Board of Trustees Meeting: Wednesday 27th November 2024

[drjwbaker]

Board of Trustees Meeting: Wednesday 27th November 2024 at 14:00 UTC

Date: 27th November 2024
Time: 14:00 UTC
Zoom link + passcode (see email)
Chair: @drjwbaker
Members: @acrymble @amsichani @JMParr @rivaquiroga @ZoeLeBlanc
Publishing Manager: @anisa-hawes
Minutes: @charlottejmc
Minutes of the last meeting: 2024_07_12-single-issue_BoT_Minutes.md

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Hello all,

In line with Trustees' duties, as summarised in Section 2 of The Essential Trustee Guidance, please add new agenda Items are added in advance of the meeting so that all attendees have sufficient time to prepare their thoughts ahead of our meeting. Thank you for committing energy to your role, and thank you in advance for actively participating in our discussions.

Agenda

1. Apologies [AH] {2 mins}
2. Approval of Minutes from last meeting & actions status [AH] {5 mins}
3. ProgHist Directors administration (e.g., changes of address) [JB] {2 mins}
4. Chair's report: recognising our differences and reaffirming our responsibilities [JB] {10 mins}
5. Trustee Tasks: updates and milestones {10 mins}
   a. Publishing Manager Line Management [AC]
   b. Editorial Guidelines [RQ]
   c. Charity Law, HR, and Vision [AMS]
6. Business Plan [JB/AH] {10 mins}
7. Publishing Manager's Report [AH] {10 mins}
8. Any Other Business {5 mins}
9. Date of next meeting {1 min}

Note, the remit of the Board of Directors is restricted to the terms of ProgHist Ltd, which - broadly speaking - supports the the financial and legal business of The Programming Historian and its Members (that is, the Editorial Board #1405 (comment)).

Notes

Per our Articles of Association (click 'View PDF' link) and gov.uk notes on running a company a few notes in terms of procedure for the meeting:

• our quorum is 3 (Article 9.1) and our max size 7 (Article 13)
• we vote, and in split decisions the chair has the casting vote (Article 10.1)
• we need to keep records of decisions (Article 12) and resolutions (GovUK)**