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WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20111004

2011-09-28T03:03:54Z

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WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110607

2011-09-28T02:56:45Z

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==Venue Info==
Meeting to be held at [http://www.yelp.com/biz/crazy-mocha-pittsburgh-4 Crazy Mocha] at 2100 Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. 6:00pm, Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

== Agenda ==
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110503#Minutes | minutes of May 3]] board meeting
* List your item here

== Minutes ==

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at 6:43 PM, at Crazy Mocha in Squirrel Hill, the regular presiding officer being in the chair and the Secretary being present. The minutes of the May 3, 2011 meeting were approved as previously distributed.

The Chair reported that she would not be running for re-election this year. She is willing to help mentor anyone interested in taking on a leadership position in WPLUG. Contact her at chair@wplug.org.

The Vice-Chair reported that he had received job descriptions for the chairmen of the Internet Committee and Wilkins School Networking Committee from Michael Semcheski and David Kraus, respectively. He will post these to try to recruit people into these positions. He also reported that he needs funds to obtain WPLUG business cards. It was noted that this expenditure was already authorized by the board, so the Treasurer can disburse the funds immediately. The Vice-Chair also reported that a dance class at the Wilkins School Community Center is paying to have curtains installed in the ground floor auditorium; this may help the acoustics of the room.

The Secretary reported that there are currently 24 members.

The Treasurer reported that the balance in the checking account was $705.32. The refreshment fund contains $35.12. The checking balance does not reflect a $30.00 check to the Brookline Library for the use of their meeting room for the June 11 installfest.

The Director-at-Large reported that he made flyers for the installfest to hand out and post. He also reported that he and Michael Loomis are working on a presentation on Linux from Scratch.

The Internet Committee reported that a configuration change was made to the wiki to reduce recent spam. Newly-registered users of the wiki will now have to solve a CAPTCHA to make their first few edits.

The Program Committee reported that chair Beth Lynn Eicher would be unavailable to be involved with event planning after the August picnic, and that the rest of the committee members will need to assume a greater role. It also reported that a coordinator was needed for the Software Freedom Day event in September; Terry Golightly stated he would try to recruit Michael Loomis. Terry Golightly also stated he would try to recruit Nicholas Schembri and Ted Rodgers as speakers. He has attempted to contact Don Vosberg, but has not received a response.

The Newsletter Committee reported that there has been no response to its call for participation.

Terry Golightly stated that he will try to contact Duncan Hutty to serve on the Internet Committee.

Terry Golightly stated that he will attempt to coordinate with Brian Seklecki to build a PXE boot server loaded with various distribution installation images for use during installfests.

Vance Kochenderfer stated that Brian Seklecki has been trying to contact Steve Kondik of CyanogenMod to speak at a future meeting, and will continue to follow up.

The meeting adjourned at 8:26 PM.

Vance Kochenderfer<br>
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group

(Approved on [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110830|August 30, 2011]] - VK)

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WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110830

2011-09-28T02:53:22Z

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==Venue Info==
Meeting to be held at [http://www.yelp.com/biz/crazy-mocha-pittsburgh-4 Crazy Mocha] at 2100 Murray Avenue in Squirrel Hill, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. 6:00pm, Tuesday, August 30, 2011.

== Agenda ==
* Approve [[WPLUGBoard/Meeting-20110802#Minutes | minutes of August 2]] board meeting
* Select speaker for [[Meeting-20111008 | October 8 GUM]]
* Software Freedom Day plans
* List your item here

== Minutes ==

'''DRAFT'''

The regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group was held on Tuesday, August 30, 2011, at 6:26 PM, at Crazy Mocha in Squirrel Hill, the regular presiding officer being in the chair and the Secretary being present. The minutes of the June 7, 2011 and June 28, 2011 meetings were approved as read.

The Chair reported that she is relocating and will be able to have only limited involvement in WPLUG activities for the remainder of this term. She also reported that the presentation that was scheduled for August 31 has been cancelled.

The Vice-Chair reported that he is working on finalizing job descriptions for the chairmen of the Internet Committee and Wilkins School Networking Committee. Jim Harris volunteered to help with this effort. The Vice-Chair also reported that he has printed WPLUG business cards and distributed them at the meeting. In addition, he noted that curtains have been installed in the auditorium of the Wilkins School Community Center which may help the acoustics of the room.

The Secretary reported that there are currently 26 members.

The Treasurer reported that the balance in the checking account was $685.67. The refreshment fund contains $35.12. Checks have been purchased for the First Commonwealth account.

The Program Committee reported that no response has been received from Steve Kondik for a CyanogenMod presentation. Jon "maddog" Hall will be speaking at an event in Fairmont, West Virginia on September 22. Nicholas Schembri has been lined up to talk about MySQL replication at the October General User Meeting, and Don Vosburg to talk about SUSE in November. It was suggested that it may be possible to arrange an on-site visit at ASPstation's data center in late October. The committee reported that Pittsburgh Public Market in the Strip District has been secured as a venue for Software Freedom Day.

The Wilkins School Networking Committee reported that there has been no recent activity to complete the wired installation; Terry Golightly will attempt to arrange a date with David Kraus to finish off the remaining work.

Terry Golightly stated that a company called Skybot is interested in presenting on their software. It was suggested that this might be a suitable subject for the January or February General User Meetings, and additionally that we may wish to have SNAPgh co-host the presentation.

The meeting adjourned at 7:34 PM.

Vance Kochenderfer<br>
Secretary, Western Pennsylvania Linux Users Group

'''DRAFT'''

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