Archive:Board meeting 2020-12-08
Board meeting Minutes 2020-12-08 0800 CET
Attendees: Marina, Stasiek, Gerald, Vinz, Simon, Axel
Minutes: Axel
Meeting closed 0930 CET
Next meeting 2020-12-22 0800 CET
General
6 meeting minutes outstanding - overdue reminder given to individuals
Pending trademark approval for notebook preload
- Shop in Belgium asked for permission to use openSUSE logo for preloads
- According to https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Trademark_guidelines redistribution is allowed
- Shop wants to apply additional unfree software (Skype, Zoom,...)
- Some questions aound this procedure - Simon to drive open questions with shop
Various complaints about user behaviour on openSUSE mailing list(s)
- https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Guiding_principles describes rules of engagement
- There were various ML posts in the last weeks that broke guiding principles, adding up to existing complaints
- Third party media like Twitter or Facebook is out of openSUSE control, but still reflect (positively or negatively) on openSUSE and therefore matters
- Mail reminder being sent by Simon that lists should stay on topic (https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_lists_subscription) in order to avoid moderation of users in list:
https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/project@lists.opensuse.org/thread/XSYTEQMXPE477IWCRSHY46D3TARU7SGM/ - Additional moderators are welcome. To kickstart the process, if you feel you are a good moderator, please contact mailing list admins admin@o.o
- Stasiek to discuss this internally with the admins to align that they are OK with the procedure
- Gerald sent mail to project@ about steps taken:
https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/project@lists.opensuse.org/message/SMZBVV7AF5A5CZCNKGJYJXU5WIM7FMQW/ - accepted by vote 6-0
Tracking trademark usage approvals
delayed due to time constraints