Board meeting Minutes/19 March 2007
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Prior: 12 March 2007 |
Board meeting Minutes | Next: 26 March 2007 |
Minutes approved: 26 March 2007
- Present
- Tom Perrine (chair), Matthew Barr, Trey Harris, Doug Hughes, Andrew Hume, Chris Palmer, Stephen Potter, Pat Wilson (note taker), Sam Albrecht
- Apologies
- David Parter
- Opened
- 20:06 Eastern Time
- Closed
- 20:58 Eastern Time
Consent Agenda
- Approve minutes of 12 March 2007
Passes
Action Items
Board Committees
- Development Committee (Wilson/Potter)
- Partnership and Liason Committee (Perrine)
- Palmer - Contact local office of possible partner - in progress still trying to arrange a meeting
- Barr, Albrecht - Contact SCALE regarding future cooperation [due 2/26] - in progress
- Leadership Committee (Esther Filderman)
- Policy Committee (Harris)
- Communications Committee
- Perrine - Follow up with SysAdmin Magazine regarding volunteers for online answer folks [due 3/20] - no progress
- Membership Committee
- Hughes - Work on different instances of member renewal letters - in progress
- Hughes, Parter - Implement member opt-out of non-LOPSA mailings - DONE
Program Committees
- Conference Planning Committee (Wilson/Perrine)
- 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 progress
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 [due 3/12] - in progress
- Query insurance company regarding possible member insurance options [due 2/12] - DONE
MOTION by Hume, seconded by Potter to have Ablrecht move forward and implement this program Passes
- Barr:
- php-list(?) mailer integration into Drupal - no progress
- Harris:
- Present draft financial policies for Board approval (low priority) - no progress
- Gather material for Halprin request [2/26] - no progress
- Hughes:
- Work with Frisch, Chalup, Halprin, Barr on resume resources skeleton/framework [due 4/1]
- Contact Gilbert Wilson about work-pay ideas. - no progress
- Hume:
- Chat with SNIA regarding possible partnering - no progress change to low priority
- Reconvene Code of Ethics review committee - in progress
- Palmer:
- Parter:
- Perrine:
- Perrine will work with Sam and Michele on "CONVERSION" of visitors to members - no progress
- Potter:
- Wilson:
- Determine whether there's enough interest to staff a booth at Linuxfest Northwest - no progress
- All:
Standing Reports
- Treasurer's report (first meeting of the month only)
- Membership report
- See the online report for this week's status
ACTION ITEM: Parter to set up retention-rate report
ACTION ITEM: tech-team to instrument website for Google analytics
- Online report
ACTION ITEM: Perrine to organize Sysadmin Day 2007 site update
- Sysadmin Days report
TIming of SD NJ might lend itself to combining with the new Board succession meeting
- Development report
- Upcoming MtM (last meeting of the month only)
New LOPSA Chapter
Albrecht recommends approval of LOPSA - AUSTIN as a provisional chapter. They have met the initial requirements.
MOTION by Hume, seconded by Potter to approve LOPSA-AUSTIN as a provisional chapter. Passes.
Adjournment
MOTION to adjourn by Wilson, seconded by Barr Passes; adjourned at 20:50 ET