WLUG Meeting Minutes
23 February 2006

Meeting opened at 7:49pm.

Present: LindsayDruett, CraigBox, IanMcDonald, MatthiasDallmeier, PerryLorier, GianPerrone, DavidHallett

1. Minutes from previous meeting

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

Moved: IanMcDonald
Seconded: MatthiasDallmeier

Motion passed

2. Matters arising

We have chosen the room TW.2.07 for our next meeting. If it's well received we will attempt to book it for the remainder of the year. Ian has received no answer about sponsorship from the CS department and will follow this up.

This room has a data projector but using it is not free. We will continue to provide our own.

CRCnet need to speak to Graham Castle from ITS about LAN access to the room.

The SSL certificate for secure.wlug.org.nz has been renewed.

Ian is to chase up Orcon regarding payment for the www.wlug.org.nz domain, transferring it to annual billing, preferably by direct debit. We are happy to support Orcon, who sponsor us by hosting Hoiho.

3. Correspondence

An ICT survey was sent to us by the 20/20 Communication Trust, which was filled out by the secretary and returned.

4. Treasurer's report

Our financial statements have been transferred and seem complete. We are down on subscriptions from last year but most of the extra were picked up at the installfest, and we expect this trend to continue.

5. Report: Google Ads

MattBrown presented a report informing us that Google AdSense? had been installed on the wiki, and that initial feedback had been positive. He will continue to monitor the situation, adjusting the advertising as appropriate. Initial projections suggest that advertising revenue could match subscription revenue after a year.

6. Request: Performance review

After a quiet period for the LUG, we were asked by a member to comment on the ...

At this point Jason has delivered me bacon and egg muffins, so minute writing will resume momentarily!

1. Installfest planning
2. General business

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