OSI-US Board Meeting April 26, 2005
Thank you for your comments, adjustments, corrections.
Present: Peggy Holman, Kerry Napuk, Mikk Sarv, Doug Germann Sr., Karen Davis, Lisa Heft, Gabriel Shirley, John Engle - - Notes-taker: Lisa Heft
1. Requests for OSonOS support (all)
- Fremy is the only request received so far. Mikk is thinking of making a request (Mikk also participated in 2003 OSonOS with OSI-US support). As one of our strategic initiatives, OSI-US has been funding partial travel costs (sometimes other costs) to OSonOS for folks fitting the criteria as money has been available. Some discussion of Access Queen - OSI-US is fiscal agent for Access Queen. Access Queen acts as announcer of who has / who needs resources; also as coach, plus interacts with OSonOS host teams to lower costs for Askers. Note that AQ includes people NOT applicable for OSI-US criteria (such as low-income Askers from the USA). A note that individuals doing direct person-to-person exchange cannot claim tax deduction.
Actions / Decisions / Agreements :
- Lisa will remind OSLIST of the May 15 deadline for sending requests to OSI-US
- At our next meeting we will see what has come in by deadline and will be able to evaluate those requests.
- Regarding World Service Market, agreement that for this year we will handle requests for OSonOS as usual, Access Queen will do as usual. Access Queen and anyone’s individual requests can go to World Service Market, can go to OSLIST individually, whatever happens.
- In May via Michael we will invite OSLIST to post requests and offerings at the new World Service Market.
- Michael will post the collected World Service Market requests / offerings in June-July. Lisa and Michael will continue the conversation behind the scenes to understand possible coordination.
- Kerry will host a session on World Service Market at OSonOS.
2. PayPal? vs. OSI credit card processing (Peggy)
- We pay $25US per month for having credit card processing. The PayPal? transaction cost per transaction is higher but overall costs are lower. Switching to PayPal? is still tax deductible because people still pay to OSI-US. PayPal? is very secure. Also switching makes our work easier. Website changes will have to be made.
Actions / Decisions / Agreements :
- Agreed to change to PayPal?.
- Peggy will request Michael to update this on the OSI website and to add a line that assures people that PayPal? is secure.
3. Dee Dickenson story / Educational Summit(John, Kerry)
- Dee is from New Horizons for Learning; offered a place to put an article about OS and education. New Horizons has published a piece on OS in Haiti. Kerry has proposed a workshop at the World Youth Congress on OS and AI; waiting to hear back about that.
Actions / Decisions / Agreements :
- Kerry will let Dee know when the OS / AI workshop is approved - that may be our next story.
- John will follow up with Dee to let her know the latest.
4. Bylaws (Doug)
- First Doug, and then John have made some recommendations for word changes and has sent that to us all for comment.
Actions / Decisions / Agreements :
- Karen will email us all something to show us / track the changes.
- We agreed to finalize a version of the new and improved Bylaws at our next OSI meeting.
5. HO Birthday
- Conversation on the ‘HO birthday list’ that something will happen in Berlin when HO is there on his birthdate, says Doug. We’ll probably do something in Halifax, too at OSonOS.
Actions / Decisions / Agreements :
- Doug and Karen will ask the ‘HO birthday list’ about specific next steps and will continue and help that conversation along on that list.
- They will let us know how everything is going at our next meetings.
6. Estonia education wiki (Mikk)
- There will be a short international Open Space summit regarding this in April. On September 8-10 there will be a larger meeting.
Actions / Decisions / Agreements :
- Put into BIN for July or August.
NEXT MEETING: May 26, 2005
Please note that this meeting will be at 9:00am PST (2 hours earlier than usual)
BIN for May 26 OSI(US) Board meeting:
- 1. (all) Requests for OSonOS support
- 2. (Doug) Bylaws
- 3. (Doug, Karen) Latest news regarding HO birthday plans
- 4. (Michael) World Service Market
- 5. (John, Kerry) Dee Dickenson story / Educational Summit
- 6. (all) Income generation
- 7. (Karen, John) Wish list call: what people want to see happening under OSI umbrella - inviting responsibility to seek passion.
- 8. (Mikk) Estonia Education wiki - keep this in BIN for July or August conversation