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Vance,<div><br></div><div> I got the EIN Number today as well as the Dec 2010 Statement. The ending balance is 692.42. I deposited 40.00 today and now you can show 732.42 as Balance for end of this month. </div><div><br></div><div>Stanley</div><div><br></div><div><br><br>> From: vkochend@nyx.net<br>> To: wplug-board@wplug.org<br>> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 06:34:05 -0700<br>> Subject: [wplug-board] WPLUG Board meeting February 1<br>> <br>> The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western<br>> Pennsylvania Linux Users Group will be held on Tuesday, February 1,<br>> 2011 at 6:00 PM at Smallman Street Deli at 1912 Murray Avenue in<br>> Squirrel Hill.<br>> <br>> For more details or to add your own topics for discussion, see the<br>> wiki page at <http://www.wplug.org/wiki/WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110201>.<br>> <br>> A draft of last month's minutes to be read and approved at this<br>> meeting is provided below for your reference.<br>> <br>> ======================================================================<br>> <br>> DRAFT Minutes for January 4, 2011<br>> <br>> The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western<br>> Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, January 4, 2011,<br>> at 6:22 PM, at Te Cafe in Squirrel Hill, the regular presiding<br>> officer being in the chair and the Secretary being present. The<br>> minutes of the December 7, 2010 meeting were approved as read.<br>> <br>> The Chair reported that she considered @wplug.org addresses to<br>> be necessary for members of the Board when communicating with<br>> others and that these should be role-based (e.g., chair@wplug.org<br>> for the Chair). These would be updated to forward to the correct<br>> person after each election. Beth Lynn Eicher moved that role-based<br>> aliases be created for the Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, Treasurer,<br>> and Director-at-Large. After debate, the motion was adopted.<br>> The Chair also noted that aliases have already been established<br>> for several committees and they should be made aware of this.<br>> <br>> The Vice-Chair reported that he has received minimal response so far<br>> in his effort to identify those willing to serve on WPLUG committees.<br>> He stated that he would provide a more detailed status update to<br>> the Board via e-mail.<br>> <br>> The Secretary reported that there are currently 24 members.<br>> Two ballots for the bylaws amendment vote have been received so far.<br>> There has been no word yet from the Internal Revenue Service on<br>> obtaining an EIN.<br>> <br>> The Treasurer reported that balance in the checking account is<br>> $692.42 and the refreshment fund has $79.12 in cash. He also<br>> reported that the post office box will be due for renewal soon,<br>> but he has not yet received a renewal notice. Beth Lynn Eicher<br>> moved to authorize the Treasurer to spend up to $100 to renew the<br>> P.O. box for one year. The motion was adopted.<br>> <br>> The Director-at-Large reported that he had forwarded information on<br>> the Dropbox service to the Internet Committee. He also reported<br>> that he was assembling a list of contacts in local educational<br>> institutions to see who is using Linux.<br>> <br>> The Internet Committee reported that it was discussing the merits<br>> of possible backup solutions including Dropbox. It was noted that<br>> the topic on the IRC channel is very out of date. It is unclear who<br>> has operator status on the channel to be able to change the topic.<br>> It was also noted that having a trusted person as operator would be<br>> useful to permit moderation of any negative behavior on the channel.<br>> <br>> The Program Committee reported that it would ask Judi Galardi to join<br>> as a committee member. Current members Mathieu Dube and Nicholas<br>> Schembri have not responded to inquiries of whether they are still<br>> interested in serving. It also reported that it is working on<br>> setting up a tour of the Red Hat computer laboratories at Carnegie<br>> Mellon University sometime in February or March. The attendee list<br>> will need to be assembled in advance. Jim Harris volunteered to<br>> handle RSVPs for the event.<br>> <br>> The Public Relations Committee reported that Brian Seklecki will<br>> be remaining as a committee member and David Ostroske leaving.<br>> It will invite Michael Loomis to join. It also reported trying to<br>> organize a survey to see how and to what extent Linux is used in<br>> area businesses.<br>> <br>> The Wilkins School Networking Committee reported that Beth Lynn<br>> Eicher has resigned as a committee member. Remaining members are<br>> David Kraus and Nicholas Schembri.<br>> <br>> Vance Kochenderfer moved that General User Meetings be scheduled at<br>> the Wilkins School Community Center for April 9 and October 8, 2011.<br>> The motion was adopted.<br>> <br>> Vance Kochenderfer volunteered to contact libraries to serve as<br>> venues for the March and June installfests.<br>> <br>> Beth Lynn Eicher moved to schedule board meetings for 2011 on<br>> February 1, March 1, April 5, May 3, June 7, June 28, August 2,<br>> August 30, October 4, November 1, and December 6 at 6:00 PM at the<br>> Smallman Street Deli in Squirrel Hill. The motion was adopted.<br>> <br>> The meeting adjourned at 8:21 PM.<br>> <br>> ======================================================================<br>> <br>> Vance Kochenderfer<br>> Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group<br>> _______________________________________________<br>> wplug-board mailing list<br>> wplug-board@wplug.org<br>> http://www.wplug.org/mailman/listinfo/wplug-board<br></div> </body>
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