Summary of the 17 August 2017 meeting of the X.Org Foundation Board of Directors Full IRC meeting logs are posted at IrcLogs

Attendees

Present: Martin Peres, Alex Deucher, Bryce Harrington, Egbert Eich, Keith Packard, Rob Clark, Taylor Campbell,

Absent: Daniel Vetter,

Summary

Agenda:

Items discussed

ITEM: gsoc
No update
ACTIONS:
STATUS: Pending

ITEM:  xdc sponsorship
Google restricts advertising by third parties on their campus, which
impacts sponsorship plans.  Option is open for sponsors on website.
ACTIONS: danvet to followup with sponsors as needed
STATUS: Pending

ITEM: xdc18
One proposal is received, another (in France) on the way
ACTIONS:
STATUS: Pending

ITEM: khronos
Moving forward, with SPI in process.  Signatures need done by end of the
month.
Nouveau is working towards 4.4 comformance
ACTIONS: mupuf to continue pinging
STATUS: Pending

ITEM: coc
The CoC document has been acknowledge by the board previously.
Still need to formally decide process on how it is handled.
General favor is Keith's suggestion for board to accept something first,
then some time later arrange a membership vote, if needed.
Agreement is to arrange a board vote the week prior to XDC (Sep 14th).
ACTIONS: Riastradh to draft text for a vote, to be reviewed next meeting.
STATUS: Pending

ITEM: evoc
Patches are flowing.  :-)
ACTIONS: robclark to continue watching progress
STATUS: Pending

ITEM: xdc 17 talks
Late submissions have come in, space getting tight.
Discussion about making agenda space for GSoC students, and travel sponsorship thereof.
ACTIONS: mupuf to follow up with students to narrow attendee list
STATUS: Pending