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