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| DATE | 2003-02-25 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] minutes from last week's meeting (just for the record)
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Oh
Do you have a list of attendees?
Ruben
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 12:04:25PM -0500, Joe Grastara wrote:
>
> 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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> Fair Use -
> because it's either fair use or useless....
> NYLXS is a trademark of NYLXS, Inc
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