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| DATE | 2003-02-25 |
| FROM | Joe Grastara
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| SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] minutes from last week's meeting (just for the record)
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All,
Most of the goings on of last week's meeting have already been brought
up on the list, however for the sake of having one concise and official
record of the meeting I am posting the minutes of last week's meeting.
Here it goes.
Ruben started off the night by giving a brief history of NY Fair Use
and NYLXS for the benefit of new members.
The official meeting began with a three part motion to permanently ban
Brett Wynkoop from NYLXS, to permanently ban Jay Salzburger from NYLXS
and to officially recognize NY Fair Use as part of NYLXS.
The motion to ban Brett Wnykoop from NYLXS was voted into effect
unanimously by all Board Members present. The motion to ban Jay
Salzburger from NYLXS was voted into effect with one dissent. The
motion to recognize NY Fair Use as part of NYLXS was voted into effect
unanimously.
It was also decided that absent Board Members would have a chance to
dissent on the list. (Which I believe they've all done at this point)
The next order of business was the NYLXS Journal. It was decided
unanimously that going forward NYLXS will pay $50 to journal article
authors and that the Journal will no longer be free and that a $25
yearly subscription price will be charged. Also suggestions were
requested for generating new advertising revenues.
Discussion then began on the Starrett City project. Selso has already
developed contacts in Starrett City and will be heading up the project.
The goal is to upgrade their current computer systems from a legacy
Microsoft product to Linux Systems. Additionally Selso will
investigate the possibility of using the Starrett City computer
facility as a location for installfests.
Next on the Agenda was the issue of NYC IT Infrastructure. Ruben
proposed that we begin a campaign to promote the use of Free Software
in the City's IT Infrastructure. No definite plans were made, other
than that the campaign will involve face to face meetings with all of
the members' City Council Members. In addition the slogan for the
campaign will be "Bloomberg uses free software, Why not City Hall?"
The meeting then moved to discussion of another new project, a business
expo at Katherine Gibbs. This project will be lead by Bill Putney.
We still need ideas for presentations and well as volunteers to hell
Bill get this project moving.
Next, the possibility of a Cable Access Show was discussed. Selso is
also heading up this project. He will be gathering up the necessary
forms to request a time slot. Volunteers will also be needed for this
project, so get in touch with Selso if you would like to help.
Next an election committee was formed. The committee members include
Spidey, Dave Williams and Selso. The mission of the committee is to
ensure that the elections are carried out fairly, i.e. ensure that
everyone only votes once and that the votes are counted in a verifiable
and accurate manner.
Joe Maffia then gave the financial report. NYLXS currently has about
$2000 in the back. For the year of 2002 NYLXS generated roughly
$20,000 in income.
Lastly we are asking for help with grant writing. If anyone has any
experience with grant writing please send some mail to the list and
give us a hand if you can.
-Joe
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