Executive:2007-08-27

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Contents 1 Executive Meeting 2007-08-27 1.1 Upcoming shows/events 1.1.1 FSOSS 1.1.2 Software Freedom Day 1.1.3 Ontario LinuxFest 1.1.4 Wiki Cards 1.2 Wiki Matters 1.3 Dichotomy

Executive Meeting 2007-08-27

• Plonk funds needed next month
• Need to immediately announce the October Elections (Bill to write up email, and forward to the board, to approve for Drew to send out)

Upcoming shows/events

FSOSS

• http://fsoss.senecac.on.ca/ - Oct 25-26

They asked Bill Thanis for money, so we'll decline to participate, officially...

Software Freedom Day

• SoftwareFreedomDay - Sept 15

• Seneca to let David Patrick know that this is up...

• Plan: Redo LITP, with SoftwareFreedomDay In The Park.

• Announce: Social gettogether. Bring Grillables.

• Organize to have some people bringing laptop and burnable CDs

• Bill Thanis will bring a spool of CDs

• Drew will send out a notice to the announce list about this

Ontario LinuxFest

• OntarioLinuxFest - Oct 13

• Drew to send message sent by Chris to announce list calling for volunteers (Help Wanted) and for people to sign up.

• Arrange for table...

• Soliciting for Membership - Chris to set up page on this...

• See BoothEngineering

• If we are to build booth, that needs to be decided by Labour Day. Gord needs to get pricing in by end of week...

Wiki Cards

One of those "neat ideas" would be to print up business cards with one URL on them, namely something pointing to some central place on the GTALUG wiki, say Resources.

More message to this...

• You are licensed, already.
• Have you Googled?

• 

Wiki Matters

• Upgrading to a spam-freeable version of MediaWiki: when???

• Is there intent to do more to make the wiki suitable for general "linkability"? I have done what I can, which is somewhat limited.

• Need to have a wiki page indicating Membership information, how to join, and such

• Bill to email Chris copy of Bylaws, and Constitution, that need to be posted.

Dichotomy

An observed dichotomy: Preference for LUG tends to fall on geographic lines, namely:

• Downtown folk prefer TLUG
• Outliers prefer NewTLUG or more regional ones

We need "more messages" on the GTALUG wiki, including this one...