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AGM 2010 Minutes

9 June 2010 - 8:31pm — glanca

VanLUG AGM 2010 – Minutes
Meeting held May 17, 2010

Called to order: 7:46 pm

Moved (John Weintraub, Ben Holt) to approve the AGM 2009 minutes as distributed - carried unanimously.

VanLUG Dave Michelson Award Presentation (Kim Kulak)

  • There being no nominations the award will not be presented this year.

The Year in Review (Kim Kulak)

  • Kim thanked the past years' presenters, reflected on special events, and thanked the past board.

Financial Report (Ben Holt)

  • Treasurer Ben Holt presents the financial statements.
  • Moved (Guy Lancaster, John Weintraub) to accept the financial report as presented - carried unanimously.

Membership Dues Review (Kim Kulak)

  • Moved (Ryan Land, Alex Ziemianski) that we keep the membership at $10.00 – carried unanimously.

Vision Statement by Candidate for Chair John Weintraub

  • John described his vision for VanLUG in which we learn from the successes of the Vancouver Ubuntu Users Group and build a bridge between business and other computer users and the technical professionals that can support their use of the many other Linux distributions that are available. He also proposes that the board meet regularly, preferably at least once a month, in order to build and sustain the momentum needed to grow the membership.

Board Elections

  • Board nominations:
    • John Weintraub - Chair
    • Bill McGrath - Vice Chair
    • Ben Holt – Treasurer
    • Kim Kulak – Secretary
    • George Rodier - Membership Secretary
    • Mark Norman - Director at Large
    • Patrick Sandi - Director at Large
    • Nav Saini - Director at Large
  • Moved (Bill McGrath, Ben Holt) that we accept the board as nominated – carried with one abstention.

Meeting Space

  • Discussion ensued about problems that we have been having in booking meeting space. Suggestions were made about the benefits of meeting at a variety of locations. Board members will be investigating options. In the meantime we should be able to book space at BCIT for a while longer.

Thanks to Outgoing Chair

  • John Weintraub thanked Kim Kulak for his 2 years of service as chair.

Moved by ((John Weintraub, Mike Montour) that we adjourn - carried.

Meeting adjourned at 8:28 pm.