ALU Board Meeting 2008.09.04 Minutes Rev. 0

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Association of Lisp Users, Inc. (ALU)                  04 September 2008
Board Meeting                                          22:00 hours UTC
Minutes                                                Rev. 0

Meeting was held via telephone with the following board members
present, where (D) denotes Director.

Officers present:
	 Ernst van Waning, Pres.(D)	    Rusty Johnson, Treas. (D)
	 Peter Lindahl, Sec.

Members present:
	Jeremy Jones (D)	Duane Rettig (D)	JonL White (D)

President Ernst van Waning called the meeting to order at 22:15 UTC
with a quorum of five directors present.

The next meeting will be held at 22:00 UTC on September 4, 2008, by
mutual agreement.

R. Johnson moved to approve the minutes of July 10, 2008 and D. Rettig
seconded the motion.  The motion passed without dissent.

R. Johnson moved to move the approval of as yet unapproved board
meeting minutes to the email venue.  J. Jones seconded.  The motion
passed without dissent.

WIKI.ALU.ORG 
It was generally agreed that there is no reason to change the IP
address until we have someplace reasonable to move it.  R. Johnson
stated that he has been trying to reach Carl for the last 10 days
without success.

Discussion ensued as to the questionable and somewhat hostile behavior
of C. Shapiro towards the ALU.  The behavior is made even more
questionable by his refusal to answer or return any board members'
attempts to contact him by phone or by email.  J. Jones moved to
remove Carl Shapiro as Vice President of the Association of Lisp
Users, Inc.  R. Johnson seconded the motion.  The motion passed
unanimously.

R. Johnson has changed the password of the payment accounts.

ILC-09
Guy Steele, the conference program chair, is creating a list of
committee candidates.  Dan Weinreb is working on finding local
accommodations.

ALU.ORG Website
The website is back up, thanks to Nick Levine's efforts.

CLornucopia 

This topic has not received the attention that it deserves.  J. Jones
stated that Clozure will find a way, with or without ALU assistance.
Each member present was asked to comment on the project.  E. van
Waning stated that he would like to see it happen.  R. Johnson made
known that he isn't sure of the added value.  JonL White likes the
idea in general, but had questions about bibop.  It was explained that
it would not be hosted on bibop.  J. Jones is in favor of ALU
supporting the project because it is good for the Lisp community and
good for the ALU due to the increased visibility.  D. Rettig offers
that Franz has Lispwire available and questions the difference between
the two, or what added value CLornucopia brings.  P. Lindahl stated he
is in favor of the idea of having Lisp libraries and software in one
location.  J. Jones offered to set up a demo for the board members to
get a feel for CLornucopia.

JonL White moves to adjourn.  Duane Rettig seconds.  Motion passes.
The meeting adjourned at 23:25.

Peter Lindahl
     ALU Secretary