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commit a9ae4d42910d2cd2ca5d9b7f9a7c33a4e22c8e0c Author: Julius Mittenzwei julius.mittenzwei@openpublishing.com AuthorDate: Mon Dec 26 14:09:48 2022 +0100

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diff --git a/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2022-11-21.txt b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2022-11-21.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7de5825 --- /dev/null +++ b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2022-11-21.txt @@ -0,0 +1,71 @@ +Tor Board Meeting Minutes for November 21, 2022 + + + +Video and phone conference meeting called to order at 11:00 am eastern/ 16:00 UTC + + + + Present: Alissa Cooper, Kendra Albert, Julius Mittenzwei, Isabela Fernandes, Desigan Chinniah, Biella Coleman, Nighat Dad, Nick Mathewson, George Rosamond, Roger Dingledine, Sue Abt + + + + + + + +I. Discussion about potential new board members + + + + + +- Alissa on behalf of the search committee proposed Esra’a Al Shafei, Sarah Gran, and Christian Kaufmann as our new board members. +- Discussion of process for moving forward. +- Kendra: Will send an email for the approval of three members for a one year term, pending approval from Tor-Community members, with a start date of December 15, 2022. + + +Dees left meeting (16:20 UTC) + +II. Audits and Financial Reports + +- Sue: The management letter this year had no findings or recommendations, again, which is good as they flag problems in this letter. +- No Adjusting journal entries +- I would like to get an email that everyone has read the audit reports before sending it back. I want to make sure that no one has comments. +- We had a separate SIDA audit, which they do routinely for their funders. We also passed that very well. Sets us up for hopefully going to the next step with SIDA. +- We have also worked Global South Strategy for SIDA. + +III. Future Meetings—Coordination & Purpose + +- We will schedule 6 months in advance to help ease the burden of Doodle polls +- 4 per year, 2 hours +o Q1 strategy of the year +o Q2 Budget +o Q3 Check in +o Q4 is Go over audits + +IV. Other Business + +- Kendra: They have been working on redrafting the bylaws with the help of law clinic. They will share the draft document with the board members in the next week or two with next steps and questions. +- Kendra: We will use NextCloud folders for bylaws, financial materials, roles and responsibilities. This will also be helpful for onboarding new members. +- Kendra: We have finalized the admin position (Anabel Martinez) for help with Tor Board work. +- George: Overview about the process to release community member notes so they don’t get delayed. Encouraged Board to also reach out to the community + +V. Isabela Overview + + + +- DDoS attack has been ongoing for many years through improving. and has been impacting various services. +- The Onion Coalition has provided donations to help deal with these issues, and in specific to pay for 2 developers to work on onion services for 2 years. +- Open Collective: we hope they can be a sponsor for some grants. +- Update about Trademark issues and we might need to register TM in Europe +- State of Onion: Available to watch here and Isa flagged Quiet chat app w/ onion service presentation from the community day as worth watching. +(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSyBZ7GIzJY). + + +Meeting ended at 17 UTC + + +-- + +[Meeting minutes have been approved via email by all board members on 2022-12-23.] diff --git a/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2022-11-21.txt.5FA53B246DEA01A5.asc b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2022-11-21.txt.5FA53B246DEA01A5.asc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e151b84 --- /dev/null +++ b/minutes/TPI_Board_Meeting_Minutes-2022-11-21.txt.5FA53B246DEA01A5.asc @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@