Board/Policies/20230127-Minutes

Minutes of Directors Meeting On January 27th, 2023

Directors Present

 * Alexander Zimmerman (AZ)
 * Owen Baines (OB)
 * Tavon Hansen (TH)

Additional Attendees

 * None

Meeting Opened at 21:00 UTC and closed at 22:15 UTC.

Key

 * AP: Action Point
 * R: Resolution

Minutes

 * 1) Financial Review (October-December)
 * 2) R: “Directors resolve that; the financial review should be published for public viewing with the minutes.” (Agreed: AZ, OB, TH)
 * 3) Review of Company 2022 Tax Return
 * 4) Corporation Tax return approved by Directors.
 * 5) Audit exemption was approved by Directors.
 * 6) Site Reliability Engineering Budget
 * 7) Concerns were raised regarding how the budget is increasing rapidly based on previous year, but Directors understand the drivers for this are the global energy crisis.
 * 8) Concerns raised regarding GitHub’s recent decision to end PayPal based sponsorship.
 * 9) Budget was approved.
 * 10) Review of Trust and Safety Appeals Policy
 * 11) Statement read by Directors which proposed adding a time-based appeal category for Trust and Safety appeals.
 * 12) Directors agreed that this should not be added as time can not affect the organisations liability should behaviour reoccur.
 * 13) Server Access Agreement
 * 14) Directors agreed to draft and review a legal agreement for those with access to the production systems.
 * 15) This was raised by an Engineering Manager as potential way to strengthen against malicious actors.
 * 16) AP: OB to draft agreements for review at next meeting.