OpenMPE Board of Directors

Minutes for 06 April 2006

Present: Birket Foster, John Wolff, Paul Edwards, Matt Perdue, Donna Garverick, Alan Tibbetts, Chuck Ciesinski, Bill Lancaster, Jennifer Fisher

Absent:

2006-04-06-01
Minutes RESOLVED that the minutes of: 12 January 2006 be ratified as amended. J. Fisher and B. Lancaster abstaining.
RESOLVED that the minutes of: 19 January 2006 be ratified as amended. J. Fisher and B. Lancaster abstaining.

2006-04-06-02
OpenMPE's Future What about membership fees? B. Foster reviewed what OpenMPE has been doing with HP. A. Tibbetts asks about escrowing the software. He also wondered about the CSL. Chuck Shimada is still the keeper of the CSL software. We've not heard from him since shortly after Interex went out of business. There are privacy concerns since the CSL software was 'licensed' to Interex and is for open source. Back to membership fees. J. Wolff feels that collecting fees now would be indication of our marketplace. It's a minimal sign of commitment. It would help pay for OpenMPE's continued advocacy. Regarding escrow. HP never officially escrowed RTE but there is some opinion that a 'sufficiently large' customer did get HP to quietly place RTE's source in escrow (perhaps for a limited time). Strobe Data is allowed to distribute RTE binaries to their emulator customers. Given HP's reputation, it would be a good idea to encourage HP to place MPE's source into escrow. A. Tibbetts suggested OpenMPE put a CSL-like section on our website.

2006-04-06-03
Encompass C. Ciesinski to contact Nina Buick regarding what Encompass needs for OpenMPE to become a focus group and what content do they need/have. Perhaps Encompass can put some pressure on HP regarding MPE certification since there's still no news. P. Edwards expressed his reservations about our associating with Encompass. M. Perdue is interested but holds little hope. C. Ciesinski to ask how many Interex members joined Encompass and how many had an MPE focus. Seems like we continue to have the chicken-n-egg problem with Encompass. C. Ciesinski to report next week. J. Fisher to talk to Chris Koppe as well.

2006-04-06-04
Next Meeting M. Pavinen will be joining the Board meeting on 13 April. On 20 April be prepared to continue our strategic planning discussion.

Unless otherwise noted, all resolutions were carried by the unanimous vote of all members present.
Minutes ratified 08 June 2006.

2006-04-06-01 Minutes	RESOLVED that the minutes of: 12 January 2006 be ratified as amended. J. Fisher and B. Lancaster abstaining. RESOLVED that the minutes of: 19 January 2006 be ratified as amended. J. Fisher and B. Lancaster abstaining.
2006-04-06-02 OpenMPE's Future	What about membership fees? B. Foster reviewed what OpenMPE has been doing with HP. A. Tibbetts asks about escrowing the software. He also wondered about the CSL. Chuck Shimada is still the keeper of the CSL software. We've not heard from him since shortly after Interex went out of business. There are privacy concerns since the CSL software was 'licensed' to Interex and is for open source. Back to membership fees. J. Wolff feels that collecting fees now would be indication of our marketplace. It's a minimal sign of commitment. It would help pay for OpenMPE's continued advocacy. Regarding escrow. HP never officially escrowed RTE but there is some opinion that a 'sufficiently large' customer did get HP to quietly place RTE's source in escrow (perhaps for a limited time). Strobe Data is allowed to distribute RTE binaries to their emulator customers. Given HP's reputation, it would be a good idea to encourage HP to place MPE's source into escrow. A. Tibbetts suggested OpenMPE put a CSL-like section on our website.
2006-04-06-03 Encompass	C. Ciesinski to contact Nina Buick regarding what Encompass needs for OpenMPE to become a focus group and what content do they need/have. Perhaps Encompass can put some pressure on HP regarding MPE certification since there's still no news. P. Edwards expressed his reservations about our associating with Encompass. M. Perdue is interested but holds little hope. C. Ciesinski to ask how many Interex members joined Encompass and how many had an MPE focus. Seems like we continue to have the chicken-n-egg problem with Encompass. C. Ciesinski to report next week. J. Fisher to talk to Chris Koppe as well.
2006-04-06-04 Next Meeting	M. Pavinen will be joining the Board meeting on 13 April. On 20 April be prepared to continue our strategic planning discussion.