Board meeting Minutes/16 March 2010

Prior: 9 March 2010

Board meeting Minutes

Next: 23 March 2010

Minutes approved: 23 March 2010

SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BOARD called 9 March 2010.

Present

Trey Harris (chair), Derek Balling, Lois Bennett, Ski Kacoroski, Philip Kizer, Dan Rich, MaryBeth Kurland

Guest

Sam Albrecht

Absent

Travis Campbell, David Parter, Jesse Trucks

Opened

20:35 Eastern Time

Closed

21:55 Eastern Time

Consent Agenda

• A motion was made and seconded and the minutes from the March 9th meeting were unanimously approved. 9 March 2010

Budget discussion (Bennett)

• Harris & Bennett to present results of discussions with AH
  • The group discussed Executive Management duties and the prposed managament structure.
    • Executive Management Duties
    • The group determined that they may need to eliminate the executive director hours for 2010 in order to blanace the budget, etc.
    • Sam is going to propose the changes to the management structure to AH executive committee and suggested a check in for the third quarter to see if this model is working if approved.
• The group discussed possible changes to the budget and the revisions made by the treasurer.
  • The group noted that any net income from PICC would not be for LOPSA use, but instead earmarked for future NJ Chapter conferences.
  • The group also discussed doing LISA booth but without LOPSA After Dark
• MOTION: To tentatively approve budget as presented by the Treasurer, pending final approval before March 31. Motion by Bennet, seconded by Rich. Passes.

Brainstorm

• Kizer:

  Reaching out to younger sysadmins, using new tools

• Kacoroski:

  Wiki page for talking points to sponsors

  Membership pricing change

  Ethics certification

• Rich:

  Reaching out to sysadmin blogs

  Who do we know (VIPs)? Reach out for leads, sponsorships, etc.

• Balling:

  Professionalism classes/certification

• Bennett:

  Reviews of training on website

  Print materials locally for conference booths, Use I-phone for credit card processing, Use order forms and Web site to sell tshirts instead of shipping - Reduce Shipping costs

• Harris:

  PR: Get ready for the next news story with a list of who we'll contact to comment on it. Blogs, website articles, etc. Use the plan for Sysadmin Appreciation Day if no better story comes first.

  Blog a Day- Competition & Prizes

  "Kooky" ideas: contests, anything that can get people talking, blogging, tweeting, etc.

  Bridging the membership benefits vs. dues gap in both directions, lowering fees and increasing benefits

• Other ideas:

  Corporate Membership $1000 - includes sponsorshp

  Membership Specials

  Webinars

  You Tube- Using Social Media

Notes/announcements

"Friends and family"

• Please add to the list on board wiki.

"Action Items & Notes"

• Trey to ask Jesse and Travis for Web site update
• MaryBeth to attend next week's board call
• Lois to follow-up with potential sponsor
• MaryBeth & Lois to work on Budget to present final for approval before March 31st.

Adjournment

MOTION to adjourn by Kacoroski, second Rich. Passes without objection.