Bd meeting, October 6, 2004

• Attended: Kerry, Gabriel, Peggy, Doug, John, Leon, Lisa

• OSonOS Next year Aug 3--6, 2005, Halifax, Nova Scotia

• Doug to be note taker for this meeting. (Corrections invited!)

• OSonOSinUS? November 6, 7 & 8: teleconference for the Convenors and our OSI Board: 19 Oct 2004, 1:00 pm Chicago time; Doug to send an invitation to our board members to attend the conference call. Doug will send invitation for OSonOSinUS? to Bd members again. And to OSlist again. Gabriel: Keep sending it.

• address for the invitation: http://www.openspaceworld.org/network/wiki.cgi?OpenSpaceOnOpenSpaceInUS

• No need to disguise HO surprise references in our minutes--already posted at Goa, in presence of HO

• Dec 2, 2005, HO birthday

• Doug intends to convene a session, perhaps a butterfly session, on HO's birthday.

• Peggy: Make sure Judi Richardson is aware--she is good at party organizing.

• At a session in Goa--an inquiry into the effectiveness of OST; they developed an AI inquiry format. This suggests it might be good to gather the stories for Harrison. Gabriel will be happy to be online story collector for that.

• Peggy will not be attending OSonOSinUS?; Gabriel may be attending.

• John will post a session to troll for new board members at OSonOSinUS?

• Gabriel has info about posting on Catalyst for Doug.

• Goa report by Peggy: probably $3,000-$4,000 ahead. Their option to decide what to do with this money. Possibly to build up OST practices in India; or to bring people from India to Halifax. Not clear what the decision will be.

• About 50 people attended; very few Indians--most of the Indians were in OST for first time.

• Circles of Change DVD: Doug has watched; Kerry cannot open it. We will defer the conversation on this subject till next time.

• Space Corps: postpone till next time.

• Gabriel: AI conference report: 22 volunteer online hosts online 24/7 to greet people as they logged in. Shared stories of what was going on. Generated an intense bond. Relatively easy to create. Could we do the same thing? Gabriel--takes 2 to 3 times the length of the video to edit it--for two people.

• POP audio: HO wants to know if we can market it. Possibly a download and a CD. Gabriel can convert a lot of formats to other formats. Put this in the bin for next time.

• Refine grant priorities--postpone for next time.

• Principles in 15 languages: Peggy did not take to Goa. Leave in the bin. Gabriel: could have high res and low res for download so people can produce it themselves. Doug: Maybe some things should be a public service, without charge.

• OSI charges for fiscal services: Peggy: originally we said 10% of the fees is our charge. $7500 fees in Goa; our fees would be $750. Our cost was several hundred Dollars, so our income is $2-300. Lisa: it was staff time, donated. 27 or 28 people at 10 minutes each = about 5 hours. There could be chargeback fees. We were not doing it for tax deductions; done because we could. Some confidential info is being handled--a trust issue. And the info going outside our board. Doug: our costs plus X %; Kerry: or we pay people for their time. Or discuss with sponsors on a case by case basis. Leave the question in the bin. This year was 10%

• Next meeting: Friday, Nov 19, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time. (858) 400-4040 Access Code = 092 355#

• BIN ITEMS for 2004/11/19:
  • 1. Report on OSonOSinUS?, Chicago, Nov 6-8, 2004
  • 2. Surprise event for HO's 70th birthday on 2005/12/02, e.g. OSonHO???
  • 3. (John) CIRCLES OF CHANGE video distribution
  • 4. Further discussion of Space Corps
  • 5. Refine OSI(US) grants priorities and awards criteria.
  • 6. Sale/Posting? of OST principles poster in 15 languages from OSonOS event at Fyn, Denmark.
  • 7. What should OSI(US) charge for provision of fiscal services?
  • 8. (Doug) US OST outreach ideas
  • 9. (Doug) Revision of OSI(US) Bylaws.
  • 10. POP audio distribution.

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