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boardminutesapril2017 [2017/04/28 23:32] – created bdavisboardminutesapril2017 [2017/05/24 22:53] – [Review of any outstanding business from prior year] scott5
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 ==== Review of any outstanding business from prior year ==== ==== Review of any outstanding business from prior year ====
  
-  * Finance %%**%% Change account type so we only receive electronic copies %%**%% If this does not allow for viewing online, then RBC offers this service. Maybe even TD. Tangerine might serve, but read-only and deposit access may be an issue. %%**%% Get at least one additional signature on the bank account %%**%% We will appoint a treasurer at the first meeting after the AGM - Ian Gorman assigned as treasurer.+  * Finance  
 +    * Change account type so we only receive electronic copies 
 +    * If this does not allow for viewing online, then RBC offers this service. Maybe even TD. Tangerine might serve,  
 +      but read-only and deposit access may be an issue. 
 +    * Get at least one additional signature on the bank account 
 +    * We will appoint a treasurer at the first meeting after the AGM - Ian Gorman assigned as treasurer.
  
 ===== Regular Agenda Items ===== ===== Regular Agenda Items =====
  
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-Don't be alarmed at the size of this agenda. It is a distilled collection of things that have been running around in my mind for a while now. Bear with me a little as I had some time to gather my thoughts and I'd like to get them up for discussion. We can carry some things forward and a few are going to be here just for record keeping. +//Don't be alarmed at the size of this agenda. It is a distilled collection of things that have been running around in my mind for a while now. Bear with me a little as I had some time to gather my thoughts and I'd like to get them up for discussion. We can carry some things forward and a few are going to be here just for record keeping.// 
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 In keeping with my plain text mantra, the source for this is a markdown file and we can see how well pandoc converts it after it gets massaged by our secretary. Editing can be done in a browser with an in-browser editor such as: In keeping with my plain text mantra, the source for this is a markdown file and we can see how well pandoc converts it after it gets massaged by our secretary. Editing can be done in a browser with an in-browser editor such as:
  
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 Comments welcome. Comments welcome.
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 I'd like a vote on this one. I think it makes sense and it allows for the easing into a lighter weight system for future management. I'm not sure how many of us are Mailman experts, so reducing that to just two lists will make the maintenance easier. I'd like a vote on this one. I think it makes sense and it allows for the easing into a lighter weight system for future management. I'm not sure how many of us are Mailman experts, so reducing that to just two lists will make the maintenance easier.
  
 **Result of Vote:** Remove extraneous lists **Result of Vote:** Remove extraneous lists
  
-Action items that come out of this are: * Calendar system that allows subscriptions * Archiving of the old lists and making them available * Investigate upgrading Mailman to v3 or replace it with mlmmj http://mlmmj.org/+Action items that come out of this are:
  
 +  * Calendar system that allows subscriptions
 +  * Archiving of the old lists and making them available
 +  * Investigate upgrading Mailman to v3 or replace it with [[http://mlmmj.org/|mlmmj]]
 ===== Planned Regular Meetings ===== ===== Planned Regular Meetings =====
  
 ==== May ==== ==== May ====
  
-  * Speaker: Dianne Skoll %%**%% Topic: Roaring Penguin's CanIt anti-spam software, architecture, and scaling tips and tricks +  * Speaker: Dianne Skoll 
-  * Speaker: Scott Murphy %%**%% Topic: Scratching the Surface4+    * Topic: Roaring Penguin's CanIt anti-spam software, architecture, and scaling tips and tricks 
 +  * Speaker: Scott Murphy 
 +    * Topic: Scratching the Surface4
  
 ==== June ==== ==== June ====
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 ==== July ==== ==== July ====
  
-  * Speaker: Scott Murphy %%**%% Pi Night %%**%% Using a Raspberry Pi as a Software Defined Radio (assuming I can get me advanced classification by then) %%**%% Raspberry Pi FM transmitter+  * Speaker: Scott Murphy 
 +    * Pi Night 
 +      * Using a Raspberry Pi as a Software Defined Radio 
 +      * Raspberry Pi FM transmitter
  
 ==== August ==== ==== August ====
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   * Use the update of the wiki as fodder for discussion?   * Use the update of the wiki as fodder for discussion?
   * Blogging   * Blogging
-  * Tools for making graphics in a productive fashion %%**%% Ditaa as a possible options %%**%% Mermaid as a possible options %%**%% GraphViz %%**%% Dia %%**%% Even raw SVG production might be of interest.+  * Tools for making graphics in a productive fashion 
 +    * Ditaa as a possible option 
 +    * Mermaid as a possible option 
 +    * GraphViz 
 +    * Dia 
 +    * Even raw SVG production might be of interest
   * Node.js   * Node.js
   * MongoDB   * MongoDB
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   * AngularJS & VScode   * AngularJS & VScode
   * Platform independency for application users: Why doesn't my program work on my computer? - done   * Platform independency for application users: Why doesn't my program work on my computer? - done
-  * MicroVAX (will be a topic after Scott gets it all working) %%**%% HW seems OK now that motherboard has been replaced %%**%% Issue getting the console working properly +  * MicroVAX (will be a topic after Scott gets it all working) 
-  * PDP8 emulator & PiDP8 Hardware Panel %%**%% Scott Murphy (when completed) +    * HW seems OK now that motherboard has been replaced 
-  * Obsolete telephone reuse %%**%% Scott Murphy (has a project in the works) %%**%% Virtual Box and Docker integration+    * Issue getting the console working properly 
 +  * PDP8 emulator & PiDP8 Hardware Panel 
 +    * Scott Murphy (when completed) 
 +  * Obsolete telephone reuse  
 +    * Scott Murphy (has a project in the works) 
 +  * Virtual Box and Docker integration
   * Setting up a Domain or Website ( for a wider audience)   * Setting up a Domain or Website ( for a wider audience)
   * Phil Harvey - Exif tools   * Phil Harvey - Exif tools
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 ===== New business: ===== ===== New business: =====
  
 +None
 ===== Adjournment: ===== ===== Adjournment: =====
  
boardminutesapril2017.txt · Last modified: 2017/05/24 22:54 by scott5