commit 7d59f51b34b38252fb3b518c1e04e25a921e11b9 Author: Julius Mittenzwei julius.mittenzwei@openpublishing.com Date: Mon Nov 15 21:34:56 2021 +0100

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diff --git a/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-06-28.txt b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-06-28.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a16c654 --- /dev/null +++ b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-06-28.txt @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +Tor Board Meeting Minutes for June 28, 2021 + +Video and phone conference meeting called to order at 12:00 EST/ 16 UTC + +Present: Isabela Bagueros, Alissa Cooper, Desigan Chinniah, Kendra Albert, Nick Mathewson, Sue Abt, Biella Coleman, Cindy Cohn, Roger Dingledine, Rabbi Rob, Julius Mittenzwei Chelsea Kolmo, Ramy Raoof, Nighat Dad, Silvia Puglisi. + + + +I. Board Onboarding + +General Expectations of Boards Ð Cindy +o Hire/Fire ED +o Support Isabela +Tor Board Specific Expectations Ð Rabbi Rob +o Vigorous engagement model +o Linkages between communities, cross pollination; force multiplayer. Plug into communities that best fit you. +o Committees +o Mentorship +Tor Board Schedule -- Biella +o Will schedule 8-10 weeks +o Will have a time that might work for everyone but then 8-10 weeks do a +o Generally 15/16 UTC start time that works, historically + Tor organization, bylaws and other documents-- Sue, Isabela +o Sue, Grants Management, Internal Control Overview +o Conflict of Interest Policy, Needs to be filled out at the beginning of the fiscal year and please send to Sue. +o Directors and Officer PolicyÑJust renewed (insurance) +o Structure of Tor, Isabela +o Working map graph (Isa will send the graph and pdf later)/ Structure of Tor. + +CommitteeÕs Overview Ð Chelsea +o Introducing committees to the core board +o 3 - 5 per month commitment between committees and Tor board meetings +o Go deeper into some piece of TOR +o Finance, Marketing and Legal +o There will be clerk/chair. +o ItÕs good to meet before next meeting +Break + +CommitteeÕs Overview (details of general expectation are on the board book) +o Isabela and Sue, Finance Overview +o Kendra: Legal overview +o Email lists for each committee + +Part Two of Meeting + +1. Administrivia + + + Announcement of Cindy CohnÕs resignation +Approval of January 15, 2021 minutes: Biella moved the motion, Kendra seconded, all voted in favor. + +Cindy Cohn left the meeting shortly after 1 pm est + +2. Financial Updates + +June ending fiscal year. Ending in Surplus (over 2 million) +Profit and Losses, Sue and Isabela +o New comparison across various times period/chart +Sue, changes made based on auditor suggestions (overview) +o Good position, esp compared to last year. +o Sue now has month to month budget + Isabela will send the full narrative for July 1 2021-June 2022 budget +Isabela presented waterfall (2020 vision vs May 31. 2021, updated) +o Dees raised whether NFT will be a yearly event, likely not. Sue suggested to separate out NFT as its own category (for clarity around budget numbers) +Isabela presented a breakdown of the fundraising projects (e.g., Individual Gifts, Major Donors, Monthly Donors, Large foundations, NFT, Defcon, etc.) +Isabela presented the NFT overview +Isabel presented pipeline report, grant overview (what is available now, next year, and beyond next year) +Isabela presented grants applied (TBD, e.g. Sloan, DRL) and grants awarded and grants rejected. +o Chelsea recommended we do something similar with corporations using a similar breakdown. +Isabela Membership Program, Overview +o Renewals are now starting +o https://www.torproject.org/about/membership/ +Dees asked about restricted vs unrestricted funds + overview +o 600,000 to 900,000 in unrestricted (weÕve grown) +o Most everything from grants is restricted +o Membership program unrestricted +o Some foundation grants are unrestricted + +3. Salary Raise + +Everyone has been given a 5% rise (unless moved position or new hires, as these position or hires already had the raise built in). +Board needs to official approve the raise for the ED Isabela Bagueros +Rabbi Rob move to increase IsabelaÕs salary by 5% effective July 1 2021, Julius seconded. All voted in favor + +RESOLVED: Tor Board voted and approved a 5% raise for the Tor, Inc., ED Isabela Bagueros + + + + +Meeting adjourned at 18:00 UTC \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-06-28.txt.5FA53B246DEA01A5.asc b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-06-28.txt.5FA53B246DEA01A5.asc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e2a897 --- /dev/null +++ b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2021-06-28.txt.5FA53B246DEA01A5.asc @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@