Fedora Board Recap 2009-02-10

[John Poelstra]

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2009-02-10

== Roll Call ==
* Board Members: Bill Nottingham, Paul Frields, Harald Hoyer, Seth 
Vidal, Chris Tyler, Chris Aillon, Jesse Keating, Dimitris Glezos, and 
Spot Callaway
* Special guest: Max Spevack
* Secretary: John Poelstra
* Regrets: Matt Domsch

== Links to last meetings ==
* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2009-02-03
* https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Meetings/2009-01-27

== Follow-up To Previous Business ==
* "What is Fedora?" discussion
* Paul drafting framework to decide process to arrive at

== Max Spevack Update ==
* Max hijacked the entire agenda and kept the Board on the call 15 extra 
minutes!  Who does he think he is?

=== Fedora Store in EMEA ===
* Looking for a way to distribute goods in an efficient manner
* Hard to find good quality and distribution networks
* Looking for board approval to move forward with linux-onlineshop.de
** Customized skinned Fedora store
** Built on FOSS
** Custom fedora URL
** Will handle warehouse space and shipping
** Individual sales subsidize further Fedora related activities via 
Fedora EMEA
** Board would like more information into:
*** What are the margins the vendor makes on these goods?
*** Quality of goods and sustainability of this business
*** Where/how (country and conditions) are the goods being produced?
* ACTIONS: Max to followup on questions and get back to the board

=== Denoting Fedora sponsorship ===
* http://fedoraproject.org/en/sponsors
* We do not have existing guidelines around receiving goods or services 
from sponsors and what is provided in return
* How do we give Red Hat reasonable credit for sponsoring Fedora?
** Is there a special category for Red Hat?
* hardware, hosting/services, and events are forms of sponsorship Fedora 
is able to presently accept
* ACTIONS--Spot will lead investigation of ways to:
*# give recognition to Red Hat
*# recognize other sponsors
*# design presentation

=== Community Architecture & LXDE In Fedora ===
* Looking for ways to promote LXDE and help them move forward
* Max met with president of LXDE Foundation at FOSDEM
* Can Fedora endorse LXDE in a certain way?
* Dimitris reports that conversations are underway to use Transifex in LXDE
* BOARD RESPONSE:
** A custom LXDE spin easily addresses this request
** We encourage all desktops to participate in this way

=== FUDCon LATAM 2009 and FUDCon EMEA 2009 plans ===
* Rodrigo Padula (recently hired by Red Hat) is helping to coordinate 
FUDCon at FISL
* Community Architecture team is funding FUDCon at FISL 
[http://www.fisl.org.br/] & LinuxTag [http://www.linuxtag.org/2009/]
* Hoping to have FUDCon in conjunction with LinuxTag
** 10,000+ people at LinuxTag
** FUDCon would be co-located and integrated with LinuxTag (unlike Red 
Hat Summit 2008)
* Community Architecture brings this issue forward because the result is 
that funding would not be available for a North America FUDCon until 
September 2009 at the earliest
* BOARD RESPONSE: Fully support these events and use of funds.  Max & 
Community team to continue working on these events.

== Future Business ==
* Trademark & domain name registration matters
* "What Is Fedora?" discussion
* Goals & objectives of the board
* Status of security policies