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{{minutes box|before=7 August 2006|after=28 August 2006}}

{{working paper}}

{{minutes approved |11 September 2006}}

;Present: Tom Perrine (chair), Doug Hughes, Chris Palmer, David Parter, Pat Wilson (note taker)

;Apologies: Trey Harris, Sam Albrecht

;Opened: 20:05 <b>Eastern Time</b>

;Closed: 21:07 <b>Eastern Time</b>

== Consent Agenda ==
* '''Approve minutes of {{minutes link|7 August 2006}}'''

== Action Items ==
=== Board Committees ===

* Development Committee (Wilson/Potter)

* Partnership and Liason Committee (Perrine)
** Palmer - Contact local office of possible partner - '''in progress'''
** Perrine - Write Sysadmin Day thank you letter for volunteers - see draft online - '''in progress''' ''letter approved''
** Perrine, Parter, Palmer - Designate which appreciations go to which Sysadmin Day volunteers - '''not done'''

* Leadership Committee (Greg Rose)

* Policy Committee (Harris)

* Communications Committee
** Parter - Contact the 500th member for comments for a "member profile" [due 7/24] - '''no response''' ''item stale and will be dropped''
** Palmer - Convey Board's decision and negotiate with Rich - '''in progress'''

* Membership Committee
** Harris, Palmer - Initiate template(s) for future account conversion guidelines to be sent out this month - see Visitor to member conversion plan document [due 8/15] - '''no action'''

=== Program Committees ===

* Conference Planning Committee (Wilson/Perrine)

* Technical (Online) Services (Hughes/Parter)
** Parter - Mailing lists/online forum - '''no action'''
** Hughes - Set up email alias for member who volunteered $company problem escalation service - '''DONE'''
** Hughes - fix Jobs board geographic data for summaries - '''DONE'''
** Hughes - followup on podcast RSS feed for LOPSA website [due 8/14] - '''DONE'''

* Content Services Committee (Palmer/Potter)

=== Non-Committee ===

* Financial
** Hume - Prepare statement about AH payment [due 6/26] - '''no report'''
** Hume - prepare annual financial report [due 6/26] - '''no report'''

* Albrecht:
** Touch base with IRS [due 8/28] - '''no report'''
** Query insurance company regarding possible member insurance options [due 8/28] - '''no report'''
** Send notice of designated Annual Meeting to the Board - '''no report''' ''Annual Meeting will be held August 28th''

* Barr:

* Harris:
** Restart Resume Standards project - '''no report'''
** Present draft financial policies for Board approval (low priority) - '''no report'''

* Hughes:

* Hume:
** Chat with the SNIA Chief Scientist regarding possible partnering [due 9/11] - '''no report'''

* Palmer:

* Parter:

* Perrine:
** Contact Leadership Committee regarding next (summer 2007) election [due 8/7] - '''not done''' ''now due 9/18''

* Potter:

* Wilson:

* All:

== Standing Reports ==

* Treasurer's report ''[from 7 August meeting]''
''no report''

* Membership report
** See the online report for this week's status

* Online report

* Training event report
** see event planning web site
The event is shaping up; Parter and Albrecht will finalize timeline.

* Development report

== Advertising in LOPSA communications ==

General status on advertising opportunities. Sense of the Board is that this should be investigated.

''ACTION ITEM: Potter to investigate potential advertizement with Albrecht''

''ACTION ITEM: Potter to consult with Palmer regarding ad mockup.''

== Sponsorship/partnership w/AH (spp, from Sam) ==

Sense of the Board is that LOPSA should discuss further AH's sponsorship development proposal, with an eye towards accepting it.

''ACTION ITEM: Potter to talk with Albrecht regarding proposal.''

== Final resolution of first round of shirt orders ==

Final order status, and inventory for placing the rest for sale on the web site.

ACTION ITEM: Perrine to contact AH regarding shirt order status and getting an inventory online.

== Sponsorship Issues ==

A potential sponsor opportunity was presented, though it may be out of scope for LOSPA. Potter will talk to AH about the possibility of engaging Company A.

== New Business ==

=== Web site refresh ===

It may be time to "tune" the website look. Parter and Hughes will consider the options and recruit a volunteer

=== Focus? ===

What are our near-term focus issues? Now that the business plan is online, it's time to decide. A "how are we doing?" member survey of some sort would be useful.

''ACTION ITEM: Palmer to talk to Chavez about survey methodology''

''ACTION ITEM: All to re-read biz plan and bring top 3 focus issues to next meeting.''

== Adjournment ==

'''MOTION to adjourn by Parter, seconded by Hughes.''' Passes. Adjourned at 21:07ET

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