Association of Lisp Users, Inc. (ALU)	09 September 2004
Board Meeting	21:00 hours GMT
Minutes	Rev. 0

Meeting held telephonically with the following quorum of board members present:
Officers:
Ernst van Waning, Pres.	Carl Shapiro, V.P.	Rusty Johnson, Treas.
Peter Lindahl, Sec.
Members:
	Roger Corman		Duane Rettig		JonL White
	Kuroda, Hisao (joining at 18:20 due to unintentional mix-up in start time)

President Ernst van Waning called the meeting to order at 21:24 GMT
with four voting members present: Corman, Johnson, Rettig and White.

R. Corman moved to accept the minutes of the previous meeting as
emailed.  Seconded by R. Johnson.  Motion passed unanimously.  No
committee reports.

Old Business:

1. R. Johnson moved to elect Kuroda Hisao to the ALU Board.  Seconded
   by D. Rettig.  The motion passed unanimously.

2. ILC 2003 status.  Concerning retrieval of ALU materials concerning
   the conference from R. de Lacaze, C. Shapiro stated that he has a
   copy of the email spool file from bibop and will attempt to sift
   the approx. 15 MB file for relevant materials prior to the next
   meeting, if his schedule allows.

3. ILC 2005 status.  Franz has expressed interest in cooperating with
   a conference held in the California SF Bay area, with preferences
   toward holding the conference at a university rather than a hotel.
   Possible conference locations submitted included, UC Berkeley,
   Stanford, SRI International building.  Tentative time frame of
   middle to late June 2005 was set, subject to change.  It was
   disclosed that some universities in the area offer dorm rooms for
   US$40 per night.  JonL White has offered to assist with conference
   related efforts in the area after January 2005.  Payment options
   discussion included a report by C. Shapiro that one such option is
   setting up an account with Verisign with approximate costs of
   US$150 one-time start up charge with monthly charges of US$15-20.
   It was suggested that Carl submit an email summary of the details
   to the board.

4. Membership.  E. van Waning expressed the need for the ALU to define
   a clear statement of purpose of the ALU with clear objectives.
   Such a statement will be needed to express the advantages of
   membership in the ALU.  All board members should participate in
   spirited, active email discussion to craft the statement(s) prior
   to the next meeting.  Membership payment can use the same methods
   as conference payments.  The board and extended board should
   actively consult with their respective organizations, be they
   corporate, educational, or otherwise, to garner the expectations of
   the organization for the ALU.  Also mentioned was the need of
   educational institutions for Lisp course work to make Lisp more
   attractive to teach.  Also, expressed were corporate desires for PR
   avenues and access to a Lisp workforce for hiring or consulting.
   It was noted that ALU fits well in bringing the educational and
   corporate interests together.  E. van Waning will present an email
   message to the extended board asking for input for expectations for
   the ALU and comments concerning crafting the goals of the ALU.

5. Public Relations (PR). Much discussion already covered under
   previous topics.

6. Regional Representation.  The board was in general agreement that
   the ALU would benefit greatly from increased support and
   participation with regional Lisp groups such as India, EU, Japan,
   South America and elsewhere.  A quick Google search revealed over
   186,000 matches for "lisp user group" including Australia,
   Montreal, Denver, and CERN.  R. Johnson will investigate possible
   economic models for joining efforts with these regional groups,
   including membership and conference incentives.

7. JonL White moved that the next meeting be held 07 October 2004 at
   21:00 GMT, subject to change via email consensus.  Seconded by
   R. Corman.  The motion passed unanimously.

8. R. Johnson moved to adjourn the meeting.  Everyone seconded the
   motion.  The motion passed unanimously.

Meeting was adjourned at approximately 22:25 GMT.

We apologize to Kuroda Hisao for the confusion with the time zones.

Peter Lindahl
ALU Secretary