Subject: ALU Board Meeting 2007.04.04 Minutes Rev. 1 ====================================================================== Association of Lisp Users, Inc. (ALU) 04 April 2007 Board Meeting 14:00 hours UTC Minutes Rev. 1 At the banquet following the General Meeting, the ALU Board of Directors election results were announced. Elected were: Jeremy Jones, Kuroda Hisao, Nick Levine, Heow Eide-Goodman, JonL White, Duane Rettig, Carl Shapiro, and Ernst van Waning. Attendees: Ernst van Waning, Heow Eide-Goodman, Jeremy Jones, JonL White, Nick Levine, Duane Rettig, Kuroda Hisao. As the standing president, Ernst van Waning opened the meeting. President van Waning called for nominations for president of the ALU Board of Directors. Nick Levine nominated Ernst van Waning, JonL White seconded. The election passed unanimously. Discussion about the conference: Several issues came up, including burn-out for conference organizers, and lack of backing and oversight by the rest of the board. Nick Levine left the meeting at this time. Jeremy Jones moved that we take no action at this time, but that before the next board meeting we pro-actively make structural changes to ensure that these issues cannot occur again. Duane Rettig seconded. The motion carried. Ernst van Waning adjourned the meeting at approximately 14:30 UTC. In an informal meeting later attended by Ernst van Waning, Duane Rettig, Nick Levine, Kuroda Hisao, and Heow Eide-Goodman. Nick Levine submitted his resignation from the Board of Directors. Since there was no quorum, we could not accept his resignation at that time. Respectfully submitted by Duane Rettig, substituting for Peter Lindahl. Faithfully transcribed and formatted 10 May 2007 by Peter Lindahl with great appreciation to Duane Rettig for providing these notes. Peter Lindahl ALU Secretary