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When:  
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When: 18 Nov, 2009
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<br/>Place: Free Geek, PDX
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<br>Facilitator:  
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<br/>Facilitator: Vagrant
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<br>Scribe:  
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<br/>Scribe: Martin
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<br>Minutes Checker:
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<br/>Minutes Checker: Jon
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<br>Attendance:
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<br/>Attendance: Vagrant, Dave, Laurel2, Debra, Laurel1, Richard, Jon, Caitlin, Cliff
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<br>Last meeting:
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<br/>Last meeting: October (link?)
 
== COMMITMENTS ==
 
== COMMITMENTS ==
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:Copy these from the prior meeting's minutes. Owner of each commitment should report on status: Done, In Progress, Carryover, Hand Off, or Drop. For items not completed, see http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Carryovers.
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* Seamus - email with possible evaluation criteria for how well online sales is doing - FAIL (no need to track here anymore)
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* Name - commitment - status (discussion points if necessary)
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* Sergio - email Council when/if commissioned sales start – CARRYOVER INFINITY (no need to track here anymore)
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* Name - commitment - status (discussion points if necessary)
 
 
== REPORTS ==
 
== REPORTS ==
 
:Reports from other working groups.
 
:Reports from other working groups.
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* State of the Onion                                                                                                               http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/State_of_the_Onion                                                                             
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* [[State of the Onion]]
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* General Priorities                                                                                                                     http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/General_Priorities
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* Gizmo tracking and inventorying is coming out of staff
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* Finances reported on.  Lots of numbers.
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* Sub-board Recruitment: Ali and Laurel1 will be meeting.  Contact them to join.
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* Sub-board Relations: Shannon and JP have talked about volunteers.  We have an appointment in December for something.
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* Sub-board Intergalactic: Trademarks and excitement. We are explode!
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* Sub-board Audit: Bean-counters and Sayer will be meeting.
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* Space Cadets: improving laptop space, moving into new upstairs space.
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* Bulletins are great.
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== Priorities ==
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We started looking at [[General Priorities]] and updating it to reflect what we're already doing. We also came up with a number of pages that need attention paid to them before we will know how much we want to do them.
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* [[Computers for Kids (PPS)]]
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* [[System Administration (PPS)]]
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* [[Volunteer Pickups (PPS)]] (no PPS)
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* [[Advanced Linux (PPS)]]
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* [[Events (PPS)]] (no PPS)
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* [[External Sales (PPS)]] (is this Online Sales?)
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== BUSINESS ==
 
== BUSINESS ==
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=== TITLE: PRESENTERS NAME (NEW/OLD)===
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===Volunteers & Council: (OLD)===
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* Link to relevint conversation.
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(1) Achieving quality Council participation, particularly the issue of non-active-volunteers participating in Council.  Free Geek wants a hard & fast rule to address lack of volunteer status as barrier to participation in
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*:(Summarize Presentation)
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Council.  (2) Whether Council wants to encourage volunteer involvement, and if so, who and how.
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* List Clarifing Questions
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* Laurel1: can we have a human point of contact for potential new members to talk to?  also as a gate-keeper.
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** Question - Answer
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* Laurel2: bulletin board isn't enough?
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* List Concerns
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* Debra: should a potential council member already know enough to figure out who to ask?
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** Concern - Questions Which Clarify the Concern
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* Laurel1: suggesting people ask will lead to more new members asking.
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* Proposal:
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* ...phone call or email, if the go-to person isn't on staff.
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*: (final proposal)
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* Caitlin: shouldn't any member of council/staff be able to provide this role?  but significant confusion exists that i don't believe this is true.
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** Decision adopted (with Unresolved Concerns Listed - AKA Stand Asides) | Send to Committee (if creating a new committee list intrested people)
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* Richard: council may be in a state of transition regarding its role within freegeek, so a cheatsheet of how to answer questions may be hard
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* Debra: face-to-face contact is more meaningful
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* PROPOSAL: Laurel1 will be a point-of-contact for people with questions about council until the February meeting.
  
 
== REMAINING COMMITMENTS ==
 
== REMAINING COMMITMENTS ==
 
: New commitments, and Carry-Overs copied from above.
 
: New commitments, and Carry-Overs copied from above.
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* Name - commitment - status (discussion points if necessary)
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* Dave - tell council when staff want to start doing commissioned sales (no need to track this here, though)
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* Name - commitment - status (discussion points if necessary)
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* Vagrant - tell Shannon to email us (or minutes?) with report on Relations work she has done.
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* Laurel1 - will sync up [[General Priorities]] with the (X)es we added.
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* Richard - will set up a point-of-contact email alias
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* Laurel1 - will email core (and regulars) to see if anyone has any questions about council
  
 
== Next Meeting ==
 
== Next Meeting ==
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* Facilitator:  
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* Facilitator: Martin
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* Scribe:  
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* Scribe: Laurel1
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* Minutes Checker:  
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* Minutes Checker: Debra
 
* Reporters to other meetings?
 
* Reporters to other meetings?
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* Date and time:  
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* Date and time: 16 December, 2009
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* Place:  
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* Place: Here
 
* List of unfinished business for the next meeting:
 
* List of unfinished business for the next meeting:
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** Council's Purpose
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** Council Recruitment
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[[Category: Council]]
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[[Category: Minutes]]

Latest revision as of 16:24, 6 July 2010


When: 18 Nov, 2009
Place: Free Geek, PDX
Facilitator: Vagrant
Scribe: Martin
Minutes Checker: Jon
Attendance: Vagrant, Dave, Laurel2, Debra, Laurel1, Richard, Jon, Caitlin, Cliff
Last meeting: October (link?)

COMMITMENTS

  • Seamus - email with possible evaluation criteria for how well online sales is doing - FAIL (no need to track here anymore)
  • Sergio - email Council when/if commissioned sales start – CARRYOVER INFINITY (no need to track here anymore)

REPORTS

Reports from other working groups.
  • State of the Onion
  • Gizmo tracking and inventorying is coming out of staff
  • Finances reported on. Lots of numbers.
  • Sub-board Recruitment: Ali and Laurel1 will be meeting. Contact them to join.
  • Sub-board Relations: Shannon and JP have talked about volunteers. We have an appointment in December for something.
  • Sub-board Intergalactic: Trademarks and excitement. We are explode!
  • Sub-board Audit: Bean-counters and Sayer will be meeting.
  • Space Cadets: improving laptop space, moving into new upstairs space.
  • Bulletins are great.

Priorities

We started looking at General Priorities and updating it to reflect what we're already doing. We also came up with a number of pages that need attention paid to them before we will know how much we want to do them.

BUSINESS

Volunteers & Council: (OLD)

(1) Achieving quality Council participation, particularly the issue of non-active-volunteers participating in Council. Free Geek wants a hard & fast rule to address lack of volunteer status as barrier to participation in Council. (2) Whether Council wants to encourage volunteer involvement, and if so, who and how.

  • Laurel1: can we have a human point of contact for potential new members to talk to? also as a gate-keeper.
  • Laurel2: bulletin board isn't enough?
  • Debra: should a potential council member already know enough to figure out who to ask?
  • Laurel1: suggesting people ask will lead to more new members asking.
  • ...phone call or email, if the go-to person isn't on staff.
  • Caitlin: shouldn't any member of council/staff be able to provide this role? but significant confusion exists that i don't believe this is true.
  • Richard: council may be in a state of transition regarding its role within freegeek, so a cheatsheet of how to answer questions may be hard
  • Debra: face-to-face contact is more meaningful
  • PROPOSAL: Laurel1 will be a point-of-contact for people with questions about council until the February meeting.

REMAINING COMMITMENTS

New commitments, and Carry-Overs copied from above.
  • Dave - tell council when staff want to start doing commissioned sales (no need to track this here, though)
  • Vagrant - tell Shannon to email us (or minutes?) with report on Relations work she has done.
  • Laurel1 - will sync up General Priorities with the (X)es we added.
  • Richard - will set up a point-of-contact email alias
  • Laurel1 - will email core (and regulars) to see if anyone has any questions about council

Next Meeting

  • Facilitator: Martin
  • Scribe: Laurel1
  • Minutes Checker: Debra
  • Reporters to other meetings?
  • Date and time: 16 December, 2009
  • Place: Here
  • List of unfinished business for the next meeting:
    • Council's Purpose
    • Council Recruitment
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