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diff --git a/BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs.mdwn b/BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs.mdwn index 3d6eaf25..fcd0b250 100644 --- a/BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs.mdwn +++ b/BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs.mdwn @@ -104,3 +104,4 @@ Meetings are held every second Tuesday. * [[Jun. 13|BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs/2013/06-13]] * [[Jun. 27|BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs/2013/06-27]] * [[Jul. 11|BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs/2013/07-11]] +* [[Jul. 25|BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs/2013/07-25]] diff --git a/BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs/2013/07-25.mdwn b/BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs/2013/07-25.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..374eaec0 --- /dev/null +++ b/BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs/2013/07-25.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,170 @@ + +Date is 2013-07-26, times are UTC+10. +[[!format txt """ +07:02 <+anholt> just flushed the member admin queue. welcome to some new members from FreeBSD! +07:03 < whot> cool, thanks +07:03 <+keithp> anholt: thanks! +07:03 <+anholt> mostly I got curious that I saw so many applications, when we didn't have elections coming up. +07:04 < mupuf_> anholt: member admin queue? +07:04 <+anholt> mupuf_: member applications get reviewed before being accepted, which I've ended up taking care of. +07:05 <+alanc> people who've applied for membership in the foundation, so they can vote or run in our annual elections +07:05 <+anholt> this mostly just making sure that people who aren't associated and are just looking for information don't bloat the system and keep us from getting quorum on elections. +07:05 < mupuf_> ah, I put the hyphen to the wrong place, I understood member-admin queue +07:05 < mupuf_> instead of member admin-queue +07:06 < mupuf_> whatever, sorry for the noise +07:06 <+anholt> :) +07:07 < whot> we're all here for today, matt won't make it. so let's get started +07:08 < whot> except: I don't have an agenda for today, slept in and only woke up 5 min before the meeting, sorry. anyone has any updates? +07:08 < mupuf_> whot: I do, the license of the X.org wiki +07:08 <+keithp> and the hotel arrangements for XDC +07:09 < agd5f> I just wanted to check with stukreit about the google vendor stuff for gsoc +07:09 < mupuf_> I added a title and a paragraph to this page: http://www.x.org/wiki/ +07:09 < mupuf_> at the bottom +07:09 < stukreit> agd5f: sorry, I haven't moved on it yet +07:10 < stukreit> been having poor focus lately. need to act +07:10 < mupuf_> oh, and we have received some proposals for the XDC +07:10 < whot> yeah, saw these too. keithp, is there a paper committee? +07:10 <+alanc> yeah, noticed the sudden influx, then looked at the calendar and understood +07:10 <+keithp> whot: yes, there is a committee +07:11 <+emmes> I have sent a talk proposal to board@foundation.x.org, but haven't seen it neither bouncing nor incoming. Did anybody see it? +07:11 < whot> emmes: it arrived +07:11 <+alanc> emmes: I saw it +07:11 <+emmes> thanks :) +07:12 < whot> keithp: ok, so you'll take care of them formally then? +07:13 <+keithp> whot: not me personally, there's a committee for that :-) +07:13 <+alanc> you'll forward them to the committee? +07:13 < whot> keithp: well, you're hereby volunteered to be the intermediary for the committee :) +07:13 < mupuf_> keithp: may I remind you that I would like to part of that committee? Except for when the decision will be taken concerning my paper, of course +07:13 <+keithp> oh, thanks +07:13 <+keithp> mupuf_: of course +07:14 < whot> are the members of the comittee public? i think you mentioned them a few months back but I'd have to dig through the logs +07:14 <+alanc> CfP says formal proposals due by next Thursday +07:14 <+keithp> I don't remember who's on the committee, but it's not a secret +07:15 < whot> ok +07:15 * keithp has been more focused on hotel arrangements +07:15 < whot> keithp: are you on the c? +07:16 <+keithp> no +07:16 < whot> ok, then new plan. mupuf_, you're the new intermediary once you figure out how to be on the committee +07:16 <+keithp> whot: should be in the bod minutes +07:17 <+keithp> no sign in my email +07:17 < mupuf_> whot: not sure what it means, but I'm ok with it +07:18 < whot> mupuf_: that means next meeting I get to ask you for updates on the xdc papers and you'll know them :) +07:18 < mupuf_> oh, sure +07:18 < whot> it's quite an involved job, as you can see :) +07:18 <+alanc> I was thinking the committee was keithp, bart & ian before, but maybe that was just the conference organizing committee +07:18 < mupuf_> well, we need to make a decision in about a week, so we'll be ready +07:20 <+alanc> http://wiki.x.org/wiki/Events/XDC2013/ says "Ian Romanick for organizing the paper committee" - so contact him +07:20 <+keithp> alanc: yay! +07:20 < whot> minutes from 2013-06-13 say "Determine committee memebership. Possibly Ian, Bart and Martin" +07:21 <+alanc> okay, so I was off by one in my memory - that committee sounds good to me +07:21 <+keithp> mupuf_: you're in charge, it seems, as idr isn't here :-) +07:21 < whot> meme-bership, possibly involving lolcats +07:22 < mupuf_> keithp: I'll send a mail to all the people listed. If anyone wants to be added to this mail thread, they can contact me +07:23 <+keithp> sounds good +07:23 < whot> ok, next XDC topic: hotels. keithp? +07:24 < mupuf_> and we will try to find a date to have our discussion for the final decision (after everyone has read the papers) +07:24 <+keithp> yeah, turns out there were more contracts to be signed for the XDC hotel; I've done that, and am still trying to get the precise room price nailed down, but it's going to be about $80 +07:25 < mupuf_> per day? +07:25 <+keithp> yes +07:26 <+keithp> that's for hotel rooms for participants +07:26 < mupuf_> so I guess there is catering included +07:27 <+keithp> we haven't asked for any catering, but it is available. THere is a full 'american' breakfast included in the room rate +07:27 <+keithp> there are also fabulous breakfast places within a modest distance +07:29 < whot> there is catering (i.e. coffee and misc) as part of the conference, I suspect? +07:30 < mupuf_> I mean, for $80/day/participant, bringing some coffee/tea/orange juice is the least they could do. But I have no comparaison point +07:31 * whot thought 80 per night was cheap... +07:31 < whot> guess living in .au has warped my perceptions +07:31 * agd5f agd5f did too +07:31 <+alanc> seems cheap from the California point of view too +07:32 <+alanc> but everything's more expensive in the bay area +07:32 < mupuf_> oh, we sleep there too? +07:32 < mupuf_> then I agree, it is pretty cheap +07:32 < mupuf_> I thought it was for the venue +07:33 < whot> mupuf_: oh, yes. that's the _hotel_ rate, not the venue. the venue has been sorted for a while +07:33 * mupuf_ should wake up +07:33 < whot> mupuf_: if you find a nice spot under the bridge the conference is free :) +07:34 < mupuf_> hey hey, $80 is quite cheap for an hotel, especially to european people +07:35 < whot> ok, so that's all good then, anything else on XDC? +07:37 < whot> I'll take this as a 'no'. mupuf_ regarding the wiki license - can you figure out if it's possible to add the blurb to the 'edit' page? +07:37 <+keithp> sorry, dual-meetings. No, nothing else on XDC +07:37 < whot> similar to how wikipedia has it when you're editing, so no-one can claim they didn't see the license info +07:37 < mupuf_> whot: I can try. Does everyone agree with the wording though? +07:37 < mupuf_> http://www.x.org/wiki/ +07:38 < mupuf_> "The content of this wiki is licensed under the MIT License unless stated otherwise by the author of specific wiki pages." +07:38 <+alanc> works for me +07:38 < mupuf_> I guess we shouldn't force authors to be under the MIT License, so I decided to be more open +07:39 < agd5f> I'm fine with forcing MIT +07:39 < whot> imo we should force authors to be MIT except for pre-existing pages. otherwise the license mess will get complicated +07:39 < whot> I don't want the "how to compile X" under a beer-pong license +07:41 < mupuf_> ok, so "The content of this wiki is licensed under the MIT License." +07:42 < mupuf_> and we consider we retroactively set the license +07:44 < agd5f> sounds good +07:44 < whot> "By clicking the "Save page" button, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL." +07:44 < whot> from wikipedia, maybe modify that for the edit page +07:44 < mupuf_> right +07:45 < mupuf_> not sure I have the rights to modify the source code of ikiwiki but I'll see if there are templates I can modify +07:45 < mupuf_> hopefully, they aren't shared +07:46 < mupuf_> We put the new nouveau wiki (sounds weird) under the same license, so that's ok for us but some other wikis may not like it +07:50 < mupuf_> whot: should be move to something else? +07:50 < whot> yes, sorry, got extreme lag here all of a sudden +07:51 < mupuf_> right :) +07:52 < mupuf_> who should decide who to fund for the XDC? +07:53 <+alanc> we generally just have the board vote on each request as it comes in, +07:53 <+alanc> with members abstaining on their own requests if they make them +07:54 < mupuf_> makes sense +07:54 <+emmes> sure +07:54 < whot> last item I have here is Bart's mail regaring OIN contact info - who has that and where is it? +07:54 < mupuf_> so far, only emmes asked for funding +07:55 <+emmes> i guess we wait for submission deadline until doing our decision. +07:55 < whot> chchrist, I'm getting >66% packet loss to my irc, sorry +07:55 < mupuf_> emmes: seems reasonable +07:56 < mupuf_> this way, if we are tight on budget, we can select and prioritize +07:56 <+emmes> I think I remember somebody else asked for funding - haven't seen a proposal about that so far, though +07:56 <+emmes> at least none that I remember +07:57 <+alanc> in the meantime, please try to estimate costs for what you want sponsored +07:57 <+alanc> otherwise we'll just guess at how much it costs to fly from Germany to PDX +07:58 <+emmes> I guess decision will be in 2 weeks then? ok, will do. checking flight costs now doesn't make sense, though, they change on an hourly basis... +07:59 <+alanc> at least letting us know if we're talking $2k or $5k would help, doesnt have to be exact number of dollars +08:00 <+alanc> on another topic as we run out of time: since no one responded to my mail on the book sprint guide I guess I should just go ahead and announce its posted - any objections? +08:01 < mupuf_> alanc: please do +08:01 < mupuf_> and thanks for putting it on the wiki! +08:01 < mupuf_> that's the best place for it IMO +08:01 <+alanc> is the latest form of marcheu's driver guide posted anywhere we can link to? +08:02 < mupuf_> alanc: there is a git link +08:02 < mupuf_> I can dig it up if you want +08:02 < mupuf_> http://cgit.freedesktop.org/~marcheu/lgd/ +08:03 <+alanc> yeah, but telling people to read TeX sources out of git isn't exactly user friendly - I know he had a pdf posted at one point, which would be better +08:03 < marcheu> alanc: hmm, I have some local commits at home. I'll regen a pdf from it and push to that git as well +08:03 <+emmes> alanc: flight is ATM just short before 1k US$ +08:03 < mupuf_> emmes: from nuremberg? I should buy my tickets ASAP :s +08:04 <+alanc> emmes: sounds reasonable, plus $80/night hotel I assume +08:04 <+emmes> yep, from nuremberg. I guess frankfurt is a bit cheaper ;-) +08:04 <+emmes> alanc: yes. +08:04 <+alanc> marcheu: thanks, if you can let me know what that's up, I'll point to it as well +08:06 < marcheu> will do +08:09 <+alanc> hmm, think whot hit 100% packet loss? +08:09 <+alanc> anything else we have to discuss today? +08:09 -!- whot_ [~phuttere@66.187.239.10] has joined #xf-bod +08:09 < whot_> sorry, dropped off there for a while. +08:10 < whot_> thought it was local at first, appears to be my irc server +08:10 <+alanc> guess that answers the first question 8-) +08:10 < mupuf_> alanc: yep, it was spot on +08:11 < mupuf_> as for the second question, whot_, anything else we have to discuss today? +08:11 < whot_> just that OIN thing I mentioned before (think that still got through), I dropped off after that +08:11 <+alanc> didn't see OIN here +08:12 <+alanc> but I remember Bart's mail now that you mention it +08:12 < whot_> exactly that one :) bart suggested we update OIN's contact info - who has that and where is it? +08:13 <+alanc> I think I still have the e-mails from last year, can look and see +08:13 <+alanc> whot_: http://pastebin.com/NUM0019i should cover what you missed +08:15 < whot_> thanks, I'll add that to the summary +08:15 < whot_> emmes: can you post the irc logs on the wiki again? not sure when I'll get mine off the server +08:16 < whot_> otherise nothing else on the list. so I guess we can call it closed for today +08:17 <+alanc> I've got the email exchanges where Bart signed the OIN agreement on behalf of the board, and the OIN person he mailed to +08:17 <+alanc> presumably that person can update our contact info - did you want to take over as current secretary? +08:19 < whot_> might as well, fwd it to me pls +08:19 <+alanc> will do +08:19 < mupuf_> whot: thanks for doing it +08:19 <+alanc> it should actually be in the mail archives, but then you'd have to get a mailman password to read it +08:19 < whot_> what's in my inbox is easier to search for :) +08:19 < whot_> anyway, that's all for today, thanks guys, see you in two weeks +"""]] diff --git a/BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013.mdwn b/BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013.mdwn index 925401fb..440f0ac6 100644 --- a/BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013.mdwn +++ b/BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013.mdwn @@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ Summaries of the 2013 meetings of the [[X.Org Foundation|XorgFoundation]] [[Boar * [[June 13|BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013/06-13]] * [[June 27|BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013/06-27]] * [[July 11|BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013/07-11]] +* [[July 25|BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013/07-25]] diff --git a/BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013/07-25.mdwn b/BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013/07-25.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..ae28124d --- /dev/null +++ b/BoardOfDirectors/MeetingSummaries/2013/07-25.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ + +Summary of the 25 July 2013 meeting of the [[X.Org Foundation|XorgFoundation]] [[Board of Directors|BoardOfDirectors]] + +Full IRC meeting logs are posted at [[BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs/2013/07-25|BoardOfDirectors/IrcLogs/2013/07-25]]. + + +## Attendees + +Present: + * Alan Coopersmith, Martin Peres, Peter Hutterer, Alex Deucher, Keith Packard, Matthias Hopf, Stuart Kreitmann +Absent: + * Matt Dew + +## Summary + +XDC is getting closer with less than two months remaining. CfP for proposal +ends on Aug 1 and the paper committee is forming and about to review the +submissions. Keith is negotiating a conference rate for the hotel. + + +## Items discussed + + +[[!format txt """ +ITEM: Eric Anholt flushed the member admin-queue, we can now welcome some +new members from FreeBSD (including others). Welcome! +ACTION: none +STATUS: Complete + +ITEM: X.Org Wiki license +License information has been added to the wiki frontpage. +ACTION: Martin P to figure out how to add it to the edit page +STATUS: Pending + +ITEM: XDC Hotel arrangements +Keith P arranging for a conference hotel and negotiating a price, likely +around USD 80 per night. +ACTION: Keith P to finalize negotiations with the hotel +STATUS: Pending + +ITEM: XDC paper submissions +Several proposals were submitted already, CfP deadline is Aug 1. Martin is +contact to the board, will take care of organising the committee. +ACTION: Papers reviewed by committee +STATUS: Ongoing +"""]] |