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 </ul>

    Non-committee positions:

    • Librarian: Ken Muir-Hunt
    • List masters: Unchanged
    • Web masters: Unchanged
    • Talks coordinator: Alastair Irvine </ul>
      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 </ul>

        President's report:

        • Nothing to report </ul>

          Treasurer's report:

          • PLUG is in a solid financial position.
          • Financial membership is a little down
          • Current funds about $1600 </ul>

            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. </ul>

              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. </ul>

                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. </ul>

                  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. </ul>

                    PLUG meeting closed Mon Jan 29 20:58 2007