Board Meeting Minutes, November 2015

A meeting of the Open Knowledge Board was held in London and virtually via Hangout on 11th November 2015.

Present: Jane Silber, Tim Hubbard, Helen Turvey (part)

Observing: Pavel Richter, Sebastian Moleski, Naomi Lillie, Michelle Heydon (part)

Apologies: Karin Christiansen, Paula Le Dieu, Martin Tisné

Jane Silber acted as Chair in Karin Christiansen’s absence. It was agreed to move agenda item Charitable Incorporation to email discussion by the full Board, and to postpone agenda item CEO Performance Targets and Assessment until Karin Christiansen is present to lead.

Review of minutes & actions of last meeting [Chair]

The Minutes of the last meeting were reviewed and approved.

Notes on agenda items

Financial Accounts

AGREED: the Audited Financial Accounts for year ending May 2015, following Corporation Tax review, were approved for submission to Companies House
Quarterly accounts (ending September) were reviewed and discussed
Declaration of Interest statements have been requested by the Auditors
Discussion regarding Signing Authority was deferred until the implementation of a new budget process
CEO presented a recommendation for the investment of unrestricted funds for feedback and input. This was reviewed and discussed and a proposal will be shared at or by the next Board meeting

Update on Commercial CKAN Spin-Out

Sebastian Moleski was introduced and presented an update, including that legal entities have been set up in Delaware, USA and in the UK, named “Viderum”
Staff transition will be phased: CKAN development will be exclusively undertaken by Viderum, there will be ongoing technical work at Open Knowledge International, and staff members will choose where their interests most closely align