The next meeting of the F-Droid Board of Directors will be held at 15:00 UTC on Thursday the 30th of October. This is a special meeting in addition to our regularly scheduled meetings in order to discuss the travel funding policy for F-Droid contributors.
This travel policy would cover situations where funds controlled by F-Droid, such as donations generously made to us via OpenCollective, could be used to support community members in representing F-Droid to the public (for instance to give talks about F-Droid at conferences). We don’t expect to have quorum to make any decisions during the meeting, but we’d like to make progress on creating a policy that is fair, clear and provides maximum value for money to the community. It is a complicated task, in part because we are a globally distributed organization with donations and expenses in multiple currencies, which combined with tax laws in different countries, makes accounting and reporting extra difficult.
All community members are welcome to attend, although please note we will not have time dedicated to community engagement during this particular meeting.
Thank you, Mr. Seabass, for the post. Could it please be informed if an official written minutes of the Meet is issued with the consent of the members post meet?
Are issues presently doing the rounds in the forum considered, raised and discussed (to be used as inputs to provide a future direction for the F-Droid Repo) in the meet?
Could it please be informed if an official written minutes of the Meet is issued with the consent of the members post meet?
Yes, we’ll take minutes for this meeting. They may be a bit less detailed than usual, because the Board’s Clerk (Peter Serwylo) and Vice Clerk (Neil Brown) may not be present, in which case I’ll have to do double-duty! In any case, if you would like a copy of the minutes after they are approved I will make sure these are sent to you.
Are issues presently doing the rounds in the forum considered, raised and discussed (to be used as inputs to provide a future direction for the F-Droid Repo) in the meet?
We will definitely take these into consideration, although please note that this particular meeting will focus specifically on the matters that relate to travel funding. We’re already discussing the other aspects on the Board’s internal mailing list, and they will be on the agenda for our next regular meeting too.
I hope this information is helpful to you, and please let me know if you have further questions!