[wplug-members] WPLUG membership meeting Jul 9

[Vance Kochenderfer]

The regular meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group
will be held on Saturday, July 9, 2011 at the Wilkins School
Community Center located at 7604 Charleston Avenue in Swissvale.
Directions to this location may be found on the WPLUG wiki at
<http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Wilkins_School_Community_Center>.

The business meeting will start promptly at 2:00 PM.  More details
about the meeting will appear on the WPLUG wiki page at
<http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20110709>.

A draft of last meeting's minutes to be read and approved at this
meeting is provided below for your reference.

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DRAFT Minutes of April 9, 2011

The regular meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was 
held on Saturday, April 9, 2011, at 2:05 PM, at the Wilkins School 
Community Center.  In the absence of the Chair, the Vice-Chair served 
as presiding officer.  The regular Secretary was present.  The 
minutes of the January 8, 2011 meeting were approved as read.

The Vice-Chair reported that volunteers are still needed to serve on 
the various WPLUG committees.  Anyone interested in helping should 
contact info at wplug.org.

The Secretary reported that WPLUG currently has 26 members.

The Treasurer reported that there is $680.42 in the checking account.

The Program Committee reported that a presentation regarding GNUstep 
was being arranged for May in conjunction with Pittsburgh CocoaHeads. 
The specific meeting date, time, and location are yet to be 
determined.

The Public Relations Committee reported that Novell/SUSE recently 
held a Linux promotional event at a Penguins hockey game.  Although 
well presented, attendance was light.  The committee also discussed 
staffing a booth at a local hamfest event to promote WPLUG to this 
audience.

The Wilkins School Networking Committee reported that volunteers are 
still needed to fully complete the project.

A member reported that there are local organizations which need 
assistance building and improving their web presence, and encouraged 
people to get involved with these groups.  The web site 
http://www.homelessfund.org/ was given as an example; this 
organization serves local at-risk, orphaned, and homeless children.

The meeting adjourned at 2:20 PM.

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Vance Kochenderfer
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group