February 2023 Continuing Strategy Meeting - Projects - Minutes

Official minutes of this Board meeting.

Meeting Details

Date: Thursday, February 23, 2023
Time: 12:00 PM EST – 1:30 PM
Location: Remote

Call to Order

Board Members

Glenn ten Cate
Bil Corry
Avi Douglen
Grant Ongers
Matt Tesauro

Guests

Andrew van der Stock

Board Members

Glenn ten Cate
Bil Corry
Avi Douglen
Grant Ongers
Matt Tesauro

Guests

Andrew van der Stock

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Changes to the Agenda

Changes to the agenda - unless otherwise prohibited

Approval of Minutes

None listed.

Pre-reading Material

None listed.

New Business

STRATEGIC DISCUSSIONS

Discuss previously parked planned activities:

Future Board Structure

Grant presented the "aspirational" structure of the board today as being elected to be representative and democratic and as being strategic and not operational. The concerns with all those aspects (and the reasons they are aspirational) was discussed too.

The board discussed possible options to modify this structure including possibly chosing to appoint seats rather than being elected to them - either for all the seats as per the Open SSF board (large donors are awarded seats) - or for a more moderate approach where the ED appoints advisors to the board, up to two, that would provide professional board experience.

Activities parked for the next session

Strategic plan for raising funding
Strategic plan for Projects
Strategic plan for Events
Role of Committees
Tooling for the future
Staffing for the future

Relevant reading

current board structure

Comments, Announcements, and Other Business

Adjournment

Adjournment motion

The next general Board meeting is on 28 February 2023, at 7:30pm Central European Time convert.

However, Glenn proposed a hackathon style session to try drive more movement towards a plan. Grant purposed that Glenn should put a Doodle together for that to see if we could get enough of the board involved for that.

28 February 2023

"It is moved, and seconded to adjourn. Those in favor, say "aye""

Sponsor: Chair Second: Vice Chair

Sponsor: Chair · Second: Vice Chair

The next general Board meeting is next general Board meeting is on 28 February 2023, at 7:30pm Central European Time [convert](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2023&month=02&day=15&hour=19&min=30&sec=0&p1=398&p2=16&p3=110&p4=197&p5=217&p6=136&p7=179&p8=438). .