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;Present: George Beech (chair), Andy Cowell (VP), Steve VanDevender, Aleksey Tsalolikhin (Secretary), Scott Suehle, Drew Adams, Danielle White<br />
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;Apologies: Brian Globerman (Treasurer)<br />
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;Guests: None<br />
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;Opened: 9:05 '''Eastern Time'''<br />
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;Closed: 9:35 '''Eastern Time'''<br />
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== Consent Agenda ==<br />
* '''Approve minutes of {{minutes link|7 November 2017}}'''<br />
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== Standing Reports ==<br />
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=== Treasurer's report (Globerman, Beech, Suehle) ===<br />
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=== Membership report (VanDevender) ===<br />
* Total active members: 649 (previous report: 663, change: -14, pending renewal: 23)<br />
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* Paying: 333 (1 new in last 30 days)<br />
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* Non-paying: 316 (7 new in last 30 days)<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/Chapters activities (Adams) ===<br />
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==== LOPSA Cascadia 2019: (Vandevender) ====<br />
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Steve said he'll put a call for volunteers out to help plan Cascadia 2019.<br />
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==== LISA 2017 (Vandevender) ====<br />
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We picked up 20 new members at LISA.<br />
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==== Tennessee ====<br />
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Tennessee may be a good place to host a LOPSA conference, we have an active chapter there.<br />
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=== Marketing/Communications (Tsalolikhin, Uphill) ===<br />
Aleksey said we are on-boarding the new Community Manager; got him onto GMail and hopefully Wild Apricot today, and targeting to have LOPSAgram out by the next board meeting.<br />
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=== Technical Services (White) ===<br />
Daniel Rich is working through some issues with prgrm.com<br />
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=== Education, Training and Mentorship (Cowell) ===<br />
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Xinspire gave a demo of their mentorship platform to the LOPSA board on November 14.<br />
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Andy moved that, in light of the overhead and difficulty of maintaining successful operation of the mentorship program solely through volunteer effort and custom scripts, LOPSA agree to a one year agreement with Xinspire to use their platform to underpin our mentorship program going forward. The cost is a one-time $1,000.00 USD set up fee, and an annual $4,000.00 USD subscription for up to 150 users, which compares favorably with one person committing ten to fifteen hours a week at minimum wage.<br />
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Aleksey seconded.<br />
Motion carried unanimously.<br />
Brian (Treasurer) had emailed in favor of it (Andy had posted the motion yesterday).<br />
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=== Locals/Chapters Committee (Adams) ===<br />
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Aleksey moved we charter a provisional LOPSA chapter in Chicago (Founders: Beth Lynn Eicher, Erich Mees, Brian Sebby).<br />
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Andy seconded.<br />
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Motion carried unanimously.<br />
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Congratulations Chicago chapter!<br />
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George asked Drew to round up which chapters are still active. (Per our rules, we are supposed to review chapter status annually.)<br />
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== Adjournment ==<br />
Danielle Motioned for Adjournment<br />
Aleksey Seconded</div>Atsaloli