Board meeting Minutes/19 February 2007
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Prior: 12 February 2007 |
Board meeting Minutes | Next: 26 February 2007 |
Minutes approved: 26 February 2007
- Present
- Tom Perrine (chair), Trey Harris, Andrew Hume, Stephen Potter, Pat Wilson (note taker), Sam Albrecht
- Apologies
- Doug Hughes, David Parter
- Opened
- 20:17 Eastern Time
- Closed
- 20:50 Eastern Time
Consent Agenda
- Approve minutes of 12 February 2007
Action Items
Board Committees
- Development Committee (Wilson/Potter)
- Wilson - Follow up on LISA discussion with BlueArc - DONE will need to wait for BlueArc to give gohead
- Partnership and Liason Committee (Perrine)
- Palmer - Contact local office of possible partner - no report
- Barr, Albrecht - Contact SCALE regarding future cooperation [due 2/19] - not done now due 2/26.
- Leadership Committee (Esther Filderman)
- Policy Committee (Harris)
- Communications Committee
- Perrine - Follow up with SysAdmin Magazine regarding volunteers for online answer folks - in progress see the wiki page for background and possible formats; Perrine to talk further with SA Mag
- Membership Committee
- Albrecht - Work on different instances of member renewal letters - not done
- Parter - Send a note to the prospects gathered at LISA - no report
- Hughes, Parter - Implement member opt-out of non-LOPSA mailings - not done
Program Committees
- Conference Planning Committee (Wilson/Perrine)
- Wilson - Ask Obejas for a SCALE summary report - DONE
- Technical (Online) Services (Hughes/Parter)
- Content Services Committee (Palmer/Potter)
- Palmer, Potter - Draft a plan regarding how a paid/compensated content director might help the website, and what sort of requirements we might make for that position - no action
- Locals Committee (Perrine)
- Need feedback on the more detailed "locals program including the "Locals kit". Other than fleshing out the "kit" it should be nearly done.
Non-Committee
- Financial
- Hume - Provide at Dec 2006 Treasurer's report writeup for the Board and for the web site - not done
- Albrecht:
- Provide status on IRS 501.c.3 status - in progress now due 3/12
- Query insurance company regarding possible member insurance options [due 2/12] - in progress
- Follow up on JobTarget "unlimited" category definiton - DONE
MOTION by Wilson, seconded by Potter to approve pricing as set out in the pricing document. Passes
- Barr:
- talk to MIT spam people - no report
- php-list(?) mailer integration into Drupal - no report
- Harris:
- Set up wiki for Resume Standards project [due 2/12] - DONE
- Write up a list of needs for the Resume Standards project - DONE
- Present draft financial policies for Board approval (low priority) - not done
- Gather material for Halprin request [2/26] - not done
- Hughes:
- Work with Frisch, Chalup, Halprin, Barr on resume resources skeleton/framework (should have status by mid February) [due 2/19] - in progress
- Hume:
- Chat with SNIA regarding possible partnering - not done
- Reconvene Code of Ethics review committee - not done
- Palmer:
- Parter:
- Perrine:
- Perrine will work with Sam and Michele on "CONVERSION" of visitors to members - 'in progress Starting 2/19, first emails to go out by 3/5
- Potter:
- Draft a new charter for the combined Development/Partnership committee - in progress
- Wilson:
- All:
Standing Reports
- Treasurer's report (first meeting of the month only)
- Membership report
- See the online report for this week's status
- Online report
The website had a couple of short (<30 minute) outages this week. One (at least) was due to very short notice datacenter power manipulations.
- Sysadmin Days report
Philly is on hold. We're waiting to hear from the organizers of the other event about possible cooperative opportunities.
- Development report
- Upcoming MtM (last meeting of the month only)
Linuxfest Northwest?
Wilson will try to determine whether there's enough member interest to staff a booth.
Adjournment
MOTION to adjourn by Harris, seconded by Hume Passes; adjourned at 20:50ET