= Board Meeting Monday 2023-02-27 13:00 CET = * Present: Doug, Gerald, Maurizio, , Neal, Patrick * Excused: * Missed: Gertjan * Guests: bittin (Luna), Marcel R (luriv) == Minutes of Last Meeting == * Last meeting's minutes did not get publish yet. * Plan now is to push it together with this week's. == Continuation from last meeting's Foundation topic == * https://geekos.org/about-us/sponsorship/ * https://geekos.org/ * Next steps: 1. Sponsorship for openSUSE Conference will go through Geeko foundation 2. Update the openSUSE Conference website 3. Establish minimum 3 trustees (aim is 5) of the Geeko Foundation (Patrick is already a trustee and openSUSE Board endorses Patrick's idea for Doug to be a trustee for the Geeko Foundation), as board members 4. Make announcement: Publish broadly later this week (or next) == Conflict Resolution == Meeting closed at 14:45 CET ============================================================================================= = Board Meeting Monday 2023-02-13 13:00 CET = * Present: Gerald, Syds, Patrick, Knurpht, Doug, Maurizio, Neal * Excused: * Missed: * Guests: Bittin (Luna), Axel, Stefan B == Update from Patrick == * Patrick makes a presentation to the Board with observations and reality checks regarding the foundation topic. * Makes some suggestions on what could/should be done and also presents what he already did. ** Patrick: At the moment the status is at very early stage: In order to kick start the real work on a foundation I have created the skeleton of a non-for-profit business "The Geeko Foundation" in the UK. I chose the UK because it was a simple process to register and low cost too. It can be moved to another legal jurisdiction if required, however I felt having something now was very important. ** The registration process is now complete, and there should have a placeholder page on geekos.org ** A bank account is in place. ** Geeko Foundation plans to sponsor the openSUSE Conference - with hopefully more events throughout the year. == private: Conflict Resolution == Meeting closed at 14:30 CET