PLUG Committee Meeting 2021-11-16
0. Opening
- Meeting opened by Patrick at 19:36
- Present: Margaret, Patrick, Nick, James, Peter
- Apologies: Benjamin
- Absent: Paul
- Guest:
1. Confirmation of Previous Minutes
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https://github.com/plugorgau/plugorgau.github.io/blob/master/content/minutes/2021-10-19-minutes.md
- Proposed by Nick, Seconded by James
- Passed without dissent
2. Next Committee Meeting
- Post-AGM
3. Reports & Standing Items
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Financial Situation as of 2021-11-15 (Peter)
- Balances:
- Cash box
- $446.30 current, $694.60 start of year ($582.60 start 2020)
- Business Debit Card
- $179.14 current, $266.00 start of year (opened June 26, 2020)
- Bank Balance
- $4021.11 current, $3801.47 start of year ($2114.42 start 2020)
- Receivables
- Total Assets
- $4646.60 (was $4846.53 start of year) ($2801.48 start 2020)
- Cash box
- Statement:
- Income
- $50.00 this month, $135.00 last, $833.50 this year
- Expense
- $129.80 this month, $40.86 last, $931.31 this year
- Net Proceeds
- ($79.80) this month, $94.14 last, ($97.81) this year
- Income
- Outstanding:
- Receivables
- $10.00 cash being held by Patrick as petty cash/float
- Unreconciled
- $49.00 cash to be added to cash box
- Receivables
- Balances:
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Membership Situation as of 2021-11-16 (Margaret)
- 2 new members, 1 renewal since last committee meeting
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Membership trends as of 2021-11-16 (Margaret)
- Current Paid Members 31, previous month was 28
- Overdue Members 0 previous month was 2
- Expired Members 314, previous month was 313
- Members on meetup.com 467, previous month 465
4. Events Status
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Review of recent events
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November 2021
- Second Tuesday talk seminar 2021-11-09
- Swapped RFID access cards: currently held by Patrick, Nick
- tested new AV mixer board, many fewer buttons!
- Second Sunday PLUG+POSH 2021-11-14
- Hosts Nick, Damon Perry
- Second Tuesday talk seminar 2021-11-09
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November 2021
- PLUG in the Pub, Wednesday 2021-11-24 6PM
- The Hampden, Nedlands: https://thehampden.com.au/
- PLUG in the Pub, Wednesday 2021-11-24 6PM
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December 2021
- Second Sunday BBQ, followed by PLUG+POSH 2021-11-14
- BBQ Sunday 2021-12-12T11:00, May Drive Parkland, Kings Park (near Zamia Cafe)
- (allows overlap with a regular second-Sunday PLUG+POSH day)
- Budget: $100
- ACTION: Nick: Sausages, sauce, buns, cheese, onions
- ACTION: Patrick: Drinks+ice
- ACTION: Margaret: Salad, paper plates, napkins
- ACTION: Peter: cancel December Riff visit, remind of AGM
- Expecting Spacecubed agreement for 2022
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January 2022
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Second Sunday PLUG+POSH 2022-01-09
- Hosts Nick, Damon Perry
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Second Tuesday 2022-01-11 AGM
- Announce not less than 21 days before:
- Approximately 2021-12-01?
- December and January events, not necessarily including call-for-nominations
- if any help is required, please contact so that notifications can be sent before 2021-12-12
- Announce not less than 21 days before:
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Online https://linux.conf.au/ 2021-01-14–16
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PLUG-in-the-Pub
- Second Tuesday - after the AGM go to somewhere close? Skip - might run overtime!
- or Bull Creek Tavern?
- Avoid Monday (quiz night)
- Wednesday 2022-01-19? (usual $18 steak night))
- https://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/Track-Closures/Mandurah-Line-Shutdown Sunday 2021-12-26 to Friday 2022-01-14
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February 2022
- Second Tuesday 2022-02-08?
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March 2022
- Second Tuesday 2022-03-08 - Raspberry Jam?
- PLUG-in-the-Irish-pub?
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Future:
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MooseFS Expansion or Foreman (Wings)
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email plug@plug.org.au to see if anyone wants to give a talk - done 2021-11-16
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PLUG AV hack sessions
- Piggyback on PLUG+POSH Second Sundays for starters, but announce an AV session for… ?
- Could announce one by email (av@plug, plug@plug) as a AV/admin focused event
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PLUG-in-the-Pub possibilities:
- Paddington Alehouse, Mount Hawthorn: http://www.paddo.com.au/
- Ocean Beach Hotel: https://www.obh.com.au/
- Last Drop, Beeliar? Was last there
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5. General Business & Matters Arising
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ACTION: Event promotion: team effort - see previous minutes for details, e.g. https://github.com/plugorgau/plugorgau.github.io/blob/master/content/minutes/2021-05-18-minutes.md#5-general-business--matters-arising
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ACTION: Peter: Update PLUG addresses + update the address associated with the ABN (via ATO.gov.au?), ASIC (N.B. Benjamin’s new address)
- Who/what/where to contact next?
- https://connectonline.asic.gov.au/ , “Perth Linux User Group” ABN 58233849580
- Also AWS has old address: volunteer to fix?
- Who/what/where to contact next?
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Review of PLUG mailing lists Discuss with mailing list members. Reinstate plug-announce and ensure all active members are on it to enable us to meet legal requirements for announcing AGM. This would require regular updates as members join/drop out. Margaret to investigate using UGMM for official announcements
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Can we create a PayID for the PLUG bank account? This would be less error prone than typing the BSB + account number. We could create PayIDs for committee email address and maybe also ABN.
- http://lists.plug.org.au/mailman/private/committee/2021-June/010370.html
- ACTION: Peter to visit branch and try setting up committee address as payid (also ABN?)
6. New General Business
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Refresh? Cloud expenses standing budget
- AWS, Digital Ocean, rsync.net
- Can be lumpy - get more AWS credits?
- Should be under $800 per annum?
- Last in 2020-07-21 minutes, standing authority to top-up CC
- Example expenses:
- Hosting: DigitalOcean, Amazon AWS (~$50/month max)
- Event food/drinks - ice, chips, pizza
- Meetup.com membership
- Example expenses:
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MOTION: standing authority is granted to use the PLUG debit card to pay the following expenses:
- Hosting and related expenses, including but not limited to Amazon AWS, DigitalOcean, and rsync.net (expenses should be equivalent to no more than $60/month)
- Event expenses as required, including food and drink
- Meetup.com membership.
- Proposed: Margaret, Seconded: James
- Passed unanimously
Comment by the Treasurer:
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Receipts not sent to the committee list should be provided to the treasurer as soon as practicable.
- Last AWS Transaction: 2021-11-03, Invoice ID #884994697, Payment method: Credit card ending in 1216, Payment AUD$43.65, Billing period: October 2021
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Refresh? Hardware expenses standing budget
- AV
- Networking
- Last in 2021-05-18 minutes