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+ | OCLUG Board of Directors Meeting | ||
+ | August 10, 2011 19:00 to 20:50 | ||
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+ | Present: | ||
+ | Rob Echlin | ||
+ | Mike Kenzie | ||
+ | Rob Day | ||
+ | JS Taylor | ||
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+ | Guests | ||
+ | Aaron Wilcox | ||
+ | John Nash | ||
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+ | __Membership updates__ | ||
+ | * MK - secretary' | ||
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+ | __Paypal for donations? | ||
+ | * Do we have an account? yes, Ian Ward has access information - this should be in "panic book" | ||
+ | * Should be an offline version of the panic book | ||
+ | * Paypal charges for small transactions! | ||
+ | * Is there any point to having a " | ||
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+ | __Adding Aaron Wilcox to BoD__ | ||
+ | * Motion to appoint -> passed | ||
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+ | __Status of Past President__ | ||
+ | * John Nash is willing to come to Board meetings when able | ||
+ | * Mike Kenzie noted that previous Board members had similarly | ||
+ | helped out to provide continuity and extra help | ||
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+ | __September Meeting__ | ||
+ | * see below for later resolution | ||
+ | * Possibly CodeFactory -> would need to pay | ||
+ | * In future, run LitW in September to boost attendance? | ||
+ | * Library doesn' | ||
+ | * UofO & Algonquin | ||
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+ | __FOSSLC__ | ||
+ | * Cost of tickets -> full access $119 | ||
+ | * RMS is opening keynote speaker | ||
+ | * Asking for $500 sponsorship -> a few free tickets | ||
+ | * Who decides who gets the tickets? | ||
+ | * Limited exposure for this amount | ||
+ | * Only asked yesterday!! | ||
+ | * Too short notice to make an informed decision | ||
+ | * Event doesn' | ||
+ | * Motion to inform FOSSLC that their request was received too late, contact us earlier next year with more detailed information -> passed | ||
+ | * R Echlin to respond to their email | ||
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+ | __Meeting Themes__ | ||
+ | * Need to find speakers | ||
+ | * Embedded Linux | ||
+ | * Wind River? -> we know several people there | ||
+ | * Common thread -> by the end of the evening someone should go home saying "I can't wait to try this" | ||
+ | * More hands-on demo sessions | ||
+ | * Drop-in Help sessions? | ||
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+ | R Day had to leave at 8PM | ||
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+ | __Membership increase__ | ||
+ | * Better to keep the entire group together | ||
+ | * Not splitting out into subgroups (beginners, experts etc) | ||
+ | * Many experienced Linux users don't know about OCLUG | ||
+ | * Lack of advanced notice of meeting topics/ | ||
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+ | __Talk subjects__ | ||
+ | * head to head timing tests (Windows vs #! vs Ubuntu vs ???) | ||
+ | * Get a bunch of the cheap 2nd hand DTs (TTE?), would be good if they' | ||
+ | * Someone with a referee' | ||
+ | * Invite media? | ||
+ | * Advertise the meetings as a good practice run for people giving talks at conferences | ||
+ | * J Nash is giving a talk in Santa Barbara | ||
+ | * Linux gaming night? | ||
+ | * Gav from Cedega gave a talks a few years ago | ||
+ | * Stick to OSS games | ||
+ | * Interactive games | ||
+ | * THis will need to be heavily tested beforehand | ||
+ | * Have things running by September 1st | ||
+ | * Saturday gaming meeting as the September meeting | ||
+ | * Reoccurring meeting, like LitW | ||
+ | * Continue discussion online | ||
+ | * Concentrate on games that can be run on a laptop | ||
+ | * Need to set up server(s) to link user's computers together | ||
+ | * GCompris -> kids games from OLPC | ||
+ | * Could get a room at UofO on a Saturday -> may cost $50 | ||
+ | * Saturday could be easier at Algonquin, could get lots of Algonquin students | ||
+ | NOTE: Since Board meeting, this has been arranged for Sat Sept 17 | ||
+ | * Series of related talks | ||
+ | * J Nash -> scientific computing | ||
+ | * Contact Carleton U group | ||
+ | * Haskell talk (Andrew Clunis?) | ||
+ | * NumPy, Euler, PyGame | ||
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