Association of Lisp Users, Inc. (ALU) 				06 January 2005
Board Meeting 							22:00 hours GMT 
Minutes 							Rev. 0

Meeting held telephonically with the following quorum of board members present: 
Officers present: 
	Ernst van Waning, Pres.		Carl Shapiro, V.P.
	Rusty Johnson, Treas.		Peter Lindahl, Sec.
Members present: 
	Roger Corman	Kuroda Hisao	Duane Rettig	JonL White
	Nick Levine (assigned proxy to R. Corman)
	Heow Eide-Goodman (joined @23:12 GMT)

President Ernst van Waning called the meeting to order at 22:10 GMT
with five voting members present: R. Corman, H. Eide-Goodman,
R. Johnson, D. Rettig and J. White, with R. Corman holding proxy for
N. Levine.

Next meeting to be held Feb. 03, 2005 at 22:00 GMT.

D. Rettig moves the minutes of the November 2004 meeting be approved
as emailed.  J. White seconds.  Motion passes unanimously.

J. White moves the minutes of the December 2004 meeting be approved as
emailed.  R. Johnson seconds.  Motion passes unanimously.  E. van
Waning will "polish" specific references prior to dissemination to the
extended board.

Old Business:

1. Previous Action Items:  
E. van Waning -- will write draft scam warning message for paying members, and 
                 email to board members for review and comments.  
              -- will submit his list of Lisp oriented groups, combined with 
                 that of H. Eide-Goodman to C. Shapiro.
              -- will submit draft request for the position of Membership 
                 Secretary to the board members for review and comment within 
                 the next few days.  
              -- will assist with cd burning when ISO is available.
C. Shapiro    -- will collaborate with J. White to organize the ILC Proceedings. 
                 ISO will be made available to board for burning.
              -- reports the trip to Stanford to select rooms was delayed until 
                 Tuesday (Jan. 11, 2005) due to Stanford staff vacations.  
                 Wants to make conference announcements Jan 15th, 2005.
              -- reports the membership lists for 2002 and 2003 in hand and 
                 will be merged soon.
              -- lisp-jobs mailing list will be turned on, pending set up.
J. White      -- tested the membership pages as requested, and found no major
                 problems, and one minor issue that was reported to N. Levine.
              -- sent list for ECOOP to E. van Waning, but the list was not as 
                 extensive as hoped.  Hopefully E. van Waning has more.
P. Lindahl    -- will assist with cd burning when ISO is available.
All           -- all board members still encouraged to send suggestions to C.
                 Shapiro for ILC 2005.

2. R. Corman made a motion, seconded by J. White to accept the
   resignation of J. Adams as ALU Vice President.  After lengthy
   discussion, the motion was tabled.  R. Corman speak to J. Adams
   personally to discuss his wishes, and convey one last time the
   wishes of the board that he reconsider.

3. ILC 2003 Status: Currently on track.  General details were
   discussed for several minutes.

4. CLRFI Status: D. Rettig has sent an email message concerning CLRFI.

5. OOPSLA MoU: J. White received and forwarded the MoU received from
   Ralph Johnson.  J. White summarized the Memorandum of Understanding
   for the board and recommended the board accept it.

6. ILC-2005 status:

Stanford venue:
  C. Shapiro will travel to Stanford Tuesday to choose rooms for
  conference. Call For Papers has been distributed.  Suggestions for
  additional outlets appreciated.  C. Shapiro is still looking for
  speakers and track suggestions.  ALU must commit to Stanford
  conference or withdraw now.

  J. White moved that the ALU move forward with the OOPSLA track in
  San Diego.  There was no second.

  R. Johnson moved, R. Corman seconded a motion to move forward with
  the Stanford ILC track and pursue "in cooperation with" status this
  year and co-location with OOPSLA next year.  The question was
  divided, with both parties agreeing.  On the motion to commit to the
  Stanford ILC venue without further delay, the motion passed
  unanimously, with J. White abstaining.  On the motion to pursue the
  OOPSLA track next year, the motion passed unanimously with J. White
  abstaining.

7.  Extended Board discussion:
  E. van Waning will email the available views concerning the role of
  the extended board to the board members.

8.  Membership Secretary:
  E. van Waning will draft a message calling for interested parties
  for the position of Membership Secretary, as described by the ALU
  By-Laws.

9. Adjournment:  Moved by D. Rettig, and seconded by R. Corman.  
Passed unanimously at 23:36 GMT.

Peter Lindahl
ALU Secretary

Action Items:
E.v.W.	- redact December minutes for extended board.
        - draft a message for the website warning visitors about Phishing scams 
          and other malicious activities.
	- combine lists of Lisp groups for conference announcements with Heow 
          and forward to Carl.
	- draft message calling for Membership Secretary.
	- assist with CD production, once ISO complete.
Roger   - speak with John Adams personally to confirm his wish to resign.
Heow	- with Ernst, combine lists of Lisp groups for conference announcements, 
          forward to Carl.
	- with Carl, construct membership lists for '02 and '03 from conference data.
Carl	- administer (oversee) ILC-2003 Proceedings index, etc.
	- travel to Stanford to choose rooms for conference.
	- with Heow, construct membership lists for '02 and '03 from conference data.
        - move forward with ILC 2005 in Stanford with the full support of the board.
Pete	- assist with CD production, once ISO complete.
All:	- submit to Carl suggestions for distributing Conference announcements.