commit ac3b21dd614c100bf332425c2b18eb2f350c5f95 Author: Julius Mittenzwei <julius.mittenzwei@openpublishing.com> Date: Tue Jul 20 21:32:30 2021 +0200 Add minutes for the 2021-04-23 meeting. --- minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-04-23.txt | 1 + ...d_Meeting_Minutes-2021-04-23.txt.5FA53B246DEA01A5.asc | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-04-23.txt b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-04-23.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f5f16f9 --- /dev/null +++ b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-04-23.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Tor Board Meeting Minutes for April 23, 2021 Video and phone conference meeting called to order at 11:00 EST/ 16 UTC PDT Present: Isabela Bagueros, Nick Mathewson, Sue Abt, Biella Coleman, Cindy Cohn, Roger Dingledine, Chelsea Kolmo, Silvia Puglisi, Matt Blaze, Julius Mittenzwei, Ramy Raoof, and Nighat Dad 1. Administrivia - Approval of January 15, 2021 minutes: Cindy moved the motion, Chelsea seconded, all voted in favor. 2. Voting New Board Members - Chelsea forwarded an oral motion to add Alissa Cooper, Desigan Chinniah, and Kendra Albert to the Tor Board, Inc as of April 24, 2021 for a one-year period (renewable for three years). Cindy seconded the motion. All voted in favor. - RESOLVED: Tor Board voted and approved three new board members, Alissa Cooper, Desigan Chinniah, and Kendra Albert who can begin as of April 24, 2021. - We will vote in one year about extending the period. - Chelsea recommending striking an onboarding committee to help orient new board mem bers. 3. Tor Financial Overview by Isabela and July 2021-June 2022 Budget Proposal - Staring new financial year with reserves in the bank (1.5 million) - Increasing the budget (for various reasons, including adding new personnel) - Overview of new grant funding - Expenses overview - Personnel changes and personnel needs - Seeking to add 5 new personnel 1. Fundraising team staff member 2. Client developer #1 3. Client developer #2 4. VP of Engineering [2 years of support from Rabbi Rob to help bootstrap this position] 5. Junior Sysadmin (previous junior sysadmin applied for the Metrics developer position and got the job). (At the time of the layoffs there were 33 employees and 3 contractors, this current budget represents 29 employees and 4 contractors. 4 of the headcounts in the budget depend on getting certain grants. If we don't get the grants, then we would have 25 employees and 4 contractors. We currently have 22 employees and 4 contractors) - O verview of pending grants, risks, and the DRL audit - Other: Cindy recommends that the P&L report for FY21 include a column with the proposed FY22 budget so to track increases and decreases across the year. - Cindy moved to the motion to accept the 2021-2022 budget. Biella seconded and all voted in favor. 2021-2022 budget adopted. - RESOLVED: Tor Board voted and approved the new July 2021-June 2022 budget. 3. Board participation expectations and governance and voting for treasurer Chelsea led a discussion around board expectations, role, and participation. - Chelsea led a discussion around board expectations, transition, roles, and participation. o Participation at the meetings is expected (except for rare circumstances). o We will start scheduling some of the meetings in advance (we explored a full -year but Matt and Biella donÕt know teaching schedules a year out, so we will explore 6 months) o We will be forming and populating subcommittees around fundraising, marketing com mittee, and legal committee to assist ED o Cindy Cohn will stay on for one more meeting cycle to help with the transition - Ramy moved the motion to have Julius Mittenzwei replace Cindy Cohn as the new treasurer effective immediately. Cindy seconded and all voted in favor. RESOLVED: Tor Board voted and approved three new board members, Alissa Cooper, Desigan Chinniah, and Kendra Albert who can begin as of April 24, 2022 Hiro: left at 12:43 Meeting adjourned at 18:00 UTC \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-04-23.txt.5FA53B246DEA01A5.asc b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-04-23.txt.5FA53B246DEA01A5.asc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c842b7f --- /dev/null +++ b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-04-23.txt.5FA53B246DEA01A5.asc @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- + +iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEAvsEvZkfYc+iy7I2X6U7JG3qAaUFAmD3JM4ACgkQX6U7JG3q +AaXxPxAA2Cytwvp6K3Q03N8OWCREDhey/D1qlaIt8fSHFBV1372wjsHPudO+W4id +ATAQVTtJSiKb1SqiuV2txNwsjMWG1IB3L598428WAfvT893Wg9rdFzDmp85OIMs9 +G+ICubMRKRM+qm5opFjzQAkU9W0FX72eVviQKGZoAIwnIfPq64tQbEjWO3wPxqFu +xMSu38Y4Zlv6n2Lrl9vSdP6iBLXZ4RiutCAWuBqeh/fLyiYVhOOQUJ9ub8DEjbQu +jZrti4I83G1WUov+aXCZuhSg9Jt6WA9lE3z0izQIzviYsRDv9ztdtySD/aPDHU9f +v1ZkAdnIgu7lt7Lm5hQzxpB7O1H4ZyxFjjX/M+DkLnj7nBfQO49ffRFWtJkkpR64 +N4w1GRvkLdr+/PWz0ALC0b8q9h0qealvr++sJEBsOnugmA0p55Hj2R4hHbZNvDby +83p/9cEilj0wA+Zz/JmS5e4IUG5g4GcNf0+mh/u/4lc2tADKSdnZtBKcdmSppAdm +xdvRJT1I9czmvy2AbNn8ZUNwgyiGlMyA3h9p1PV2GTanQk6V5oASJgRB9OKX0oGy +TLTIiyTcUT/+gcz1DPozT+GIl948mB12Z7RA33JpkjRNINMxf43OwtM1OvFya7nT +IWQ6WLThca3TgRPdgBzP8ZNkrK4zAPptfTpbgsOguvL+yhvSek4= +=e0do +-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----