[wplug-board] Board minutes of December 7, 2010

[Vance Kochenderfer]

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, December 7,
2010, at 6:22 PM, at the Eat 'n Park Restaurant in Squirrel Hill,
the regular presiding officer being in the chair and the Secretary
being present.  The minutes of the October 1, 2010 meeting were
approved as read.

The Chair reported on her proposal for the meeting schedule for the
upcoming year, which was discussed later.

The Vice-Chair reported that since taking over answering the
info at wplug.org address, only one legitimate message has been
received so far.  This message reported on the death of member Bob
Turley.

The Secretary reported that there are currently 24 members.

The Treasurer reported that as of the end of October, the balance
in the checking account was $797.42.  The November statement had not
yet been received.

The Director-at-Large suggested using the Dropbox service for
storing WPLUG records.

The Program Committee reported on possible speakers.  Johnny Q works
for Goodwill performing refurbishment of and installation of Ubuntu
on donated computers.  Jim Harris volunteered to follow up and
contact him.  Ed Hart works for data center and network operator
ASPstation.  In education, Greg Kesden at Carnegie Mellon University
and Chris Belcher at Community College of Allegheny County are
involved in Linux-related courses.

Beth Lynn Eicher moved to reduce the number of General User Meetings
and Installfests and add a new type of event called a "table topics"
discussion.  This would be a weeknight meeting with open discussion
on a pre-announced subject, led by a facilitator.  The proposed
schedule for 2011 is:
  January 8th - General User Meeting
  February - Table Topics
  March - Installfest
  April - General User Meeting
  May - Table Topics
  June - Installfest
  July - General User Meeting
  August - Picnic
  September - Software Freedom Day
  October - General User Meeting (nominations)
  November - General User Meeting (election)
  December - Installfest
After debate and amendment, the motion was adopted.

Beth Lynn Eicher moved to schedule the next board meeting for
January 4, 2011 at 6:00 PM at the Te Cafe in Squirrel Hill.  The
motion was adopted.

The meeting adjourned at 8:22 PM.

[Approved on January 4, 2011 - VK]

Vance Kochenderfer
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group