Location: IRC server linkline.ca.us.webchat.org, channel #asfar
Time: 8:30 pm central time

Board members present: Joshua Freeman, Matthew Havens, Justin Mallone, Larissa Price, David Schneider-Joseph, Oliver Traldi, Susan Wishnetsky
Members present: Sam A, Woty C, Alex KP, Daniel M, Ben PS
Visitors present: one

The meeting was called to order at 8:38 pm central time.

Approval of Minutes

A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the January 24 meeting. The motion was seconded, and carried 5-0.

Reports of Officers

The President, Justin Mallone, gave no report.

The Vice President, Larissa Price, reported that she checked into getting t-shirts, and that the best place to get them from is owned and operated by someone she is not on good terms with. She said that she could mail them to someone else to give them to him to have done. The prospect of doing silk screens was briefly discussed.

The Secretary, David Schneider-Joseph, reported that he had inadvertently disabled the join form on the ASFAR web site, but that now it is fixed. He said that he thought the best time to switch secretaries wouldn't be for a month or two.

The Treasurer, Susan Wishnetsky, reported that she had gotten access to the Paypal account and that it contains $130.03. She has finished sending an information packet to every state ACLU.

Reports of Committees

The zine committee reported that there are many copies left of the new issue after sending them to everyone who needed them, and that it had received one submission for the upcoming issue.

The advertising committee reported that the HostRocket.com affiliate link has been put on ASFAR's web site, and that ASFAR's BurstMedia membership has been processed, but that the ads could not be placed on the web site until ASFAR's Federal Employer Identification Number was received. The bookstore has not sold any books yet.

Old Business

David Schneider-Joseph offered a proposal to create issue-centric pages on ASFAR's web site and to reorganize the web site according to those issues. He agreed to submit a draft page for approval by the board.

New Business

Joshua Freeman suggested that ASFAR should look into co-litigation with the American Library Association in its suit opposing the tying of federal funds to Internet filters in libraries. Since Susan Wishnetsky is a member of the ALA, she agreed to look into who in the ALA to contact. Susan moved that ASFAR join the ALA's suit against this federal regulation, if possible. The motion was seconded, and carried 7-0.

After some short discussion, it was agreed that Alex Koroknay-Palicz has permission to send his Youth Rights House email to the announcement list.

Other Business

Daniel McGuire mentioned that he was working for The Fund for Public Interest, by going door to door signing up members for various organizations and asking for contributions. He suggested that ASFAR could do something similar. There was discussion of how ASFAR would pay for and implement the infrastructure to support such an operation, including the possibility of ASFAR joining the Fund. Daniel offered to do a canvass for ASFAR to test the idea out.

Justin Mallone moved that section 5 of the Local Chapters Resolution, which requires that local ASFAR chapters turn over their funds to the national body, be removed. The motion was seconded, and carried 5-0.

The next board meeting was scheduled for February 21, 2001, at 8:30 pm central time.

The meeting adjourned at 10:42 pm central time.

Respectfully submitted,

David Schneider-Joseph
Secretary, ASFAR