Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Held:May24,2016
ThefollowingBoardofDirectorswerepresent:
VinnyLingham
FrancisPouliot
ElizabethMcCauley
MichaelPerklin
Absent:
BrockPierce
BobbyLee
StaffPresent:
BruceFentonExecutiveDirector
AmyLoughranDolanDirectorofOperations
GuestobserverEricLombrozo
CalltoOrderandIntroductions:
Brucecallsthemeetingtoorderat11:05
FoundationNews:
KudostoBrockforsecuringthe$55/65kdonation.Ourbudgetissolowthatitgivesusseveralgoodmonthsof
operatingcapital.Wehavebeenconsideringsomegrantstocoredevelopersbuthavefoundthatintalkingwith
them,theymaynotwantit,forpoliticalreasons.Theresearchgrantproposalisalsobeingviewedasanegative
frombothcoreandnoncorepeople.Werestillinatightfinancialposition.
BrucesentalloftheCoreDevelopersanemailofferingwaythefoundationcouldhelporcooperatewithcore,one
ofthedevelopersleakedtheemail.Thisisnothorribleandthereisnothingparticularlydamagingintheletter,
otherthanthatitwasn'twritteninastyledesignedforthepublic,andthatthisisnotefficientfortheprocessandit
alsodiscusseditemsthatarenotfinalizedorintheearlysuggestionstage.
Budgetupdate/Funding
Brucewouldliketoopenadiscussionregardingfuturestaffing,possiblyhiringacoEDetc.Brucedoesntfeelthat
heisabletoworkeffectivelyasEDalonegiventimecommitmentsandthevariouschallengesweface.InBruces
opinion,theoptionsareforthefoundationtoraisefundsforafulltimepaidstaffmember,tofindsomeonetoserve
ascoED,ortofindareplacementforBruce.BrucefeelsthathecanonlystayonasastandaloneEDfortwomore
months.Bruceisnotprovidingofficialnoticerightnowandwouldliketoworkwiththeboardtodeterminea
solution.ElizabeththankedBruceforworkingasavolunteerintherole.
JohnC,aka"BitcoinErrorLog"hasvolunteeredtoworkonthefoundationwebsiteandcommunicationsand,with
othershavesuggestedarebranding
FrancisfeelsthatweshouldhavesomeintrospectionastowhatwebringtoBitcoinasacommunity.Whatdowe
havetooffergoingforward.Whatdoweoffernow.Wehaveaboardmeeting,asocialmediafollowing,a
mailinglist,theperceptionbythegeneralpublicandthemediathatwearemoreinvolvedthanweactuallyare.
Francisdoesnotthinkweshouldbediscussinghowwespendthemoney,buthowandwhyweshouldcontinue,
goingforward.
Theboarddiscussedourinteractionswithcoredevelopersandothrmembersofthecommunityandtheroleofchief
scientist.
Elizabeththinksthekeyissuesthefoundationisstillnotcoveringistheinternationalcomponentandthedialogue
aroundcoredevelopment.
MichaelPerklingivesanupdateontheBlockchainTrainingConferencewhichwillbeheldonJune2021in
Toronto.BruceandFranciswillattend.
Bruceadjournsthemeetingat12:15.