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When:  
 
When:  
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<br>Place:
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<br>Place: Meeting room (shiny!)
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<br>Facilitator:  
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<br>Facilitator: Um, Vagrant and Dave are absent.
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<br>Scribe:  
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<br>Scribe: Laurel, for Marie
 
<br>Minutes Checker:   
 
<br>Minutes Checker:   
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<br>Attendance:
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<br>Attendance: Marie is a pirate, Mark, rfs is fine, Oso is a microsoftie, Ebeth is not, Bobby is ambidextrous, Roger got Ubuntu to work on a K6-2 laptop, Shawn learned things about sound today, matteo closed, so he's angry, Luis, Cliff "the only good computer is a recycled computer" Fortune, laurel, Aaron
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<br>Last meeting:
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<br>Last meeting: http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-July/002222.html
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== 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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* Dave and Oso Reuse BAN Pledge ''CARRYOVER''. Oso needs to talk to them before the 23rd. Dave will be gone. We need to be sure that FG's policies of reuse are not restricted under the pledge.
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* Name - commitment - status (discussion points if necessary)
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* C7 Plan and coordinate Long-Term Plan meeting ''ONGOING - see below''
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* Name - commitment - status (discussion points if necessary)
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* Kathey will do consensus training (but she's moved to Buffalo, so that won't happen) ''DROP''
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== REPORTS ==
 
== REPORTS ==
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:Reports from other working groups.
 
 
* State of the Onion                                                                                                                http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/State_of_the_Onion                                                                               
 
* State of the Onion                                                                                                                http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/State_of_the_Onion                                                                               
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* General Priorities                                                                                                                     http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/General_Priorities
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We have an official trademark in Category 41 (education), and are working on another. We have not sent any cease and desists out. We are sending out grants even though the group doesn't meet. GAP is doing ok.
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* General Priorities         http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php?title=Council_2007_08&action=edit                                                                                                          http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/General_Priorhttp://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php?title=Council_2007_08&action=editities
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Gen. Priorities has put most of its energy into the Big Meeting stuff, so see below.
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* Physical stuff
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There have been a lot of physical changes in the last week w/ lounge, library, tent storage, office supplies, classroom. Carpet cleaning made stuff move.
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== BUSINESS ==
 
== BUSINESS ==
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=== TITLE: PRESENTERS NAME (NEW/OLD)===
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=== UPCOMING BOARD ELECTIONS ===
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* Link to relevint conversation.
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* We have 4 positions opening: wren, Oso, Aaron, and Seamus. Oso and Seamus intend to run again; wren is gone, and Aaron let us know just now that he does not intend to stand again.
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*:(Summarize Presentation)
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* Marie has a candidate to nominate; we need more candidates.
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* List Clarifing Questions
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* Clarifying Questions
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** Question - Answer
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** What positions are open? - Director at large. The board elects its own officers.
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* List Concerns
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** What to do with nominees? - They need to attend the next council meeting in order to introduce themselves - and should have already sent in the [[Board Member Interest Form]] to the council email list. Check the [[Board Election Checklist]] and [[New Director Agreement]] for more information.
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** Concern - Questions Which Clarify the Concern
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** Could someone from the DEQ run? - there would probably be a problem with that because they regulate us. Someone from Metro, on the other hand, would probably be cool.
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* Proposal:
 
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*: (final proposal)
 
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** Decition adopted (with Unresolved Concerns Listed - AKA Stand Asides) | Send to Committee (if creating a new committee list intrested people)
 
  
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== REMAINING COMMITMENTS ==
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=== BIG MEETING ===
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: New commitments, and Carry-Overs copied from above.
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* Everyone (in attendance at this meeting) plans on going. Hopefully others will, too.
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* Name - commitment - status (discussion points if necessary)
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* The meeting is 1 week from today, here at FG.
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* C7 and O & P have been meeting and talking about this. There's a lot of wiki activity: check [[Category:Long Term Planning]] for some of the items.
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* Presented at recent meeting: lists of trends both inside and outside FG and of FG characteristics that we should keep in mind in developing plan. Any plan should be considered in light of each of the items. The lists can be found at [[Trends and Attributes]].
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* Clarifying Questions
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** Who is making the agenda? - C7 is meeting on Saturday to do so.
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** What can council do now or over the next week? - If you're involved in a program that needs consideration, check to see if it's already been written about.  
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== COMMITMENTS ==
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* Oso - talk to BAN - CARRYOVER (We need to be sure that FG's policies of reuse are not restricted under the pledge.)
 
* Name - commitment - status (discussion points if necessary)
 
* Name - commitment - status (discussion points if necessary)
  

Revision as of 18:56, 15 August 2007


When:
Place: Meeting room (shiny!)
Facilitator: Um, Vagrant and Dave are absent.
Scribe: Laurel, for Marie
Minutes Checker:
Attendance: Marie is a pirate, Mark, rfs is fine, Oso is a microsoftie, Ebeth is not, Bobby is ambidextrous, Roger got Ubuntu to work on a K6-2 laptop, Shawn learned things about sound today, matteo closed, so he's angry, Luis, Cliff "the only good computer is a recycled computer" Fortune, laurel, Aaron
Last meeting: http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2007-July/002222.html

COMMITMENTS

  • Dave and Oso Reuse BAN Pledge CARRYOVER. Oso needs to talk to them before the 23rd. Dave will be gone. We need to be sure that FG's policies of reuse are not restricted under the pledge.
  • C7 Plan and coordinate Long-Term Plan meeting ONGOING - see below
  • Kathey will do consensus training (but she's moved to Buffalo, so that won't happen) DROP

REPORTS

We have an official trademark in Category 41 (education), and are working on another. We have not sent any cease and desists out. We are sending out grants even though the group doesn't meet. GAP is doing ok.

Gen. Priorities has put most of its energy into the Big Meeting stuff, so see below.

  • Physical stuff

There have been a lot of physical changes in the last week w/ lounge, library, tent storage, office supplies, classroom. Carpet cleaning made stuff move.

BUSINESS

UPCOMING BOARD ELECTIONS

  • We have 4 positions opening: wren, Oso, Aaron, and Seamus. Oso and Seamus intend to run again; wren is gone, and Aaron let us know just now that he does not intend to stand again.
  • Marie has a candidate to nominate; we need more candidates.
  • Clarifying Questions
    • What positions are open? - Director at large. The board elects its own officers.
    • What to do with nominees? - They need to attend the next council meeting in order to introduce themselves - and should have already sent in the Board Member Interest Form to the council email list. Check the Board Election Checklist and New Director Agreement for more information.
    • Could someone from the DEQ run? - there would probably be a problem with that because they regulate us. Someone from Metro, on the other hand, would probably be cool.

BIG MEETING

  • Everyone (in attendance at this meeting) plans on going. Hopefully others will, too.
  • The meeting is 1 week from today, here at FG.
  • C7 and O & P have been meeting and talking about this. There's a lot of wiki activity: check for some of the items.
  • Presented at recent meeting: lists of trends both inside and outside FG and of FG characteristics that we should keep in mind in developing plan. Any plan should be considered in light of each of the items. The lists can be found at Trends and Attributes.
  • Clarifying Questions
    • Who is making the agenda? - C7 is meeting on Saturday to do so.
    • What can council do now or over the next week? - If you're involved in a program that needs consideration, check to see if it's already been written about.

COMMITMENTS

  • Oso - talk to BAN - CARRYOVER (We need to be sure that FG's policies of reuse are not restricted under the pledge.)
  • Name - commitment - status (discussion points if necessary)

Next Meeting

  • Facilitator:
  • Scribe:
  • Minutes Checker:
  • Reporters to other meetings?
  • Date and time:
  • Place:
  • List of unfinished business for the next meeting:
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