MESSAGE
| DATE | 2003-04-08 |
| FROM | Dave Williams
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Meeting April 7th, 2003: Minutes
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An observation: ACS (Association of Copyright Stakeholders) can't be
used without the NY, because of the American Chemistry Society. I
thought about rearranging it to CSA, because after the Confederate
States of America it didn't seem likely to be used again. Sure enough,
there's a Chicago Software Association.
It's a tricky one, and I haven't come up with anything better. I made a
table of potential keywords and terms which I've been mixing and
matching, but nothing stands out. Nothing wrong with NYACS, but the NY
can't be decoupled.
- Dave
On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 02:50, Ruben Safir wrote:
> First Board Meeting of the 2nd administration of NYLXS
>
> The NYLXS Board met at the Killarny Rose, 80 Beaver Street, in Lower
> Manhattan at 8:00PM
>
> Attendance:
>
> Marco Scoffier President
> Michael Richardson Vice President
> Selso DaSilva Recording Secretary
> Evan Inker 2nd Vice-President
> Ruben Safir Secretary
> Ray Connolley 2nd Treasure
>
>
> Joanne Cripps NYLXS Voting Member
>
> Marco Chaired the meeting and called it to order:
>
> The board compiled a list of the current Committees:
> * Membership - To oversee membership policy and track hours and dues
>
> * Education - encouraging adoption of Free Software in the education system,
> providing support to educational institutions and developing course
> curriculums, scheduling of classes and teachers.
>
> * Lobbying - establishing and maintaining relationships with other groups
> having similar goals, disseminating information about where and when
> people can show up and add their voice, speaking up on the issues facing the
> Free Software community.
>
> * Journal - produce an NYLXS Journal and other informational materials.
> * Finance - Report to the board on the status of the financial position of the
> organization.
>
> Ruben Safir was nominated to the Membership Committee chairman.
> Nominated Marco
> Second Ray
> passed unanimously
>
> Michael Richardson was nominated to The Public Relations Committee (currently
> an ad-hoc committee).
>
> Selso DaSilva was nominated to the Education Committee
> Second Ray
> passed unanimously
>
> The previous Real Estate Committee was voted by the board to be folded into
> the Finance Committee
>
> Joe Maffia was nominated to the Finance Committee
> Second everyone
>
> Ruben Safir was nominated to the Lobbying Committee
> Second Everyone
>
> Marco made a motion to make the Free Software Chamber of Commerce a
> Permanent Committee
> Second by Ruben
> Passed unanimously
>
> Ruben Nominated to the Journal Committed
> Passed unanimously
>
> Ray Connelly was nominated to head The Free Software Chamber of Commerce Seconded by Michael Richardson
> Passed unanimously
>
> Marco Motions to make a permanent Technology Committee and to put the
> Previous Web server design committee into it.
> seconded by Evan Inker
> Passed by the whole board
>
> The Technology Subcommittee is to be charged as follows:
> Inventory NYLXS Infrastructure assets
> In charge of Domain Registration Issues
> Charged to maintain Infrastructure
> Web Server Administration
> Database Administration
>
>
> Ruben: The library needs to be better documented and maintained
> Evan: Motion to move library to education sub-committee
> Michael Seconds motion:
> Ruben: The library is more than an education facility.
> Ruben: Library needs more volunteers and a librarian
> Michael Volunteers to take over library
> Marco appoints Michael to the library ad-hoc committee
> Ruben: Current Inventory of Technology Equipment
> 2 Servers (one tower SCSI and one PC IDE based)
> One Video Camera
> 10 Video Cassets
> 1 Makee Mixer
> 2 Microphones
> 1 Monitor at Rosenzweig and Maffia
>
> Evan: Library should maintain a software library
> Motion to build such a library
> Marco Seconded
> Passed unanimously
>
> Ruben - We need to invest in a phone patch and 6 new workstations
>
> Marco Nominated to Technology Infrastructure committee
> Second Evan
> Passed by board
>
> Ruben - We are offered a new Technology Center and Internet Cafe at
> Kings Games on Kings Highway. We need 6 computers. Cafe charges $5
> per hour for usage. Large new space built virtually to our specification
> for teaching and to make the first Free Software Internet Cafe in NYC.
> We can move our tables and chairs to the new cafe.
>
> Marco Approves expenditure for new machines.
>
> Ruben Reports on last weeks NY Fair Use Meeting:
>
> 1- Washington Testimony for the DMCA on May 2nd
> 2- NYC Government Action to be planned
> 3- Protest NYU Vital Books planned
>
> Ruben: Motion to change the name of NY Fair Use to the New York Association
> of Copyright stakeholders.
>
> Seconded: Michael Richardson and approved by the board
> unanimously
>
> Ruben: Motion to make a press release that NY Fair Use, a sub committees
> of NYLXS and the original and only legitimate NY Fair Use is to be renamed
> as per previous motion to the NY Associate of Copyright Stakeholders.
> The name change is to better reflect the educational and lobbying mission
> of NY Fair Use and to separate NY Fair Use from the damage done to it by
> Brett Wynkoop and Jay Sulzberger.
>
> Motion second by many
> Voted Unanimously.
>
> Selso: Need to make a pilot curriculum for NY Board of Education Meeting
> in late April. Meeting is to be scheduled for the coming week.
>
> Meeting Adjured
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