• approval of agenda

   added items relating to election

• Approve Last Month's Board Meeting Minutes BoardMinutesFebruary2008

   approved, abstain from mcr, nashjc

• Review OclugBoardForwardAgenda

   nothing at this time.

• old business
  • January 2008: contact Algonquin College re Programming Olympics planning

  contact was made, and Ian Allen! replied.... 
  He and another person were overseer, and to check with last year's planning people.
  We had good description of OCLUG prize.  One thing that didn't work well, was that we didn't get involved until very late.
So we didn't get involved with the students early enough.  There was zero support for students.  We need to put up a WIKI page
for things... invite to IRC channel.
  March 17 - start of registration.
  Contest is May 24.
  http://www.programmingolympics.ca/2008/

ACTION: Margaret to continue followup.

• March 2008: planning for election discussion talk

Aleks Essex --- travel expenses for crew from Washington.
 $80 for Visa to Canada. 
 $20 for ballot materials.
$100 for food.
$200 for gas.

This is within what we said we might pay for airfare for one person.
Discussion about whether or not this was the meeting/speaker that we wanted to have people come from afar for.

Agreed to cover expenses.

Possible refendum topic: Should governments be obligated to run open source?

ACTION: MCR will write press release for talk.  send to: Carleton J-school, Algonquin J-school,
Citizen, SUN, Hill Times, Parties, MPs, CBC, GOSLING, OBJ. 

• March 2008: planning for LitW 2008
  • #31

• Still to do: Review/followup Suggestions from ticket tracking

   ACTION: wardi to contact gmane about including -linux list #26
   ACTION: maggi to contact NCF about using logo on our site

• address new items.
  • approval of new members

Brenda reads out list of new members to board. 
Is list of members public? Decided that it is not, at this time.
It is accessible to any member who asks.  
Board asks about whether one member is a real person.  Brenda has met this person.

Approved unanimously.

• status of speakers
  • need speakers ..

   Aleks Essex is giving a talk in April on his voting system
   Russell McOrmand is ready to talk about copyright issues (May!)
   Neuros OSD in May: MichaelRichardson, Russell, DonKelly
   Jean Francois - Opera. (June?)
   Herb Hartwig - IPv6.   (June?)

• Movement to adjourn.

2008-03-18, 21:25.