Association of Lisp Users, Inc. (ALU)	01 July 2004
Board Meeting	12:00 hours EDT (GMT –4)
Minutes	Rev. 0

Meeting held telephonically with the following quorum of board members present:
Officers:
John Adams, V.P.	Carl Shapiro, V.P.		Rusty Johnson, Treas.
Peter Lindahl, Sec.
Members:
	Roger Corman		Nick Levine		Duane Rettig
Ernst van Waning	JonL White

Instructions for Proxies:
ALU BY-LAWS, ARTICLE II , 8.  PROXIES.
     "At all meetings of the corporation, a member may vote by proxy
      executed in writing by the member or by his duly authorized
      attorney in fact.  Such proxy shall be filed with the secretary
      of the corporation before or at the time of the meeting."

Sufficient to this, send an email message to alu-board-only stating in
effect: (without ( )'s)

   "I, (your_name_here), assign quorum and proxy voting rights to
    (designee_name_here) for the ALU board of directors meeting to be
    held (&OPTIONAL telephonically) on (meeting_date(s)_here)."

Phrase it however you wish, as long as it conveys your name, designee
name, what rights (always include quorum), what purpose or meeting and
the date(s).  The above is a blanket assignation.  If you wish to
limit the scope of these rights to a specific or range of topics, you
may do so.  If you wish to specify what vote is cast on your behalf on
particular motions, you may do so.  If you join the meeting and wish
to vote for yourself, just ask that your proxy assignation be
rescinded.  IE, "I'll vote for myself now, thanks."

Vice President John Adams called the meeting to order at 12:12 EDT (GMT –4).

Business:

1. Interim President - D. Rettig moved to select John Adams to serve
   as Interim President of the Board until such time as a President is
   elected.  Seconded by N.  Levine.  R. Johnson called the vote.
   Passed unanimously.

2. Reimbursement of Christian Quiennec - Discussion was moved later in
   agenda to allow time for E. van Waning to join the discussion.

3. Status of Ray de Lacaze – Discussion ensued on whether to extend
   an invitation to Ray to participate on the Extended ALU Board, as
   it is the custom to invite participation of past Presidents.
   Motion was made by N. Levine to clarify for the record the position
   of the Board that membership on the Extended ALU Board is only
   advisory to the Board of Directors in nature and does not imply or
   confer any rights to act on behalf of the ALU, except as
   specifically assigned from time to time by the Board of
   Directors. Seconded by R. Johnson.  Passed unanimously.  Motion was
   made by N.  Levine to invite Ray de Lacaze to participate on the
   Extended ALU Board.  Seconded by D. Rettig.  Passed unanimously.

4. Reimbursement of Christian Quiennec – After discussion
   concerning reimbursing Christian Quiennec for participation as
   Keynote Speaker at Lisp Workshop at ECOOP, R. Corman moved that the
   ALU reimburse Christian Quiennec as quickly as possible for the
   amount of US$655.00 plus US$20.00 for currency conversion costs.
   Seconded by E. van Waning.  Passed unanimously.

5. Recovery of ALU materials in the possession of Ray de Lacaze –
   After discussion, N.  Levine moved that the ALU make strenuous
   efforts using Heow to recover as soon as possible the ALU
   materials, including conference proceedings, mailing lists and so
   on, currently in the possession of Ray.  Seconded by J. White.
   Passed unanimously.  C. Shapiro will contact Heow to convey the
   wishes of the Board.  Status updates will be conveyed via email or
   at next meeting.

6. ALU President Election – A misdirected email has been received
   nominating Richard Gabriel to the position of ALU President.
   J. Adams will communicate with the nominees to request confirmation
   of his or her acceptance of the nomination, to convey an outline of
   the duties and responsibilities of the President, and to request
   that each nominee submit a position statement or position paper
   about personal qualifications and what the nominee would like to
   accomplish as ALU President, if elected.  Responses will be due
   July 29, 2004, one week prior to the next ALU Board meeting.  There
   were comments made during the discussion to reference a national
   holiday in America.  It should be noted that Great Britain was
   somehow involved with that holiday.

7. Next ILC – Discussion entertained options such as co-locating
   with OOPLSA in 2005 or other venues, or accepting the offer of
   Franz to assist with shouldering some of the burdens of the
   conference, subject to a few Franz requirements such as
   representation on the conference program committee, improved
   program coverage in the area of Lisp applications, and more
   reasonable (lessened) Scheme coverage.  More discussion is required
   and will continue via email.

8. Next meeting will be 05 Aug 2004 at 12:00 EDT (GMT – 4).

9. R. Johnson moved to adjourn the meeting.  N. Levine seconded the
   motion.  Motion passed unanimously with members voting with their
   feet.

Meeting was adjourned at approximately 13:28 hours EDT (GMT –4).

Future Business:
1.	Recovery of ALU materials in the possession of Ray de Lacaze.
2.	ALU President Election.
3.	Next ILC.

Peter Lindahl
ALU Secretary