History: LLG 2009 Annual Meeting Minutes

Source of version: 9 (current)

! Minutes of the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Members of The Logical Language Group, Inc. These minutes were approved by the 2010 annual meeting. The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Members of The Logical Language Group, Inc. was called to order on Sat, 8 Aug 2009 14:32:19 +0200. It was conducted on the llg-members mailing list. !! Roll Call Roll call was waived, as all members were believed to have valid e-mail addresses on the list. A list of members who actually participated (commented or voted) is as follows: * ((Arnt Richard Johansen)) * ((Bob LeChevalier)) * ((John Cowan)) * ((Matt Arnold)) * ((Robin Lee Powell)) * ((Jorge Llambias)) * ((Pierre Abbat)) * David Barton * Mark Shoulson * TommyLee Whitlock !! Reading of Minutes At the time, it was believed that the reading of the minutes was waived, in favour of ((LLG Members)) as the canonical listt, by unanimous consent, but this seems to have only been mentioned, not formally stated. Regardless, the mention could have been objected to and was not, so we're calling it good. !! President's report ~pp~ Hey folks, Eppcott here with the President's report. Late last year I received a delivery of several boxes of the Complete Lojban Language from Lojbab through his relative, and ever since, I have taken over order fulfillment. Sales are brisk. I am soon to receive an LLG credit card with which to make shipments, for greater fiduciary accountability. The Lojban Festival at Penguicon was exciting and got a lot of people interested in the language. Robin, Clsn, Pierre, Tene, and Bancus were among the Lojbanists in attendance, and of course I was there since I chaired Penguicon. Last year, I said that if you elected me President of the Board, I would accept, but not do anything until after I was done chairing Penguicon. That (and running PodDisc.com, and going back to school) ate up my life completely until May. I originally intended to have already begun several initiatives between May and now, which bear a lot of resemblance to several of the ideas presented recently by Cosmic Ray. As it turns out, my life has been pretty busy since then as well. I apologize for that. Please let me know if you have any questions! -Matt Arnold President Logical Language Group ~/pp~ !! Officer's Reports ~pp~ Treasurer's Report ------------------ The main account balances at $5,664.41 The paypal account balances at $325.34 We lost $10 due to me being late this quarter; I'd pay it out of pocket, but there's actually no way to do that, the tax board draws from our account. The board spent $824.50 on sending people to LogFest. This came entirely out of the PayPal account; we did not need to touch the main account for that at all. ~/pp~ Accepted by acclamation. !! Committee Reports ~pp~ BPFK Report and Secretary Report -------------------------------- Neither the secretary nor the BPFK jatna (who take a shower with each other every morning, as clsn puts it) have anything of significance to report. -Robin -- snip -- As usual, of you, or anyone you know of, is chomping at the bit to help the community, the BPFK is the most important thing we need to do, and we could use the help. -Robin ~/pp~ Accepted by acclamation. !! Election of New Members no new members have been elected !! Removal of Old Members ~pp~ Last November, I asked certain non-participatory people if they still wanted to be members, and then never got around to removing those that said no; I'm doing so now. Gregory Dyke Nick Nicholas Robin Turner are no longer LLG members. They're off the mailing list too, as of just before I sent this message. -Robin ~/pp~ The following members were removed. * Jordan DeLong * Alexandra Miles-Lasseter * Adam Raizen * David Twery !! Election of the Board ~pp~ MOVED: * To re-elect the current Board of Directors: * Robin Lee Powell * Robert LeChevalier * Matt Arnold * Arnt Richard Johansen * To give a heartfelt expression of thanks to the current Board of Directors. PASSED, as amended. ~/pp~ !! Old Business ~pp~ John Cowan brings to attention the level -2 flyers, now to be found here: http://lojban.com/tiki/Lojban+Brochures ~/pp~ !! New Business The LBCK, Lojban Certification Program was started with http://groups.google.com/group/lojban-lbck as their mailing list. ~pp~ The following motion is now under consideration, and, if there are no objections, will pass by general consent on Monday at 18 UTC: To form the lojbo bangu cipra kamni, or LBCK, comprised of Matt Arnold and Mark Shoulson and whoever else the two of them appoint, as a committee empowered by the LLG to create a Lojban Certification Program, with access to up to $500 of LLG funds to pay for the writing of the initial tests. -- snip -- PASSED, by general consent. ~/pp~ * Previous meeting:((LLG Meeting Summary 2008|2008 annual meeting)) * Following meeting: ((LLG Meeting Summary 2010|2010 annual meeting))