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__WLUG Committee Meeting__%%%
__23 March 2005__%%%
__Meeting Minutes__

Meeting opened at 7.14pm

Present: GreigMcGill, CraigBox, JohnMcPherson, JamieCurtis, PerryLorier, GianPerrone, CraigMckenna

!1. Minutes from previous meeting

Motion: that the minutes are a true and accurate record of the previous meeting

Moved GianPerrone %%%
Seconded CraigMckenna

!Motion passed

!2. Matters arising from previous meeting

No update on Exim 4 books.

!3. Correspondence

The linux.conf.au organisers thanked us for our offer of support.

!4. Treasurers report

The Treasurers report was tabled and accepted.

!5. Reply-to munging on the mailing list

We see the technical merits of leaving the reply-to address of mailing list posts as the original sender, but WLUG is a public discussion list and most posts expect a public reply.  We encourage all users to check the To: header before clicking "send" in their mail client.

!6. Software patent legislation

WLUG will issue a statement to NZOSS offering their support in the fight against software patents. John will contact NZOSS regarding this.

!7. Installfest

Craig in contact with Daniel regarding installfest location & internet access.  Investigating ideas for quick distro installations.  Need a PABX for phone line testing.  Minimum PC standards will be enforced.  Contact Recycled Tech regarding machines above that point/modems.  Follow up on Ubuntu CDs.  Craig to talk to Matt to prepare list of tasks.  Leverage Firefox - potential Windows installations too.

Installfest sponsors sought to provide giveaways/spot prizes, food, table hire.

Other potential install targets - monowall.

!8. Fundraising

Suggested topics: server hardware, school staff, library books, trip to linux.conf.au, CD duplicator, test rig, projector, video/video streaming/video encoding.

Suggested fundraising topic: WLUG Presentation Centre - projector, video gear, PC/s to run etc.

!9. General business

* Mailing list archives currently have full email addresses - Craig to investigate with ITS.
* phpLdapAdmin needs to be reinstalled.
* Video from Exim presentation still in Wellington.
* Approach Peter Guttman to present a talk on either Encryption in NZ, Security on the Internet, Security on Linux.  Perry to email for May or June.
* Greig emailled Nandor again.  No response yet.  We don't intend to email again.
* New wiki theme required.  Again.

Meeting closed at 8:24pm.
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