New Business:

• Last month minutes:
• Secretary reassured the Board that the backlog would be eliminated within 10 days.
• Elections:
• The officers of the Board present showed their intent to run for the next term.
• It was agreed to place a call for nominations through the list.
• Web-hosting:
• Stuart reported that URL owneship had been resolved.
• Lone Star Software Symposium
• Dan notified the Board that Jay Zimmerman had approached him via e-mail requesting the sponsorship of JavaMUG September and October meetings in exchange for promotional support for the LSSS.
The Board members strongly disagreed on how to treat the LSSS fall edition. Some concerns and opinions expressed in the course of discussion included: JavaMug bacame a commercial conduit for the vendor profit generation (Pete); terms of relationships with the Complete Programmer Network should be revised if it is becoming a continuous partnership (Barbara); LSSS can be viewed as a potential revenue (Stuart); potential liabilities should be kept in mind (Stuart); JavaMUG did not endorse the LSSS per se but provided reasonable support as to another educational event in our geographic area (Dan); the LSSS was and could be a great educational impetus for the community we serve (Barbara); the support to the LSSS will go along with the JavMUG mission of promoting the knowledge of Java (Irina); as a non-profit organization we shall not seek profit-sharing, at the same time we can ask for greater discounts for the memebrs (Dan); the LSSS delivered a good value to our group in terms of both content and money (Irina).
• Stuart's proposal to support the LSSS under the condition that it does not get preferential treatment was deemed as a valid foundation for the future.
• Pete abstained from furhter discussion/decision-making and left the meeting.
• Miscellaneous:
• Irina asked about the book review policy. This question should be addressed to Program Director.
• No information was available regarding the status of bookmarks. Half-price book stores were considered a possible venue to display the bookmarks.
• The Unix group Web site did not give credit to Roberta Masciarelli for the photo report of the July meeting. Stuart will contact the group regarding this issue.