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Governance/Foundation/7May2017BoardMinutes

MINUTES OF A MEETING OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
OPENSTACK FOUNDATION
May 7, 20179:04 pm EST

The following are the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors (the Board) of OpenStack Foundation, a Delaware corporation (the Foundation) held at the offices of DLA Piper at 33 Arch Street, Boston, Massachusetts 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 RandalAnni Lai
Brian Stein
ChangBo Guo (by telephone)
Chris Price
Egle Sigler
Gnanavelkandan Kathirvel
Jessica Field
Joseph Wang
Imad Sousou
Kavit Munshi Kenji Kaneshige
Lew Tucker
Mark Baker
Mark McLoughlin
Rob Esker
Shane Wang
Steven Dake
Tim Bell


Also present for some or all of the meeting was Mark Collier, Jonathan Bryce, Lauren Sell, Claire Massey and Heidi Bretz 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.

Recognition.

Mr. Clark thanked Eileen Evans and Tobias Ford for their service. He congratulated Ms. Lai on taking over the Platinum Member seat.

Approval of Board Minutes.

Mr. Clark presented the minutes from the March 9, 2017. After a discussion, upon a motion duly made and seconded the following resolution was unanimously approved by the Board (Ms. Fields and Mr. Kathirvel abstained because they were not present):
RESOLVED, that minutes of the Board meeting on March 9, 2017 attached as Exhibit A is approved.

Report of Executive Director.

Mr. Bryce provided a discussion of the growth in the Openstack ecosystem. Mr. Kathirvel discussed the opportunity in edge cloud computing. A Board discussion followed.

Budget Report.

Mr. Bryce discussed the budget and certain proposed changes to the budget. After a discussion, upon a motion duly made and seconded the following resolution was unanimously approved by the Board:
RESOLVED, that amendments to the budget included as Exhibit B is approved.

Report of the InterOp Working Group.

Ms. Sigler provided a report on the work of the InterOp Working Group. A Board discussion followed.

Report of the Product Working Group.

Mr. Hillman provided a report on the work of the Product Working Group. A Board discussion followed.

Presentations by Gold Members Applicants

The following company presented information on why the appointment of their companies as a Gold Member would benefit the Foundation: China Unicom and FiberHome.

Discussion of Application for Prospective Gold Members.

The Board went into executive session. The members discussed the applicants based on the criteria adopted by the Board. The Board terminated the executive session.

Appointment of China Unicom as a Gold Member.

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

WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Foundation to admit China Unicom as a Gold Member; and

WHEREAS, upon execution of the Gold Member Agreement, China Unicom should be admitted as a Gold Member.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that China Unicom is admitted as a Gold Member upon the execution of the Gold Member Agreement.

Appointment of FiberHome as a Gold Member.

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

WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the Foundation to admit FiberHome as a Gold Member; and

WHEREAS, upon execution of the Gold Member Agreement, FiberHome should be admitted as a Gold Member.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that FiberHome is admitted as a Gold Member upon the execution of the Gold Member Agreement.

There being no further business before the Board and upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was then adjourned at 1:50 pm EST.


Respectfully submitted,


Mark Radcliffe

Secretary of the Meeting

APPROVED:


Alan Clark

Chairman of the Meeting

Exhibit A
March 9, 2017 Board Minutes


Exhibit B
Amended Budget