Board meeting Minutes/2 July 2012

Prior:
18 Jun 2012

Board meeting Minutes

Next:
16 July 2012

Minutes approved: 16 July 2012

Present: (Subject to verification) Philip Kizer (chair), William Bilancio, Dan Rich, Jesse Trucks, Matt Disney, Ski Kacoroski,

Consent Agenda

Membership report
- Problem with some members getting registered twice from PICC and Cascadia conference due to them using a different email at the conference than what they did for LOPSA. Dan is looking into a fix.

Conference/events activities report
- SCALE is next big conference. Board decided to work on LISA at the Face to Face meeting to get new members involved.

Mentorship Status report
- Jesse will follow up with Mentorship team to see how they are doing.

Development report (Meeting focus at first meeting of the month)
- We have insurance as a benefit now. We will have a web page up by the next meeting.

Upcoming LOPSAgram and #lopsa-live (last meeting of the month only)
- LOPSAgram on schedule for early July.

Liaison reports (LC, etc.)
- No report tonight for the LC, Tom and I are syncing up tomorrow evening - drich

Promotional membership discount. How much?
- Decided to run the week before until Monday the 30th. Memberships will be $35 during this time.
Gift memberships. In-Honor status in Civi?
- Dan will figure out how much work this is to do.
$100 match from LOPSA for locals for SysAdmin Appreciation Day events. wbilancio to contact locals?
- Decided to match up to $100.
Twitter hashtag campaign? #hugyoursysadmin ?
- Decided this was a good idea.
Center for Internet Security still pending. Call tomorrow. Hoping for cooperative membership discount or benchmark access for LOPSA members.
Gifts: Donated book from TAL. Still seeking donations or sponsorships. Drawing? How to enter? SysAdmin short story contest?
- Decided to ask the new folks for more ideas on this.

Dan motioned to adjourn at 942pm, William seconded