Membership Committee Meeting Minutes 2018-09-27

Meeting Minutes
Minutes 2018-09-27

Minutes of the Membership Committee meeting for 2018-Q4 filing.

1. Call to order & Roll Call

The meeting took place on 2018-09-27.
Membership Committee Members present: Gabriele Ponzo, Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco, Klaus-Jürgen Weghorn, Dennis Roczek
and Membership Committee deputies present: Muhammet Kara, Ilmari Lauhakangas
Four full members present -> we are quorate

2. Vote for chairman role

According to the TDF statues the Membership Committee choses a chair person. Gabriele is willing do it. Nobody else candidates for the role, thus Gabriele is chosen as chairman for the 2018-2020 term.

3. Agree on MC-member on Duty

One person of the Mebership Committee has to take the lead in day to day handling of handling of applications, the 'MC-member on Duty'. Gustavo proposes himself to care about that and accepts this role.

4. New Members

The Membership Committee has received Membership Applications since the last review of the Membership Rolls, has reviewed these Applications in light of the requirement as defined in the Statutes of The Document Foundation, and has decided that the status of Member of The Document Foundation will be granted to the following persons, for a period of 1 (one) year effective the first day of the fourth quarter of 2018:

     Philippe Hemmel
     Dieter Praas
     Rizal Muttaqin Rizmut
     Alexandre Arnaud
     Rene Leyva
     Behzat Yildirim

Approved by unanimous roll call vote.

5. Membership Renewals

The Membership Committee has received Membership Renewal requests since the last review of the Membership Rolls. Memberships that are not renewed in a timely manner are deemed to have lapsed.
The Membership Committee has reviewed these Renewal requests in light of the requirement as defined in the Statutes of The Document Foundation and decided that the following persons have their status of Member of The Document Foundation extended until the end of the thirth quarter of 2019.

     Lothar K. Becker
     Tulio Macedo
     Christophe Cazin
     Leo Moons
     Vitorio Furusho
     Christina Roßmanith
     Stuart Swales
     Stephan Bergmann
     Arnaud Versini
     Eike Rathke
     Kees Kriek
     Pierre-Yves Samyn
     Gabor Kelemen
     Zeki Bildirici
     Elton Chung
     Diego Maniacco
     Osvaldo Gervasi
     Matteo Casalin
     Gabriele Ponzo
     Giordano Alborghetti
     Paolo Pelloni
     Walter Pape
     Dennis Roczek
     Laurent Balland-Poirier
     Pranav Kant
     Ashod Nakashian
     Henry Castro
     Marco Cecchetti
     Tiago Carrondo
     Vasily Melenchuk
     Modestas Rimkus
     Mike Saunders
     Aron Budea
     Timur Gadžo
     Anxhelo Lushka
     Rob Westein
     Jona Azizaj
     Zdeněk Crhonek
     Eric Ficheux
     Redon Skikuli
     Marinela Gogo
     Silva Arapi
     Sophia Schröder
     Jens Carl
     Necdet Yücel
     Nafie Shehu
     Elisabetta Manuele

Approved by unanimous roll call vote.

6. Adjourning

All business being concluded, the meeting was closed on 2018-09-27.

Meeting minutes approved:

Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco Keeper of the minutes
Gabriele Ponzo Chairman