[wplug-board] WPLUG Board Meeting April 3

[Joseph Prostko]

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group will be held tonight, Tuesday, April 3,
2012 at 6:00 PM at The Coffee Tree Roasters at 5524 Walnut Street in
Shadyside.

For more details or to add your own topics for discussion, see the
wiki page at <http://www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20120403>.

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 6, 2012

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, March 6, 2012, at
6:15 PM, at Coffee Tree Roasters in Shadyside. The regular presiding
officer was in the Chair and the Secretary was present. The minutes of
the February 7, 2012 meeting were approved as read.

The Chair reported that he made contact with Todd Templeton at Google.
 Todd is a software engineer who also deals with community affairs.
It is possible that WPLUG could get some speakers from Google due to
this connection.  Also, the Chair announced that Pat Barron will be
giving a future talk about KVM this spring.

The Vice Chair was not present and had nothing to report.

The Secretary reported that there are 16 members after the most recent
update.  The Secretary also reported that he applied for the O'Reilly
User Group program, but did not hear anything back yet.  It was also
stated that he would try to get all of the WPLUG social networking
login credentials so that they can be utilized to promote the group.

The Treasurer reported current available funds of $925.67 as of the
end of February 2012.  Currently $8.00 is owed to Judi Galardi, and
also he renewed the WPLUG PO Box for a year.  These funds were paid
out of his pocket, so he will need to be reimbursed $94.00.  Also, he
tracked down a syllabus for an introductory Linux course, and all
materials will be made available to WPLUG.  It is a 12 week college
course, however, and the material would have to be condensed down
quite a bit.  He also looked into online payment options, and
currently Dwolla looks like it doesn't appear to be a viable option,
and Paypal is an option, however the WPLUG account with them was
frozen in the past.  He'll investigate what happened on that front to
see if Paypal should be given another chance.  He'll also look into
what other LUGs and non-profits are doing on this same front.

The Director-at-Large reported that not much new is going on at the
moment.  She hasn't heard back from Johnny Q. at Goodwill about the
Linux classes as of yet, so will need to contact him to see if there
are any developments in that area.  Also, she'll likely send a message
to the WPLUG general and members lists to get feedback about the type
of audience the classes would attract.  Lastly, she reported that she
is still trying to get the individual from E-Safe to come to a future
General User Meeting to see what WPLUG is all about.

The Internet Committee has nothing to report.

The Program Committee reports that Pat Barron will give a future talk
about virtualization.  It was also reported that Todd Templeton of
Google will ask around to see if anybody at Google would like to speak
at a future meeting.  Vance Kochenderfer will be giving a talk on
Saturday about secure shell, and will likely do a follow-up talk with
more advanced topics.

The Investigating Committee has nothing to report.

The Newsletter Committee has nothing to report.

The Public Relations Committee has nothing to report, as it is
currently on hiatus until the Vice Chair returns.

The Wilkin's School Networking Committee reports that Brian Seklecki's
former boss will be brought in to finish electrical work.  Also, ways
to fund all work to finish the Wilkin's School will be explored.
Avenues such as the Pittsburgh Foundation, Sprout Fund, and the Heinz
Foundation will be explored.  Also, Dave Sevick should be contacted,
as he has obtained money from Google in the past.  Lastly, seeing as
Wilkin's School is a 501(c)(3), perhaps WPLUG could write a grant
through them and have it submitted.

There are no Special Orders that need to be addressed.

With respect to Unfinished Business, the Director-at-large is waiting
to hear back from Johnny Q. at Goodwill currently.  There is no old
business that requires a motion or vote.

With respect to New Business, the first item to be discussed is the
Free Linux PC Project, that vaguely requested help from WPLUG.  Seeing
as there was no definite request, the following motion was made:

MOTION to table the Free Linux PC Project's request indefinitely;
seconded and passed.

In other new business, a letter was received from the bank with
respect to the signature card signature changes as a result of a
change of the board.  There is a resolution that the bank wants WPLUG
to pass as organization for the change of the signatures.  This is a
resolution that WPLUG must adopt and that the Chair must sign-off on.

MOTION: Adopt pro forma resolution from First Commonwealth bank;
seconded and passed.

The Treasurer now also has a debit card with his name on it, as well
as got the one with Beth Lynn Eicher's name on it canceled.

The Treasurer also mentioned he'll draft something to the announce
list about the Friday, March 16th Installfest with Hack Pittsburgh.
This event will take place at 6 PM that evening at Hack Pittsburgh's
site.

The Chair proposed the board investigate what finishing Wilkin's
School will cost to finish and how to get funds.  In addition to the
methods aforementioned in the Wilkin's School Networking Committee's
report, other ways to get money should be explored.  One such avenue
would be using a site like Kickstarter to raise funds.  Besides
finishing the networking of the school, getting a projector screen,
small sound system, and blackboards would be great for not only WPLUG,
but the school itself.  Perhaps a small, local theater company could
help on this front.  The first step is to get an estimate from the
electrician before writing grant proposals for Wilkin's School to
submit.  There will also have to be communication with the electrician
to see when he will be able to come in and do the work.

It would also be nice to do some sort of podcasting through WPLUG at
some point, with perhaps having Klaatu help with this due to his
experience in this realm.

The final piece of new business is that the Chair suggests a sign-in
sheet should be on-hand at all general user meetings and Installfests.
 This way attendees can be thanked for attending afterwards to help
them feel more of a part of the WPLUG community.  All of this
information could also be put into a meeting database.

The meeting adjourned at 7:57 PM.

Joseph Prostko
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group

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