The following are the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Open Infra Foundation, a Delaware corporation (the “Foundation”) at the above time pursuant to notice duly given to all directors. The following directors were present by phone for all or part of the meeting:
Allison Randal
Amy Marrich
Eoghan Glynn
Ghanshyam Mann
Johan Christenson
Josh Villareal
Julia Kreger
Mohammed Naser
Phil Robb
Ryan Van Wyk
Tytus Kurek
Xu Wang
Also present for some or all of the meeting was Jonathan Bryce, Mark Collier, Thierry Carrez, Allison Price, Ildiko Vancsa and Wes Wilson of the Foundation.
Ms. Kreger called the meeting to order. She also served as Chair and asked Mr. Stevenson to act as Secretary of the meeting and record the minutes.
Ms. Kreger presented the minutes from the November 4, 2024 Board meeting. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was unanimously approved by the Board (with Mr. Christenson, Mr. Van Wyk and Ms. Randal abstaining):
RESOLVED, that minutes of the Board meeting on November 4, 2024 attached as Exhibit A is approved.
Mr. Bryce provided a reminder that Individual Director nominations will close on December 13th and elections will be held January 13-17, 2025. The Gold Member nomination period will end on December 16th and elections will be held the week before the Individual Director elections.
Ms. Price provided a recap of the Foundation’s achievements and press
highlights of 2024 and a reminder of the Foundations goals for 2025. She also announced the Foundation’s 2025 Marketing and Community Plans, which include formation of the OpenInfra for AI Working Group, celebration of OpenStack’s 15th birthday, technical deep dives, increased cadence of case studies, and new OpenInfra events.
Mr. Carrez presented the proposed 2025 budget attached as Exhibit B. A Board discussion followed. Upon a motion duly made and seconded, the following resolution was unanimously approved by the Board:
RESOLVED, that the 2025 budget attached as Exhibit B is approved.
Mr. Carrez announced that Jeremy Stanley has been elected to the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group Specification Committee as a Foundation member representative. He also reported on the continued migration to openinfra.org domain and on Forrester Research’s 2025 prediction that OpenStack will see increased interest due to increased investment in private cloud.
The Board entered into executive session. A Board discussion followed.
There being no further business before the Board and upon motion duly made and seconded, the meeting was then adjourned at 9 am PDT.
Respectfully submitted,
Chris Stevenson
Secretary of the Meeting
Exhibit A:
November 4, 2024 Minutes
Exhibit B:
2025 Budget