[wplug-board] WPLUG Board Meeting Jan 3

[Joseph Prostko]

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group will be held on Tuesday, January 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-20120103>.

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 December 6, 2011

The initial business that was addressed before the call to order was
the determination of officer positions for the 2012 WPLUG board.  The
decided positions were as follows:

Chair - Terence Golightly
Vice-Chair - Michael Loomis
Secretary - Joseph Prostko
Treasurer - Patrick Barron
Director-at-Large - Judi Galardi

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, December, 2011, at
6:32 PM, at Crazy Mocha in Squirrel Hill. The regular presiding
officer was in the Chair and the Secretary was present. The minutes of
the November 1, 2011 meeting were approved as read.

The Chair reported on the fact that he's responsible for the Event
Committee, and he proceeded to go through the list of committees to
acquaint the new board with all of the other various committees.  The
Chair also shared his vision for WPLUG, about bringing in new members,
and raising awareness.

The Vice-Chair reported on his goals for WPLUG as well, mentioning
that looking to other LUGs for inspiration would be a good idea.

The Secretary reported there are currently 19 dues-paying members, and
mentioned he'd like to see different marketing strategies employed to
further the membership of WPLUG.

The Treasurer reported that WPLUG needs to have tangible benefits for members.

The Director-at-Large shared her vision for WPLUG as well, and
mentioned she would look into different meeting places for the board
to meet.

The Internet Committee had nothing to report.

The Program Committee had nothing to report.

The Investigating Committee had nothing to report.

The Newsletter Committee reported that the newsletter is in a stale
state currently, and some help would be appreciated.

The Public Relations committee had nothing to report.

The board meeting schedule for 2012 was determined.  Terence Golightly
motioned to set the meetings for the first Tuesday of every month at 6
PM.  The motion was seconded and passed.  A designated location will
be investigated by Judi Galardi before the January 3, 2012 meeting.

Terence Golightly motioned to set the General User Meeting (GUM)
meeting schedule for 2012.  Meetings will still take place on
Saturdays in the afternoon, with business meetings every 8 weeks.
Installfests will be every three months, with the next one occurring
in February.  The picnic will be in August, Nominations will be in
October, and Elections will be in November.  The motion by Terence was
seconded and passed.

The appointment of committee members then commenced.

Terence mentioned he would like a special committee for Software
Freedom Day.  That committee shall be determined at the next board
meeting.

The Internet Committee will be chaired by Vance Kochenderfer, and also
Patrick Barron and Dave Ostroske will serve.

The Program Committee will be chaired by Terence Golightly, along with
Judi Galardi.  It will be checked if Brian Seklecki is still
interested in serving his role.

The Investigating Committee cannot have any board members serve on it,
so Joseph Prostko can no longer serve.  The Chair will send and email
out to see if the current people serving on the committee will resume
their roles.

The Newsletter Committee has Vance Kochenderfer as the only member.
Vance will still edit the newsletter, but is not interested in
drumming up interest for submissions.  Vance will need assistance if
this committee will continue to exist.

The Public Relations Committee will be headed by Michael Loomis by default.

The Chair accepts the committee appointments as they are currently,
but knows they still need to get finalized.  The Chair motions for the
acceptance in the current state, and it is seconded and passed.

The meeting adjourned at 7:34 PM.

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Joseph Prostko
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group