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'''ISOC-NY''' held a public meeting on Dec 9 2008 at NYU.

This was a 1 hour meeting.

==Attendees==

* Joly MacFie
* David Solomonoff
* Evan Korth
* Hannah Kopelman 
* Aaron Williamson

==Nov 25 minutes== 
*reword: not all bills have been received but it is estimated that they add up to around the $5000 already received.
*approved

==orgcom xmas holiday party==
* Last year we were successful giving out IPv6 pins
* Apparently smaller this year due to lack of sponsors
* David has inquired about tables but seems unlikely.
* If we are going to give out pins we need a new slogan
* perhaps something on white spaces


==ISXubuntu==
* a contract is yet to be offered to the programmers
* wording has to be finalized also time period
* dvd duplicator is being paid for by events project 
* deadline of Jan 7 to present contract 
* Aaron is willing to look over contract
* We should check programmers are still interested
* if not there is an alternative project INCOGNITO 

==Events==
* 3 possible speakers already initially contacted, need follow up
** Matt Mason - piarte's dilemma
** Robert Bruen - spam
** Danny Younger / Beau Brendler - ICANN
* possible Colloquium at NYU Law School 
** Topic - Internet Censorship   
** we should meet with ILI and discuss?
** Aaron recommends Derek Bambauer - Brooklyn Law School
** Susan Crawford - might be a good keynoter 
** recent incidents - france - australia - uk & wikipedia - cuomo usenet blocking 
** helen nissenbaum / elizabeth stark / erin should be contacted
** last year the Zittrain book launch worked well as a prep event 
** Even is in touch with Helen
*  Other venues
** David would like to use other venues e.g. Google
** Consensus is that NYU meets our needs at present.

==Publicity==
* a publicity contact page has been set up on the wiki
* Gary Sharma has started a community directory at garysguide.com
* Evan is following NY Tech meetup
* Joly has joined nextny list

==Community Outreach Project==
* review of ISOC requirements on following up grants.
* Evan will draft interim report over Xmas
* Get approval to roll over events grant to 2009 / get remaining funds.
* Evan wants to get gifts for speakers
* DVD duplicator has been purchased
* Announcement of DVD availabilty to included in ISOC newsletter
* Details of DVDs to be added to webcast page on wiki
* MNN Public Access TV
** Problem has been editing down to 28min slots
** Joly suggests we not edit but serialize, with link to webcast.
** Slot needs to be arranged with MNN
** Aaron suggests short URL's

==Other collaboarations==
* ISOC-NY should actively seek out new collaborations with other organizations that can lead to co-sponsorship/funding opportunities.
** projects should be meritorious, internet related, and have matchable funding. 
** aaron will keep an eye out for open-software projects
** joly has contacted people's production house.

==One Web Day==
* We did contribute some money toward the Washington Sq event.expenses.
* Joly has been standing in as webmaster for One Web Day
* Site really needs professional attention to properly present the event.
* We could apply for a grant and get a pro-shop to redesign the site.at a discount?
** Contact Susan and suggest this. 
** Perhaps theMechanism would do it as a training project.