Subject: ALU General Meeting 2007.04.03 Minutes Rev. 1 ================================================================================ Association of Lisp Users, Inc. (ALU) 03 April 2007 General Meeting 16:00 hours UTC Minutes Rev. 1 The meeting was called to order by President van Waning at 17:10 hours UTC with a quorum of members present. The President provided a slide presentation including ALU goals, mission statement, and the statement by the President. (See Addendum below) Member Christian Lynbeck asked how many members were signed up (besides the automatic membership of the attendees, though some of the attendees are also actually paid members) and Nick Levine estimated the number at 75, based on the most recently available data. Many members asked for a financial statement. One was not available. There was discussion on what the requirements were for the ALU as a Virginia Corporation that is a USC 501 (c3) (not for profit) organization. Jerry Boetje moved that the ALU board send copies of the documentation sent to the state (commonwealth) of Virginia to the members within six weeks, plus whatever should have been presented at this conference. The motions was seconded by Pascal Costanza. The motion carried. The President opened nominations for board members for the next term. Already on the ballot are: Ernst van Waning, Rusty Johnson, Carl Shapiro, Heow Eide-Goodman, Kuroda Hisao, Nick Levine, Duane Rettig JonL White, and Andrew Borden. Gail Zacharias nominated Jeremy Jones (accepted) Mark nominated Pascal Costanza (declined) Cyrus Harmon nominated Robert Strandh (declined) Dave Cooper nominated Edi Weitz and Arthur Lemmens (both declined) A vote was called for. Each candidate then made a statement. Election results to be announced later in the evening. Jerry Boetje noted the gray hair at the conference and wants to go after undergraduate papers. Jerry made the following motion: Direct the board to consider an undergraduate track for the next ILC. Andrew Miller seconded the motion. The motion carried. Heow Eide-Goodman noted that the Summer of Code project meeting was Wednesday at noon, and that many of the papers are excellent. Discussion was made on possible ****** Motion passed unanimously. Tim Haw moved to pay a stipend to the ALU directors; it was declared unconstitutional (The ALU By-Laws prohibit paying directors in any way other than direct expenses.) The motion was withdrawn. Jerry Boetje moved to adjourn and to receive the results of the election during the banquet following the meeting. Seconded by Tim Haw. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 16:?? UTC. At the banquet following the General Meeting, the 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. 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 Addendum: Report of the President ================================================================================ THE ASSOCIATION OF LISP USERS ANNUAL MEETING Predident's report DRAFT Since ILC05 at Stanford University the ALU board has achieved a number of things. To make clear what ALU intends, a mission statement was adopted. MISSION STATEMENT The Association of Lisp Users wants to strengthen the Lisp community by - providing high-quality information about Lisp; - hosting regularly scheduled International Lisp Conferences (ILC); - providing administrative support for Lisp-related groups and projects. Starting in 2002 the ALU has organized four International Lisp Conferences. Intended for the entire Lisp community, people from all over the world have visited them to learn about Lisp and to show what is possible with it. These conferences have been successful and provide a basis to strengthen the Lisp community. MEMBERSHIP As an association, ALU relies on the continuing support of its members. To continue as a viable organization, to enable future international conferences and provide leadership to the Lisp community, ALU is expanding its membership. The ALU operates as a not-for-profit organization. In the peculiar instance of the ALU, the directors and officers do not receive any monies, except those in compensation for out-of-pocket expenses. Attendance at the ALU conferences is not compensated, however. Thus, the ALU is an all volunteer organization. Even more than membership dues, we need your support. Even a few hours a month goes a long way to help the ALU realize its mission. That is why we are now personally asking all of you who have used Lisp, have learned Lisp, who regularly work in Lisp, or who simply love Lisp, to help the ALU by joining and contributing. Lisp has evolved mainly by its own power. As there are currently no big industrial or administrative powers considering to sponsor Lisp, we ask you to contribute your efforts. In this way, we may be able to continue to develop Lisp and to give it the place it deserves amongst programming languages and their communities. CALL TO AUDIENCE During this meeting, please keep the following questions in mind. - What would you like an international pro-lisp organization with a budget do to promote lisp? - How would you be prepared to support this activity? (Financially? With your time? Some other way?) BOARD The ALU has 8 directors. At each ILC, a new board is to be elected. For any organization it is very important that its board is renewed regularly. We ask you explicitly to stand as candidates so we can renew ideas and energy. Over the last few years our work has benefitted greatly by holding monthly telephone meetings. These meetings have proved indispensible for making progress. If there's just one suggestion the old board can make to the new one, it's to stay in regular live contact in order to move ahead and realize your plans. ================================================================================ End of Addendum.