputy chairperson (Thorsten Behrens, tdf-board, 10 mins)
Reason for privacy: very personal reasons of the people involved

  • propose to divert it to an email vote (Thorsten)
  • feel very strong against it (Paolo)
    • emails says clearly do NOT do it
    • again, lawyer here says not to do it
  • dont know about the content of the email (Gabriele)
  • answer is to not vote now (Thorsten)

6. Status Report: Status on audit and annual report (Florian Effenberger, 10 mins)
Reason for privacy: legal & tax topics

  • any updates? (Thorsten)
  • already communicated via email (Marina)
  • actively granted an extension for three more months for the auditor (Florian)
  • decoupled from tax filing
  • [REDACTED: 23 lines of sensitive discussion about the audit]

7. Status Report: Close / move bank accounts (Florian Effenberger, Thorsten Behrens, 5 mins)
Reason for privacy: legal & tax topics

  • Sparkasse resolved (Florian)
  • desaster with [REDACTED: name of another bank where we had an account in the past]

8. Discuss: Trademark compensation discussion (Florian Effenberger, 5 mins)
Reason for privacy: legal & tax topics

  • [REDACTED: due to urgency, 116 lines of sensitive HR discussion; trademarks were not discussed in the end]

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 17:46 UTC / 19:46 Berlin time.