Meeting Notes 2009-02-24

Meeting Minutes
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Attendance

• Sacha
• Paul
• Nathan
• Zane
• Josh
• Eli
• Jim
• Jasna
• Eric H
• Ishmael
• Jaku
• Eric M
• George
• Angel
• Mike M.
• Chris
• Donna
• Andrew
• nicolle
• Ryan
• + Many more. Please add your names if you like, I couldn't get everyone!

Virtual Attendance via IRC/webcam

• Tom (korpios)
• Alex (slifox)

Come to Order - 8:10

Membership Count - Ishmael

• 31 Official
  • Working on fixing membership payment link
  • Proposal of 1yr membership discount for $500 to be voted on next week.
  • Proposal for PS1 to eat the cost of Credit Card fees as opposed to charging additionally.
  • Ishmael will put wiki page of proposals together.

Elston location

• Ryan briefs us on specs of the space.
• Owner is interested in forming a tech corridor in the area.
• Utilities included in price of rent (~1500)
• Communal space also available for no additional.
• We will be viewing the space again tomorrow at 5:00/6:00 for anyone who didn't see it

Amendments

• Sacha on proposes amendment "Be Excellent to Each Other"
  • 4 things you cannot do
    • Jeopardize your ownSaftey
    • Jeopardize Safety of others
    • Damaging equipment/theft
    • Using PS:1 to perform illegal acts
    • Will vote on next week

Show & Tell

• We made our first shirt
• Anybody wanting one, get a shirt and see Nathan.
  • Eric not keen on using organization funds to give members shirts.
  • OR Use shirts for fundraising drive: $15/shirt

Discussion of political agendas and licensing practices

• Brought up by Dan & Zane
  • As a non-profit which we plan to apply for, we can not officially hold political positions
  • Political/Software/Licensing Support will remain at the member level. Space will not take specific positions.
    • Don't want to discourage any user from using any form of legal software.