Board of Directors meeting, Solstice, Martha's Exchange, Dec 21, 6 PM - 6:15 PM, was "to-do"

[Bill Sconce]

On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:47:49 -0500
Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com> wrote:

> A brief meeting to confirm our existence, formally adopt previously  
> made resolutions, and record a first set of meeting minutes.


As one motion (if I'm still in time, the first one!) may I suggest:

  That in order for a BoD meeting to have a quorum, such
  meeting shall be held in a public place, of course be
  open to everyone, and that such place shall be required
  to have a facility which serves canonical Linux beverages,
  preferably on tap...

-Bill






On Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:47:49 -0500
Ted Roche <tedroche at tedroche.com> wrote:

> A brief meeting to confirm our existence, formally adopt previously  
> made resolutions, and record a first set of meeting minutes.
> 
> We have it on good authority that the group signing the documents at  
> Hosstraders can act as the Board of Directors. I'd suggest the group  
> get together to confirm this, make a few quick resolutions, and eat  
> dinner. Offline, I've confirmed that we should have a quorum.
> 
> I will try to dig up the master set of by-laws and forward a set to  
> each of the board members for review before the meeting. I'm still  
> waiting on that spare time thing Ben mentioned.
> 
> My suggestions for an agenda. Please add your suggestions,  
> disagreements or comments.
> 
> 1. Affirm the by-laws as signed at Hosstraders. We need to submit  
> these updated bylaws to the Secretary of State office. We attempted  
> to do that as part of the whole registration process, and just need  
> to resubmit. A formal confirmation and direction to "do that" is what  
> I'm asking for.
> 
> 2. Fill the board to its full complement of seven. Only five were  
> required to sign the forms, so only five did. However, we had a  
> suggestion on the wiki a while ago that seven might be better, and  
> added that to the bylaws. If we agree to adopt the bylaws, we ought  
> to ask for another two to join us, and also confirm if the original  
> five are willing and able to serve for a three-year term.
> 
> 3. Select officers for the board: Chair, Secretary/Vice Chair,  
> Treasurer.
> 
> 4. Agree we should pursue getting a tax ID, bank account and budget.  
> Obtain a volunteer and a backup or two to do this.