October 7 2023 Board Meeting

Attendance:

Bruce (Branchus), Christian (fogWraith), Jacob (Androda), Eric (eric), Justin (jdmcs)

Absent:

Kai Robinson, Josh (Drake), Ron (Ron's Computer Videos)

Agenda:

Item 1:

Access Control Considerations

Notes:

• A Moderator had been granted more permissions than necessary

Action Item:

• Restore proper access level (already completed, was done during the meeting)

Item 2:

Board Member And Infrastructure Staff Questions

Notes:

• The positions held by Eric and Christian are fairly sensitive, involving access to the whole system and direct access to Tinker Different finances
• We need policies on how these positions work when transitioning to a new Board

Action Item:

• Justin and Eric to draft policies for these "Infrastructure" positions and how they work

Item 3:

Should we remove the Vendor section?

Notes:

• There's still concern about the Vendor section feeling like a direct endorsement of the listed vendors
• There are also concerns about redundancy, given that we have threads where people post their hardware and software projects already
• Some Board members feel this section is more trouble than it's worth

Action Item:

• Announce the closure of the Vendor section, with enough forewarning to allow existing Vendors to move existing threads to an appropriate alternate section