[wplug-members] WPLUG election meeting 12 Nov

[Vance Kochenderfer]

The regular meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group
will be held on Saturday, November 12, 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.  An important
item of business to be conducted during this meeting is the election
to fill the five seats on the 2011-2012 WPLUG Board of Directors.

Ballots have been distributed to the membership and can be cast in
person at the meeting or by mail.  More details and additional copies
of the ballot can be obtained on the wiki at
<http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20111112#Election>.  If you will be
casting a ballot at the meeting, be sure to arrive before 2:00 PM so
your vote will be counted.  Blank ballots will be available at the
meeting.

More details about the meeting are on the WPLUG wiki page at
<http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20111112>.

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 October 8, 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.

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Vance Kochenderfer
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group