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{{minutes box|before=12 February 2007|after=26 February 2007}}

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{{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 <b>Eastern Time</b>

;Closed: 20:50 <b>Eastern Time</b>

== Consent Agenda ==
* '''Approve minutes of {{minutes link|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

Board meeting Minutes/19 February 2007 - Revision history

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