Meeting - Jan 28 2010

ISOC-NY held a menbers meeting on Jan 28 2010 at NYU.

Attendees

• Evan Korth
• David Solomonoff
• Hannah Kopelman
• Joly MacFie
• Joseph Shraibman

Minutes

Hannah Kopelman

• As Director of Community Relations Hannah has been added to the Bod mailing list

Eben Moglen Event Feb 5

• Description needs fleshing out.
• Fliers should be given out at NY Tech meetup on Feb 2
• Lou Klepner is booked to webcast live.
• Hannah has arranged event posting on freenyc.net

Action: Design, print and distro flyers at NY Tech Meetup

Other events

• NYU has approved 'Computers & Society' course for Fall.
• Film event 'Copyright Criminals' set for March 5
• Evan still exploring speaker possibilities for 'Infrastructure' series.

ISOC-NY TV show

• We were a day late after Xmas - so our shows are going a week later than scheduled.
• Current time is alternate Wednesdays 11.30am
• Next show Feb 3 will be Google Book Settlement

The Hive at 55

• The Hive at 55 downtown has approached us about holding meetups.
• Joly visited. There is a large room and a small conference room. Very nice. Projector. Convenient.
• No fee was discussed.
• Video: http://www.isoc-ny.org/p2/?p=343

Google Book Settlement.workshop

• ISOC-NY sponsored the webcast of this event, put on by the National Writers Union.
• Used flipHD cam as second camera
• Necessitated purchase of Neoscene to convert flip AVCHD to HDV for editing - $129 not charged to ISOC-NY.

New York Tech Council

• Official videographers did not post. Site has malware warning!
• Joly filmed on flip. Video now posted on ISOC-NY site.

Harlem Internet Computer Access Program

• New acronym HICAP
• Management of building is outsourced by HUD to a management company.
• Project organizers can't get thru red-tape to open account, and are requesting ISOC-NY disburse ISOC funding.

Motion: That ISOC-NY handle the funds for HICAP. Passed unanimously.

• Merle already has preferred vendor - Compumania of Woodside, Queens.
• David feels that there are possibilities of discounts by purchasing direct from manufacturers
• The installation will be wireless.
• Technician Langlee Stubbs will inspect premises to see if there is interferencve.
• Inspection scheduled for Feb 2

Live webcasting budget

• We have negotiated a deal with Lou Klepner - $500 in advance to webcast 10 events at $50 each.
• The money will come from the ISOC Community Event grant

Motion: Pay Lou the $500. Passed unanimously.

Finance

• Joly was re-imbursed for Toner $335 and ICANN event travel expenses $419.20
• We have received $2000 annual events grant from ISOC
• ISX project is continuing. $5000 received is partly spent (duplicator).
• We need accounting broken down by projects

Action: Joseph to do project breakdowns.

Community Outreach

• Leaflets and pins 'More Unregulated Spectrum' were handed out at the NY Tech Community Xmas Party.
• Materials are on the way from ISOC
• Table needs to be set up at events
• Elaine Lee's redesign of the brochure is ongoing.
• Hannah needs an updated reprint of the current brochure.
• New discount relationship for members w/O'Reilly books established

Action:

1. Joly: print more brochures.
2. Joly: check po box for ISOC stuff

Meetings/Membership/Elections

• $250 grant applied for to cover costs of upgrading to new ISOC AMS system.
• There are approx. 500 people on both the announce list and the AMS.
• After reconciliation those that are not on the AMS can be persuaded to join.
• Some believe that we would be better off with a smaller but more involved membership.
• Should we introduce levels of membership similar to ISOC?
• 'Membership' meetings should be smaller events with pizza.
• 'Planning' meetings are Board + active members.

Actions:

1. Joly: Do the AMS reconciliation, which in turn will
2. Joly: Create a definitive membership list
3. All: Decide on membership levels, dues
4. All: Rewrite the By-Laws accordingly
5. Joly: Actively recruit non-members on announce/meetup lists.
6. Hold elections

--Joly 23:03, 2 March 2010 (UTC)