Association of Lisp Users, Inc. (ALU)                  01 February 2007
Board Meeting                                          22:00 hours UTC
Minutes                                                Rev. 0

Meeting held via telephone with the following board members present:
Officers present: (V) = Voting member of the Board (NV) = Non-Voting
    Ernst van Waning, Pres.(NV)    Carl Shapiro, V.P. (V) (22:10)
    Peter Lindahl, Sec. (V)

Members present:
    Roger Corman (V)    Nick Levine (V)   
    Duane Rettig (V)    JonL White (V) (22:46)


President Ernst van Waning called the meeting to order at 22:05 UTC
with a quorum of voting members present.

Next meeting to be held 01 March 2007 at 22:00 UTC, and approved
without dissent.

N. Levine moved to accept the minutes of the 04 January 2007 meeting
as posted via email.  D. Rettig seconded the motion.  The motion
passed witout dissent.

Agenda items:

ILC 2003 DVD efforts: N. Levine proposed that the ALU board cease
efforts to make the DVD's available due to the effort required to
contact all the speakers to obtain permission.  R. Corman seconded the
motion.  The motion passed without dissent.

ALU letter of invitation: E. van Waning is looking to make better use
of the letter.  No response following Franz' distribution of the
letter suggests similar results from other vendors as well.
Discussion ensued concerning the apparent loss of inertia in building
the membership of the ALU.  Among the many relevant points brought up,
"Organizational Neuroses" among board members stands out, as well as
acknowledging a feeling among some general members of the ALU and ALU
board members as well that, our mission statement notwithstanding, the
primary purpose of the ALU is to organize regular Lisp conferences.
It was readily acknowledged by all present that in spite of any
personal feelings, all board members have consistently supported the
direction of the board.  The general consensus was that the ALU needs
more quality members to produce desirable material of interest, and we
need quality material to interest members.

ILC 2007 - N. Levine reports that the venue organization is well under
way with no foreseeable problems at this time.

ILC 2007 Program - JonL White reports that we have had some
retractions of submissions.  There are currently 22 candidates.  Final
papers have not yet been submitted.  C. Shapiro will contact Rainer
Joswig and Pascal Costanza concerning plans for a workshop at the
conference.

N. Levine moved to adjourn.  P. Lindahl seconded the motion.  The
motion passed unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 23:07 UTC.

Peter Lindahl
  ALU Secretary