[wplug-board] WPLUG Board Meeting November 8

[Joseph Prostko]

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group will be held this evening, Thursday,
November 8, 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-20121108>.

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 October 2, 2012

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western
Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, October 2, 2012,
at 6:04 PM, at Coffee Tree Roasters in Shadyside. The regular
presiding officer was in the Chair and the Secretary was present.  The
August 7, 2012 and September 4, 2012 minutes were approved as read.

The Chair reports that there was no Software Freedom Day event this
year, as there was a late start, and not enough interest from
volunteers was obtained in time.  The Chair is hopeful that something
can be put together for next year, however.

The Chair also mentioned that there will be one or more lightning
talks at the upcoming general meeting on October 13th.  There will
likely be talks by the Vice Chair and the Treasurer, but a post should
be made to the WPLUG mailing list to see if anybody else is interested
in giving a talk.

Finally, the Chair mentioned that elections will happen in November,
as well as an Installfest in December, likely at the Monroeville
Public Library.

The Vice Chair has nothing to report.

The Secretary reported that the current membership count is at 18.

The Treasurer reported that no further bank statements were received.
The last bank statement showed a total of $829.65.  After this,
$260.00 was paid to Linode, and there was payment to Patty Doody and
the Chair as well.  He mentioned that the check written to Patty Doody
cleared, but he isn't sure about the one written to the Chair.
Lastly, the Treasurer mentioned he may have an 80 port switch that he
can donate to WPLUG.  He will know more details in the near future.

The Internet committee has nothing to report.

The Program Committee reports that there's an upcoming general user
meeting on October 13th.  One thing that needs to get talked about is
utilizing Stripe for online memberships and donations.

It would be nice to have at least two lightning talks for this
meeting.  Also during the meeting, there will be nominations for new
board, with the election to follow in November.  A speaker is still
needed for November.  Perhaps Beth Lynn Eicher could be contacted
after she returns from Ghana so she could talk about her experience.
This would likely be for a future meeting like January, however, as
long as she's in the area at the time.

A venue still needs to be decided upon for the December Installfest.
Likely the Monroeville Public Library will be chosen.

The Investigating Committee has nothing to report.

The Wilkins School Network Committee reports that there was an email
from Brian Seklecki about some wiring changes for the Wilkins School
upgrade.  The board had previously delegated authority to him to get
this done without WPLUG's intervention, so he must communicate with
Wilkins School (Patty Doody and others) directly about any work that
needs to get done.

The Newsletter Committee has nothing to report.

The Public Relations Committee has nothing to report.

There are no Special Orders.

There is no Unfinished Business to discuss.

There is no New Business to discuss.

The meeting adjourned at 6:33 PM.

Joseph Prostko
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group

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