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{{minutes approved|12 February 2007}}

;Present: Matthew Barr, Trey Harris, Doug Hughes, Andrew Hume, David Parter, Stephen Potter, Pat Wilson (chair, note taker), Sam Albrecht

;Apologies: Chris Palmer, Tom Perrine

;Opened: 20:06 <b>Eastern Time</b>

;Closed: 21:31 <b>Eastern Time</b>

== Consent Agenda ==
* '''Approve minutes of {{minutes link|29 January 2007}}'''
Consent agenda approved
== Action Items ==
=== Board Committees ===
* Development Committee (Wilson/Potter)
** Wilson - Follow up on LISA discussion with BlueArc - ''no response to mail - will resend''

* Partnership and Liason Committee (Perrine)
** Palmer - Contact local office of possible partner - '''no report'''

* Leadership Committee (Esther Filderman)

* Policy Committee (Harris)

* Communications Committee
** Perrine - Follow up with SysAdmin Magazine regarding volunteers for online answer folks - '''no report'''

* Membership Committee
** Hughes - Automate the renewal letter process - '''no progres'''
** Parter - Send a note to the prospects gathered at LISA - '''no progress'''
** Wilson - Determine the Q1 drawing prize - '''DONE'''
''ACTION ITEM: Hughes and/or Parter to determine 4Q2006 winner''

=== Program Committees ===

* Conference Planning Committee (Wilson/Perrine)

* Technical (Online) Services (Hughes/Parter)

* Content Services Committee (Palmer/Potter)
''ACTION ITEM: Palmer, Potter to 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''

* Locals Committee (Perrine)

=== Non-Committee ===
* Financial

* Albrecht:
** Provide status on IRS 501.c.3 status - '''(still) in progress''' ''no word from NJ''
** Query insurance company regarding possible member insurance options [due 2/1] - '''no progress''' ''now due 2/12
** Finalize pricing structure and bring back to the Board for JobTarget job board [due 2/12]

''[ Harris leaves at 20:13 ET ]''

* Barr:
** talk to MIT spam people - '''in progress''' ''contact unavailable until 2/12; final dates for 2007 are announced''
** php-list(?) mailer integration into Drupal - '''in progress'''

* Harris:
** Set up wiki for Resume Standards project [due 2/12]
** Present draft financial policies for Board approval (low priority)
** Gather material for Halprin request [due 2/5] - '''no report'''

* Hughes:
** Work with Frisch, Chalup, Halprin, Barr on resume resources skeleton/framework (should have status by mid February) [due 2/19]

* Hume:
** Chat with SNIA regarding possible partnering - '''in progress''' ''still wait for response; Hume will call contact''

* Palmer:

* Parter:

* Perrine:

* Potter:
** Reconvene Code of Ethics review committee (''Potter requests this be handed off'') - '''DONE''' ''now Hume's action item''
** Draft a new charter for the combined Development/Partnership committee - '''in progress'''

* Wilson:
** Request status report from Potter to facilitate Code of Ethics project handoff - '''DONE'''

* All:

== Standing Reports ==

* Treasurer's report ''(first meeting of the month only)''

Things continue to look plausible. Hume will prepare a Dec 2006 writeup for the Board and something for the website.

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

Renewal mail needs to continue to be sent out.

''[ Harris returns at 20:26 ET ]''

SCALE is the 9th-11th. LOPSA has a booth. We should be in conversations with SCALE concerning synergies for future years.

''ACTION ITEM: Barr and Albrecht to contact SCALE regarding future cooperation''

* Online report

Content is stagnant. Blogs should be easier to find.

* Sysadmin Days report

A venue has been determined; preliminary program exists.

''ACTION ITEM: Albrecht to send budget to Board for approval.''

* Development report

== 2007 Strategic Planning ==

An extensive discussion resulted in the following points of consensus:
* making Sysadmin Days a success is a top priority
* LOPSA needs something to set it apart and energize its base
* the website needs to be more dynamic

''[ Parter leaves at 20:54 ET ]''

''[ Hughes leaves at 21:09 ET ]''

''[ Albrecht leaves at 21:27 ET ]''

''ACTION ITEM: Potter and Palmer will 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''

''ACTION ITEM: Harris will write up a list of needs for the resume standards project''

''ACTTION ITEM: Hughes will describe his idea of what he thinks consulting resources should be''

''ACTION ITEM: All to think of a defining issue that will energize the base''

== Adjournment ==

'''MOTION to adjourn by Barr, seconded by Hume''' Passes. Adjourned at 21:31 ET

Board meeting Minutes/5 February 2007 - Revision history

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