Governance/Foundation/5Nov2017BoardMinutes

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

OPENSTACK FOUNDATION

November 4, 20179:08 am Australian Eastern Daylight Time

The following are the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors (the â€œBoardâ€) of OpenStack Foundation, a Delaware corporation (the â€œFoundationâ€) held at the ICC in Sydney, Australia at the above time pursuant to notice duly given to all directors. The following directors were present by phone for all or part of the meeting:

Alan Clark

Allison Randal Anni Lai

Boris Renski (joined at 1 pm)

Brian Stein

Changbo Guo

Chris Price

Egle Sigler (by telephone)

Joseph Wang

Kandan Kathirvel

Kenji Kaneshige

Lew Tucker

Mark McLoughlin

Rob Esker

Russell Bryant (by telephone)

Shane Wang

Steven Dake

Tim Bell

Also present for some or all of the meeting was Mark Collier, Claire Massey, Heidi Bretz, Thierry Carrez, Alison Price, Chris Hoge, Jonathan Bryce and Lauren Sell of the OpenStack Foundation, Mark Radcliffe of DLA Piper and certain members of the community. Mr. Clark called the meeting to order and provided an overview of the agenda. He also served as Chairman. Mr. Radcliffe served as Secretary of the meeting and recorded the minutes. Introduction.

Mr. Clark thanked Ms. Field for her service and welcomed Mr. Goode back to the Board.

Approval of Board Minutes.

Mr. Clark presented the minutes from the October 10, 2017. After a discussion, upon a motion duly made and seconded the following resolution was unanimously approved by the Board:

RESOLVED, that minutes of the Board meeting on October 10, 2017 attached as Exhibit A is approved.

Report of the Executive Director

Mr. Bryce discussed the activities of the Foundation, the status of the OpenStock project and the initial plans for 2018. A Board discussion followed.

Presentation by Gold Member Applicant

The following company presented information on why the appointment of the company as a Gold Member would benefit the Foundation: Tencent.

Discussion of Applications for Prospective Gold Member.

The Board went into executive session. The members discussed the applicant for Gold Member based on the criteria adopted by the Board. The Board terminated the executive session.

Appointment of Tencent as a Gold Member.

The Board discussed the qualifications of Tencent as a potential Gold Member. After a vote, upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously adopted the following resolution; and

WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Foundation to admit Tencent as a Gold Member.

RESOLVED, upon execution of the Gold Member Agreement, Tencentl should be admitted as a Gold Member.

Convening of Meeting with the User Committee and Technical Committee.

The Board invited the User Committee and Technical Committee to join the meeting. The User Committee introduced their new members and the Technical Committee introduced their new members.

Strategy for Interaction with Other Projects.

Mr. Bryce discussed the proposed strategy for interaction of the Foundation with other open source projects. After a discussion, upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously adopted the following resolution:

WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Foundation to authorize the Foundation staff to incubate strategic focus areas, including pilot projects, adjacent to the OpenStack Project;

RESOLVED, the Board authorizes the Foundation staff to incubate strategic focus areas, including pilot projects, adjacent to the OpenStack Project; provided that the strategic focus areas shall be approved by the Board.

Report on Major Issues for OpenStack Project.

Mr. Carrez discussed the proposed strategy for interaction of the Foundation with other open source projects.

Report on Developer Satisfaction

Mr. Dent discussed a survey of developers and their satisfaction.

Report on Diversity

Ms. Murphy, Ms. Glas and Mr. Percoco discussed diversity in the OpenStack community.

Report on Support Releases

Mssrs. Kathirvel and Price discussed possible areas for improvement in support releases.

There being no further business before the Board and upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was then adjourned at 5:45 pm AEDT.

Exhibit A

October 10, 2017 Board Minutes https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/10Oct2017BoardMinutes