Summary of the 28 March 2019 meeting of the X.Org Foundation Board of Directors Full IRC meeting logs are posted at IrcLogs

Attendees

Present:

Daniel Vetter, Eric Anholt, Harry Wentland, Martin Peres, Rob Clark, Bryce Harrington,

Absent:

Keith Packard, Taylor Campbell,

Summary

Elections are open, pls vote! fd.o + x.org merger and board elections!

Gsoc: Student applications open until 9th Apr!

Agenda: elections, gsoc, treasurer report, xdc sponsors, xdc19 website, weblink sponsors, (extended) travel policy

Items discussed

ITEM: elections
First attempt went live with incomplete vote, had to postpone & restart. Some
discussions about renewal rules. Election committee decides to clarify this for
next year, maybe allow existing members to renew. Voting reminder is also
active.
ACTIONS: Martin to add "xorg/fdo merger" or similar to ballot subject
ACTIONS: Harry to send out voting reminders
STATUS: Pending

ITEM: gsoc
Studen application time. Reminder mails to dev m-l sent out. Plus pings to the
university hosting xdc19. Plus phoronix articles and more PR by Trevor.
ACTIONS: Trevor volunteered to make sure past gsoc/outreachy interns get invited
to xdc19.
STATUS: Pending

ITEM: treasuer report
2017 fully reconcile, 2018 we finally have all the data. Treasurer report should
happen soonish. Some discussions on a/c and a/r and other accounting topics.
ACTIONS: Eric is working on the report.
STATUS: Pending

ITEM: xdc19 sponsors
Sponsoring drive started for real, initial feedback looking good.
ACTIONS: Daniel keeping poking potential sponsors
ACTIONS: Eric to start invoicing
STATUS: Pending

ITEM: xdc19 website
We're going to rely on collabora to get this going with indico, since no
volunteers on the board with time.
STATUS: Done

ITEM: xdc19 website
We're going to rely on collabora to get this going with indico, since no
volunteers on the board with time.
STATUS: Done

ITEM: weblink sponsor
Daniel keeps getting inquiries for weblink sponsors. No volunteers to set this
up, so tabled.
STATUS: Done

ITEM: (extended) travel policy
Plan to announce that change with big fanfares once xdc19 sponsor situation is
clear (to gauge whether xdc18 was an outlier or not, and how much money is
really available). Also concerns about publishing beneficiries. Plus time ran
out, will continue discussion next meeting.
STATUS: Pending