19:36:59 #startmeeting 19:37:00 Meeting started Sun Dec 15 19:36:59 2013 UTC. The chair is billf. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 19:37:01 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 19:37:10 #chair coxn mhrivnak IsharaComix justis billf 19:37:11 Current chairs: IsharaComix billf coxn justis mhrivnak 19:37:21 #topic December Demo and Social Night 19:37:45 We came out ahead by $88 and want to share with splatspace 19:38:13 #action mhrivnak will send Splatspace a check for $44 19:40:46 #info Next year include: Parking instructions. Name Tags. Serving implements. Utensils. Bag and boxes for left overs. Trash Bags. Cleaning supplies. 19:42:54 just noting for the record that we considered doing 10% of gross donations, but 50% of net was more money. 19:43:12 #info Need to repeat: Signs for upstairs doors. Signs for each demo. Food. 19:44:02 #idea 60 second pitches, to attract visitors to your demo 19:45:35 #action coxn will talk with Alan about how to use Square for TriLUG 19:46:23 #info need a roster for opening the front and rear doors for people 19:49:48 #link https://docs.google.com/a/ibiblio.org/document/d/1qA8u25RuV9MBhu4BNTDKftc_0jRALaJCzFRwRUzzw0I/edit?usp=sharing 19:50:34 #topic Meeting 9 January & 13 February 19:53:08 #action will contact new Linux admin for NCSU CSC department and ask him to reserve a meeting room for TriLUG's January 9 meeting 19:53:18 #action IsharaComix will contact new Linux admin for NCSU CSC department and ask him to reserve a meeting room for TriLUG's January 9 meeting 19:55:05 email sent to percona people and steering@ 19:56:13 most recent email suggests this is our speaker: Alexander Rubin 19:59:54 And for Feb.... 19:59:54 14:59:08 -!- Irssi: Starting query in freenode with jtate 19:59:54 14:59:10 ping 19:59:54 14:59:38 just wanted to follow up and see what all you'd need in order to confirm 13 Feb 2014 for an ansible/ec2 talk 20:06:16 #info draft dupal pages for Jan and Feb 20:06:23 #topic 501(c)3 Application 20:07:36 Other LUG's have 501(c)3, and one has all their application paperwork online for us to review 20:10:17 Discussion of articles of incorporation and by-laws. Should we modify our existing aoi or develop new ones 20:14:07 Can we change our articles of incorporation ? we believe so. 20:17:07 make sponsorship easier. make donation easier. make it easier for us to facilitate events or workshops. 20:18:39 #agreed we want to pursue 501(c)(3) 20:22:36 #action mhrivnak will call the IRS and ask what we need to submit at tax time 20:26:21 http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/soskb.web.mvc/search/Filings/4745209 20:33:08 #link http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/soskb.web.mvc/search/Filings/4745209 20:33:21 discussion of conflict of interest within the organisation 20:34:02 #action coxn to get a copy of the CoI document from Carrboro Bicycle Coalition, another non-profit. 20:34:31 #action everyone will review TriLUGs articles of incorporation 20:35:26 #action mhrivnak will create a google doc for changes needed by the IRS to our articles of incorporation and bylaws 20:35:39 #topic Server Relocation 20:40:29 #link http://www.trilug.org/mailman/private/steering/2013-December/018453.html 20:48:07 #link https://docs.google.com/a/ibiblio.org/document/d/1RRpYVZubZEppEIoQOQzoCGKO-OgwtG9BLoT2Fn6Mso8/edit?usp=sharing 20:52:32 discussion on who should have physical access. justis thinks coxn transportation limitation might be a problem 20:53:03 suggested billf due to proximity, and or justis for personal relationship with DASH 20:54:36 #action justis and billf will become physical access persons to DASH 20:55:06 #action coxn will finalise the relationship doc with DASH 20:56:38 #action justis will ash DASH for promotional blurb that we will publish on our website 20:57:15 #topic Future of TriLUG servers and services 21:10:58 #idea a page for showing your support, regularly, of services provided by TriLUG 21:23:05 #idea combined with analytics to know what is actually being used 21:30:07 #topic General Business 21:31:18 Women in FOSS panel - proposed for March meeting 21:33:45 Due to the need to find panelists we need to start asking around now. 21:34:54 #idea female FOSS presenter: Ruth Suehle http://www.oreilly.com/pub/au/5595 21:35:21 #idea female FOSS presenter: Robyn Bergeron https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Rbergero 21:35:29 both are local. 21:36:42 Possible Dates: April 10, May 8 21:38:30 We should ask on the ML for speaker suggestions 21:44:59 "Mel Chua is a contagiously enthusiastic hacker, writer, and educator with over a decade of teaching and curriculum development experience and a track record of leadership in Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) communities, most recently as Red Hat Inc’s. educational liason." 21:48:35 #idea maybe DeLisa Alexander, executive VP at Red Hat http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Tb6EYcywY 00:07:39 #endmeeting