2019 02 11

Board of Directors Meeting

Directors in attendance: abizer awelty bernardzhao bzh cooperc dkessler dphan ethanhs fydai jameszhu jerryzhou jkuki keur minos php racheltrujillo regex shmaeng wporr yichizh

Guests in attendance: nessaur* adityasri rrchan yassermth

Guests marked with a * were appointed to BoD.

Guests marked with a * were appointed to BoD.

Quorum for this meeting is 14

Meeting Started at 19:12

Agenda - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FqAX84UzaJYXLR7enn9uqlwiRMYNe95XlA56gjno8Vk/edit - Buy Queue Cups Recycling Bin Coffee Cubes Hand Santitizer Dispenser Tea

Everything was approved.

  • Hydra ethanhs talked about replacing the hydra project, replacing 4-6 individual desktops with a single large machine Asked for about $5000 for a trial system, more details next BoD

  • Referendum referendum not getting forwarded to UCOP, so it there is not going to be a vote on it The financial breakdown is still going to be used, so the effort is not going to be wasted We will try to be written into STF's referendum come 2021

  • STF STF is busy reading proposals now, we should meet with them later this semester and talk

  • Meeting with Melany Amarikwa The ASUC has some new "mysterious" printing technology, there is a meeting on Thursday to explain what they have proposed

  • Opstaff meeting To see what opstaff is working on, see #opstaff channel or the operations rt queue They are working on a web redesign and posters and social media advertisement

  • Lab deep clean Will provide a deep cleaning of the chairs and the floor Hopefully will be done over spring break No quote yet

  • Presentation on important people https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1hAwhaUNVsLRoMXayDja_W_lZd3__MjUYQIJkc493-VQ/edit

  • rt#7790: (cooperc) revisit potential contradictions in constitution Continuation from last week, clarifies special elections and nominations BoD voted to approve the amendment

  • rt#7977: (see also d#220) (mdcha, abizer, dkessler) administrative reorganization Making committees for areas of organization Instead of all the work falling to the GM, there will be people to pass on responsibilities There will be other people following up on stuff in case of people getting busy, etc BoD would formalize some roles, and officially assign responsibilites to certain areas Left until next week

  • rt#7969: (cooper) mastodon policies Policies for moderating mastodon Vote next week

  • rt#7988 (abizer) GSE MOU Approved the GSE MOU

  • Board games $300 allocated to buy board games

Meeting Adjourned at 20:17

Notetaker: fydai