[wplug-board] Board minutes of May 3, 2011

[Vance Kochenderfer]

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western 
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 
6:20 PM, at Crazy Mocha in Squirrel Hill, the regular presiding 
officer being in the chair and the Secretary being present.  The 
minutes of the April 5, 2011 meeting were approved as previously 
distributed.

The Chair reported that she felt that important items of business to 
consider were identifying someone to lead the Internet Committee and 
purchasing WPLUG business cards.

The Vice-Chair reported that while there are volunteers to help with 
the Wilkins School Networking Committee, he has not been able to find 
anyone to lead this effort.  He stated that he would ask David Kraus 
to write a job description for this position to define its 
responsibilities.

The Secretary reported that there are currently 24 members.

The Treasurer reported that he had deposited excess cash from the 
refreshment fund; the balance in the checking account was $680.32.  
The refreshment fund contains $15.12.  A debit card and checks for 
the new account have been received.

The Internet Committee reported that a demo Wordpress page has been 
established at islocated.com/wplug.  It was also noted that a mailing 
list moderator had sent a warning to a listmember who had posted an 
offensive image.

The Program Committee reported that it had contacted the Wilkins 
School Community Center to indicate that WPLUG was no longer using 
the upstairs classroom for meetings, and explaining the new (less 
frequent) meeting schedule.

The Public Relations Committee reported that it was looking at 
recruiting Nicholas Schembri as a speaker and that it would attempt 
to contact him within the week.

Vance Kochenderfer moved to make the following committee appointments.
Program Committee: Beth Lynn Eicher, Terry Golightly, Judi Galardi, 
  Brian Seklecki
Investigating Committee: Mike Hansell, Mark Dalrymple, Bill Moran, 
  David Ostroske, Joseph Prostko
Newsletter Committee: Vance Kochenderfer
Public Relations Committee: Terry Golightly (ex officio), Brian 
  Seklecki, Michael Loomis
After debate, the motion was adopted.

Beth Lynn Eicher moved to make a donation of $15.00 to the Brookline 
branch of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh for the May 21 joint meeting 
with Pittsburgh CocoaHeads.  The motion was adopted.  It was noted 
that we would ask CocoaHeads to contribute $15.00 as well.

Vance Kochenderfer noted that the developer of CyanogenMod, an 
alternative firmware for Android devices, lives locally.  He stated 
that he would send more information about this to the Board and 
attempt to arrange for him to speak.

Beth Lynn Eicher moved to authorize Terry Golightly to spend $50.00 
to purchase WPLUG business cards.  After debate, the motion was 
adopted.

Terry Golightly volunteered to contact the facilities manager at the 
Wilkins School Community Center to see if acoustics in the rooms can 
be improved for when we have speakers.

The meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.

[Approved on June 7, 2011 - VK]

Vance Kochenderfer
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group