[wplug-members] WPLUG nomination meeting 10 Oct

[Vance Kochenderfer]

The regular meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group will
be held on Saturday, October 10, 2015 at the IBM offices located at
1710 Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill.  Directions to this location may
be found at <http://www.wplug.org/wiki/IBM_Squirrel_Hill>.

The business meeting will start at 3:00 PM.  An important item of
business to be conducted during this meeting is nominations to fill
the five seats for the 2015-2016 WPLUG Board of Directors.  All
members are encouraged to come out and participate.

Qualifications for Directors are listed in Section 6.4 of the WPLUG
bylaws <http://www.wplug.org/wiki/ByLaws#6_OFFICERS>.  Please come
with names in mind of individuals whom you think would serve WPLUG
well.  It is perfectly acceptable to nominate yourself.

More details about the meeting will appear on the WPLUG wiki page at
<http://www.wplug.org/wiki/Meeting-20151010>.

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 for September 12, 2015

The regular meeting of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was
held on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at 3:24 PM at HackPittsburgh. In
the absence of the regular presiding officer, the Vice-Chair presided
at the meeting. The regular secretary was present. The minutes of the
June 27, 2015 meeting were approved as corrected. 

 

The Vice-Chair reported that HackPittsburgh is making progress on its
robotics project and that his presentation for today's meeting is
available on Github.
 

The Secretary reported that WPLUG currently has 17 members.

The Treasurer reported that there is $353.58 in the checking account
with $17.91 in receipts via Eventbrite for the picnic and $20.00 in
dues to be deposited. Recent expenditures were $5.00 to Linode for
hosting expenses, $9.00 to Comodo to renew the SSL certificate, and
$102.00 to the U.S. Postal Service to renew the post office box. He
stated that he will not be available to attend the upcoming Board of
Directors meeting on September 17.

The Technology Committee reported that there has not been progress on
the membership portal. The new SSL certificate was installed on the
server, as were standard software updates.

The Events Committee reported that the Pittsburgh Maker Faire is on
October 10, conflicting with the WPLUG General User Meeting, and that
John Lewis will not be available on this date.

Pat Barron moved to ratify his expenditure of $9.00 for the SSL
certificate. The motion was adopted.

John Lewis stated his intention to run for the Board of Directors for
the upcoming year and to seek the office of Chair.

The meeting adjourned at 3:51 PM.

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Vance Kochenderfer
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group