[Foundation-l] Brief update on board meeting

[Florence Devouard]

Michael Snow wrote:
> I'm almost scared to post this because it's liable to get lost in all 
> the other traffic 

got it !

(what was that about a decline in activity on this
> list again? Not that this makes the concerns invalid, of course). But 
> the board did have its scheduled meeting on IRC, and I wanted to quickly 
> report some of the business we covered.
> 
> First of all, we voted to approve new Wikimedia chapters for Hungary and 
> Norway. Congratulations and welcome to the new chapters! (Maybe that 
> will clear up a question or two that came up in one of the other threads.)

Welcome

> Secondly, we approved the completed financial statements for the 2007-08 
> fiscal year, as audited by KPMG. We're happy to have finished the audit 
> in a successful and timely fashion and look forward to the upcoming 
> fundraising drive. 

Good. I am pleased to learn about that. I guess it has something with me 
being Chair precisely during that period of time ;-)


As a housekeeping matter, we also passed a resolution
> needed by our bank in connection with having a brokerage account (used 
> to process donations of stocks).
> 
> Everyone attended and all of the resolutions passed unanimously. That's 
> all I have time for right now, there's a lot going on - not just for me, 
> it looks like.
> 
> --Michael Snow

Thanks

Ant