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The Python Software Foundation
Minutes of Regular Meeting of the Board of Directors
April 13, 2004
A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation (the "PSF") Board
of Directors was held over Internet Relay Chat at 17:00 GMT. Stephan Deibel
presided at the meeting.
1. Attendance
p>The following members of the Board of Directors were present at the
meeting: Stephan Deibel, Steve Holden, Jeremy Hylton, Martin v. Löwis,
Tim Peters, and Guido van Rossum. Neal Norwitz also attended. A
quorum was present. Hylton took minutes.
2. Meeting minutes of past IRC meetings
The minutes of the March meeting were approved 5-0-1. The minutes
of the February meeting were approved by a 3-0-2 vote. The minutes of
the December meeting were approved by a 3-0-3 vote.
3. Reports
Reports were sent by email. [Need to be incorporated into minutes.]
4. Designation of Executive Vice President
The Bylaws require that we appoint an executive vice president if
there is more than one vice president, although we have failed to do
that in the past. David Ascher was nominated, although he was not
present to accept the nomination.
Deibel moved that it is
RESOLVED, that David Ascher is designated Executive Vice President
of the Python Software Foundation.
The resolution passed 6-0-0.
5. Grants Committee
Von Löwis moved that it is
RESOLVED, that a Grants Committee is formed, with Michael
McLay, Paul Dubois, Jeremy Hylton, and Martin v. Löwis as
initial members, and Martin v. Löwis as the initial chairman
and Vice President of Grants, that the Grant Committee drafts
for approval by the Board the rules for soliciting grant-funded
development proposals designed to further the PSF mission, that
the committee selects among proposals and oversees the completion
of those that are accepted by the Board, and that members of
the committee cannot apply for grants until one (1) year after
they leave the committee.
The resolution passed 6-0-0.
Von Löwis said he hoped to set an August deadline for the first round
of grant proposals.
6. Public Relations Committee
Several issues were discussed before finalizing the details of the
public relations committee. The board agreed that it was not willing
to pay members to do work for this committee. It also discussed the
scope of the committee: Fund raising should remain with the public
support committee. Registration of trademarks should be handled by
the secretary.
It was noted that CNRI was granted a trademark on Python on March 23,
2004. There is an agreement between the PSF and CNRI to transfer that
trademark to the PSF.
RESOLVED, that a Public Relations (PR) Committee is formed, with Tim
Parkin, Kevin Altis, Aahz, Barry Warsaw, Andrew Kuchling, and Steve
Holden as initial members, and Steve Holden as the initial chairman
and Vice President of Public Relations, that the PR Committee
replaces and subsumes the activities of the previously disbanded Web
Committee, and that the PR Committee shall:
1. Facilitate and oversee the development and maintenance of the official
informational, marketing, and advocacy materials for the Python
programming language, including but not limited to those appearing
on python.org, brochures, and press releases.
2. Ensure that content and design for such materials is consistent and
appropriate with the mission and requirements of the Python Software
Foundation and the needs and ideals of the Python open source
community.
3. Develop and manage brand identities associated with the Python
Software Foundation and Python.
4. Actively promote Python in commercial, governmental and educational
contexts, in order to facilitate the recruitment of new users and
contributors to Python.
The motion passed 5-0-0.
7. Public Support Committee
Deibel moved that it is
RESOLVED, that the Public Support Committee formed in August 2002
shall continue under current membership and leadership, and that the
committee's activities shall now be constrained to all aspects of
fund raising for the PSF, including but not limited to (1) creation
of fund raising messages, ads, and materials, (2) soliciting of
donations from private and company contributors, and (3) management
of fund raising infrastructure.
The motion passed by a 5-0-0 vote.
7. Miscellaneous
There was no progress on the contributor forms, reported Von Löwis.
Larry Rosen was asked to review changes to the Bylaws to support
electronic meetings, but did not report, reported Peters. The
trademark for Python Software Foundation has not been registered yet,
Hylton reported.
10. Adjournment
The meeting was adjorned at 18:00 GMT, the scheduled time for the end
of the meeting.
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