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{{minutes approved|18 December 2018}} <br />
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;Present: Andy Cowell (President), Brian Globerman (Secretary), Danielle White, Drew Adams, Scott Suehle, Alekesy Tsalolikhin<br />
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;Opened: 9:04 p.m. <time> '''Eastern Time'''<br />
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;Closed: 10:00 p.m. <time> '''Eastern Time'''<br />
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== Consent Agenda ==<br />
* '''Approve minutes of {{minutes link|19 June 2018}}''' -- approved unanimously<br />
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== Standing Reports ==<br />
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=== Treasurer's report (Globerman, Beech, Suehle) ===<br />
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Brian went over annual budget and balance sheet<br />
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Bank balance on 8/12/2018: $28,437.16 This represents $2,976.36 decline since last reported balance on 6/16/2018<br />
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[[Current:]]<br />
*[[Media:BalanceSheet_20180812.pdf | Balance Sheet August 12 2018]] (pdf)<br />
*[[Media:ProfitandLoss_20180812.pdf | Profit and Loss Statement August 12 2018]] (pdf)<br />
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[[Previous:]]<br />
*[[Media:BalanceSheet_20170501_present.pdf | Cumulative Balance Sheet May 01 2017 - present]] (pdf)<br />
*[[Media:Income_Yearly.pdf | Yearly Income 2015 - 2017]] (pdf)<br />
*[[Media:Member_Dues_FY2017.pdf | Member Dues FY 2017]] (pdf)<br />
*[[Media:Bank_Balances_2007_2017.pdf | Bank Balances, 2007 - 2017]] (pdf)<br />
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[[Budget for FY 2018 (07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019):]]<br />
*[[Media:LOPSA_Budget_FY2018_v1.pdf | LOPSA Budget for FY 2018]] (pdf)<br />
Budget has been cross-posted at https://board.lopsa.org/FY_2018_Budget_and_Financial_Statements<br />
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[[Requests and Proposals:]]<br />
* Requesting Board approval to switch to Wild Apricot's AffiniPay payment gateway (from PayPal): [https://gethelp.wildapricot.com/en/articles/1430-wild-apricot-payments-affinipay#limitations Wild Apricot Payments]<br />
** Advantages: 1. Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Amex supported, 2. We gain complete control of this account, 3. Can give up one of our checking accounts, saving $180/yr<br />
** Disadvantages: 1. PayPal not supported, 2. Members having created recurring PayPal payments will have to recreate them using credit card details<br />
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*Proposal to raise standard membership dues from $50 to $60/year<br />
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Aleksey will mention to Roger that we <br />
haven't had any donations this<br />
year; and encourage Roger to reach out.<br />
Roger can get help from Brian if he needs help<br />
getting the donors contact information from Wild<br />
Apricot. (Brian wants Roger to confirm if Roger<br />
can get this data.)<br />
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Brian proposed we switch from PayPal to AffiniPay<br />
* because we are locked out of our PayPal account, primarily<br />
* we may lose members that are set up to pay via Paypal<br />
* Scott will try to get an "in" at PayPal to help us regain access <br />
* Brian will check if we can have both PayPal AND AffiniPay (he thinks not)<br />
* Brian will check if we can go back to PayPal (i.e., *try* AffiniPay for a week)<br />
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=== Membership report (VanDevender) ===<br />
* Total active members: 641 (previous report: 636, change: 5, pending renewal: 15)<br />
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* Paying: 301 (9 new in last 30 days)<br />
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* Non-paying: 340 (11 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. "Pending renewal" is a count of members whose memberships are due for renewal within 14 days.<br />
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== Committee reports ==<br />
=== Conferences/Events (Adams) ===<br />
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Conferences and events - Drew<br />
- Big Data LA booth went sideways.<br />
- Drew didn't have the booth box<br />
- we didn't coordinate with the volunteer<br />
- we had an empty booth (no stuff, no volunteer)<br />
- Drew will talk to Aleksey to try to understand where this went off the rails<br />
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=== Marketing/Communications (Tsalolikhin) ===<br />
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* LOPSAGram is every month now<br />
* Roger published the O'Reilly deal in the last LOPSAGram<br />
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=== Technical Services (White) ===<br />
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AT will ask Roger to report on how is it going with the Mattermost instance,<br />
and do we want to make it long term, if so, the Tech Team needs to be brought in the loop<br />
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=== Education, Training and Mentorship (Cowell) ===<br />
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55 Total Users<br />
* Role breakdown:<br />
** 42 Protege<br />
** 13 Mentor<br />
* Registration status:<br />
** 20 have not completed their registration<br />
** 27 have completed their registration<br />
** 8 have completed their registration but are not approved (not members)<br />
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Currently paired:<br />
* 5 mentors<br />
* 6 mentees<br />
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Other notes:<br />
* participation is low (6 mentees) given the 4K/year outlay<br />
* Drew suggested we promote it more widely on social media<br />
* AT to ask Roger to add a splash banner for the mentorship program, <br />
and to remove the splash banner for the SRECon that happened in June<br />
* Andy will write an appeal to members to promote the Mentorship Pgm<br />
* all board members will promote the Mentorship Pgm on social media<br />
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=== Recognition (Beech) ===<br />
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No report<br />
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=== Leadership (Tsalolikhin) ===<br />
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* AT to make sure new incoming Board members sign NDAs<br />
* AT to post agenda for 28th meeting (old board; new board)<br />
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=== Locals/Chapters (Tsalolikhin) ===<br />
* AT to ask for a volunteer to help run the Locals program<br />
* Seattle area chapter has been having monthly meetings. 29th of July, about 12 people showed up for Sysadmin Day lunch<br />
* Columbus chapter had an event for Sysadmin Day too</div>Ajacobson