Association of Lisp Users, Inc. (ALU)                  01 June 2006
Board Meeting                                          22:00 hours UTC
Minutes                                                Rev. 1

Meeting held via telephone with the following board members present:
Officers present: (V) = Voting member of the Board (NV) = Non-Voting
    Ernst van Waning, Pres.(NV)    Carl Shapiro, VP (NV) (22:37)
    Rusty Johnson, Treas. (NV)     Peter Lindahl, Sec. (V)

Members present:
    Roger Corman (V)        Kuroda Hisao (V)    Duane Rettig (V)
    Peter Seibel (V)        Jon L. White (V)

President Ernst van Waning called the meeting to order at 22:06 UTC
with a quorum of voting members present.

Next meeting to be held 06 July 2006 at 22:00 UTC, and approved
without dissent.

Minutes of previous meeting:
   Due to the late release of the minutes for the meeting 11 May 2006,
   the President read the minutes to the board.  E. van Waning questions
   whether anyone is administering email in Nick Levine's absence.
   P. Seibel explains his efforts in doing so.  The only correction
   noted was the spelling of Peter Seibel's last name.  Pending this
   correction, the minutes were approved without dissent.

Agenda items:

Membership:  Any failures?  Is the payment system working properly?  JonL
   White mentions receiving four email payment notifications but only two
   welcome letters.  R. Corman recalls seeing only one welcome letter.

Response to Dave Fox and Lispworks:  E. van Waning reads the message
   from Dave Fox acknowledging the financial breakdown would be
   acceptable.  The treasurer affirms that we will be providing a breakdown
   of income and expenditures.

Previous Proceedings:  C. Shapiro will be handling the distribution of
   ILC 2003 cdroms and ILC 2005 hardcopy reprinting.

DVD's from conference presentations: The board should follow up with
   Yuasa Taiichi who graciously transferred the presentations to DVD.

Proposal submitted by Rainer Joswig:
   All seem like good suggestions.  E. van Waning will extend the boards
   thanks for his suggestions.  The big question is, "Who will implement
   them?"  We need to find out which items Rainer is willing to take on.
   We should seek volunteers for the rest.

ILC'07:
   Contact C. Shapiro concerning the implementation of the conference.
   ILC'07 General Chair and Program Chair have not yet been identified.
   N. Levine is handling local venue organization and coordination.

PR strategy:
   There was much discussion concerning the definition and eventual
   implementation of a PR strategy, if approved.  Among the more pointed
   issues was, If we do this, how do we measure the success?  Several
   measurement strategies were discussed, from coupons to tracking
   codes, ala spam mail.  P. Seibel moves to authorize E. van Waning, on
   behalf of the ALU,  to pay the consultant up to 1000 EUR, for up to 10
   hours work, at his standard rate of 100 EUR per hour, to work with
   Ernst to generate guidelines for defining a strategy so the board can
   define a PR strategy.  Ernst will be reporting to the board and
   soliciting feedback during and after the task.  Roger second.
   Jonl votes against the motion.  The motion passes 5-1.

Web consultant:  Common estimates for web redesign range from
   $1000-2000.  Carl will send email to the board of specific requirements
   for changes.  P. Seibel will take on task of finding a consultant,
   possibly through Franz.

General discussion about level of financial leeway that should be given
to board members.  Concerns expressed about losing momentum and
opportunities while awaiting full board approval over small expenditures.

JonL White moves to adjourn at  23:30 UTC.  P. Seibel seconds.  The motion
carries unanimously.


Peter Lindahl
  ALU Secretary