OpenMPE Board of Directors

Minutes for 14 February 2008

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

Absent: Jennifer Fisher


2008-02-14-01
Minutes		 RESOLVED that the minutes of: 24 January 2008 be ratified as amended. A. Howard abstaining.
 RESOLVED that the minutes of: 07 February 2008 be ratified as amended. T. Johnson abstaining.
2008-02-14-02
2008 Election		 D. Hofmeister to ask John dunlop to update election page to say "2008" and to include the last day to vote. Now that the website problems have been resolved, D. Hofmeister reported that voting is going well. In the future it would be good have the voter be cc'd on the email. D. Hofmeister to coordinate change with John Dunlop.
2008-02-14-03
Website		 D. Hofmeister to also ask John Dunlop to make the following changes:
  • update front page to remove 2007 GHRUG and add 2008 GHRUG.
  • Remove website problems message.
  • Can the membership page be updated to make it clearer that it can also be used for doing updates as well?
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    2008-02-14-04
    MPE Certification     		P. Edwards talked to the director of HP Global Certification -- Bill Horzempa. HP will not change their announcement regarding the ending of MPE certification.
    2008-02-14-05
    GHRUG    		 A. Howard reports planning for the conference is going well. Attendees and vendors are both signing up. P. Edwards asked if a homesteader/migration panel session could be added. B. Foster, M. Perdue, P. Edwards and A. Howard are planning on attending.
    2008-02-14-06
    MPE Emulation    		 M. Perdue to contact companies that have expressed interest in developing an MPE emulator to attend a joint meeting.
    2008-02-14-07
    HP Tech Conference    		 C. Ciesinski submitted a paper for OpenMPE to present but has not heard if it's been accepted.
    2008-02-14-08
    Next Meeting    		 The next Board meeting will be on March 3rd to ratify the election.  The results will be announced on March 4th.

    Unless otherwise noted, all resolutions were carried by the unanimous vote of all members present.
    Minutes ratified 27 March 2008.