Meeting:Board meeting 2010-03-25

Roll Call

 * Present: Matt Domsch, Mike McGrath, Christopher Aillon, Colin Walters, Paul Frields, Dennis Gilmore, Chris Tyler
 * Regrets: Josh Boyer, Tom 'spot' Callaway, John Poelstra
 * Assigned meeting secretary: Paul Frields

Trademark matter
AGREED: No objections. Paul to note to requester.
 * Question to legal@fp.o asking for permission to use our logo in a T-shirt contest entry at the Linux Foundation
 * TM counsel reports we can give a specific permission that is limited in scope to just this contest entry, without setting broader precedent.
 * Inclined to give a specific permission for this since (a) it was sought, and (b) seems like a negligible risk
 * Thanks to the community member who asked in advance!
 * QUESTION: Does the Board agree we can grant a specific, limited permission for the creator to enter these two designs in the LF contest?

Diagram progress

 * STATUS: In progress, Paul to give a short status
 * Met with Mo Duffy for some designer input
 * Presented purpose for the diagram
 * Got feedback, and will do some narrative and another iteration
 * ACTION: Paul working on next draft, will present to SWG+Board+FAB

FPL succession

 * STATUS: In progress, Paul to give a short status
 * Announcements
 * http://marilyn.frields.org:8080/~paul/wordpress/?p=3085
 * http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/advisory-board/2010-March/008247.html
 * The next few weeks of planning

Election schedule

 * STATUS: Draft is out on advisory-board list
 * Feedback from Board members encouraged
 * mdomsch: FESCo rules have specific rules
 * we should ask FESCo to reconcile this with a general project schedule-based policy
 * Is there any desire to change the way that town halls/questionnaires work?
 * pfrields: Light but generally positive response in Fedora community, and also from external free software communities as well
 * as long as people are interested in staffing it, OK to continue
 * make sure we have a way for people to get involved in the process if desired
 * ACTION: mdomsch to file ticket with FESCo explaining issue

FESCo Update Policy

 * STATUS: FESCo has posted a policy
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Package_update_acceptance_criteria
 * Planning is still underway
 * Board members should keep an eye on progress
 * Does the plan so far meet our vision/requirements?
 * Implementation details will really be the key
 * Be mindful of people costs/requirements
 * pfrields: Outlined Board responsibilities above
 * mdomsch: Testimony to quality of FESCo discussion and vote -- no resulting uproar
 * mmcgrath: Having the known quantity of criteria has helped a lot
 * mdomsch: interested in possibility of a backport capability, but that's independent of the updates model and making them more stable
 * dgilmore: work is going forward on gathering info for a KoPeR capability
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JesseKeating/KojiPersonalRepos -- the original idea page
 * Board agree it's good to see people driving this idea to a conclusion

Next meeting

 * PROPOSED: Wed 2010-04-01 UTC 1600
 * This is a public IRC meeting
 * Paul hasn't had cycles to work on getting new Asterisk packages made to try out, but will work on it in April for the May meeting.