Minutes of the SIPB Meeting of 2014-10-06 The meeting was called to order at 19:32 by dove. In attendance were Voting members: asuhl, belzner, btidor, dove, dvorak42, mingy, tboning, vasilvv Associate members: glasgall, k_sunter, fluffy Prospectives: dzaefn, jlrubin, madars, sparrow_, tthoma24 Guests: Administrivia: vasilvv: I recently discovered SIPB ran out of YubiKeys. It's unfortunate we can’t give new maintainers YubiKeys. I move to allocate $230 for new Yubi Key stock. achernya: Have you done the analysis on what you can save if you pitch in with leee's bulk order? It sounds like he has a flat 20% on a large order. vasilvv: I'd like to allocate the regular price achernya: YubiKey Neos are twice the price, but are in stock. Do we want to get Neos? They buy us Key Escrow and Glasgall: They are twice the price. unknown: Let's get regular Neos. glasgall: Second and motion for white ballot. dove: Any objections to a white ballot? [White ballot passed] sparrow_: "Asana and SIPB are holding a cluedump tomorrow, which I cannot attend, but you should all go to. The organizing of other cluedumps continues, if you are asuhl, talk to me." dove: I move to nominate dzaefn for membership. He has worked on LibrePlanet, worked on SIPB Door, and is working on the 45th reunion project, among others. dzafen: I accept the nomination. vasilvv: Seconded. 7 Yes, 0 No, 0 Abstain SIPB Projects Report: achernya: It looks like InCommon now has a SHA-256 signed cert, and scripts just got a reissued cert. We will be testing the new cert. If this works correctly, we will reissue all scripts certs. If you have an older cert and would like it reissued, please email scripts@. glasgall: If you've had your cert for a short time, definitely email us. Google is getting ready to say that certs with older SHA hashes will not be accepted as secure and will generate warnings in browsers. glasgall: XVM took the patch for the Xen vulnerability that dropped last week. Props to mitchb for his help on this. New Prospective Introductions: [NONE] Other: [NONE] Other Other: glasgall: TSM is horrifying achernya: Tell us something we don't know EC Elections: dove: We will now proceed with EC elections. The positions up for election are chair, secretary, and one member at large position. [Reading from Constitution] dvorak42: I nominate vasilvv. vasilvv: I decline. I nominate dvorak42. dvorak42: I decline. mingy: I nominate btidor. btidor: I decline. achernya: IF we fail to get any nominations, the election will be postponed until next week. This will continue until we get a nomination. dove: I nominate tboning. tboning: I decline. dvorak42: I nominate dove for chair. dove: I decline. I nominate mingy for chair. mingy: I decline. dove: I nominate asuhl for chair. asuhl: I decline. dove: Does anyone wish to reconsider their nomination? vasilvv: I do. achernya: We now have to have a vote and decide if we re-nominate or if we push the election to next week. dove: Do any of the full members wish to re-consider their nomination? [Reading from constitution] dove: Raise your hands if you're an active full and we should postpone 0 yes, 2 no, 5 abstain dvorak42: What policies do you wish to change as chair vasilvv: It's not a matter of changing policy, there are policies that don’t exists, such as an allocation policy. I don't think there are any policies dvorak42: Would it be ironic if you were to pass a policy saying policy changes are only supposed to happen on the first of the month instead of the first of the month? dove: Any other questions? asuhl: Why do you want to be a SIPB Chair? vasilvv: It sounds like a fascinating position. I get to deal with everything else that no one else wants to deal with. I'm completely thrilled about that prospect. dove: Okay, please leave the room. We will now pass around ballots. Valid marks are Yes, No, Abstain, none of the above. 8 yes, 0 no, 0 abstain dove: Thank you for your service to the board. Next, secretary. [Reading from constitution] dove: Any nominations for secretary: dvorak42: I nominate dove. dove: I decline. sparrow_: Just to confirm, all EC positions must be members? dove: Yes. dvoark42: I nominate mingy mingy: I decline. dove: I nominate asuhl. asuhl: I decline. dove: I nominate all full members here who are not in the EC. [All declined] Are there any prospectives intrested in doing it? sparrow_: I can do it. dove: I nominate belzner for secretary. belzner: I accept. achernya: What will you do in your position? belzner: I will delegate my responsibilities to sparrow_. dove: Okay, we will now vote. Valid marks are yes, no, abstain, none of the above. 7 yes, 0 no, 1 abstain dove: For member at large, we need to fill two positions, as vasilvv has vacated for Chair. We're going to list all people who are valid candidates, and you will pick two and write this on your ballot. achernya: Any ballots that do not contain two names will be discarded as invalid marks. andersk, 0 andreser, 0 asuhl, 6 mingy, 6 bbaren, 1 dlaw, 0 jgross, 0 jogama, 1 kachoah, 0 nebont, 0 dove: This concludes EC elections, unless anyone has other business. The meeting was adjourned at 20:15. Minutes taken and submitted by tthoma24.