A Board meeting was held on IRC on August 14, primarily to discuss the upcoming fundraising drive and the finances for this quarter. The full notes from this are at <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Meetings/August_14%2C_2005>. The following is just a summary. The budget for the third quarter was approved. The total is $198,000.00. See Meetings/August 14, 2005 for the details. A fundraising drive will take place from August 19 to September 9. We are anticipating donations of $200,000, which will be the first in six months. Credit card donations should be promoted, the French chapter is able to receive donations, and donations via transfer to a European bank account can be made using the Belgian account. A full time executive assistant for Wikimedia will be hired to work from the Florida to help with paperwork and distribution of information. A certified public accountant will be hired to review the financial records. Discussions with potential sponsors are ongoing with Apple, Best Buy, Google, Logos, OSI, and Sun. We are finalists for a $100,000 grant ($50k in cash) from Saatchi and Saatchi. The winners are to be announced on November 9. Yahoo servers are expected to go online in South Korea this month. Differences in the interpretation of the role of Chief Research Officer were discussed. The outcome of this will be published on August 17. It was proposed that the Wikiversity pages on Wikibooks be not deleted immediately, pending community discussion of where to move them, and of the best way to incubate new projects. Please discuss this on this mailing list. A meeting for Board, Board Officials, and representatives of Local chapters will be held on August 18. See <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Board_agenda>. Angela.