[wplug-board] Board minutes of February 1, 2011

[Vance Kochenderfer]

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, February 1,
2011, at 6:15 PM, at Smallman Street Deli in Squirrel Hill, the
regular presiding officer being in the chair and the Secretary
being present.  The minutes of the January 4, 2011 meeting were
approved as previously distributed.

The Chair reported that the Eureka Bank checking account has
been closed.

The Vice-Chair reported that he is working on an announcement for
the February "table topics" meeting and will circulate a draft
for comment.

The Secretary reported that there are currently 26 members.

The Treasurer reported that the final balance in the closed Eureka
Bank checking account was $732.42.  The post office box renewal
has been received and will cost $72.00.  The refreshment fund has
approximately $85 in cash.  He also reported that a new checking
account has been established at First Commonwealth Bank.  Vance
Kochenderfer moved to authorize the Treasurer to spend up to $30.00
to purchase checks for the new account.  The motion was adopted.

The Director-at-Large reported that he is still contacting local
schools to see who is using Linux.  He also reported that he has
been watching the #wplug IRC channel and it has been mostly inactive.

The Internet Committee reported that it was uncertain of the best
method for storing passwords/credentials for external services.
Beth Lynn Eicher suggested recording them on paper and mailing them
to the WPLUG PO box for safekeeping.  Stan Slomberg volunteered
to check into whether the post office would have a problem with
long-term storage of an envelope in the PO box.

The Program Committee reported that the following event dates have
been established:
 March 7 (Monday) - Site visit at Red Hat lab at CMU
 March 12, 1-5pm - Installfest at Monroeville Public Library
 June 11, 11am-3pm - Installfest at Brookline Library
 December 3, 1-5pm - Installfest at Northland Public Library
 August 21 (Sunday) - Picnic at Snyder Park in Whitehall
Vance Kochenderfer moved to authorize the Treasurer to spend $30.00
as a donation to Monroeville Public Library for the use of the room
for the March installfest.  The motion was adopted.

Beth Lynn Eicher moved to reschedule the March Board of Directors
meeting to March 3, 2011 at Crazy Mocha at the corner of Hobart
and Murray in Squirrel Hill.  The motion was adopted.

Beth Lynn Eicher moved to create an e-mail alias (concerns at wplug.org)
for the Investigating Committee.  This would be available for
individuals to report problems directly to the committee without
needing involvement by the Board of Directors.  The motion was
adopted.

The Public Relations Committee reported that Michael Loomis has
agreed to join, and David Kraus and Matt Hughes will be leaving as
committee members.  Terry Golightly noted that he will be working
with the committee for promoting Software Freedom Day.

Terry Golightly stated that he was developing a final list of
committee members and would present this at the next Board of
Directors meeting.

Beth Lynn Eicher stated that she would contact the local Cocoaheads
organization to arrange for a joint meeting featuring a presentation
by Greg Casamento of the GNUstep project.

The meeting adjourned at 8:19 PM.

[Approved on March 3, 2011 - VK]

Vance Kochenderfer
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group