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Governance/Foundation/30May2013BoardMinutes

MINUTES OF A TELEPHONIC MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OPENSTACK FOUNDATION

May 30, 2013 9:00 a.m. Pacific Time

The following are the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of OpenStack Foundation, a Delaware corporation (the “Foundation”), by telephone at the above time pursuant to notice duly given to all directors. The following directors were present for all or part of the meeting:

  • Simon Anderson
  • Nick Barcet
  • Tim Bell
  • Randy Bias
  • Hui Cheng
  • Jim Curry
  • Alan Clark
  • Devin Carlen
  • Eileen Evans
  • Tobias Ford
  • Joseph George
  • Tristan Goode
  • Robert Hirschfeld
  • Joseph George
  • Mark McLoughlin
  • Kyle MacDonald
  • Joshua McKenty
  • Boris Renski
  • Sean Roberts
  • Lauren Sell
  • Brian Stevens
  • Monty Taylor
  • Troy Toman
  • Lew Tucker

Also present for some or all of the meeting were Mr. Bryce, Mr. Collier and Julia De Chance of the Foundation and Mark Radcliffe of DLA Piper. Mr. Tucker called the meeting to order and served as Chairman. Mr. Tucker asked Mr. Radcliffe to serve as Secretary of the meeting and record the minutes.

Approval of April 14 Minutes

Mr. Tucker presented the minutes from the April 14 Board meeting. After a discussion and with some changes proposed by Mr. McLoughlin, the Board then unanimously approved the following resolutions: RESOLVED, that minutes of the Board meeting on April 14, 2013 attached as Exhibit A is approved.

Discussion of Training Program.

Mr. Collier provided a presentation on training programs for OpenStack software. A Board discussion followed. Gold Membership Application and Criteria Committee Simon Anderson discussed the status of the Gold Membership Application and Criteria Committee and his initial suggestions about the application procedure. He also discussed formally appointing certain Board members who had volunteered to serve on the Gold Membership Application and Criteria Committee. Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Board adopted (Mr. McKenty abstained) the following resolutions:

WHEREAS, the Board has established a Gold Membership Application and Criteria Committee (“Committee”). RESOLVED FURTHER, that the Board appoints the following members to the Committee, in addition to Mr. Anderson, to serve at the pleasure of the Board: Mr. Barcet, Mr. George, Mr. Carlin, Mr. Hirschfeld and Mr. Roberts; RESOLVED FURTHER, that Mr. Anderson will continue to be the Chairman of the Committee to serve at the pleasure of the Board.

Report of Executive Director

Mr. Bryce provided an update on the status of the Foundation during the first quarter. A Board discussion followed.

Report on Definition of Core of OpenStack Software

Mr. Hirschfeld reported on their work on defining Core OpenStack for trademark purposes. A Board discussion followed. Possible Discussion with Standard Bodies Mr. Bias discussed that he had been approached by the IEEE about interoperability and he discussed the opportunity with the Board. A Board discussion followed. Committee and Working Group Reports Mr. McKenty provided a summary of the agreement regarding use of social media by Board members about the Board meetings.

There being no further business to come before the Board and upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was then adjourned Respectfully submitted, Mark Radcliffe Secretary of the Meeting APPROVED: Lew Tucker Chairman of the Meeting

EXHIBIT A

(see posted minutes on the wiki)