2026-02-20 Board Meeting

Draft minutes

Board members: Gael Blondelle, Tracy Hinds, McCoy Smith, Ruth Suehle, Carlo Piana, Chris Aniszczyk

Guests: Deb Bryant

Regrets: Anne-Marie Scott, Catharina Maracke, Thierry Carrez, Josh Berkus, Sayeed Choudhury

Quorum:

Quorum reached at 8:03 a.m. Pacific Time US

Tracy calls the meeting to order at 8:03 a.m.

Agenda and Notes:

Motion: Tracy moves to approve the minutes of previous board meeting

Second: McCoy seconds

All others approve

Deb presents a retrospective about the announcement of the pause of 2026 OSI election.

McCoy presents the financial health of the organization.

Deb did a great work in fundraising since the beginning of the year.But there is still a lot to do, and this is still an important focus for Deb and for all of us to support.

The Q1 2026 budget has been distributed to the board prior to the meeting.

Motion: Gaël moves that the Board adopt the budget proposal for Q1 2026.

Second: Chris seconds

All others approve

McCoy presents the status of the License Committee. The License Committee recommends that the board rejects two license proposals: IDCIYMI-1.0 and Project Tick GPL.

Motion: Carlo moves that the Board follows the recommendation of the License Committee and rejects the IDCIYMI-1.0 since it does not comply with the OSD in every possible variation.

Second: Ruth seconds

All others approve

Motion: Carlo moves that the Board follows the recommendation of the License Committee and rejects the Project Tick GPL because ambiguities in drafting make it impossible to determine whether or not it complies with the OSD.

Second: Tracy seconds

All others approve

The License Committee recommends that the board approves the NIST Software License in the Legacy category

Motion: Carlo moves that the Board follows the recommendation of the License Committee and approves the NIST Software License in the Legacy category.

Second: Ruth seconds

All others approve

Ruth presents the status of the ED Search Committee. Our offer was accepted, and the new ED will start mid April.

Motion: McCoy moves that the board thanks the search committee for their work and successful conclusion of the search for a permanent OSI Executive Director.

Second: Tracy seconds

All others approve

Ruth presents the establishment of a new Governance Working Group. The Working Group initial members are Ruth Suehle – chair, Anne-Marie Scott, Tracy Hinds, Carlo Piana, Gaël Blondelle, Catharina Maracke

Motion: Gaël moves that the Board accepts the Governance Working Group Charter as presented.

Second: McCoy seconds

All others approve

With no elections this Spring, the board considers extending the term of Chris and Anne-Marie. Both of them offer to extend their terms until October 2026 after the Governance Working Group produces results.

Motion: Carlo moves that the board accepts the offer of Chris Aniszczyk and Anne-Marie Scott to remain on the board through October of 2026.

Second: McCoy seconds

All others approve

Motion: Tracy moves that the Board expresses its sincere gratitude to Josh Berkus for his dedicated service as an OSI Board member and his leadership as Chair of the License Committee.

Second: Chris seconds

All others approve

Tracy adjourns the meeting at 09:00 a.m. Pacific Time US