Governance/Foundation/29Mar2016BoardMinutes

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF

OPENSTACK FOUNDATION

March 29, 20169:09 am

The following are the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of OpenStack Foundation, a Delaware corporation (the “Foundation”) at the Resort at Squaw Creek, 400 Squaw Creek, Olympic Valley, CA 96146 at the above time at pursuant to notice duly given to all directors. The following directors were present for all or part of the meeting:
 * Alan Clark
 * Alex Freedland
 * Allison Randal
 * Anni Lai
 * Boris Renski
 * Egle Sigler
 * Eileen Evans
 * Imad Sousou
 * Kavit Munshi
 * Kenji Kaneshige
 * Lew Tucker
 * Manju Ramanathpura
 * Mark Baker
 * Mark McLoughlin
 * Rob Esker
 * Monty Taylor
 * Rob Esker
 * Russell Bryant
 * Steve Hallett
 * Tim Bell
 * Toby Ford
 * Todd Moore
 * Van Lindberg

Also present for some or all of the meeting were Jonathan Bryce, Mark Collier, Heidi Bratz and Lauren Sell of the OpenStack Foundation, Mark Radcliffe of DLA Piper (by telephone) 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.

Approval of Board Minutes.

Mr. Clark presented the minutes from the February 23, 2016 Board meeting. After a discussion, upon a motion duly made and seconded the following resolution was unanimously approved by the Board. Mr. Freedland, Ms. Randal, Mr. Ramanathpura and Mr. Moore abstained.

RESOLVED, that minutes of the Board meeting on February 23, 2016 attached as Exhibit A is approved.

Report of the Diversity Work Group.

Mr. Munshi reported on the meetings and progress of the Diversity Work Group. A board discussion followed.

Appointment of the Chair and Vice Chair of the New Member Committee.

Mr. Esker reported on the applications being considered for Gold Membership. A Board discussion followed. Mr. Clark recommended that Mr. Esker be appointed to be the Chair of the New Member Committee and Ms. Lai be appointed Vice Chair of the New Member Committee. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board unanimously (Mr. Esker abstained) adopted the following resolutions:

WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Foundation to appoint a new Chair and Vice Chair of the New Member Committee;

RESOLVED, that the Board approves the recommendation of Mr. Clark to appoint Mr. Esker as Chair of the New Member Committee to serve at the pleasure of the Board;

RESOLVED, that the Board approves the recommendation of Mr. Clark to appoint Ms. Lai as Vice Chair of the New Member Committee to serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Report of the DefCore Committee.

Ms. Sigler and Mr. Lindberg provided a report on the work of the DefCore Committee. A Board discussion followed.

Discussion of Community Recognition of Non-Code Contributors.

Ms. Randel and Paul Holland provided an overview of the concerns about the potential lack of recognition of community members who do not contribute code. A Board discussion followed. Mr. Magana discussed the activities of the User Committee on this issue.

Summit Format.

Mr. Bryce and Ms. Sell provided an overview of the current summit format and proposed changes. A Board discussion followed.

Adoption of Revised Mission Statement.

Mr. Bryant provided an overview of the amended mission statement. After a discussion, upon a motion duly made and seconded the following resolution was unanimously approved by the Board:

RESOLVED, that revised Mission Statement attached as Exhibit B is approved.

Discussion of Other Matters

There being no further business before the Board and upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was then adjourned at 3:02 pm PST.

Exhibit A

February 23, 2016 Minutes https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Governance/Foundation/29Mar2016BoardMinutes

Exhibit B

Revised Mission Statement

To produce a ubiquitous Open Source Cloud Computing platform that is easy to use, simple to implement, interoperable between deployments, works well at all scales, and meets the needs of users and operators of both public and private clouds.