JavaMUG Board, October 9, 2002

JavaMUG Board Meeting October, 2002

David Croft, a presidential nominee, was also present.

Attendance at the general meeting was agreed to be approximately 74 for the evening.

List statistics as of 10/09/02: javamug - 545, javamug-jobs - 512, javamug-cert - 150.

The presentations are booked through January 2003. Program Director notified the Board about Microsoft's offer to sponsor the JavaMUG general meeting under the condition of free distribution of .Net copies. The Board members stated their view on aggressive marketing strategy by Microsoft and potential attempts to recruit .Net developers from the ranks of Java programmers as well as how familiarity with .Net can widen a developer's horizon. Billy moved to vote to allow a company that comes to JavaMUG meetings as a sponsor to give away development products. The motion carried with 4 votes against 3 and 1 abstaining. Barbara concluded the discussion with the comment that the Board can revisit the issue in future.

The Board reviewed and approved the September minutes. Secretary brought the Board's attention to gaps in Board minutes as shown on the site. In the light of forthcoming elections it's essential to have a complete set of minutes on the Web. Archiving procedures were also discussed. Billy volunteered to turn the whole site content to a CD, replication being performed on a monthly basis. Jim's motion to assign responsibilities for storing CDs with archival materials to Secretary carried.

David Croft (running for president) explained his initiative to start a list as a venue for JavaMUGers seeking employment in the Dallas area to post their resumes. The Board discussed how the list will fit in the array of existing services for the membership, estimated resources available for this initiative, and other technical issues involved. Barbara's motion for Pete and David to create a plan and submit it to the Board's consideration at the next meeting carried.
President and Secretary will prepare the ballots. To enforce the definition of the voting member as stated in the Constitution Billy suggested to put the following statement on the ballot: "Have you attended 2 JavaMUG general meetings prior to this (election) meeting in the year 2002?", all approved. The Board recognized the need to improve member tracking mechanism.
The appointment of the new officers should be done by December 2003.

The Board got a very positive feedback from the members on the subject of new JavaMUG bookmarks. Bob's contribution to the project was specially recognized. He spoke about the need to permanently store the SVG files.

The meeting adjourned at 11:05 PM.