[wplug-board] Re: [wplug-members] Draft Minutes for WPLUG Board Meeting, 7/12/2006

Bill Moran wmoran at potentialtech.com
Thu Jul 20 08:41:16 EDT 2006


In response to "David Ostroske" <eksortso at gmail.com>:
> Here are the draft minutes for the WPLUG Board meeting held on July 12th, 2006.

Notes/revisions inline.

> WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA LINUX USERS GROUP
> Scheduled Board Meeting, July 12th, 2006, 7:00pm
> Eat'n Park, 5100 Clairton Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA
> 
> CALL TO ORDER
> The meeting was called to order at 7:48pm.
> 
> 4 of the 5 Directors were present at the meeting:
> *David Ostroske, Secretary
> *Beth Lynn Eicher, Vice-Chair
> *Bill Moran, Chair
> *Patrick Wagstrom, Treasurer
> 
> Chris Teodorski, Director-At-Large, was present at the beginning of
> the meeting, but due to health reasons, he decided to leave. This is
> an excused absence.
> 
> REPORTS AND BUSINESS
> * PHP class
> Bill reported that 2 people signed up for his PHP class, beyond the
> number already enrolled as part of the commission for the course.

Actually, I reported that 2 people _total_ had signed up.  In the end,
there were 5, but at the time of the board meeting, I thought there
were only going to be 2.

> * Future meeting spaces
> Beth has forms for the Carnegie Library in Squirrel Hill for the
> meetings in September and October, and has to submit them. She has
> encountered no snags so far. She will phone the library on Thursday,
> July 13th. Bill offered to help on Tuesday, July 18th if Beth needs
> the help.
> 
> * LugRadio Live feasibility study
> Beth Lynn reported that there would be two major expenses that we
> would need to cover: flying over the LugRadio people, and getting a
> venue for the event. Beth estimated that a round-trip flight to and
> from England for four people would cost about $4,000. So we would need
> to economize when choosing a venue. She suggested a lecture hall in
> Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh but had higher recommendations for the
> Carnegie Library in Carnegie, PA, which offers a large seating
> capacity.
> 
> Bill reported that he had attempted to contact the Confluence
> organizers to get some convention advice. However, they are currently
> busy with getting their own convention together. Bill will contact
> them again after Confluence 2006 ends, in about two weeks.
> 
> * Gmail-hosted email accounts
> After considering the consequences of providing email services to
> WPLUG members through Gmail's domain-hosting services, Dave offered to
> survey the members of WPLUG to see how many members are truly
> interested in this sort of thing. If enough members express interest,
> then we will pursue the matter further.
> 
> * Moving Installfest to a quarterly schedule
> It was noted at the meeting that the installfest held on Labor Day
> weekend had an unusually low turnout, and that the installfest held on
> July 8th was well-attended. We agreed to refer the matter to the
> Program Committee, who will determine if holding installfests on a
> quarterly basis, rather than once every two months.
> 
> * Quorum issues
> The board agreed upon the following tactics in order to handle both
> quorum issues and the over-extended
> membership roster:
> *We can set annual dues at $10.00 per member. (This requires approval
> by the membership.)
> *We would not offer pizza coupons, as we had done in the past.
> *In order to bring in members to meetings, we will offer free raffle
> tickets to members to who arrive early for business meetings. We will
> be testing this in August, at which we can discuss these matters
> further with the membership. Patrick will get $50.00 in WPLUG swag
> (T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.) from Cafe Press for the August
> membership meeting.
> 
> * Business cards
> Patrick will look into finding a professional printer who can produce
> business cards. He will also inquire about blank membership cards for
> WPLUG members.
> 
> * P.O. box
> Patrick will rent a mailbox at the Squirrel Hill post office for
> WPLUG's snailmail needs.
> 
> * FreeNode
> Patrick reported that they are not registering anyone at this time.
> He'll keep us posted.
> 
> * Cooler receipt
> Beth reported that she could not locate the receipt for the cooler
> that she had purchased for the group. In order to track this expense
> and its reimbursement, it was moved that Beth be paid $42.00 for the
> cooler. The motion passed unanimously.
> 
> * Ohio LinuxFest 2006
> Patrick will send a conference announcement, and will get the names
> and email addresses of those people who are interested in attending
> this event at the end of September. He will then maintain the alias
> that we have used in the past to keep in contact with these people.
> 
> Beth reported that Mike O'Connor volunteered to assist her with
> anything Ohio LinuxFest-related that he could do, pre-event. She
> mentioned to Patrick that, if he has any ideas as to how Mike could
> help, to feel free to ask him directly for assistance.

Looks correct otherwise.

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.



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