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4 bdmc
5 decay
6 dirk_on_server
7 dops
8 enyc
9 Etienne
10 FD
11 nb
12 nemunaire
13 Peter
14 sat
15 Skeeper
16 Treasurer
17 ynazarov
18 zerkalo
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20 [NickServ]
21 Welcome to CAcert, Etienne! Here on CAcert, we provide services to enable the registration of nicknames and channels! For details, type /msg NickServ help and /msg ChanServ help.
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25 FD
26 Good morning Peter!
27 Etienne
28 Good morning, Peter!
29 Good evenig, FD
30 FD
31 Bonsoir Etienne,
32 Etienne
33 Hello bdmc
34 bdmc
35 Greetings All
36 Peter
37 Good morning all
38 The sun is peeking through the trees
39 bdmc
40 Well, I guess that we should get moving.
41 I hereby call this meeting to order.
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43 FD
44 Bonsoir Frédéric!
45 Etienne
46 Hello Treasurer
47 Treasurer
48 Bonsoir Frédéric
49 Bonsoir Etienne-le-suisse-le-secrétaire-général-le-plus-génial-du-monde
50 bdmc
51 Do we have two hours tonight?
52 Treasurer
53 Disclaimer : not for me, if possible. It is 22h and I must wake up 4h30
54 Etienne
55 If we finish after 100 min, I would be happy
56 bdmc
57 Ouch.
58 Treasurer
59 right
60 bdmc
61 Well, we will trim the agenda as much as possible.
62 Etienne
63 Let's start!
64 No minutes written, so we are faster.
65 bdmc
66 Shall we skip straight to 2.1.1 -- New Members?
67 Etienne
68 1.6. Points from the last meeting should be on the agenda.
69 bdmc
70 All right -- Item 1.6 --
71 Etienne:
72 Etienne
73 New members: No1 is an legal entity. If we accept them
74 bdmc
75 Is this Item 1.6?
76 Etienne
77 it's on the AGM to fix the define the contribution (until now, we have only natural persons)
78 Sorry, 2.1.1.
79 bdmc
80 True. So we will delay that decision, and add it as an item on the AGM Agenda.
81 But back to 1.6. You had something for that?
82 FD
83 Lambert said he is positive on Karl-Heinz
84 He said he just need to write de decision
85 bdmc
86 FD: I'm sorry. What is this related to?
87 Etienne
88 I said on 1.6. that I hopefully added everything to the agenda.
89 FD
90 https://wiki.cacert.org/Arbitrations/a20160816.1
91 Etienne
92 bdmc: related to last meeting: DRO ask to ARB
93 FD
94 It is 1.6 (action points from the 05th of September
95 Etienne
96 FD cited answer from Arb.
97 bdmc
98 OK, but we are not at that Agenda Item, are we?
99 FD
100 https://wiki.cacert.org/Brain/CAcertInc/Committee/MeetingAgendasAndMinutes/2019-09-05#Actions
101 bdmc
102 Sorry. I was looking at the link from Item 1.6, and it doesn't point at that.
103 FD
104 Today's 1.6 directs to 2019-09-05 #Actions points, which directs to Karl-Heinz's ABC.
105 bdmc
106 I'm with you now. OK. Anything more on the September 5th items for 1.6?
107 OK. Once again, the published copy of the Agenda, which I am using, is not as current as yours.
108 More, or are we moving on?
109 bdmc
110 Nothing heard. I guess that we are moving on to Item 2.1.1.
111 FD
112 The good news here, is that Karl-Heinz will be able to join Support.
113 bdmc
114 We have, I think, agreed to postpone any decision on item 1. Items 2, 3, 4? Any discussion?
115 FD
116 Hans-Peter W is the only one who answered my question regarding who is he.
117 He wrote:
118 FD
119 "Our family business https://weecks-kanaltechnik.de/"
120 "My personal xing account (not very up-to-date) https://www.xing.com/profile/HansPeter_Weecks"
121 "You may also find some records regarding my old company Maxina GmbH & Co. KG/Verwaltungs GmbH (https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Billiges-Billing-und-Gratis-Roaming-fuer-WLAN-Hotspots-112197.html; Slashdot; Stack Overflow) as well as my involvement in the FFII and against Software Patents. "
122 He looks like someone we may want to have on-board.
123 bdmc
124 Do we know anything more about Dominik?
125 Etienne
126 Thank you, FD, for this inquieries and information.
127 FD
128 Dominik did not send back any answer.
129 Etienne
130 He fullfill all official requests. He sent, was he is told be statutes/wiki to send.
131 bdmc
132 I am willing, now, to make three motions, one for each candidate, to accept their application.
133 Etienne
134 I request that Hans-Peter Weecks, Germany, be accepted as a member of CAcert Inc. (last name will be W. in the motion for privacy reasons)
135 bdmc
136 Second
137 Etienne
138 aye
139 Treasurer
140 aye
141 bdmc
142 aye
143 FD
144 yes
145 bdmc
146 Etienne: When you record that, make it "I move that".
147 FD
148 I have a question regarding members who do not disclose more private details.
149 bdmc
150 FD: Yes?
151 FD
152 We had a talk about it with Etienne two days ago.
153 What is the meaning of our vote, in case we do not know at all who we are voting for?
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155 FD
156 For instance, Bernhard said he knows Sascha, but Sascha answered he does not know Bernhard.
157 bdmc
158 egal: As I remember, , correct?
159 FD
160 Or Dominik applies without being know by any of us?
161 Etienne
162 In the past we always sponsored people with no sponsor, even we do not know personal details.
163 FD
164 If the idea about our vote, is to "filter" people who may enter the association but harm it later, should we know a little bit who they are?
165 Etienne
166 (past = last 3 years)
167 egal
168 @bdmc ... as far as i know two CAcert-Inc-members "suggest" a new member ...
169 bdmc
170 Etienne: That is how I remember it, also.
171 FD
172 Who is suggesting Dominik ?
173 bdmc
174 Shall we then, delay the decision on Dominik?
175 FD
176 Or Sascha too
177 Etienne
178 egal: yes, but there is in the wiki also the possibility to apply with name, postal address, acceptance of CCA & CARS. Then usually board sposnosred
179 bdmc
180 FD: Why? Ted is his "sponsor."
181 Etienne
182 I move that Sascha Ternes, Germany, be accepted as a member of CAcert Inc. (last name will be T. in the motion system for privacy reasons)
183 bdmc
184 Second
185 Peter
186 aye
187 FD
188 I don't know, I abstain.
189 Treasurer
190 abstain
191 bdmc
192 aye
193 Etienne
194 aye
195 bdmc
196 I think that I am hearing that we are not ready to accept Dominik. Is that true?
197 FD
198 My point here is that we are very picky with our compliance with many rules and policies everywhere, and when it comes to new members, it looks like there is no rules so much.
199 Etienne
200 3 or 4 ayes and some abst, no nayes = accepted
201 FD
202 For Dominik, you are right, but the same is true for Sascha.
203 bdmc
204 You do not trust Ted to offer us a good candidate?
205 FD
206 Bernhard said he knows Sascha, but Sascha answered that he made a mistake, he is not the guy Bernhard had in mind.
207 Treasurer
208 I think the same
209 FD
210 Sascha wrote:
211 bdmc
212 Ah. That was not what I heard earlier.
213 FD
214 "really? Just looked on my assurances but didn't find your name there."
215 talking about Bernhard.
216 bdmc
217 So Ted was supposed to have assured this Sascha, not just knows him ( of him ) ?
218 FD
219 Yes. Bernhard wrote:
220 "I had CAcert related contact with Sascha since 2014, so I am happy to
221 second his application (if this is necessary at all)."
222 Sascha then answered:
223 "really? Just looked on my assurances but didn't find your name there."
224 bdmc
225 "CAcert related contact", not assurance.
226 Etienne
227 IMHO it is strange to sccept everyone during 3 years and at the moment, we invite people to join Inc, to delay things. We should accept people who apllied correctly. And the we can ask Inc to change the rules for the future or change how we apply the rules in the future. But not change during an ongoing proccess.
228 bdmc
229 There definitely seems to be some confusion here, between Ted and Sascha. However, we have already made a motion and voted. The time for discussion was really before that.
230 FD
231 Yes, but I had no time left to talk about it as I wanted before the motion was proposed.
232 Basically, neither Dominik nor Sascha are sponsored by two CAcert Inc. members at the moment. This is my point.
233 bdmc
234 OK. If you insist, we can ask whether Etienne is willing to withdraw his motion, and we can carry on discussing this.
235 FD
236 I don't want to be seen as excessive. But either we claim to have rules, either we do not respect them.
237 bdmc
238 I will go wth the majority here, as far as further discussion. If we do agree with Frederic ( FD ) then we must re-examine the application of Hans-Peter. Did two members "sponsor" ( or suggest ) him?
239 Etienne
240 FD, you're right. Only in 2016, 2017 and 2018 the sponsors were always board members who knew something: We are looking for people who will get in touch with us. With this experience, I have put these candidates on the agenda and informed them accordingly. We can interpret the statutes more strictly. But we should announce this in advance and not during the ongoing process.
241 Treasurer
242 I think we are in a pivotal position, recovering from almost closure. After the colossal efforts of Etienne / Brian / Frederic and the current success, I think we have had the chance in the past to accept honest people on the board. Perhaps we are at risk now, and an alert like Frederic said could be heard.
243 FD
244 I guess this is fair for these people to be welcomed in October as well.
245 September or October, does not make a big difference.
246 Etienne
247 What changes until October? E.g. Dominik's application complies 1:1 with the requirements.
248 (the others were formulated freehand)
249 FD
250 Sounds difficult to have a fair understanding through the keyboard. What is so urgent with Dominik, Sascha and others, that we have to decide right now? We have not a clue who Dominik is, that is my whole point. Better to welcome him in October, knowing who he is, than voting now.
251 Same for Sascha.
252 Etienne
253 Formally, we have to distinguish: FD would like to discuss how membership applications are handled. The agenda, however, is includes 4 members (2 of whom have already been voted on).
254 FD
255 I just outline that we should no take a quick and dirty decision, when there is no matter of urgency.
256 Treasurer
257 My opinion is like FD too. Nevertheless, I see Etienne insisting and, because of his long knowledge and his involvement in CAcert, I read what I needed and I'll accept the will of Etienne.
258 FD
259 Etienne, why does it look so important for you?
260 bdmc
261 On the other hand, perhaps we could add a link to the appropriate clause of the bylaws to the next Agenda, so that everybody could be familiar with the current rules, and finish this next meeting.
262 bdmc
263 We have approximately 30 minutes remaining for this meeting.
264 Etienne
265 I like to discuss the questions of procedure (relaxed rules or stricter) when we have the necessary time. But I am not a friend of application changes in an ongoing process. At the moment we have an agenda for 4 hours. Do you want to do it in 100 minutes and need 50 minutes for what took 5 minutes so far?
266 FD
267 I would just suggest to postpone the point and go ahead.
268 Etienne
269 We can put Domink and Function Office on the next agenda.
270 bdmc
271 Etienne: I don't think that we can decide Function Office here. I think that we need to ask the AGM, don't you?
272 FD
273 Yes
274 bdmc
275 I haven't read the bylaws recently, so I don't know what the wording on "members" is.
276 Etienne
277 I will read the statutes until next meeting
278 bdmc
279 Thank you.
280 FD
281 Thank you.
282 bdmc
283 OK. Very quickly on Item 2.1.2 I see that there have been about 6 voters, and November 22nd seems to be in the lead.
284 Etienne
285 https://dudle.inf.tu-dresden.de/agm2019/
286 bdmc
287 For Item 2.1.3 -- We understand that Frederic ( Treasurer ) is leaving us, as is Peter M.
288 Etienne
289 Half of board members did not answer and both dates are a bad choice. Any better idea? Maybe a thursday
290 bdmc
291 Or a Saturday?
292 We've done it on Saturday in the past.
293 Etienne
294 dops? egal? FD?
295 Sat 23-11-2019 or Sat 30-11-2019
296 Peter
297 I do not know what I am doing in November. Any time except Saturday morning.
298 bdmc
299 OK. So Friday night is out, but Saturday night is a possibility.
300 Etienne
301 Saturday evening would be Sunday morning for you
302 Peter
303 After the Westpac handover, I will not be attending meetings.
304 Etienne
305 Of course not, Peter.
306 bdmc
307 Yes, we understand.
308 Etienne
309 FD, Treasurer, what about Saturday 23/30?
310 FD
311 I am fine with the date.
312 Etienne
313 both?
314 Treasurer
315 I will arrange myself
316 both
317 bdmc
318 Etienne: Would it be practical to send a message to all CAcert Inc members, asking two questions. One for the AGM date ( or point them to the poll ), and one asking for board volunteers. I know that we have had one or two in the answer to the 360K, as we are calling it.
319 dops
320 @Etienne: 30-11-2019 better for me
321 Etienne
322 30-11-2019 - do we need a motion?
323 bdmc
324 If we want to "fix" it now. Yes, let us do one.
325 Etienne
326 bdmc: do it!
327 bdmc
328 I hereby move that we hold the 2019 Annual General Meeting on Saturday, 30 November 2019 and 20:00 UTC.
329 Treasurer
330 I second
331 Etienne
332 second and aye
333 FD
334 yes
335 bdmc
336 ( Darn! and = at )
337 Treasurer
338 aye
339 bdmc
340 aye
341 Etienne
342 bdmc: For board members: we should contact the candidates. Asking at the members list did not get answers in the past.
343 bdmc
344 True. Do we have enough volunteers to fill both outstanding positions? Also, of course, we have the Australian requirement, but we can worry about that afterwards, if necessary.
345 I think that the answer to my first question is "yes."
346 Etienne
347 Can I find them on the Excel sheet?
348 bdmc
349 I think so. Check with FD, as well, in case I missed anybody.
350 Etienne
351 I will check with FD and contact them. -> maybe some new Inc members!
352 bdmc
353 In fact, I see 7.5 check marks in that column.
354 FD
355 Regarding the to-be-elected treasurer, are we going to let the vote decide, or are we choosing him/her, as per a recruitment process?
356 bdmc
357 FD: You weren't around, I think, but we have talked in the past about a "finance committee," with the Board Member ( Treasurer ) being the chair of that committee.
358 In that case, the Board Member doesn't actually need to be doing the bookkeeping.
359 Etienne
360 We can control this: Who fits which post? As "chair" (= elected) or in the corresponding team (e.g. finance team)? Subsequent proposal to AGM.
361 bdmc
362 Treasurer: Do you remember how many volunteers you had for that job?
363 Treasurer
364 at least 5
365 I have recorded all the volunteers in an Excel sheet
366 FD
367 I found 7 of them, two of them with a strong record track.
368 bdmc
369 I think, once we talk to the various Board and other possible candidates, that we should be good for the AGM.
370 Etienne
371 Great, so we will have a look at this in the next days (Frédéric&Frédéric&me)
372 Treasurer
373 ok
374 FD
375 Fine.
376 bdmc
377 I see 10, with two more possibles, in my spreadsheet.
378 Moving on.
379 Etienne
380 A *brief* re-cap of the mailing that took place, and its results. (Brian)
381 bdmc
382 B-)
383 OK, I don't know anything about bounces, I just saw the reasults.
384 I didn't count donations, but we have had, so far, 174 volunteers of some sort. Several others with various issues and comments. ( FD can comment )
385 Of those 174, well over 100 volunteered to be systems administrators.
386 I have sent a message to all of those people, and Gero and Jan and others are trying to handle that. I have also tried to point some of them to Dirk, and others can go to him, too.
387 I sent a message to Wytze this morning, reporting on some of this, and promising more results soon.
388 I think that's all for now.
389 Treasurer
390 I can add a financial result here if you wish
391 FD
392 One exciting point is that at least three different businesses proposed a cooperation, as they need a solution as ours in their business model. However, the lack of public trust for our root certificates might be a deal breaker for two of them. To be explored further.
393 Etienne
394 yes, please
395 bdmc
396 Treasurer: go ahead
397 Etienne
398 FD, maybe we create a corporate team to deal with them. bdmc should be in as president.
399 bdmc
400 FD: Other businesses offered some kind of sponsorship.
401 Treasurer
402 We received around 300 donations / funds in a big wave for a week
403 3-4 a day currently
404 bdmc
405 Treasurer: Do you have a record of the "subscriptions," the recurring donations, either monthly or otherwise?
406 Treasurer
407 I am writing receipt for each of them, and register in a sheet. Some of them doing monthly or yearly subscriptions
408 Treasurer
409 Not yet, too much work to absorb the flow. I am focusing on the receipts and will be more precise after or with the help of the new treasurer.
410 FD
411 How much do we have "automatic payment" activated by now? How much recurring money does it guaranties for the coming years?
412 bdmc
413 As our Treasurer knows, I have sent a personal Thank You note to all donors who gave more than ( and equal to ) 100.
414 Etienne
415 +1
416 Treasurer
417 FD: I don't know yet
418 FD
419 How do AUD do we have at the moment? Same question for EUR. Do we have a USD sub-account within our Paypal account?
420 How do -> How much
421 bdmc
422 FD: I think that that is more for the Finance part of the Agenda.
423 FD
424 Ok
425 bdmc
426 Anything more about the Mailing, for now?
427 FD
428 There is a big risk to have people assigned to teams, but team leaders not being available enough to lead them in the right way.
429 Etienne
430 (30 min left - what is pressing, what can be done next week?)
431 bdmc
432 OK, nothing heard. I want to spend a few minutes on Item 2.2.2 -- our Corporate person who wants to set up a recurring donation in exchange for "credit" on the web site.
433 bdmc
434 Do we want to discuss this, or just create a motion to accept his offer?
435 Etienne
436 Deep, deep in the wiki, we offer this kind of partnership.
437 Peter
438 Suggestion: https://linuxmint.com/sponsors.php
439 bdmc
440 In the "pit," correct?
441 FD
442 Wouldn't we better to negotiate a deal with him first, then make a motion later to accept the deal or to reject it?
443 bdmc
444 I think that he was only asking for his logo and perhaps a link to his business on the cacert.org home page.
445 FD: you want to change his offer. OK, if you like.
446 ( sorry -- offer? )
447 Peter
448 Suggestion 2 for sponsors is the section in the following monthly announcement: https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=3795
449 Etienne
450 bdmc: has there to be a motion? IMHO more discussion needed
451 FD
452 BTW, we should urgently remove the logo + link to the Open Architecture Network, on our web front page. The domain disappeared and forward to something non related.
453 Etienne
454 FD-> there is a bug about this!
455 FD
456 I did not know.
457 bdmc
458 Etienne: No, that was why I asked whether we want to discuss this.
459 Peter: Yes, we have looked at LinuxMint before. At the moment, we have very few corporate sponsors, two or three, I think.
460 FD
461 Worth to talk with our potential sponsor first, then close a deal, then have a motion.
462 bdmc
463 FD: My problem with that order, is that we have no authority to make such a deal outside of the Board.
464 Etienne
465 Decades ago, board proposed this kind of deals. We can just follow this road.
466 bdmc
467 Etienne and FD: We could have a motion authorising someone ( more than one, perhaps ) to investigate and return to the Board for final confirmation.
468 FD
469 As you wish.
470 bdmc
471 Up to you two. I just wonder about procedure.
472 Anybody else can comment.
473 FD
474 I would go the way proposed by Etienne.
475 Just follow the tradition.
476 bdmc
477 I don't really understand what he is proposing, but I guess that I will accept.
478 Peter
479 yes. Do it.
480 There were donations in Westpac of $40, $25, $20. How do we celebrate that size donation?
481 Etienne
482 First negociate to know the details. Then disuss, vote.
483 bdmc
484 OK. We are skipping many items, and stopping at Item 2.5.1, briefly.
485 Etienne
486 Peter, the Treasurer usually sends a thank you mail. (if e-mail is known)
487 Treasurer
488 and a receipt
489 FD
490 Peter, do we have sub-accounts in USD or EUR at Westpac? Or at least a possibility to have such sub-account, should we choose to do it?
491 bdmc
492 I guess that we are doing Item 2.6, now.
493 Treasurer
494 it seems, does it?
495 Peter
496 There is an option listed for that. You are probably better collecting euros in a European bank for local spending.
497 Peter
498 Westpac statements are quarterly. Next one is end of October. There are three deposits this month.
499 FD
500 I was asking, trying to find the best way to get our Paypal money converted between USD/AUD/EUR. Thank you. This is an entire other matter, which we are not going to enter to now.
501 bdmc
502 There will be no time for anything other than 2.6 ( Finance ) since we are past our 100 minute deadline.
503 Is anybody ready to address item 2.6.1?
504 Peter
505 I will email deposit details.
506 Etienne
507 Thank you, Peter.
508 bdmc
509 Peter: Were you able to get Administrative rights?
510 Treasurer
511 thank you. I need it to send receipts and record people
512 Peter
513 No admin rights
514 bdmc
515 OK. I guess that that is everything outstanding for item 2.6.1.
516 Item 2.6.2 -- Treasurer, are you ready to talk about this item? ( I know that the donations are taking up most of your time. )
517 Treasurer
518 I don't know what are the membership fees and what are donations or payments or even if it is relevant to distinguish them from the current cash in
519 bdmc
520 All right. How about current balances? ( short form )
521 Etienne
522 It is important to be paid up as a member to have access to the AGM.
523 €5,337.94 EUR
524 $3,354.55 AUD
525 $532.92 USD
526 total ca.7,800 EUR & Westpac
527 Treasurer
528 I didn't send an email for calling to membership fees for not interfering with the great email. I can do that after, to collect more money. We will see. All donators could also tagged as members.
529 We have in the Paypal account: €7,762.37 EUR = €5,299.73 EUR + $3,345.21 AUD + $532.92
530 bdmc
531 Treasurer: No. They have to be in the register as Members.
532 Etienne
533 Treasurer, I will send an e-mail about membership fees. Donators of the community are not members of the association.
534 Treasurer
535 understood
536 FD
537 Where does the discrepancy between Etienne's figures and yours come from?
538 Etienne
539 I will send an e-mail at Treasurer
540 bdmc
541 Do we want to talk about Item 2.6.3?
542 FD
543 I would like to do so.
544 Etienne
545 FD: Treasurer copied earlier than me from PP.
546 FD
547 Ok
548 After all invoices to Secure-U have been paid?
549 Treasurer
550 yes, no more debt
551 Peter
552 Westpac is $868.73 + $2304.29 with the donations.
553 bdmc
554 Treasurer: Yes, I saw something that said that you had paid the invoice before we authorised it. OK.
555 Treasurer
556 not before we authorised it, please. We voted to pay it two months ago.
557 FD
558 Frederic, how much did we had on Paypal (AUD/USD/EUR) before the 5th of September (before the 360K. mail) and how much do we have now?
559 Treasurer
560 see above what we have now, from the Paypal screen right now
561 on end of July 2019 Paypal account was 647.29 EUR
562 bdmc
563 OK. We have come up to two hours, not 100 minutes, so I am ready to call this meeting closed. Our next meeting is currently scheduled for one week from today ( tonight ). Agreed?
564 FD
565 Ok
566 Treasurer
567 In a nutshell, we have roughly between 10 to 11000 EUR now. CAcert is saved, thanks to your wonderful job
568 Etienne
569 Thank you everyone! Have a nice day, Peter and bdmc! Good night Treasurer and FD and dops, egal!
570 Treasurer
571 agreed
572 bye
573 FD
574 Good evening all.
575 Good morning Peter. :-0
576 Peter
577 Found transaction export to CSV. Sent in email. Bye.
578 bdmc
579 I guess that I should actually declare this meeting closed.
580 Etienne
581 +1
582 FD
583 bye.
584 Treasurer
585 +1
586 ← Treasurer has left
587 ← Peter has quit (Quit: Leaving)
588 bdmc
589 Good night everybody ( who is left ) B-)
590 ← bdmc has quit (Quit: leaving)
591 ← dops has left
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