Association of Lisp Users, Inc. (ALU)                  02 April 2009
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.	 Rusty Johnson, Treas. (D)
	 Peter Lindahl, Sec.

Members present:
	Mason Bliss (D)   Daniel Herring (D) Rich Hickey (D)
	Kuroda Hisao (D)  Jeremy Jones (D)   Duane Rettig

JonL White (D) provided his proxy to Ernst van Waning via email before
the meeting.

President Ernst van Waning called the meeting to order at 22:12 UTC
with a quorum of seven directors present.

The next meeting will be held at 22:00 UTC on May 7, 2009, by
mutual agreement.


Officers and Board of Directors -
Rusty Johnson resigns as Director.
Mason Bliss resigns as Director.
Email confirmation of the resignations received.
The quorum now stands at five.

J. Jones moved to install the following as officers of the ALU, Inc.
R. Hickey seconds the motion.
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President - Ernst van Waning
Treasurer - Rusty Johnson
Secretary - Peter Lindahl
Membership Secretary - Mason Bliss
Vice President - Rich Hickey
Librarian - Daniel Herring
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Motion carries unanimously.

R. Hickey moves to reinstate Duane Rettig as Director.  D. Herring
seconds.  Motion carries unanimously.


ALU Mission Statement -
D. Rettig moves to add "- to provide high-quality information about
Lisp;" to the ALU's mission statement.  D. Herring seconds the motion.
Original statement was removed in 2007 because the ALU was not taking
steps to fulfill it.  The shorter version is more concise.  Duane
asserts that we should have this goal and work toward it.  Motion
passes unanimously.


ALU Membership -
The different types of membership should be distinguished.  As well,
there needs to be a definition of the Lisp community.  It was
suggested to entertain the officers and directors submit definitions,
suggestions and plans for ALU Membership to alu-board-only email, with
a short delay to allow all participants a chance to contribute who
wish to do so.  R. Johnson departs at 23:00.  Discussion ensued
concerning suitable forums for web-based collaboration of this
endeavor.  Consensus agreement was reached to begin by using email and
migrate to a web-based platform quickly.

D. Herring moves to table the discussion and the board and officers
will submit proposed ideas concerning membership. Proposals will
initially be submitted via email and continue via a forum to be
determined.  Duane seconds.  Motion carries unanimously.


J. Jones moves adjourn the meeting. D. Rettig seconds the motion. The
motion passes unanimously.

The meeting adjourned at 23:21 UTC.

Peter Lindahl
   ALU Secretary