Fedora Board Recap 2010-05-13

[Chris Tyler]

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Meeting:Board_meeting_2010-05-13

== Roll Call ==
* Present: Tom "spot" Callaway, Paul Frields, Chris Tyler, Matt Domsch,
John Poelstra, MikeMcGrath, Dennis Gilmore, Colin Walters, Christopher
Aillon
* Regrets: Josh Boyer
* Assigned meeting secretary: Chris Tyler

== Agenda ==

=== License agreement for fedoraonline.it ===
https://fedorahosted.org/board/ticket/66
* Status report
** Multiple Italian community sites
** Appears to meet community-based, non-commercial requirements
** Legal disclaimer (in Italian) appears ok
** Paul to work with Italian Ambassadors and site owners to promote
cooperation
* APPROVED

=== License agreement for fedorastorm.com ===
https://fedorahosted.org/board/ticket/68
* QUESTION: Is there anyone on the Board who does not support
licensing this site?  If not, what would need to change for you to do
so?
* The board has no problem in principle with this site.
* ACTION: Paul to communicate with site owner regarding logo/graphics
usage.
* ACTION: Held for discussion at a later meeting pending review of
graphics (use of Fedora logo, Debian logo?)

=== Hall monitor policy change ===
https://fedorahosted.org/board/ticket/67
* QUESTION: Is there anyone who does not support the changes made by
Matt and John to this page? What would have to change for you to do
that?
https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=Hall_Monitor_Policy&diff=172746&oldid=171600
** One objection was raised to first added bullet ("...achive: * the
perception of the friendly inviting community")
*** Bullet struck from text.
** Not clear how to balance increased specificity with the demands on
the monitors themselves
* ACTION: continue discussion at future meeting, with input from current
hall monitors

* Related discussion: Is the hall monitor policy useful and beneficial?
** ctyler: Fortunately, seems to be rarely needed.
** mmcgrath: Treating symptoms -- like a dome lowered over a leaking oil
well.
** pfrields: The policy is an interim measure -- we need a way to eject
people who consistently run afoul of it. We can have just as much
constructive dissent without so much flamage.
** pfrields: negativity has a significant impact on the community, we
need some general approaches to deal with it. Easier to deal with when a
member is new to the community. Hall monitors can't remove people who
are persistently negative, but can reduce the ripple-effect of their
actions. We need a clear way of identifying, warning, and (if need be)
removing people who are consistently causing problems.
* ACTION: Continue discussion on advisory-board (with possible
submission of alternate proposals) and a future meeting.
* pfrields would like to see more discussion on advisory-board.

=== Team meeting ===
* Shall we use a biweekly schedule for public IRC team sessions?
* Next team suggestions?
* APPROVED: Public IRC team sessions on 1st and 3rd meeting of each
month.
* ACTION: pfrields to draw up team meeting schedule.

== Next meeting ==
* Thursday, 2010-05-20 UTC 1600
** IRC Public team meeting, depending on conclusion of discussion above