RESOLVED, that the Board appoints Kurt B. Kaiser as Treasurer and Neal Norwitz as Assistant Treasurer.

RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors recommends CCP Games as a new Sponsor of the PSF.

RESOLVED, that Kurt Kaiser and Andrew Kuchling are authorized to obligate the PSF under the previously emailed 2-year contract for PyCon 2006/2007 to be held at the Marriot Quorum in Dallas, Texas. The contract may be changed before signing but any changes will be reported to the PSF board and may not increase the financial obligation assumed by the PSF.

RESOLVED: To allocate up to $260 to compensate Barry Warsaw for purchasing 5 SSL certificates for python.org hosts. ($260, not $245, to allow for sales tax.)

RESOLVED, that a budget of $1,000 will be made available for banner, posters, brochures, and any food, drink, and venue costs for a PSF sponsored social event at EuroPython. Reimbursement will require receipts from the recipient of the funds.

RESOLVED, that Andrew Kuchling, Martin von Loewis, and David Ascher are Vice Presidents of the corporation, and that David Ascher is further designated as Executive Vice President.

RESOLVED, that Andrew Kuchling be appointed a member of the Python Conference Committee, and that he be appointed the new chair of this Committee. By this resolution, the membership of the Committee will be David Ascher, Steve Holden (secretary), Jeremy Hylton, Andrew Kuchling (chair).

RESOLVED, that David Goodger is Assistant Secretary

RESOLVED, that the Public Relations Committee is dissolved.

RESOLVED, that the board of directors appoints Kurt Kaiser to be assistant treasurer.

RESOLVED, that subscribers to the psf-board mailing list be officers or directors of the corporation or the corporation counsel.

RESOLVED, that ActiveGrid is recommended by the Board as a new Sponsor Member for approval by the PSF Membership at the next PSF member meeting in March 2005.

RESOLVED, that the PSF will pay for Guido van Rossum's expenses to attend PyCon 2005, up to $2500 total.

RESOLVED, that the Python Conference Committee is given additional funds of up to $3000 to pay attendance costs for individuals attending PyCon 2005, at the discretion of the Conference Committee.

RESOLVED, that the board approves payment of a total of 4,000 GBP to Tim Parkin for redevelopment of the python.org website as described in his proposal. Payment will take place in two installments of 2,000 GBP, at the prevailing exchange rate of up to US $2/GBP, one payment before the work commences and one after the deliverables described in the proposal have been provided.

RESOLVED, that the PSF accepts the recommendation of the grants committee to execute the following three projects in 2005:

1. Brian Zimmer, Moving Jython Forward, US$10,000
2. Ilya Etingof, implementation of SNMPv3 as a Python library module, US$1,500
3. Greg Wilson, Software Engineering with Python for Scientists and Engineers, US$27,000

RESOLVED, that the PSF asks past and future contributors of Python to fill out and send in the contributor form currently shown at:

http://www.python.org/psf/contrib-draft.html

that contributors will be advised to chose between the " Apache License, Version 2" and the "Academic Free License v. 2.1" as the Initial License, and that the PSF will relicense all such contributions under the "PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION LICENSE VERSION 2".

(See contribution forms page for the accepted form and more information)

RESOLVED, that all future releases of Python 2.4 will be released under the Python Software Foundation License Version 2.

RESOLVED, that the conference committee is authorized to spend no more than $30,000 on fixed costs for PyCon 2005 and that per-delegate expenses should be held below $85 per head. If sponsorship income exceeds $10,000 then up to 25% of the surplus can be allocated to per-delegate expenses and a further 25% of the surplus can be allocated to fixed costs.

RESOLVED, that the treasurer is authorized to pay up to $750 per year for insurance.

RESOLVED, that the conference committee is authorized to spend $3000 for room reservations for PyCon 2005.

RESOLVED, that we give Neal a budget for $2k for expenses as a treasurer.

RESOLVED, that the principal office and official headquarters of the PSF shall be:

   Python Software Foundation
   1209 Orange Street
   Wilmington DE 19801
   USA

The mailing address will remain:

   Python Software Foundation
   c/o Neal Norwitz
   1707 Sinclair Lane
   Crownsville, MD 21032-1925
   USA

RESOLVED, that the treasurer is authorized to pay an accountant $800 for preparing IRS Form 990 for 2003.

RESOLVED, that David Ascher is designated Executive Vice President of the Python Software Foundation.

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.

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.

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.

RESOLVED, that at most USD 5000 be used for the remaining legal review of the proposed contribution agreements and that the second round will be led by Marc-Andre Lemburg and Martin von Loewis using a budget of USD 3,000 with an option to spend an additional USD 2,000, if required to complete the review.

WHEREAS the PSF Treasurer has identified the following expenses related to PyCon 2004:

• up to $ 600 to The Hartford for insurance
• up to $ 17,000 to GWU for PyCon rooms
• up to $ 19,000 to Aramark (?) for PyCon food costs
• up to $ 2,000 to ? for PyCon tote bags
• up to $ 3,500 to ? for PyCon t-shirts
• up to $ 500 miscellaneous PyCon charges

Be it hereby

RESOLVED, that the Board establishes a budget of $45,000.00 for PyCon 2004,which the Treasurer is authorized to spend for the purposes enumerated above.

RESOLVED, that monies from the silver sponsorships be allocated to help defray costs associated with sponsor-selected sprints, up to a maximum of $500. Each silver sponsor can choose what sprint to allocate the funds to. The sprint leader and the sprint chair must agree on how the monies are to be disbursed. Any reimbursement for travel or other expenses must be made based on submission of receipts.

RESOLVED, that sprint leaders who organize and run sprints with at least two other full-time attendants get waived admission to the conference if they want it.

RESOLVED, that students at accredited institutions can apply for a "gopher" position, which grants them free admission to the conference in exchange for administrative assistance of the conference, under the direction of the organizing committee. The board grants the conference chair the authority to approve these requests according to the needs of the conference.

RESOLVED, that the Foundation accepts Industrial Light & Magic as a pending sponsor member.

RESOLVED, that the Foundation establish a Project Management Committee, the Python Conference Committee, responsible for organizing and sponsoring conferences that advance the Foundation's mission. The committee is authorized to incur expenses up to a limit establish by the board for a specific conference. The chairman of the committee shall be Vice President of the Corporation. The initial members of the committee shall be David Ascher, Steve Holden, and Jeremy Hylton. Ascher will be its initial chairman.

RESOLVED, that the Board can collect sponsor fees and add a Pending Sponsor Member to the website prior to being elected by the members if the Board decides it is likely the full membership will approve the Sponsor Member. If Sponsor Membership status is not approved, the funds will be converted to a donation.

RESOLVED, that the Board accepts Array BioPharma as a Pending Sponsor Member.

RESOLVED, that the PSF secretary, Jeremy Hylton, registers the term "PYTHON SOFTWARE FOUNDATION" on behalf of the Python Software Foundation under the service class 042 with US PTO.

RESOLVED, that the Public Support Committee, represented by its chairman and officer Marc-Andre Lemburg, may signup for bookshop affiliate programs on behalf of the Python Software Foundation for fund-raising purposes.

RESOLVED, to let the treasurer immediately write a check to George Washington University for up to $2500 to reserve the space for PyCon 2004 (the actual amount to be 10% of the estimated total price).

RESOLVED, That the Public Support Committee and Python Website Committee, created earlier by resolution of the board, are Project Management Committees according to Section 6.3 of the Bylaws and that the chairmen of these committees, Marc-Andre Lemburg and Thomas Wouters, respectively, are hereby appointed Vice Presidents of the corporation.

RESOLVED, That the officers of the Corporation may, at their discretion, recognize certain donors as pending sponsor members of the corporation, when it is expected that the donor will be admitted as a sponsor member at the next meeting of the members. A pending sponsor member may participate in all activities and be listed as a pending sponsor member, but may not vote at meetings.

RESOLVED, that the treasurer contact Archaeopteryx and suggest that they either pay their sponsorship fee or volunteer to become emeritus members.

RESOLVED, that the PSF approves a $500/year budget for the Public Support Committee to pay for distribution of press releases.

RESOLVED, That a Project Management Committee, designated Python Website Committee, be formed to be responsible for the content and management of the Python Website (www.python.org), that its initial members be Thomas Wouters, Kevin Altis, Just van Rossum, Aahz and Fred L. Drake Jr., that it follows rules analog to those set for in the PSF bylaws for the PSF board with respect to voting and meetings, and that Thomas Wouters will be its initial chairman.

RESOLVED, that the officers can spend PSF funds for the furtherance of the Python Conference, 2003, in an amount not to exceed projected conference revenue by more than US$3000.00.

RESOLVED, that the foundation will pay up to $1,000 for legal review of the contributor agreement.

RESOLVED, that until further notice, the Officers of the Board can spend up to USD 500 per expense without prior board approval, but subject to prompt reporting to the Board.

RESOLVED, that Guido van Rossum can offer Adam Turoff that the PSF will take full financial responsibility for the conference if YAS is unwilling to run the conference at a $125/attendee fee.

RESOLVED, That the Public Support Committee (PSC) be made up of the following initial members: Stephan Deibel, Jeremy Hylton, Marc-Andre Lemburg, Tim Peters, Aahz, Alex Martelli, Neil Norwitz and Greg Ward, that the committee follows rules analog to those set forth in the PSF bylaws for the PSF board with respect to voting and meetings, and that Marc-Andre Lemburg will be the initial chairman of the PSC. I move to approve this motion.

1. Clarify the purpose of the PSF to current and potential members and donors, and to the general public;
2. Aid in soliciting donations, by affirming the charitable nature of the PSF's goals;
3. Help guide the Board in its deliberations;
4. Get a start on possible changes needed in the PSF's bylaws; and,
5. Justify further work on applying for public charity status,

RESOLVED, that the PSF adopts the following mission statement.

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is a non-profit membership organization devoted to advancing open source technology related to the Python programming language. It intends to qualify under the US Internal Revenue Code as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) scientific and educational public charity, and will conduct its business according to the rules for such organizations.

By "open source" we mean freely available technology licensed under terms compatible with Version 1.9 (or later) of the Open Source Definition, as established by the Open Source Initiative (see http://www.opensource.org/).

The PSF:

• Produces the core Python distribution, made available to the public free of charge. This includes the Python language itself, its standard libraries and documentation, installers, source code, educational materials, and assorted tools and applications.
• Establishes PSF licenses, ensuring the rights of the public to freely obtain, use, redistribute, and modify intellectual property held by the PSF.
• Works with the Open Source Initiative to ensure that PSF licenses conform to the Open Source Definition.
• Holds Python's intellectual property rights for releases 2.1 and following.
• Seeks to obtain the intellectual property rights for Python releases prior to 2.1, for relicensing under the PSF Python license, to relieve the legal burden on Python's users. The PSF may also seek rights to other Python-related software for relicensing under a PSF license.
• Protects the Python name, and the names, service marks and trademarks associated with all other intellectual property held by the PSF.
• Solicits and manages contributions to the Python codebase, and may perform these services on behalf of other open source Python-related codebases.
• Raises funds to support PSF programs and services. The regulations for public charity funding are complex. Some consequences are that the vast bulk of funding must come from private contributions (including sponsoring memberships) and public grants, must come from a broad base, and that no single private donor can supply a substantial percentage of the PSF's total funding. Additional revenue may be pursued in ways consistent with then-current rules for public charities and with Python's standing as an open source project. For example, the PSF may offer to sell conference proceedings, special Python distributions, or merchandise with distinctive insignia.
• Publicizes, promotes the adoption of, and facilitates the ongoing development of Python-related technology and educational resources. This includes, but is not limited to, maintaining a public web site, planning Python conferences, and offering grants to Python-related open source projects.
• Encourages and facilitates Python-related research in the public interest.

RESOLVED, that Guido van Rossum is the President of the PSF for the year 2002.

RESOLVED, that PSF accepts the membership application forms, as shown in the attachment (one form for nominated members, and a second form for sponsor members).

[Attachments were regular application and sponsor application.]

RESOLVED, the the principal office of the PSF shall be

The Python Software Foundation
c/o Zope Corp.
Lafayette Technology Center
513 Prince Edward St.
Fredericksburg VA 22401
USA

RESOLVED, that in connection with discharging their respective duties as officers of the Corporation, including, without limitation, in connection with the maintenance, preparation and filing of books, records, reports and returns, the officers of the Corporation hereby are authorized and directed to procure, in their discretion, such legal, accounting and other professional services and assistance as they may reasonably require in order to properly discharge the duties of said offices, and that the reasonable expenses therefor shall be charged to and paid for by the Corporation.

RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation hereby are authorized and directed to pay and discharge all taxes, fees and other expenses heretofore incurred or hereafter to be incurred as a result of and in connection with the organization of the Corporation, and to reimburse the incorporator, the officers and all other persons for all expenditures heretofore made by them in such connection.

RESOLVED, that the officers of the Corporation hereby are authorized and directed to procure and maintain the necessary corporate books and records and to open and maintain share transfer records in accordance with the Bylaws of the Corporation and the laws of the State of Delaware, as well as the laws of any other applicable jurisdiction.

RESOLVED, that the fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on Dec. 31 of each calendar year.

RESOLVED, that Jeremy Hylton is appointed secretary and treasurer of the PSF.

RESOLVED, that the principal office of the Corporation shall be
The Python Software Foundation
7700 Leesburg Pike, Suite 208
Falls Church, VA 22043
U.S.A.