Minutes/2026-04-16

Present: TM, RL, MM

• Software/funding
  • The meeting collectively revised the Finances page to reflect the Board's current hosting and domain name registration expenses.
  • It was noted that the Board's Open Collective account currently has a positive balance of €98.63, which is insufficient to repay outstanding expenses from RL (around €100 for hosting) and TM ($200 for the shell account).
  • It was noted with gratitude that David Solimano has been a recurring donor to the Board's Open Collective account (€5/month) since September 2021.
  • Board members were called upon to make a one-time donation to its Open Collective account to cover the outstanding expenses.
  • It was agreed that TM would draft and circulate to the other Board members a fundraising letter.
  • The meeting discussed ways of reducing its expenses, including moving to a cheaper domain name registrar (not required for now, since JE has been paying for this without reimbursement) and consolidating the hosting and shell accounts and/or moving them to cheaper hosting providers.
  • It was agreed to send a list of hosting requirements to MM, who will draft and circulate to the other Board members an enquiry to Panix asking which, if any, of their existing services would meet them.
• Misc
  • Proposal to enlarge electorate for selecting Board members: agreed to defer discussion to next meeting.