AGM Archive 2007
Summary for the impatient
The new PLUG committee for 2007 is:
- President: Ian Kent
- Vice President: Patrick Coleman
- Secretary: Daniel Axtens
- Treasurer: Mark Gaynor
- Ordinary Committee Members: To be appointed on-list
Non-committee positions:
- Librarian: Ken Muir-Hunt
- List masters: Unchanged
- Web masters: Unchanged
- Talks coordinator: Alastair Irvine
Full Minutes
Meeting opened Mon Jan 29 20:17 2007
Members present included:
- Bruce Axtens
- Daniel Axtens
- Tim Bowden
- Patrick Coleman
- Innis Cunningham
- Mark Gaynor
- Ian Kent
- John McCabe-Dansted
- Harry McNally
- Ken Muir-Hunt
President's report:
- Nothing to report
Treasurer's report:
- PLUG is in a solid financial position.
- Financial membership is a little down
- Current funds about $1600
Moved by Daniel Axtens to accept the minutes of the last meeting. Seconded by Ian Kent. Carried unanimously.
Librarian's Report:
- No inquiries about borrowing resources in the last year.
- Two people have volunteered to take over.
- Suggested reducing volume of old CDs.
Secretary's report:
- Very quiet year for PLUG
- Challenges for PLUG in the new year include finding a seminar venue, and finding UCC members to book/close our workshop venue.
- Tim Bowden raised the possibility of PLUG paying for UCC memberships of committee members.
Committee Vacated - Elections begin
Secretary:
Daniel Axtens nominated by Mark Gaynor. Seconded by Ian Kent. Accepted
Daniel Axtens elected Secretary unopposed.
Treasurer:
Mark Gaynor nominated by Daniel Axtens. Seconded by Ian Kent. Accepted
Mark Gaynor elected Treasurer unopposed.
Vice President:
Patrick Coleman nominated by Mark Gaynor. Seconded by Ian Kent. Accepted
Patrick Coleman elected Vice President unopposed.
President:
Ian Kent nominated by self. Seconded by Mark Gaynor. Accepted
Ian Kent elected President unopposed.
Ordinary Committee Members:
Moved appointments of OCMs and librarian to PLUG mailing list and IRC.
Committee filled - elections end.
General Business:
None.
AGM closed Mon Jan 29 20:36 2007
PLUG Meeting opened.
Volunteer (non-committee) positions for 2006:
- Librarian: Ken Muir-Hunt mentions that 2 people have approached him to take over the library. To be sorted out on-list.
- Talks coordinator, listmasters and webmaster/webslaves: No change.
Other Business discussed:
- Tim Bowden raises possibility of running another linux.conf.au in Perth. Fair amount of interest expressed. PLUG to work towards a critical mass of people to plan and run this.
- Informal Lightning Talks - possible drop-in replacement for months were speakers cannot be found.
- Seminar Venue - Will approach some universities - UWA, Curtin, possibly others - central location desirable. PLUG may need to purchase own Data Projector. Possibly have more than 1 possible venue. Should also approach some companies - HP, IBM, possibly others. Change of time mooted. Discussion moved to list.
- Daniel Axtens asks about the recording equipment - current location unknown.
PLUG meeting closed Mon Jan 29 20:58 2007