2006-06-05

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[edit] Meeting Agenda

June 5, 2006

Call to order

Attendance

Officer reports

• President
• Vice President
• Treasurer
• Secretary
• Faculty Advisor

SG report

• OA resolution

UF report

• IT reorganization

FC.o report

Legislative report

• Orphan works bill (HR 5439)
• Open access bill (S 2695)
• Net neutrality bill (HR 5417, S 2917)
• Deleting Online Predators Act (HR 5319)
• PERFORM Act (S 2644)
• broadcast flag

Old business

• Jimmy Wales video
• Budget: special requests for FY 06-07
  • FY starts July 1
• AY 06-07 activities
  • Free Your PC, Fall 2006
  • CC art show
  • Alternative Freedom screening
  • Speakers
  • Software Freedom Day (Sept. 16)
  • CopyNight
  • “Project F”
• Outreach and recruitment
  • Tabling

New business

• Meeting structure
• Constitutional revision
• Travel
• OA presentation
• Web site development

Announcements

• UAEM meeting Thursday, June 8, 6:30 pm

Adjournment

[edit] Meeting Minutes

Call to order: 6:35 PM

Attendance

• Gavin Baker (President)
• Eldo Varghese (Vice-President)
• Hendrik Grahl (Treasurer)
• Elisabeth Strawser-Booth (Secretary)
• Ashley Wills
• J.C. Jones
• Kevin Parekh

Officer Reports

• President: There’s still an Emerson bill to pay for the Jimbo speech, that they didn’t tell us about until after the event. The people to talk to about the CC Art Show is the Arts & Crafts Center, about space, costs, logistics, and other details
• Vice President: still don’t have the DVD for Jimbo. Free Culture was in Time Magazine. On UF Webmail, Thunderbird will be recommended as an email client.
• Treasurer: we signed the SAR
• Secretary: ideas for the national propaganda repository on FC.o

SG Report

• OA Resolution: this is being presented Tuesday, 6/06.

UF Report

• IT reorganization

FC.o Report

• The by-laws draft has been created

Legislative report

• Orphan Works bill (HR 5439)
• Open Access bill (S 2695)
• Net Neutrality bill (HR 5417, S 2917)
• Deleting Online Predators Act (HR 5319)
• Perform Act (S 2644)
• Broadcast flag
• Cliff Stearns is coming to the district and Gainesville on June 17; FFC plans to go to Newberry and ask questions

Old business

• Jimbo Wales video (see Vice President’s report)
• Budget: special requests fro FY 06-07
  • FY starts July 1
  • President to ask Allocations about getting a wooden trifold, vinyl banner, or tarp and paint. Also, to find out what money we have to see what we can do.
  • AY 06-07
    • Free Your PC, Fall 2006 (August): Eldo to work with
    • CC Art Show (See President’s report). The gallery is fairly big; perhap coordinate with art school
    • Alternative Freedom screening
    • Speakers
    • Software Freedom Day (September 16) Work with LUG, get a meeting of people interested in working on it. JC.
    • CopyNight
    • “Project F”
• Outreach and recruitment
  • Tabling: work on material during Summer A, table some during Summer B

New business

• Meeting structure: do we like the new format? Yes
• Consitutional revision: during a normal meeting
• Travel: check with allocations
• OA presentation at graduate school day, like the school in England. (September). Gavin
• Web site development: later

Announcements

• UAEM meeting Thursday, June 8, 6:30 PM, in the Reitz Union 3rd floor
• July 24 is Preview, no meeting rooms. Social in Food Court.

Adjournment 7:50PM