[wplug-members] Minutes of October 8, 2011

Vance Kochenderfer vkochend at nyx.net
Sat Dec 10 22:46:53 EST 2011


The regular meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was
held on Saturday, October 8, 2011, at 2:04 PM, at the Wilkins School
Community Center, the regular presiding officer being in the chair
and the secretary being present. The minutes of the July 9, 2011
meeting were approved as read.

The Chair reported that her move to Chicago is complete, and that she
has the best wishes for WPLUG going forward. A retrospective of WPLUG
history has been posted to the mailing list at
<http://www.wplug.org/pipermail/wplug/2011-July/034354.html>.

The Vice-Chair reported that the Software Freedom Day event at the
Pittsburgh Public Market was a great success, with 45 discs of Free
Software handed out and approximately 40 people visiting the booth.
He also noted that he was moving to a netboot CD rather than a
PXEboot server to use for installfests. He will try to arrange a date
with David Kraus to complete network installation at the Wilkins
School Community Center. He also reported that no one has yet
volunteered to lead the Internet Committee.

The Secretary reported that WPLUG currently has 26 members.

The Treasurer reported that there is $745.67 in the checking account
and $35.12 in cash in the refreshment fund.

The Director-at-Large reported that he was not running for
re-election to the Board of Directors.

The Program Committee reported that Don Vosburg of SUSE will be
speaking at the November 12 general user meeting, and that an
installfest will be held at the Northland Library on December 3.

The Public Relations Committee reported that additional volunteers
are needed to help with its work.

Nominations for the 2011 Board of Directors election were opened and
the following individuals were nominated:

    * Greg Alheid
    * Patrick Barron
    * Judi Galardi
    * Terry Golightly
    * Michael Loomis
    * Joseph Prostko
    * Jacob Skiba

Nominations were then closed.

The meeting adjourned at 2:33 PM.

[Approved on November 12, 2011 - VK]

Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
vkochend at nyx.net          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger


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