Association of Lisp Users, Inc. (ALU) 				5 January 2006
Board Meeting 						22:00 hours UTC 
Minutes 							Rev. 0

Meeting held telephonically with the following quorum of board members present: 
Officers present: (V) = Voting member of the Board (NV) = Non-Voting
	Ernst van Waning, Pres.(NV)			Carl Shapiro, VP (NV)
	Rusty Johnson, Treas.(V) (proxy for Levine)	Peter Lindahl, Sec. (V)

Members present:
	Roger Corman (V)	Heow Eide-Goodman(V)(23:05)	Kuroda Hisao(V)
	Duane Rettig(V)	Peter Seibel(V)		Jon L. White(V)

Nick Levine who had to leave early left his proxy with R. Johnson prior to departing.

President Ernst van Waning called the meeting to order at 22:07 UTC with a quorum 
of voting members present.

Next meeting to be held 02 February, 2006 at 22:00 UTC.  Approved without dissent.

Minutes of 15 Dec, 2005 ammended to remove late comment for Director White.
JonL White moved to accept the minutes as ammended.  Motion was seconded by 
several at once including the Secretary, and approved without dissent.

Discussions:

Thank you to Franz:
Treasurer Johnson has verbally thanked Dr. Wu of Franz for their assistance with
ILC2005 conference organizing and processing of credit cards at the conference.
It was suggested that the president should send a formal note of thanks on behalf 
of the ALU.  E. van Waning agreed to send such a note.

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with LispNYCs:
R. Johnson reports that the MOU has been signed and faxed by both parties and 
the ALU copy has been filed with the ALU Secretary.  The next step will be the 
receipt of funds in the amount of $4500 from Google which we have agreed to 
receive on behalf of LispNYCs.

ALU Mission Statement:
Of three proposals contained in the agenda quoted here:
(*** have been added to highlight changes only)
Original: To serve the software community by providing high-quality
  information about Lisp to current and prospective users and to the
  software community at large; to support the Lisp community by
  hosting an annual conference and providing administrative support
  for Lisp-related projects and local user groups.

Proposal1: To serve the software community by providing high-quality
  information about Lisp to current and prospective users and to the
  software community at large; to support the Lisp community by
  ***activities including but not restricted to*** hosting
  ***regularly scheduled conferences*** and providing administrative
  support for Lisp-related projects and local user groups.

Proposal2: "To provide high-quality information about Lisp to the
  software community at large; to support the Lisp community by:
1. hosting regularly scheduled Lisp conferences;
2. offering administrative support to local Lisp interest groups and
   to Lisp-related projects;
3. engaging in other activities pertinent to our general mission."

Proposal3: "To provide high-quality information about Lisp to the
  software community at large; to support the Lisp community by
  activities including but not restricted to:
1. hosting regularly scheduled Lisp conferences;
2. offering administrative support to local Lisp interest groups and
   to Lisp-related projects."

D. Rettig raised his earlier e-mail motion to change in the Original 
Mission Statement above the word "annual" to "regularly scheduled".
The motion was seconded by JonL White.  The motion passed without
dissent.

Concerning the By-Laws and annual meetings:
D. Rettig expressed his concerns with the wording of the ALU By-Laws 
and our execution of annual meetings as described.  After discussion 
concerning the specifics of the By-Laws with respect to annual meetings
D. Rettig retracts his previous motion made via email.

Treasurer Johnson brings up the topic of the ALU having multiple bank
accounts (2) and his desire to unify the finances under one institution.
R. Johnson moves to consolidate all ALU finances under Citibank.  The 
motion was seconded by JonL White and passed unanimously.

Treasurer Johnson also brings up the subject of signators on the Citibank
account consisting of himself and a former comptroller at Franz, per a 
previous agreement.  Rusty suggests we add someone else from the 
board to the account, should he be unable to write checks for any reason.
Rusty iterates the need for the person to be physically in Virgina at some 
point to present ID and sign the card.  JonL White moves that Carl Shapiro 
be added to the card, after Carl confirmed that he would be in the Wash. D.C.
area in the near future.  R. Johnson seconds the motion.  The motion passed 
unanimously.

Republication Policy:
JonL White submitted via email the ACM/SIGPLAN policy with interpretations,
examples and notes.  A lively discussion ensued concerning forming a policy 
for the ALU that is in line with our Mission Statement and includes quick 
availability on-line on our website.  After some time, it was agreed to table the
discussion so it can be continued outside this meeting.  Discussion tabled 
without motion.

Application of ALU Mission Statement:
E. van Waning proposes that we should begin drafting strategies, goals, and
policies based on our newly adopted Mission Statement.  E. van Waning agreed
to begin draft proposals to be worked by the board.  Drafting process will 
encourage input from the extended board.

Video from ILC2003:
C. Shapiro that Y. Taichii had transferred the DV's of the conference talks 
onto DVD.  It was deemed appropriate to make the materials available on
hte website.  R. Johnson asks about bandwidth issues.  C. Shapiro will 
review the videos and seek appropriate permissions for releasing the 
videos along with Franz concurrence for using their bandwidth.

There was a movement to adjourn and approved unanimously at 23:09 UTC.

The Secretary adds his appreciation for notes taken by JonL White. 

Peter Lindahl
  ALU Secretary