North Bay Linux Users Group - Board

Board Meeting Minutes 2006/06/05

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:56:42 -0700

Role Call: Present: Kyle (president), Matt (v.pres), Dave (scribe), and Aaron (dir @ large). Not quite a quorum, so no voting...
Installfest came up, but didn't really discuss as Greg was not there; Kyle will talk to him re: whether he will still coordinate.
Possibility of a post-installfest LAN party & perhaps Game installs was discussed...
We talked about how WE NEED SPEAKERS! Kyle will step up and do PXE/VMWare talk

Board Meeting

Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:30:55 -0700

Start: 2006/05/02 - 6:00pm

End: 2006/05/02 - 8:30pm

description:

Roll Call (Kyle)
Approval of March Minutes? (Kyle)
Welcome new Board Members: (Kyle)
- Vice President: Matt Hubert
- Scribe: Dave Sisley
- Directors at Large: Aaron Grattafiori, Paul Peterson
Discuss possible new meeting location (Kyle)
Items carried over from previous meeting:
- Status of General Meeting Videos; Kyle was going to talk to Dan and get the original files to make VCDs or possibly upload to Google Video
- Update Bylaws for Election procedures to reflect cutoff times for voting

Location:
Sizzling Tandoor

Board meeting minutes 2006/04/04

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:47:05 -0700

Role Call: Present: Kyle (president), Kat(director), Eric(scribe), Dave, Aaron. Dustin(treasurer) and Trevor arrived slightly late. With Dustin's appearance enough board members were present for a quorum.
videos discussed. Kyle's still working on this. Using google video (upload.video.google.com) as a possible way to distribute videos instead of loaning out discs was discussed.
nonprofit status discussed. Resolved: removed from agenda Can be reintroduced later if somebody on the board wants to.
election process discussed. Who's running for each position discussed a little. Mentioned that currently all positions are uncontested.

Board Minutes for 2006/02/06

Mon, 03 Apr 2006 09:02:34 -0700

Present: Frank, Troy, Augie, Kyle, Greg, Dustin, Kat, Eric
Previous minutes approved with one change
Board Meeting Frequency and Scheduling discussed. Resolved: Tuesday before general meeting
Upcoming meetings discussed.
- splunk - Augie will followup
- rfid - Troy will talk to a potential speaker
- Also discussed a possible samba topic
Status of General Meeting Videos. Resolved: Kyle will talk to Dan and get the original files to make VCDs
Elections in April. Resolved: Mention them at the next meeting

Board Meeting

Mon, 27 Mar 2006 13:19:38 -0800

Start: 2006/04/04 - 6:00pm

End: 2006/04/04 - 8:30pm

description:

Roll Call (Eric)
Approval of February Minutes (Eric)
Items carried over from previous meeting:
- Status of General Meeting Videos; Kyle was going to talk to Dan and get the oringal files to make VCDs
- TaxID/non-profit Status (Jake)
- Elections at next meeting
  - Election Procedure
  - Positions
    - President:
      - Kyle Rankin (accepted)
    - Vice-President:
      - Matt Hubert (accepted)
    - Treasurer:
      - Kat Ogaz (accepted)
    - Scribe (secretary):

Location:
Sizzling Tandoor

2006 Board Elections

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 18:35:47 -0800

We will be holding elections for the board at the next general meeting. The nomination period starts now and ends April 9th. The list of current nominations will be posted here.

In order to nominate yourself or somebody else, send an email to talk@nblug.org with "NOMINATE" in the subject line. Nominations do not require a second, but must be accepted by the nominee.

Positions and nominations:

President:
- Kyle Rankin (accepted)
Vice-President:
- Matt Hubert (accepted)
Treasurer:
- Kat Ogaz (accepted)
Scribe (secretary):
- Dave Sisley (accepted)
- Eric Eisenhart (not yet accepted)
Directors at Large (2 positions):
- Aaron Grattafiori (accepted)
- Paul Peterson (accepted)
- Stephen Cilley (declined)
- Dave Sisley (retracted in order to run for scribe)

June 2005 Board Meeting Minutes

Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:45:19 -0700

1pm: meeting called to order

Present: Kyle (President), Augie(VP), Eric(Scribe), Kat(Director at Large), Dustin(Treasurer), Greg, Frank; 5 out of 6 elected board members present; sufficient for quorum.

Reading of previous minutes skipped due to not having a copy on hand
Possibilities for July meeting discussed. Nothing is definite yet. Other months briefly mentioned
July installfest discussed. Resolved: will be announced shortly
Rob Orsini (robble) as "O'Reilly Liason" for meetings discussed. Resolved: some of the board will discuss it with him at or after the next general meeting on Tuesday and then we'll make the switch totally official, as long as he's agreeable

NBLUG Board Meeting

Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:11:21 -0700

Start: 2005/06/12 - 5:30pm

description:

Role Call
Reading of previous minutes
Upcoming Events
- July Meeting; Gumstix? Kyle knows somebody who might talk about Asterisk?
- August Meeting
- September Meeting
- InstallFest; 7/23
- InstallFest; 9/17
Other
- Rob Orsini (robble) as "O'Reilly Liason" for meetings
- Greg involved in InstallFests again
- What to do with extra money from HD purchase
  - nothing (slowly spend on misc expenses)
  - a 10/100 switch for installfests
  - ???
  - Figure out later

Location:
Sizzling Tandoor

2003/03/23 Agenda

Sun, 03 Apr 2005 12:44:04 -0700

Start: 2003/03/23 - 12:00pm

description:

- democracy (voting for board officers)
- officer jobs (appointed vs. elected, how many, etc.)
- Constitution / Bylaws
- Mike as new president (Augie?)
- Treasurer (have one at all? who?)
- IF coordinator
- T-shirts
- Bandwidth update
- Social Events?
- Advocacy Events (Demos)?
- Require board members to distribute contact info (phone, non-nblug email address) amongst other board members.

NBLUG Board Meeting

Mon, 28 Mar 2005 14:58:29 -0800

Start: 2005/03/29 - 11:30am

description:

Sizzling Tandoor in Santa Rosa @ 6:30pm.

Role Call
Approval of minutes for 2005/01/26 board meeting
General Topics
- Nblug.org website content license?
- Advertise Speaker/Book policy more? (Kyle)
- RedHat Query (Dustin)
Upcoming events.
- Installfest (5/14 tenative) (Eric)
  - Location: ORA or SSU? (Dustin)
- June General Meeting (6/14) - ??
- July General Meeting (7/12) - ??
- Future Meetings
Progress Reports/Previously tabled items.
- Hard Drive (Dustin)

Location:
Sizzing Tandoor, Santa Rosa

January 2005 Board Meeting Minutes

Wed, 26 Jan 2005 11:05:06 -0800

7pm: Meeting called to order

Present: Kyle (President), Dustin (Treasurer), Eric (Scribe), Kat (Director-at-Large), Augie (Vice-President), Jake (Director-at-Large)

Also Present: Greg, Rob

New board member (Jake) welcomed to the board
Content license for the website.
Jake proposed that either the GNU Free Documentation License or a Creative Commons (CC) license be used for our website. The differences, advantages and disadvantages of each were discussed. Specific special cases of the site logo, presentation materials (slides) and the mailing lists were discussed.
Motion to use creative commons was made and passed