22 February 2014 Minutes

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING

February 22, 2014, 19:00 UTC

PRESENT: Andrea Horbinski, Anna Genoese, Cat Meier, Eylul Dogruel, Franzeska Dickson

GUESTS: Elliot Oberholtzer, Hana Lee, james_, Jessica Steiner, Lady Oscar

ABSENT: sanders

DECISIONS TAKEN SINCE THE LAST MEETING

1. Board approved new staffers for DevMem

OPEN SESSION

1. Board agrees to update basecamp with meetings.

2. Committee updates

Wiki is preparing to have the first meeting of the year
Fanlore has reached 500,000 edits last week
Systems is improving AO3 databases and notification systems. Systems was also dealing with new relic issues, backups, and an issue affecting challenges, and collaborated on a rebalance issue with AD&T senior staff.
Abuse has been having some internal policy discussions. The 2014 Abuse roadmap is almost finished.
Translation is currently training their new people and preparing for the April drive.
Comms is continuing to work on the AO3 1 millionth events, as well as some events around the 500,000 fanlore edit.
SP is writing the reports on Abuse, Comms, DevMem, I&O, and Web. They also plan to send the Support survey out for review soon.
DevMem are busy inducting 5 new staffers and have their first meeting of the term 2/23

3. Documentation project.

4. Board issues tracker is being worked on.

CLOSED SESSION

1. Board discusses personnel issues

2. Board agrees to bring in a facilitator for discussions

POST-MEETING UPDATES

Finance Report

Expenses for the two week period:

Geeky data:

196 donations for February to date for a total of $3370
$139.14 in fees paid to PayPal.
The average donation size has gone up to $17.19, with 15 February bringing in 52 separate donations alone.

1. Application for Directors & Officers insurance is being prepared

2. 2014-2015 Budget is being drafted

3. External-facing Finance FAQ is being drafted

4. Internal-facing Finance FAQ is being drafted, likely to be sent for review before 31 March

Minutes approved by the Board 16 March 2014.