OSM Board Meeting

January 16, 2008

Attendees: Ryan Ozimek, Johan Janssens, Elin Waring, Shayne Bartlett, Chris Justice, James Vasile

1. Approval of old minutes (Ryan Ozimek)

MOTION: Approval of the December 2007 board meeting minutes

MOTION BROUGHT BY: Ryan Ozimek

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY

2. Treasurer’s report (Shayne Bartlett)

Budget for 2008
MOTION: Pending the approval of the final 2008 budget, we will use the February 2007 budget for the budget for February 2008

MOTION BROUGHT BY: Shayne Bartlett

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY

MOTION: To approve expenditures for covering Developer events, Pizza Bugs and Fun events, Document Camp events, and Brad’s attendance at Vancouver Joomla Day

MOTION BROUGHT BY: Shayne Bartlett

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY


3. Old Business: Report on IRS/ exemption approval process (Elin Waring and Shayne Bartlett)

4. Old Business: Trademark action update (Chris Justice)

5. Old Business: OSM website update (Elin Waring)

MOTION: Nomination of Elin Waring and Ryan Ozimek to the Board Membership Committee

MOTION BROUGHT BY: Chris Justice

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY

6. Old Business: Update on international legals (Johan Janssens)

7. New Business: Board Membership Committee appointments (Elin Waring)

8. New Business: Plans for annual self-assessment (Elin Waring)

9. New Business: Outreach for trademark policy (Ryan Ozimek)

10. New Business: Distribution of minutes (Shayne Bartlett)

11. New Business: Follow-up on the Conflict of Interest forms (Ryan Ozimek)

12. MOTION: To adjourn at 12:15pm ET

MOTION BROUGHT BY: Shayne Bartlett

MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY

Next Meeting: February 20, 2008 @ 4pm GMT / 11am ET