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;Present: Andy Cowell (President), Andy Cowell (VP), Brian Globerman (Treasurer), Andree Jacobson (Secretary), Scott Suehle, Daniel Hodges<br />
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;Apologies: Drew Adams, Danielle White, Branson Matheson<br />
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;Guests: None<br />
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;Opened: 9.07pm '''Eastern Time'''<br />
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;Closed: 9.46pm '''Eastern Time'''<br />
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== Consent Agenda ==<br />
No minutes to approve.<br />
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Discussion: Need to catch up on minutes. Andree agrees - will work on this.<br />
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== Standing Reports ==<br />
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=== Treasurer's report (Globerman) ===<br />
* Balance on 5/14/2019: $28,978 (Last year, $32,010)<br />
* Profit / Loss: April 15th - May 14th: +$380, Since Jan 1 - net loss: $831<br />
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IRS Form 990 - Filed on time (accepted)<br />
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Note: WildApricot will charge an additional $32 / month because they are changing their payment system. Since we want to continue using Paypal for our members, the board has previously agreed this charge is reasonable.<br />
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=== Membership report (Hodges) ===<br />
* Total active members: 547 (Charter: 42, Complimentary: 7, Founding: 11, Individual: 176, Lifetime: 5, Student 333)<br />
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Paying members include Individual, Charter, Founding, and Lifetime memberships. Non-paying members include Student and Complimentary memberships.<br />
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== Committee reports ==<br />
=== Conferences/Events (Matheson: absent) ===<br />
Nothing to report.<br />
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Discussion:<br />
We missed Northwest Linuxfest, Last weekend in April<br />
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Upcoming events we should bring up with Branson:<br />
* Ohio Linux Fest, Nov 1-2, 2019<br />
* LISA, Oct 28-20, 2019<br />
* All things open, in Raleigh NC (October 13-15)<br />
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FedEx’ing booth items - doesn’t work to well.<br />
Suggestion to create a few more kits to keep in strategic places.<br />
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=== Marketing/Communications (Adams) ===<br />
Discussion: Local chapters - Need to get news out to local chapters. Looking for students, a thought is to offer a $200 monthly stipend for a volunteer to put together the LOPSAGram.<br />
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=== Technical Services (White: absent) ===<br />
Discussion: Need to ensure tech group is responsive.<br />
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=== Education, Training and Mentorship (Cowell) ===<br />
Mentorship program up and running, Advertised on website - Should mention this in LOPSAGram.<br />
Notes: Should try to recruit more mentees. So far, one mentee connected to one mentor.<br />
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LOPSA East Tennessee chapter YouTube channel successful trial with lapel microphone and Zoom.<br />
Suggest supporting chapters with $15 zoom subscription. And $25 up front for mic.<br />
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'''Proposal''' - Every local chapter that so requests should be approved to spending $25 on a lapel mic and other equipment (wire, etc), and $15/month for a Zoom subscription (covered by LOPSA), with the intention of making sure local chapter meetings are recorded, to create something similar to a podcast series.<br />
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Andy moves the proposal. Brian seconded. Motion carries unanimously.<br />
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Note: Some asset tracking will be required from the board<br />
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=== Recognition (Suehle) ===<br />
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Need to make selections and award the Yerkes award. In progress.<br />
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=== Leadership (Suehle) ===<br />
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Newsletter was sent out about elections. No replies. There are now four open slots for board positions.<br />
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=== Locals/Chapters (Matheson: absent) ===<br />
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Discussion: Brian trying to start chapter in Boseman (“Boseman IT professionals”). Perhaps good idea to include DevOps wording in local meetup / chapter information dissemination. There’s quite a few meetup groups in that area that are relatively active - and seem to reach a lot of people.<br />
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==== Established chapters ====<br />
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* LA - No activity<br />
* Columbus - No activity<br />
* ETENN - No activity<br />
* Ottawa Valley System Administrators Guild - No activity<br />
* Seattle Area System Administrators Guild - No activity<br />
* San Diego - No activity<br />
* NJ - No activity - 797 days since last event<br />
* Chicago - No activity<br />
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== Adjournment ==<br />
''Andy'' Motioned for Adjournment<br />
''Andree'' Seconded</div>Ajacobson