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<p>Thunderbird Project Council Meeting<br>
<br>
When: December 21, 2020 at 9:00 PM CEST<br>
Minuter: Magnus<br>
In the call: Magnus, Berna, Dirk, Patrick, Christopher, Ryan<br>
Regrets: Philipp</p>
<p>Motions since last meeting</p>
<ul>
<li>Hiring/contract related motions by Magnus. Approved.<br>
</li>
</ul>
<p>Financial</p>
<ul>
<li>Dirk inquired about progress on publishing annual report. <br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>Ryan wants to send it out new year when we have the numbers
for the whole year.</li>
<li>Patrick brought up that Brian had requested that we get
board approval before publishing numbers.</li>
</ul>
<li>Berna asked about end-of-the-year donation drive. Ryan
confirmed it's happening: newsletter and social media are
scheduled.</li>
</ul>
<p>Hiring/personnel</p>
<ul>
<li>Magnus shared that a Thunderbird related proposal for funding
got approved from the Internews UXFund. It's for work around
improved encryption UX in Thunderbird. The person it was
rewarded to will work with us on that subject during the spring.</li>
<li>aarch64 hardware needed for macOS silicon build/dev work<br>
</li>
<ul>
<li>[motion] from Magnus: approve Magnus&Rob to figure out
suitable silicon hardware to be funded up to 2,000USD.</li>
<ul>
<li>seconded by Ryan. <br>
</li>
<li>motion approved. All yes.</li>
</ul>
<li>Rob will host it, the team could use it for occasional Mac
testing as well</li>
</ul>
<li>Berna shared two docs she had created: one for welcoming new
team members, and one with an onboarding checklist</li>
<li>We wish Khushil all the best in his future endeavors. Head
count for the paid team is currently down to 13.</li>
</ul>
<p>Product/strategy</p>
<ul>
<li>Dirk asked about next steps for public vision discussion</li>
<ul>
<li>Berna has collected the answers in an excel file</li>
<li>Christopher suggested better visualization</li>
<ul>
<li>Magnus proposed using a word cloud generator</li>
</ul>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Governance</p>
<ul>
<li>Discussed the meeting we had with the CPG team.</li>
</ul>
-Magnus
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