Exec Meeting Minutes for the 11/10/2008
Meeting Details
Minutes taken by who and how: James Iseppi. Added to Wiki by Matthew Franklin.
Place: Indooroopilly Shopping Centre
Contents
Attendees
- James Iseppi - President Elspeth Thorne - Treasurer Matthew Franklin - Librarian Stephen Thorne - HUMBUG member
Apologies
- Scott Wilson - Secretary
Meeting Opened
Meeting opened by Executive Members at 13:30
Meeting
Minutes of Previous Meeting
Motion: Accept the Minutes of the Previous Meeting.
Result: Accepted.
Humbug Social Calendar
Question: Are we doing anything than meetings this year? (eg, Intrepid release party, Christmas party, installfest, sfd)
Result: Matthew Franklin shanghaid into role of Event Coordinator.
Talks Liaison
There are other OS groups in Brisbane that we should be inviting to Humbug meetings for talks etc? Eg, Red Hat, Brisbane PHP, Brisbane Ruby and Rails Brigade, MySQL?
Result: Stephen Thorne Shanghai'd into role of Talks Liaison.
Motion: To continue the speaker dinner funding.
Result: Motion passed.
Question: Talks liaison - do we have one yet? We do now and its Stephen Thorne.
Expanding The Librarian Role
The Librarian position doesn't seem to have much to do, how can we fix this to make it more relevant to the membership? Eg, get a safari bookshelf membership for members, have regular presentations about up and coming tech news/events, take on talks liaison role
Result: Fixed. Librarian will investigate safari bookshelf.
Also: All Exec members please post any ideas for useful community information to Exec and the Librarian will post it to Exec. Any exec
member at a meeting, please read it out over the PA at around 6pm
Membership drive
Question: Who is doing it this year, how much will it cost?
- James to Contact QUT.
- Elspeth to organise UQ effort.
- Elspeth to try and find someone to contact Griffith.
- Other possibilities include TAFE, ACU, USQ, Southern Cross, Bond. If anyone is interested in contacting these places please contact the Exec.
Bank Stuff
Plan: Sorting out signatories, then look into possibility of moving the bulk of humbug's money into a savings account if possible.
Signatories: We now have 2 valid signatories, 3 or 4 when Scott and/or Mark return the form. We have organised netbank access for the 2 current
signatories. We need to return the minutes to CBA Indooroopilly to have the current signatories activated.
Information:Talked to CBA about High Interest, accounts unsuitable for HUMBUG.
ACTION: Treasurer to investigate alternate options with other banks.
Packup Roster
Interim roster with President, next person being notified. Will be posted to exec once finalised.
Motion: Confirm the following non-executive members included on the packup roster:
- Brendon Higgins
- Stephen Thomas
- Byron Crowe
Result: Motion Accepted
Confirmation of non-executive positions
- Stephen Thomas - Sysadmin
- Stephen Thorne - Talks Liaison
Result: Motion Accepted
Increase Library Resources
Increasing library resources, including up-to-date installers of various distros
Motion: Budget of $100 for Blank CD's, Blank DVD's, CD Wallet, and CD Marker Pen to be given to Librarian.
Result: Motion Accepted