Board Meeting Minutes, December 2010

  • Approval of minutes from last meeting: The minutes were approved.
  • Review of action points: Action points were reviewed and ongoing actions noted. Discussion of chapters process and project coordinator recruitment were held over to their individual agenda items.
  • Approval of all redacted minutes: The redacted minutes were approved for publication. The Board thanked BH for preparing the minutes. The Board resolved to apologise to the community for delaying publishing of the minutes.
  • Recommendation of recruitment sub-committee for new Project Coordinator: The recruitment sub-committee reported on the Project Coordinator recruitment process and recommended Jason Kitcat for the position. The Board accepted the recommendation. The Board asked IB and BH to support RP during Jason's probation period, and asked RP to report back to the Board at the end of the probation period.
  • Report on finances: The financial report was discussed and all matters resolved to the Board's satisfaction. The Board agreed to hold over publishing the balance sheet until the next Board meeting, noting that it is still finding its competency in terms of accurately representing OKF's financial position.
  • Report on chapters: The Board approved the Memorandum of Understanding and process documents produced by JH with regard to OKF chapters. The Board thanked JH for his work.
  • Governance and Community issues:
    • The Board resolved that novel expenditure from core funds needed to be approved by the Board.
    • A discussion of the role of network members was held over due to lack of time.
  • Next board meeting: The next Board meeting will be on 8 March 2011