PSF Meeting Minutes for May 19, 2024
Title: 2024-05-19 PSF Board Meeting Minutes Encoding: utf-8 Author: psf at python.org Content-Type: text/x-rst
A regular meeting of the Python Software Foundation ("PSF") Board of Directors was held in-person at PyCon US 2024 beginning at 17:30 UTC, on May, 19 2024. Deb Nicholson took notes/minutes.
All votes are reported in the form "Y-N-A" (in favor-Y‚opposed-N‚abstentions-A; e.g. "5-1-2" means "5 in favor, 1 opposed, and 2 abstentions").
Contents
1 Attendance
The following members of the Board of Directors (9 of 12) were present at the meeting: Christopher Neugebauer, Cheuk Ting Ho, Kwonhan Bae, Deb Nicholson, Jannis Leidel, Simon Willison, Débora Azevedo, Georgi Ker, Denny Perez, Tania Allard.
2 New Business
The PSF Proposed ByLaws Changes and votes on the following resolution:
RESOLVED that the Python Software Foundation approve bylaws changes that allow for removal of Fellows by a Board vote in response to Code of Conduct violations, removing the need for a vote of the membership, per the changeset linked at https://github.com/python/psf-bylaws/compare/a35a6071de181adbb7a160d5d1447e7b0272359c...5b24dd2 and offer them to the membership for approval during the 2024 board election.
Approved; 10-0-0, 2024-05-19
The PSF discussed the PSF Grants Policy and voted on the following resolution:
RESOLVED that the PSF does not consider the human rights legislation in a particular country when deciding whether to fund community-run Python and Python-related conferences. At least three caveats that will be included in the messaging, 1) this does not apply to choosing a state within the US for the annual PSF-run PyCon US, 2) the PSF, as a US-based non-profit, is never allowed to send funds to events in countries under sanction by the US government. 3) The Grants Working Group still requires a robust and enforceable code of conduct with a clear process and contact.
Approved; 10-0-0, 2024-05-19
3 Discussions
- The board discussed a User Success Working Group and moving a proposed charter to a vote at the June 2024 meeting.
- The board discussed an update from the DEI Working Group regarding organization and funding.
- The board discussed PSF Working Groups in general and what other support the PSF can provide.
- The board discussed the upcoming elections and an update on improvements and processes along with outreach that current board members are doing.
Meeting adjourned at 19:30 UTC