Tks Kathy!<div><br></div><div>Erm:</div><div><br></div><div>"Log of Correspondence<br>A. Council received one item of correspondence and it was discussed in<br>camera."</div><div><br></div><div>"An additional (2) items were discussed/in camera./"</div>
<div><br></div><div>Why post these items in the minutes?</div><div>I can think of 20 x 100+ reasons why in camera conversations must happen but IMHO and with deepest respect to all newly elected council members, including such in the minutes seems provocative.</div>
<div>Why not just leave them out?</div><div><br></div><div>Rgds</div><div>BW</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 7:01 PM, Kathy Reid <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kathy@kathyreid.id.au" target="_blank">kathy@kathyreid.id.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi everyone,<br>
<br>
First of all we'd like to echo the sentiments of the community in<br>
thanking outgoing Council members for their hard work, dedication and<br>
commitment.<br>
Thank you also to all candidates who were nominated, and to all who<br>
voted in the Council Election.<br>
<br>
Please find below Minutes from Council Mtg held 1 February 2013.<br>
Your feedback is warmly welcomed,<br>
<br>
Kind regards,<br>
Kathy<br>
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COUNCIL MEETING 01 Feb 2013<br>
<br>
Meeting opened approximately 1245hrs<br>
<br>
Location: Australian National University, Canberra<br>
<br>
Present: Mr Joshua Hesketh, Mr Hugh Blemings, Ms Kathy Reid, Mr François<br>
Marier, Ms Bianca Gibson, Mr Josh Stewart, Mr Clinton Roy<br>
<br>
For clarity, Mr Joshua Hesketh is referred to in minutes as ‘Joshua’ and<br>
Mr Josh Stewart is referred to as ‘Josh’<br>
<br>
Log of Correspondence<br>
A. Council received one item of correspondence and it was discussed in<br>
camera.<br>
<br>
1. Joshua welcomed the new Council and congratulated them on being<br>
elected to Council. The Council introduced themselves to each other.<br>
Joshua briefed the Council on standard procedures, quorum and<br>
teleconferencing.<br>
<br>
2. Contact details were sought from each Council member<br>
ACTION: Kathy to update Contact details on the Wiki Council Portal<br>
Action completed 2 Feb 2013<br>
ACTION: Someone to please update Council details on LA website<br>
<a href="http://linux.org.au/council" target="_blank">http://linux.org.au/council</a><br>
Action completed 1 Feb 2013<br>
<br>
3. The Council discussed where the minutes of meetings were kept.<br>
ACTION: Kathy to generate a template for Minutes<br>
Action completed 2 Feb 2013 - we’ll use this document outline for minutes<br>
<br>
4. The Council discussed the best day and time for regular<br>
teleconference catchup.<br>
ACTION: Kathy to organise a shared calendar and add entries for regular<br>
teleconference.<br>
<br>
5. The Council discussed arrangements for 2013 Ghosts Debrief sessions<br>
and for 2014 Ghosts briefing session.<br>
<br>
6. The Council discussed arrangements for Council Face to Face.<br>
DECISION: Face to face will be held on the weekend of 2nd-3rd March in<br>
Melbourne, as this represents the least travel.<br>
ACTION: Bianca to identify suitable venues.<br>
ACTION: All to identify travel arrangements / requirements and let<br>
Joshua know<br>
<br>
7. Joshua indicated that LA has arrangements with a travel agency<br>
ACTION: Joshua to document travel agency requirements<br>
<br>
8. It was proposed by Clinton that the Council use Trello for actioning<br>
all the action items and see if it works. All in agreement.<br>
ACTION: Kathy to establish Trello<br>
<br>
9. Discussion was held around current state of Media Subcommittee<br>
ACTION: Bianca to chase current state of Media Subcommittee<br>
<br>
10. It was noted that the BlueHackers.org BoF was well attended and<br>
Council discussed having psychological assistance/counselling services<br>
as a member service that could be made available to all LA members.<br>
DECISION: Defer for further discussion at LA Face to Face<br>
<br>
11. It was noted that it is now more than three years since the last<br>
member survey, and that it would be ideal to run one again.<br>
DECISION: Defer for further discussion at LA Face to Face<br>
<br>
12. It was noted that old members had not been expired from MemberDB.<br>
Discussions subsequent to meeting occurred exploring the need to ensure<br>
alignment with legal requirements, and for appropriate communication to<br>
members, and opt-out options.<br>
ACTION: Kathy to find out how to do this and make it so<br>
<br>
An additional (2) items were discussed/in camera./<br>
<br>
MEETING CONCLUDED APPROXIMATELY 1350hrs<br>
<br>
NEXT MEETING: TELECONFERENCE 1945hrs either 13th or 14th FEBRUARY 2013<br>
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--<br>
Kathy Reid<br>
@KathyReid on Twitter/Identi.ca/IRC etc<br>
XMPP: <a href="mailto:kathyreid@jabber.org.au">kathyreid@jabber.org.au</a><br>
0418 130 636<br>
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