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{{minutes approved|25 July 2011}}

;Present: '''Subject to verification''' Philip Kizer (chair), Lois Bennett, William Bilancio, Jimmy Kaplowitz, Dan Rich, Jesse Trucks

;Apologies: Ski Kacoroski, Matthew Barr ...

;Opened: 2005 '''Eastern Time'''

;Closed: 2117 '''Eastern Time'''

== Consent Agenda ==
* '''Approve minutes of {{minutes link|13 June 2011}}'''
* '''Approve minutes of {{minutes link|27 June 2011}}'''

== Action Items ==
See [https://rt.lopsa.org/Dashboards/81/Board%20Ticket%20Status RT Board Dashboard]

* The expired sponsors report is done! [https://rt.lopsa.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=253 RT Ticket #253]
* Do we still want to write custom code to allow referral codes? [https://rt.lopsa.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=35 #35: rewards for members (referral codes)]

:{| class=wikitable
|+ RT Ticket Status
|-
! User
! Open tickets
|-

| Nobody
| 5
|-
| drich
| 12
|-
| lois
| 10
|-
| pckizer
| 4
|-
| pensezbien
| 7
|-
| ski
| 6
|-
| wbilancio
| 7
|-
|}

* We need to start contacting expired sponsors to see if they will continue to be a sponsor (SKI's Task)
* If we want to provide discounts for bringing in new members, that will require new code. Decided to hold off until new board.
* Phoned AH again and left message about our debt. Plan to get Sam to act as intermediary.
* Working on server-004 going for development and backup

== Standing Reports ==

* Treasurer's report
** Minimal change since last time (some bills paid and some new income)
** Still have not heard from OLF about our invoice

* Membership report
** Numbers are down. It looks like we are loosing folks who are not renewing.
** See [https://lopsa.org/civicrm/member&reset=1 CiviCRM] for this week's status
** 93 lapsed members last quarter

:{| class=wikitable cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" border="1"
|+ style="color:#121a2d; background-color:#CDE8FE;"|Membership Summary (counts are new / renewed / total)
|- style="color:#fafafa; background-color:#999999;font-weight: bold;"
| Members by Type
| June
| July (MTD)
| 2011 (YTD)
| Current #
|-
!scope="row"| Individual
| 8 / 2 / 10 || 3 / 0 / 3 || 185 / 24 / 209 || 501
|-
!scope="row"| Student
| 1 / 0 / 1 || 0 / 0 / 0 || 11 / 1 / 12 || 36
|-
!scope="row"| Honorary
| 0 / 0 / 0 || 0 / 0 / 0 || 0 / 0 / 0 || 0
|-
!scope="row"| Charter
| 0 / 5 / 5 || 0 / 3 / 3 || 1 / 8 / 9 || 126
|-
!scope="row"| Founding
| 0 / 0 / 0 || 0 / 0 / 0 || 0 / 1 / 1 || 12
|-
!scope="row"| Complimentary
| 0 / 0 / 0 || 0 / 0 / 0 || 1 / 0 / 1 || 1
|- style="font-size: large;"
!scope="row"| Totals (all types)
| 9 / 7 / 16 || 3 / 3 / 6 || 198 / 34 / 232 || 676
|-
|}

* Technical services report
** RT has been fixed so custserv and techteam will go into RT for tracking
** -003 is production
** drupal and all plugins upgraded

* Conference/events activities report
** Scale is next in Feb
** Looking for other conferences that we can teach at

* Mentorship Status report
** Matt Simmons is working on questionnaire for mentor - mentee pairs
** Looking at manymoon.com as task tracking system
** Plan to make calendar on LOPSA google account for mentor program
** Will be asking for approval of special donations to mentorship program to provide prizes to mentors - mentees
** Looking for better documentation on why to join LOPSA

* Development report ''(Meeting focus at first meeting of the month)''

* Upcoming MtM ''(last meeting of the month only)''



== Email address question (Bennett) ==
Mentorship chairs would like to get @lopsa.org addresses.
* Decided not to do individual addresses unless the member has done a 'significant' amount of volunteering. Instead we will do role based addresses

== Sysadmin Appreciation Day coming up really soon (again) (Everyone) ==

We have been invited to promote:

SysAdmin Appreciation from OpenDNS -- Erin Symons <erin@opendns.com><br>
Windows IT Pro System Administrator of the Year contest -- Eck, Kim <Kim.Eck@penton.com><br>
SysAdmin Appreciation Day party in Buenos Aires -- Ariel Jolo <root@eleccionroot.com>

Should we do a membership promotion again?
* Yes, but LOPSAGram would have to go out immediately.
* Jesse will contact the sites that have contacted us and about promotion. Lois will help

== BitPusher Sponsorship arrangement... (Bennett) ==
Yes, there is an arrangement. We are getting management support for the Sponsor status of about $2000 per month.
* Lois talked with BitPusher about this. We should get something in writing.

== Face-to-face Meeting Planning (Kizer) ==

I just want to cover the general planning to make sure we're on-track.

After the meeting I'll re-post another reminder to both current and new boards to remind that travel plans need to be booked if they aren't already.

* Long discussion of how to manage the face to face meeting.
* Philip will update agenda and send out reminders. Please send him your thoughts.
* We need to keep the momentum going that we have built over the last three years.
* William will find a person to take notes.
*

== Hosting Space for Local groups to host own domain on server (BILANCIO) ==
I feel that we should offer space for the local groups to host there sites.
* Will be setting hosting space on the server for the local groups websites. Completely separate apache area for them.

== Next Agenda item... (NAME) ==

== New Business ==

=== First new item... ===

== Notes/announcements ==

== Adjournment ==
Jesse motion to adjourns, William seconds.

Board meeting Minutes/11 July 2011 - Revision history

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