. '''To Brain''' '''[[Brain#CAcert_Inc._-_CAcert.org_Members_Association| CAcert Inc. - CAcert.org Members Association]]''' - '''[[AGM|General Meetings]]''' - '''To Brain CAcert Inc. Committee''' '''[[Brain/CAcertInc/Committee/MeetingAgendasAndMinutes| Meeting Agendas & Minutes]]''' - '''[[OverviewProjectsBoard|Board's Project Overview]]''' - '''[[Brain/CAcertInc/Committee/ActionItems|Current Action Items]]''' - '''[[Brain/CAcertInc/Committee/MeetingAgendasAndMinutes/2019-11-07|last meeting]]''' - '''[[Brain/CAcertInc/Committee/MeetingAgendasAndMinutes/2019-12-23|next meeting]]''' ## ####################################################################################### ## FILL IN ABOVE LAST MEETING DATE, NEXT MEETING DATE the correct DATEs ## ####################################################################################### ## please also edit overview under: https://wiki.cacert.org/Brain/CAcertInc/Committee/MeetingAgendasAndMinutes ## ## PM,PD means month and day of previous meeting ## NM,ND means month and day of next meeting ## AM,AD means month and day of actual meeting ## XM,XD means month and day of actual meeting (Australian time) ---- ## ########### ## if a new board was selected, uncomment the next line to inform new members '''[[AGM/NewBoardCheckList|Information for new board members]]''' = Committee Meeting 2019-11-21 (2019-11-22 in Australia) = The meeting will take place at [[http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Board+Meeting&iso=2019-11-21T20:00:00|20:00 UTC]] in the IRC channel #board-meeting on the CAcert IRC network. '''Please check if it is normal time or DST in your time zone.''' Feel free to add a business item within the acceptance period of 48 hours or your question to the board below. Non-committee Members: Committee may choose to convert any business proposed as a question in the questions section. == Premeeting == 1. Minutes author prepares [[Brain/CAcertInc/Committee/MeetingAgendasAndMinutes/2019-11-07#Minutes|the minutes from the 7th November]] 1. Minutes author puts [[https://community.cacert.org/board/motions.php?motion=m2019MMDD.1|motion m2019MMDD.1]] to accept the minutes from the last meeting. == Agenda == 1. Preliminaries 1. Chair opens the Committee Meeting 1. Who is making minutes? 1. Is there a timelimit? Who is time keeper? 1. Accept [[Brain/CAcertInc/Committee/MeetingAgendasAndMinutes/2019-11-07#Minutes|the minutes from the 7th November]] 1. Chair asks whether [[https://lists.cacert.org/wws/arc/cacert-board-private|cacert-board-private]] or [[https://lists.cacert.org/wws/arc/cacert-board|cacert-board]] maillist includes any items that need to be disclosed to Members. 1. Chair points [[Brain/CAcertInc/Committee/MeetingAgendasAndMinutes/2019-09-19#Actions|actions from last meeting]] to the meeting, and asks for discussion. {{{#!wiki caution Acceptance of Businesses 48 Hours before beginning of Committee Meeting latest! }}} 1. Business 1. Association 1. New Members 1. AGM 2019 . Shedule: https://wiki.cacert.org/AGM/Next#Administration 1. Board 2019/20 1. remaining and new . Some people proposed to help us at managing CAcert; Next steps with them? . Who contact them? At least tell them, that they should become member of Inc the next meeting or at the beginning of the AGM. If there are open positions, the AGM can elect who it want. . What about the remaining ones? For the nominations, see: https://wiki.cacert.org/AGM/Next#Nominations_for_Member_of_the_Committee . 1. Nine people applied to the Treasurer open position; How to shape a "financial team" with (most of) them? . Who will do it? 1. Reports . Reports: https://wiki.cacert.org/AGM/Next#Report_Works-in-Progress . Finance report (2017/18?), 2018/19 . board report . team reports 1. Operations of the CA 1. '''critical team (main topic)''' . '''Report about the hand over''' https://lists.cacert.org/wws/arc/cacert-systemlog/2019-11/msg00001.html . new members (see [[https://lists.cacert.org/wws/arc/cacert-board-private/2019-09/msg00001.html|archive]] and [[https://lists.cacert.org/wws/arc/cacert-board-private/2019-09/msg00006.html|archive]] [board members only]) . background check . Propositions from Brian/FD who pre checked. . [[https://wiki.cacert.org/Policy/SecurityPolicy|Security Policy]] (see 9.1.1 and 9.1.3) . Identify '''local/regional dutch/german candidates''' . Thank you very much to the resigning team members Wytze (2008-2019), Mendel (2008-2019) and Martin(2012-2019) for all the work they did in so many years! 1. '''Arbitration''' ''--> first two lines just for information (read it!), third line as topic'' . reactivation of "old" arbitrators: (update by '''Dirk (Support)''') . AndreasBäß, ThomasBremer, NickBebout 1. Four volunteers declared they want join as Arbitrators; Who is taking care of them, beyond what Ian Alastair did already? 1. '''Infrastructure/Software''' . Over 30 developers wanted to take part to our work; . Have they been all welcomed on board and subscribed to the devel Mailing list? . Do they get clear guidance where to start with? . Who addresses individual people, according to their own statements, for specific bugs or tasks where they might be particularly helpful? . Candidates for IRC, MoinMoin=wiki, WordPress=blog, thank you to JanDD for introduction. . '''What kind of back ground check for non critical systems?''' (ABC is out of scope as SP COD8 1.1.2) . Further readings about CAcert's background checks: . https://wiki.cacert.org/ArbitratedBackgroundChecks . https://wiki.cacert.org/SecurityManual?highlight=%28Background%29#ADMINISTRATIVE . https://www.cacert.org/policy/SecurityPolicy.html . https://svn.cacert.org/CAcert/Arbitration/BackgroundCheckProcedure.html 1. '''Finances''' 1. Corporate donors ('''President''') . We have had a potential donor, who is offering to make a monthly donation, from his company, and asks that he be credited on our website home page. . Related links: https://www.cacert.org (see on the bottom); [[https://wiki.cacert.org/CAcertInc/LogosForSale|from 2011]]; [[https://wiki.cacert.org/comma/Arsenal/SponsorshipOffering]] 1. --(What went wrong with our Paypal "button" on our blog? THIS IS A TASK FOR THE FINANCE TEAM)-- . -> we are collecting "payments" in AUD and "donations" in EUR; . -> "payment" vs "donation" @ Paypal = higher/lower fees 1. Westpac (update by '''Peter M, Dirk A''') 1. Membership fees 2018 (and before) (update by '''Frederic G''') 1. Breakdown of transactions done in September in EUR and AUD on the Paypal account (including newly created automatic payments, added by Frederic D) (update by '''Frederic G''') 1. --(Software / only the very important ones)-- 1. Bug 775 (update by '''Dirk A''') 1. Bug 1305: New root (update) (update by '''Bernhard F''') 1. Root Certificate Class 3 (end of life) (update by '''Brian M''') 1. Bug 1260 (and sub bugs 144x): PHP/Software (update '''Brian M, Karl-Heinz G, Peter M''') 1. other (new/pressing/...) 1. ''Dummy project (update by '''Alexander B, Frederic D''') --> Postponed to net meeting'' {{{#!wiki note Questions from CAcert.org Community Members can be added until beginning of Committee Meeting! As well questions can be asked at "Question Time", without added Question here }}} 1.#3 Question Time 1. Is it true that the solution of the PHP problem is already on the test server for review? (asked in the meeting of 07-11-2019) 1. On my way home on the bus today, I was wondering whether there might not be a way to issue the certificate with an addon for Firefox and Chrome. Who should be asked? (asked in the meeting of 07-11-2019) 1. What went wrong with our Paypal link on the blog? added by Frederic D. . __Context of the issue__: see [[https://lists.cacert.org/wws/arc/cacert-board/2019-09/msg00009.html|archive]] and [[https://lists.cacert.org/wws/arc/cacert-board-private/2019-09/msg00025.html|archive]] [board members only] 1. Closing 1. Agree on date of the next Committee Meeting (Wed/Thu 20 GMT = 21 FR/CH = 15 NY = Thu/Fri 07 AEST) 1. Agree on dates for the next meeting . AGM Sat 30 Nov 2019 (Sun 1 Dec 2019 in Australia) 1. Chair closes the Committee Meeting ## 1. The aim is to also have evangelists for these accounts and Facebook who diligently spread the good news of CAcert in the social media. However, it is important that we always keep access to avoid time-consuming retrieval actions in the future. This is not urgent, but should be kept in mind. ## 1. Grants: open and new inquiries (updates by '''Brian M, Frederic D, Etienne R''') ## 1. '''Linux Australia - Submitting a grant application''' added by Frederic D ## . __Context of the issue__: https://lists.cacert.org/wws/arc/cacert-board-private/2019-07/msg00013.html ## . __Possible solution to the issue__: Strategic plan to be completed by Brian and Peter M. I may give a hand as well. ## . __Expected outcome of the meeting__: receive the commitment of one or more persons who designate themselves as responsible for writing and submitting the grant application to Linux Australia. ## 1. Formal documented plan for our future (needed by both CAcert and people giving us money) (update by '''Brian M, Peter M''') ## 1. '''International wire transfer - A cost effective solution''' added by Frederic D ## . __Context of the issue__: https://lists.cacert.org/wws/arc/cacert-board/2019-07/msg00004.html ## . __Possible solution to the issue__: https://lists.cacert.org/wws/arc/cacert-board/2019-07/msg00006.html ## . __Expected outcome of the meeting__: to give clear instructions to Treasurer on how-to pay the invoice 2019-1 of €1,349.27 for hosting period November 2018 to May 2019 with funds existing on the !WestPac bank account of the association. More generally, to give clear instructions to Treasurer on how-to transfer money from and to the association's bank accounts located in different countries. ## * Function Office, United Kingdom, represented by Steven M and Andrew M ## . Motion: The board approves the membership proposals of x,y,z and welcomes them to the association. The secretary will send the message and take the necessary steps. ## ####################################################################################### ## FILL IN MEETING AGENDA ITEMS FROM LAST MEETING MINUTES DEFERRED TO NEXT MEETING ## ####################################################################################### <> == Logfile == [[attachment:2019-11-21.txt|Logfile from meeting 2019-11-21]] <> == Minutes == Minutes will be written once the meeting is finished, with tasks listed in [[Brain/CAcertInc/Committee/ActionItems|action items]] and [[#Actions|Actions of this document]]. Present: Etienne, Brian, Peter N, Apologies: Ross, Peter M Missing: Guests: '''Preliminaries''' At 20:xx UTC Brian took chair and started the meeting. '''Business''' '''Question Time''' '''Closing''' '''The next meeting will be on xx-11-2019, 20:00 UTC.''' <> === Motions === * [[https://community.cacert.org/board/motions.php?motion=m2018AMAD.1|m2018AMAD.1]]: ''Motion to accept Minutes from last meeting'' * [[https://community.cacert.org/board/motions.php?motion=m2018AMAD.#|m2018AMAD.#]]: ''Motions from the meeting'' <> === Actions === || ''Who'' || ''Status'' || ''Action'' || || Minutemaker || wip || prepare Agenda and Minutes for the next meeting || || . || . || . || ---- . CategoryBoardMinutes