OpenMPE Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

27 Mar 2008

Present: Birket Foster, John Wolff, Donna Hofmeister, Matt Perdue, Tracy Johnson, Chuck Ciesinski, Walter Murray, Anne Howard
Absent: Alan Tibbetts
Guest: Paul Edwards

2008-03-27-01
Minutes
RESOLVED that the minutes of: 14 Feb 2008 be ratified.
W. Murray abstaining.
RESOLVED that the minutes of: 03 Mar 2008 be ratified.
A. Howard and W. Murray abstaining.
RESOLVED that the minutes of: 06 Mar 2008 be ratified.
A. Howard and W. Murray abstaining.
2008-03-27-02
Emulator
Jeff Bandle indicated, via email, that HP is agreeable to having companies considering making the emulator 'borrow' the vendor's license during the demo period. M. Perdue to ask Jeff for a copy of the CDA for development assistance.
2008-03-27-03
Treasurer Transfer
P. Edwards reported he has given M. Perdue all financial statements/records. P. Edwards currently has two tax refund checks that he's going to forward to M. Perdue to deposit. M. Perdue needs to inform the bank of the current list of officers with signature authority. P. Edwards has also informed the CPA of the change. M. Perdue to contact the bank regarding the bank and signature cards. A new one will probably need to be issued. M. Perdue to forward relevant changes to the CPA.
2008-03-27-04
GHRUG
B. Foster estimated that 75-80 people attended the conference. OpenMPE's lack of a session appears to have been a result of a clerical error. The Board's collective opinion is that HP declined to answer many questions.
2008-03-27-05
Tech Forum
C. Ciesinski reported he received confirmation that OpenMPE will be presenting. Two other MPE sessions are scheduled to present, along with two migration sessions.
2008-03-27-06
Privacy Policy
RESOLVED that the Privacy Policy submitted by D. Hofmeister be approved. D. Hofmeister to forward the document to John Dunlop for posting to the website
2008-03-27-07
openmpe.org Domain Registration
D. Hofmeister reported that Mark Klein is agreeable to transferring the domain to OpenMPE. Donna to work with Mark.
2008-03-27-08
Invent3k
OpenMPE has asked HP again to allow OpenMPE to take responsibility for "invent3k". D. Hofmeister to compose draft letter to go to HP and hardware resellers.
2008-03-27-09
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be on 10 Apr 2008.
D. Hofmeister to invite Jeff Bandle.
Minutes Prev 06 Mar 2008 Next 10 Apr 2008

Unless otherwise noted, all resolutions were carried by the unanimous vote of all members present.
Minutes ratified 08 May 2008