Summary of the 18 July 2019 meeting of the X.Org Foundation Board of Directors Full IRC meeting logs are posted at IrcLogs
Attendees
Present: Daniel Vetter, Samuel Iglesias Gonsálvez, Lyude Paul, Eric Anholt, Bryce Harrington,
Guests: Trevor Woerner
Absent:
Manasi Navare, Keith Packard, Harry Wentland,
Summary
Agenda: gsoc/evoc, travel request, fd.o CC nomination, xdc cfp/sponsors, extended travel policy, xdc20, fd.o admins
GSoC: 2 students on track with their internship!
Board approves Manasi Navare as new member of the fd.o CoC team
XDC 19 CFP accept/reject mails should go out next week as planned.
Items discussed
ITEM: GSoc Unfortunately one student failed first evaluation on 24th June. Other 2 students on track. Waypipe project making quite some waves on phoronix and reddit! 22nd July next evaluation. STATUS: Pending ITEM: travel requests 5 more requests. In total 12 travel requests for xdc19, totalling 16k USD. Board approves this final batch of requests. ACTIONS: Eric handle all the reimbursement after XDC. STATUS: Done ITEM: fd.o CoC nominates Manasi Navare Board approves. STATUS: Done ITEM: XDC cfp/sponsors Paper committee going through all proposal, great submissions, accept/reject mails should go as planned next week. 3 more sponsors for XDC19 since last meeting 4 weeks ago. https://xdc2019.x.org/event/5/page/37-sponsors starting to look good. ACTIONS: Samuel keeps on top of everything. STATUS: Pending ITEM: xdc20 2 proposals, unfortunately one might be withdrawn. Aside from this, both proposals look good and all questions from board are answered. Also want more solid quorum for this decisions. ACTIONS: Samuel to prep a mail with both proposals summarized for next meeting. STATUS: Pending ITEM: fd.o admins Rough consensus to improve fd.o admin situation with more paid (part-) time. "Just" need to figure out how, will take time. STATUS: Pending