[wplug-board] Followup on Board Meeting, 7/12/2006

Bill Moran wmoran at potentialtech.com
Thu Jul 20 08:56:13 EDT 2006


Some of the topics listed here translate into "action items" (ooo ... aren't
I business-trendy) so I'm using the minutes as a followup.

In response to "David Ostroske" <eksortso at gmail.com>:

> 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.

There were a total of 5 students.  I felt the class went very well.

> * 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.

I have the paperwork.  It's filled out.  I tried to drop it off yesterday,
but our contact (Audry) wasn't there.  I'll stop by around lunch time
today and try again.

> 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.

Crap ... I need to sign up for this before there aren't any spots left ...

> * 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.

Couple of things on this:
1) Do we have enough time to get a membership vote on Aug 5?
2) Do we think it's worthwhile for me to make a big speech/explanation
   so that everyone understands the reasons we have for doing this?

-- 
Bill Moran
Collaborative Fusion Inc.



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