ALU Board of Directors Meeting Yokohama Restaurant San Francisco, CA October 30th, 2002 7:30 P.M. PST Attending: Chuck Fry - Vice President, Presiding Rusty Johnson - Treasurer Peter Lindahl - Secretary Raymond de Lacaze Chris Plaunt Duane Rettig Ernst Van Waning Jon L. White Motion: Include all conference attendees present at ALU Meeting, at 8:30 PM, Oct. 30th, 2002 to be members of ALU with full voting rights at said meeting. Seconded. Passed Unaninmously. Discussion: Agenda for ALU Meeting, at 8:30 PM, Oct. 30th, 2002. New Business to include: Future venues of ALU conferences. New York, Paris, and Japan suggested by R. de Lacaze. Income model for ALU to include; conference revenues, vendor space at conferences, proceedings sales, educational services, and procurement of institutional contributions as well as individual contributions to the ALU. Membership of ALU: All current conference payees and support personnel who provided support in lieu of fees. Dues payees. Establish an ALU Web server committee, to determine the fate of the ALU Web server. Election of new ALU Board of Directors at close of meeting. Adjourned. To be reconvened at 8:30 PM at Conference Center with all ALU members present. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- ALU Meeting Holiday Inn - Chinatown, Auditorium San Francisco, CA October 30th, 2002 7:30 P.M. PST Attending: Board of Directors: Chuck Fry - Vice President, Presiding Rusty Johnson - Treasurer Peter Lindahl - Secretary Raymond de Lacaze Chris Plaunt Duane Rettig Ernst Van Waning Jon L. White Howard Stearns Members in Attendence: 44 Announcements: All conference attendees present at ALU Meeting, at 8:30 PM, Oct. 30th, 2002 to be members of ALU with full voting rights at said meeting. Old Business: Future venues of ALU conferences. New York, Paris, and Japan suggested by R. de Lacaze. Suggestion of Holland as being more convenient (and cheaper) alternative to Paris. Tabled. Income model for ALU to include; conference revenues, vendor space at conferences, proceedings sales, educational services, and procurement of institutional contributions as well as individual contributions to the ALU. Suggestion made that given Sony's involvement in RoboCup, they should be approached to support the ALU, and to schedule the next conference to overlap the RoboCup competition in New York next year. Tabled, for new ALU Board of Directors. Establish an ALU Web Server committee, to determine the fate of the ALU Web Server. A brief history of the ALU Web Server was presented followed by discussion of possible futures of the ALU Web Server. Volunteers to physically host the machine included, SDF public Unix system in Seattle, OR., and SRI in SF, CA. A committee was appointed to oversee the activities of the ALU Web Server. Committe members appointed: Nick Levine, Stephan Jones, Dan Barlow, Sunil Mishra, Chuck Fry, David Cooper. Tabled. New Business: ILC 2002 Proceedings to be available for purchase. Hard and Soft media available. Problems at NASA, LISP is getting a bad rap from management. Asking for help to better promote LISP to said management and ensure survival of LISP in projects at NASA. Discussion about getting news and other media exposure of LISP to let world know LISP is not a "dead language". Suggestion to use ALU Web Server as a "spamless" mail server available to the public at large, highlighting AI techniques and LISP in efforts to reduce or eliminate "SPAM" email. Consider charging for the service to provide income for the ALU. Election of new ALU Board of Directors Members: Nominated: Chuck Fry Rusty Johnson Raymond de Lacaze Chris Plaunt Duane Rettig Ernst Van Waning Jon L. White Roger Corman Daniel Polani Sunil Mishra Nick Levine Withdrew: Roger Corman, Chris Plaunt, Chuck Fry. The following 8 members were elected unanimously: Raymond de Lacaze Rusty Johnson Nick Levine Sunil Mishra Daniel Polani Duane Rettig Ernst Van Waning Jon L. White Meeting Adjourned until next ALU meeting. ALU Board of Directors Meeting to follow immediately. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- ALU Board of Directors Meeting Holiday Inn - Chinatown, Lobby Lounge San Francisco, CA October 30th, 2002 10:15 P.M. PST Attending: Raymond de Lacaze Rusty Johnson Daniel Polani Duane Rettig Nick Levine Sunil Mishra Ernst Van Waning Jon L. White Chuck Fry - non voting attendee Chris Plaunt - non voting attendee Roger Corman - non voting attendee Peter Lindahl - non voting attendee, Interim Secretary Meeting convened to elect officers to the ALU Board of Directors. Selection of meeting chair: Peter Lindahl, Interim Secretary, nominated, approved unanimously. President: Raymond de Lacaze, nominated, approved unanimously. Vise President: Chuck Fry, nominated, approved unanimously. Treasurer: Rusty Johnson, nominated, approved unanimously. Secretary: Peter Lindahl, nominated, approved unanimously. Raymond de Lacaze, resigned from the Board of Directors, remaining as President of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Roger Corman was nominated to fill the newly vacated space on the ALU Board of Directors. Approved unanimously. Meeting was adjourned. To be reconvened electronically. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---