Meeting - Mar 02 2010

ISOC-NY held a menbers meeting on Mar 2nd 2010 at NYU.

Attendees

• David Solomonoff
• Hannah Kopelman
• Joly MacFie
• Joseph Shraibman
• Merle Bush
• Ernest Neal

Minutes

• Meeting postponed from because of inclement weather

• Apologies from Evan - gone to NY tech Meetup

• Review of minutes from Jan 28

• ISOC 2008 Annual Review and Chapter Review
  • Reveived from ISOC Global
  • Plenty were distributed at Moglen Event

• ISOC-NY brochure
  • Updated version distributed at Moglen Event

• Project grants
  • Current deadline Mar 31
  • Unlikely that we will repeat Community Fiber application as Lou has full time job
  • David is talking to Zaid Ali of SF-Isoc about joint participation project

• HICAP
  • Still unable to find chairs.
  • Some seniors are wide/heavy
  • Merle likes the NYU chairs
  • Merle still negotiating for deal on printer/scanner/ including supplies.
  • Check $2000 for computers today.
  • Registration is on Mar 18 2010 1.30-3.30pm
  • Open House and Graduation in Jun
  • Restart 2nd week of September
  • Langlee Stubbs - technician for 8 months $250
    • Needs to be confirmed. Contract?
  • MS office - need to be sure copies are legit.
  • Existing Verizon ADSL utilized.

• Membership Elections
  • Joly proposes elections be postponed til Jun with new officers in August.
  • Rewrite by-laws and vote on them too.
  • Look at DC version, but perhaps not term limits.
  • Chapter Handbook will be available
  • We need to reconcile AMS list with the announcement list
  • ISOC will upgrade AMS later in year.
  • Should we handle membership applications or stick with AMS?
  • Should we have tiered levels on membership?
  • premiums? T-shirts?
• No disagreement - discuss further on BOD list

• I-Net NYC
  • David and Joly have discussed with Sally Wentworth holding an I-Net NYC in spring 2011.

• I-Net DC apr 28
  • David will attend
  • Also Sphere TaskForce meeting
  • Joly uncertain

• Events
  • Jinyang Li - Censorship event Mar 25
    • Check with Lou for webcast
  • dotnyc event on April 10.
    • Saturday means no orthodox jews can attend
    • Webcaster Lou can't make weekday during day.
    • Opportunity for vendors to flesh out proposals to city.
  • Evan's projected spring Infrastructure series seems remote prospect.
  • Evan's has suggested smaller events w/pizza.
  • Computers & Society class approved by NYU for fall.