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Minutes 2014-03-19
The Document Foundation
Board of Directors Meeting
Call Minutes
Location: Phone Conference Room
Session chair: Thorsten Behrens (Chairman of the Board)
Keeper of the minutes: Sophie Gautier
In the call: Thorsten Behrens (Chairman of the Board), Eliane Domingos
de Sousa (Deputy Chairman of the Board), Michael Meeks (Board of
Directors), Björn Michaelsen (Board of Directors), Fridrich Štrba (Board
of Directors), Joel Madero (Board of Directors), Adam Fyne (Board of
Directors), Norbert Thiebaud (Deputy Board of Directors), Eike Rathke
(Deputy Board of Directors), Olivier Hallot, Sophie Gautier.
Representation: None.
Chairman of the Board is in the call. One of the Chairman or Deputy is
required to be present or represented for having a quorate call.
The Board of Directors at time of the call consists of 7 seat holders
without deputies. In order to be quorate, the call needs to have 1/2 of
the Board of Directors members, which gives 4. A total of 7 Board of
Directors members or their representatives are attending the call.
The board waives all formal statutory requirements, or requirements in
the foundations articles, or other requirements regarding form and
invitation, time limits, and for the topics discussed in this meeting.
The call is quorate.
From now on, a quorum can be reached with a simple majority of 4 votes.
The meeting commences at 16:00 UTC.
1. Vote on second marketing representative
The Board of Directors of The Document Foundation entitles Charles H.
Schulz to continue the volunteer inbound marketing activities he has
managed during the last 2 years - back then as a member of the Board of
Directors - and to act as a spokesperson with the media and at
conferences, until further notice.
Result of the vote: Consensus approval (7 out of 7)
Decision: Charles H. Schulz to continue volunteer inbound marketing
activities.
2. Shift board call to 1500 UTC, starting April 2nd
Result of the vote: Consensus approval (7 out of 7)
Decision: The proposal is approved.
Attending at the end of the meeting: Thorsten Behrens, Eliane Domingos
de Sousa, Michael Meeks, Bjoern Michaelsen, Fridrich Strba, Joel Madero,
Adam Fyne, Norbert Thiebaud, Eike Rathke, Olivier Hallot, Sophie Gautier.
Meeting adjourned at 16:15 UTC
Thorsten Behrens (Session chair)
Sophie Gautier (Keeper of the minutes)