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