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+OCLUG Board of Directors Meeting
+August 10, 2011 19:00 to 20:50
+Present:
+Rob Echlin
+Mike Kenzie
+Rob Day
+JS Taylor
+Guests
+Aaron Wilcox
+John Nash
+__Membership updates__
+   * MK - secretary's responsibility (JS Taylor)
+__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 "donate" button, there's plenty of money in the bank
+__Adding Aaron Wilcox to BoD__
+   * Motion to appoint -> passed
+__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
+__September Meeting__
+   * see below for later resolution
+   * Possibly CodeFactory -> would need to pay
+   * In future, run LitW in September to boost attendance?
+   * Library doesn't have internet or projector, kick us out at 9PM
+   * UofO & Algonquin
+__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't exactly meet OCLUG's objectives
+   * 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
+__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?
+R Day had to leave at 8PM
+__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/speakers
+__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're all the same
+       * Someone with a referee's shirt & whistle?
+       * 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