[wplug-board] WPLUG Board meeting April 5

[Vance Kochenderfer]

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group will be held on Tuesday, April 5, 2011
at 6:00 PM at Smallman Street Deli at 1912 Murray 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-20110405>.

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 March 3, 2011

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Thursday, March 3, 2011,
at 6:15 PM, at Crazy Mocha in Squirrel Hill, the Vice-Chair presiding
in the absence of the Chair and the Secretary being present.  The
minutes of the February 1, 2011 meeting were approved as previously
distributed.

The Vice-Chair reported that the announcement for the March 7 site
visit has been posted to wplug-announce.  He also reported that
he would distribute a final list of those volunteering to serve on
committees by e-mail to the Board.

The Secretary reported that there are currently 26 members.

The Treasurer reported that the balance in the checking account was
$660.42.  The refreshment fund contains $85.12 in cash.  The post
office box has been renewed for a year, costing $72.00.

The Director-at-Large reported that he is finishing up his survey
of local educational institutions and will produce a final list of
Linux usage soon.

The Internet Committee reported that the concerns at wplug.org e-mail
alias has been established, directed to the Investigating Committee.

The Program Committee reported that the libraries have been reserved
for the Installfests to take place in March, June, and December.  It
was noted that no speaker or topic has been booked for the April
General User Meeting.

The Public Relations Committee reported that it wants input on
drafting a request to the Pittsburgh Technology Council for their
assistance in surveying Linux usage among their corporate members.
It also reported that we should have a goal of distributing meeting
announcements at least two weeks prior to the event.  In addition,
the committee reported that there is a Facebook page relating to
open source in Western Pennsylvania, and that it would contact
the administrators of that page to see if WPLUG events could be
posted there.

Terry Golightly stated that he would like to see the appearance
and structure of the WPLUG web site improved.  He volunteered to
investigate sites used by other LUGs and similar organizations and
provide a list of links to them.

The meeting adjourned at 7:01 PM.

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Vance Kochenderfer
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group