Minutes of Board Meeting of February 21, 2000

Location: IRC server pnwx.com, channel #asfar

Time: 8:30 pm central time

Board members present: Eric Anderson, Matthew Havens, Justin Mallone, Larissa Price, Susan Wishnetsky

Members present: Aaron B., Allan B., Daniel M., Jen R.

Visitors present: none

NOTE: the meeting began on IRC server chatnet.org, but because of connection problems was moved to server pnwx.com.  The board agreed (without vote) to hold its future meetings on this private server.

The meeting was called to order at 8:40 pm central time.

A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the meeting of
February 2, 2000.  The motion carried.

Reports of Officers

The President had no official report.

The Vice-President had no official report.

The Secretary reported 315 members on the announcement list.  There was  discussion of the discrepancy between the number of members on the announcement list and the 347 members listed as "active" in the membership list.  It was speculated that the 32 members in question have e-mail addresses that no longer work.  The secretary promised to
follow up on this with the PR Coordinator to determine the true number of active members.

The Treasurer had no official report.

The PR Coordinator reported his count of 347 active members.

The 'Zine Committee reported that submissions to Youth Truth had been few and
appealed for more articles or letters to be submitted.

Old Business.

The board vacancy was discussed.  A motion was made and seconded to appoint
Aaron B. to the vacant position.  A second motion was made and seconded to
table the motion to appoint.  The motion to table carried.

Moderation of the discussion listserv was discussed.  A motion was made and
seconded to rescind the previous decision to moderate the
listserv.  The motion carried.

A motion was made and seconded to adjourn.  The motion carried.

The meeting adjourned at 10:12 pm central time.

Respectfully submitted,

Susan Wishnetsky
Secretary, ASFAR