OpenMPE Board of Directors

Minutes for 08 March 2007

Present: Birket Foster, John Wolff, Paul Edwards, Donna Hofmeister, Matt Perdue, Tracy Johnson, Anne Howard, Alan Tibbetts

Absent: Chuck Ciesinski, Jennifer Fisher

2007-03-08-01
Board Changes The Board welcomed Anne Howard to the OpenMPE Board. The Board also thanked A. Tibbetts for all the work he's done. A. Tibbetts thanked the Board in return and wished A. Howard good luck. B. Foster gave his traditional brief history and goals of OpenMPE.

2007-03-08-02
Jennifer Fisher B. Foster has not been able to get in touch with her. The Board is concerned about her extended absence.

2007-03-08-03
Meeting w/ HP B. Foster reported on his latest meeting with M. Paivinen. M. Paivinen explained some of the details about the early retirement program and mentioned that new resources may become available to OpenMPE. B. Foster advised that the potential changes will likely impact the pending decision about OpenMPE. M. Paivinen is still planning on attending a Board meeting at the end of March. He will have with him
an overview of the network build process. M. Paivinen will also be prepared to talk about a parking release and subsys/add-on software. Mike will also be building a timeline with milestones so that he can schedule staff working hours. HP is planning on doing the network build review much like the OS build review -- an internal pass will be done first. The decision to do an external review will be made later.

2007-03-08-04
By-law Changes Discussion ensued about whether the proposed change to the by-laws is needed.

2007-03-08-05
Housekeeping M. Perdue to change the Board's e-mail distributions. RESOLVED that T. Johnson shall be the Board's Assistant Secretary.

2007-03-08-06
Treasurer's Report P. Edwards reported the tax and accounting fees have been paid. There was an increase in accounting fees due to increased amount of work.

2007-03-08-07
Next Meeting The next Board meeting will be on March 29th. We will be meeting with Mike Paivinen and possibly
Gavin Scott. D. Hofmeister to check with Gavin.

Unless otherwise noted, all resolutions were carried by the unanimous vote of all members present.
Minutes ratified 26 April 2007.

2007-03-08-01 Board Changes	The Board welcomed Anne Howard to the OpenMPE Board. The Board also thanked A. Tibbetts for all the work he's done. A. Tibbetts thanked the Board in return and wished A. Howard good luck. B. Foster gave his traditional brief history and goals of OpenMPE.
2007-03-08-02 Jennifer Fisher	B. Foster has not been able to get in touch with her. The Board is concerned about her extended absence.
2007-03-08-03 Meeting w/ HP	B. Foster reported on his latest meeting with M. Paivinen. M. Paivinen explained some of the details about the early retirement program and mentioned that new resources may become available to OpenMPE. B. Foster advised that the potential changes will likely impact the pending decision about OpenMPE. M. Paivinen is still planning on attending a Board meeting at the end of March. He will have with him an overview of the network build process. M. Paivinen will also be prepared to talk about a parking release and subsys/add-on software. Mike will also be building a timeline with milestones so that he can schedule staff working hours. HP is planning on doing the network build review much like the OS build review -- an internal pass will be done first. The decision to do an external review will be made later.
2007-03-08-04 By-law Changes	Discussion ensued about whether the proposed change to the by-laws is needed.
2007-03-08-05 Housekeeping	M. Perdue to change the Board's e-mail distributions. RESOLVED that T. Johnson shall be the Board's Assistant Secretary.
2007-03-08-06 Treasurer's Report	P. Edwards reported the tax and accounting fees have been paid. There was an increase in accounting fees due to increased amount of work.
2007-03-08-07 Next Meeting	The next Board meeting will be on March 29th. We will be meeting with Mike Paivinen and possibly Gavin Scott. D. Hofmeister to check with Gavin.