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Oversight Board/2010/Meeting Minutes-2010-01-22 (view source)
Revision as of 01:04, 2 March 2011
, 01:04, 2 March 2011→Log
In attendance:
SLOB members: walter, tomeu, seandaly, mchua, canoeberry, cjb
Some community members (including dfarning) attended the meeting.
== Agenda ==
# Finances
# Infrastructure
# Trademark policy
# Goals for 2010
Thanks to [[#Meeting-prep work|meeting-prep work]] done by mchua, we moved quickly through the agenda. (Mel has published her own version of the [http://blog.melchua.com/2010/01/22/slobs-update-recruiting-a-financial-officer-spending-300-to-save-3000-and-help-us-with-trademark-case-studies/ Meeting Minutes] in her blog.)
=== Background ===
=== Finances ===
==== Goals and scope ====
We '''agreed''' to all actively seek out a replacement for our interim FD.
=== Infrastructure ===
'''Motion:''' Authorize [[User:Lfaraone|Luke Faraone]] to ship some used hardware from the Wikipedia Foundation (12 servers) to various hosting sites. The cost should not exceed US$300.
The motion passed: 6 yea; 1 absent.
'''Motion:''' Authorize Bernie to purchase a new server. The cost should not exceed US$ 3000.
We deferred action on this motion until we have more information (regarding hosting and the utility of the Wikipedia servers).
=== Trademark ===
We '''agreed''' to write some case-studies/scenarios before finalizing the TM policy (Please refer to [[Talk:Sugar_Labs/Governance/Trademark#Trademark_case_studies|Case Studies]]).
=== Goals for 2010 ===
We did not discuss this topic.
== Next meeting ==
Friday, 29 January 2010 16:00 UTC ('''Note:''' We will again be meeting one hour later than usual.)
== Log ==
[[Oversight_Board/2010/Meeting_Log-2010-01-22|Meeting Log]]
[[Category:Oversight board]]
[[Category:Meeting minutes]]
[[Category:Decision panels]]
==Meeting-prep work==
=== Finances ===
==== Current status ====
# We have assets of $25507.96 as of the Nov 2009 report from the SFC.
# About $7000.00 of this is discretionary; the rest is tied to the [[Gardner Pilot Academy]] (GPA) grant.
# Taxes: We do not need to worry about taxes at this time.
# Invoices: We have a number of pending invoices against the GPA grant.
# Who's responsible for keeping track of this, where are they filing things, and when are we regularly checking in on financial matters: This is one of the services we receive as part of our SFC membership. Once per month (around the ides) we get an update from the SFC. Currently, Walter is the one who checks with them on all financial matters, but it would be great if there were someone willing to volunteer in this space.
# What is our current process for requesting payments: [[Sugar_Labs/Governance/Transactions]]
==== Open Q&A ====
Questions about finances? Put them here!
* Should we have someone take on the action item of recruiting another treasurer (who would then have to be approved/appointed by a SLOBs motion)?
* Question
* Another question
=== Infrastructure ===
==== New server ====
This is a request to pre-approve the budget for a fast machine with 8 cores
to run some of our primary services: wiki, trac, aslo, lists. These services
are currently running on solarsail and sunjammer, both of which are
insufficiently powerful to support the current growth in traffic.
If we successfully obtain donated servers from the Wikimedia foundation (see below),
we may keep going a while more without this expense. Ivan is also planning to
purchase a new server for his personal use, which he'll make available on friendly
terms as he has done for solarsail.
'''Motion:''' Authorize Bernie to purchase a new server. The cost should not exceed US$ 3000.
==== Wikipedia servers ====
As discussed in the latest [http://me.etin.gs/treehouse/treehouse.log.20100119_1559.html InfraTeam meeting],
we will try to get 3 machines to RIT (pending approval on their side) and the rest to Boston and
Washington DC. [[User:Lfaraone|Luke Faraone]] has a few contacts of organizations which would be able to rack the machines
for us.
These boxes are old and possibly not very reliable. They would make a good basis for
clustering ASLO if we're careful to make every component of the cluster redundant and
implement proper automatic takeover. [[User:Dfarning|David Farning]] and [[User:Alsroot|Aleksey Lim]]
produced a cluster prototype which needs some more tuning and testing.
Clustering ASLO is something that we could postpone by 1-2 years (at current growth rate)
if we purchased a modern machine which would be 8-10 times faster than our current hardware.
However, this project opens valuable collaboration opportunities with RIT and other partners.
'''Motion:''' Authorize Luke to ship some used hardware from the Wikipedia Foundation
(12 servers) to various hosting sites. The cost should not exceed US$300.
=== Trademark ===
==== Background ====
===== Goals and scope =====
We are working on completing and ratifying a trademark policy for the Sugar Labs marks, which are held by the SFC on behalf of SL. This policy will have to be approved by the SFLC before it becomes legally binding; once it does, it will affect the following marks when used in a Sugar Labs context:
We are working on completing and ratifying a trademark policy for the Sugar Labs marks, which are held by the SFC on behalf of SL. This policy will have to be approved by the SFLC before it becomes legally binding; once it does, it will affect the following marks when used in a Sugar Labs context:
* Sugar
* Sugar
==== Current status ====
===== Current status =====
We currently have '''no ratified trademark policy.''' We have been using [[Sugar_Labs/Governance/Trademark]] as our guide on individual cases in the interim. The current draft of our trademark policy is available at [[Talk:Sugar_Labs/Governance/Trademark#Sugar_Trademark_Policy]].
We currently have '''no ratified trademark policy.''' We have been using [[Sugar_Labs/Governance/Trademark]] as our guide on individual cases in the interim. The current draft of our trademark policy is available at [[Talk:Sugar_Labs/Governance/Trademark#Sugar_Trademark_Policy]].
==== Prior decisions ====
===== Prior decisions =====
We have passed several trademark-related decisions in the interim that may be affected by our policy ratification decision.
We have passed several trademark-related decisions in the interim that may be affected by our policy ratification decision.
* [[Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2010-01-15#Fedora_use_of_Sugar_Trademark|The upcoming Sugar on a Stick release, which will be a Fedora 13 spin, is approved to use the Sugar on a Stick name.]]
* [[Oversight_Board/Meeting_Minutes-2010-01-15#Fedora_use_of_Sugar_Trademark|The upcoming Sugar on a Stick release, which will be a Fedora 13 spin, is approved to use the Sugar on a Stick name.]]
==== References and resources ====
===== References and resources =====
We have been drawing inspiration from how other open source projects have written their trademark policies.
We have been drawing inspiration from how other open source projects have written their trademark policies.
* [http://www.linuxmark.org/faq.php using the "Linux" trademark]
* [http://www.linuxmark.org/faq.php using the "Linux" trademark]
=== Discussion points ===
==== Discussion points ====
=== Motion ===
* [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/iaep/2010-January/009874.html proposed patch to the current draft]
* dfarning has asked us for permission to use the mark in his Ubuntu Sugar Remix
* From the point of view of Marketing, is this trademark policy legally tight enough to prevent abuse? See [http://lists.sugarlabs.org/archive/marketing/2010-January/002621.html Sean's thoughts] and the subsequent thread, from which I've pulled discussion questions, below:
** What conditions must the licensee respect in order to be allowed to use a SL mark? (Broad question covered by other points in our trademark discussion for tomorrow, I believe - this is basically the entire question.)
** There is an assumption (or proposal) in the email that trademark usage of all SL marks will be free. Is this something we agree on, and should explicitly state?
** When would licensing not be routine, i.e. require consideration before licensing?
** What formulation(s) of the SL marks should we provide as options? This is the label text - our "circled intel inside sticker", if you will.
** What could motivate us to revoke a license?
** What graphical specifications on mark usage do we want to set forth? (must have this much whitespace, must use these colors, must not be distorted, etc) We might just set this as "we want to have graphical specifications," have someone take an action for it, and then vote on that as an amendment later when it's ready.gt
* What does the process look like from the perspective of a trademark requestee (walk through a case study)? How much work-time and wait-time do we predict such a requestee will have to budget for the process, and is this acceptable? What steps can we take, or amendments can we make to the draft proposal, to reduce that cost even further?
* Do we agree on the wording of the preamble as a human-readable introduction to "the legal stuff"?
* The idea of having a trademark secretary to act as a point of contact throughout the process.
** Technical setup: Have "trademark AT sugarlabs DOT org" set up as an email alias that sends the message to iaep with a [trademark] tag.
** Logistical setup: The trademark secretary would be responsible for responses to all emails with that tag, as part of their duties. Other duties would include answering queries on trademark policy as set by SLOBs (typically via email, as described above), acting as a guide/coach/advocate to parties requesting trademark usage and assisting them in putting motions on the topic before SLOBs, and maintaining public records so that all can track relevant SLOBs decisions on the matter.
** Governance setup: The trademark secretary would be an interim appointed position until the next election cycle (fall), at which time if we decide it has been useful and wish to make it a regular appointed position (like ombudsman and treasurer), we can.
==== Motion ====
To be called when the discussion is over, and there is general consensus that the trademark policy draft is ready:
To be called when the discussion is over, and there is general consensus that the trademark policy draft is ready:
MOTION: To appoint NAME as trademark secretary until the next election/appointment cycle, to be responsible for answering queries on trademark policy as set by SLOBs, acting as a guide/coach/advocate to parties requesting trademark usage and assisting them in putting motions on the topic before SLOBs, and maintaining public records so that all can track relevant SLOBs decisions on the matter.
MOTION: To appoint NAME as trademark secretary until the next election/appointment cycle, to be responsible for answering queries on trademark policy as set by SLOBs, acting as a guide/coach/advocate to parties requesting trademark usage and assisting them in putting motions on the topic before SLOBs, and maintaining public records so that all can track relevant SLOBs decisions on the matter.
=== Followup ===
==== Followup ====
The following action items need to be taken by somebody.
The following action items need to be taken by somebody.
* #action Perform any necessary follow-up with the parties involved in related [[#Prior decisions]] to ensure past decisions are brought up to date to be compliant with the current (newly ratified) policy. In particular, start SoaS through the trademark approval process.
* #action Perform any necessary follow-up with the parties involved in related [[#Prior decisions]] to ensure past decisions are brought up to date to be compliant with the current (newly ratified) policy. In particular, start SoaS through the trademark approval process.
==Goals for 2010==
=== Goals ===
== Future issues to address ==
{{User:Walter/Goals}}
=== Future issues to address ===
None immediately, as of now - [[Oversight_Board/Minutes]] may provide some inspiration. Please add topics to the list if they come up.
None immediately, as of now - [[Oversight_Board/Minutes]] may provide some inspiration. Please add topics to the list if they come up.
=== References ===
* [http://www.research-service.com term papers]