[wplug-board] WPLUG board meeting 6 Jan

[Vance Kochenderfer]

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group will be held on Tuesday, January 6,
2009 at 7:00 PM at 6374 Morrowfield Avenue in Squirrel Hill.

For more details or to add your own topics for discussion, see the
wiki page at <http://www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20090106>.

A draft of last month's minutes to be read and approved at this
meeting is provided below for your reference.

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DRAFT Minutes for December 9, 2008

The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, December 9, 2008,
at 7:20 PM, at 6374 Morrowfield Avenue in Squirrel Hill, the regular
presiding officer being in the chair and the Secretary being present.
The minutes of the October 27 and November 10, 2008 meetings were
approved as read.

The Vice-Chair reported that he has been in touch with Elwin Green
regarding a possible community activity WPLUG could get involved with,
but has not yet seen a concrete plan.  He also reported that a $25
donation was received from a member.

The Secretary reported that minutes of the most recent membership
meeting have not yet been posted.

The Program Committee reported that if anyone wishes to make donations
to the Wilkins School Community Center, the center can provide
receipts in exchange for such.  The committee is looking into several
local public libraries as possible installfest locations.

The Internet Committee reported that Yaakov Nemoy with the
OpenStreetMap project requested that WPLUG host a mailing list on its
server for use by local participants in the project.  It was moved to
authorize the committee to create such a mailing list.  The motion was
adopted.  The committee also reported that the wiki has been
configured to use friendlier URLs.

The Board members who were elected at the November membership meeting
adopted the following set of officers for the coming term:
Chair: Michael Semcheski
Vice-Chair: Mathieu Dube
Secretary: Vance Kochenderfer
Treasurer: David Kraus
Director-at-Large: Brian A. Seklecki

It was moved to authorize the Program Committee to determine the
schedule for General User Meetings/membership meetings and
Installfests for the coming year.  After debate, the motion was
adopted.

It was moved to authorize the Treasurer to search for and open an
account at a bank with more convenient access than the current bank.
After debate, the motion was adopted.

The meeting adjourned at 9:19 PM.

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Vance Kochenderfer
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group