Location: IRC server linkline.ca.us.webchat.org, channel #asfar
Time: 9:15 pm eastern time

Board members present: Matthew Havens, Justin Mallone, Larissa Price, David Schneider-Joseph, Oliver Traldi, Susan Wishnetsky
Members present: Sam A, Alex KP, Daniel M, Gil M, Ben PS, Woty C
Visitors present: none

The meeting was called to order at 9:26 pm eastern time.

Reports of Officers

The President, Justin Mallone, gave no official report.

The Vice President, Larissa Price, reported that she had finished the article mentioned earlier and would try to include ASFAR's web address and/or mailing address in it.

The Secretary, Oliver Traldi, reported that he was adjusting to the work of Secretary and that the membership count stood at 590 members.

The Treasurer, Susan Wishnetsky, reported that she had received a $50 PayPal donation from PedroP.

Reports of Committees

The zine committee reported that the edition of Youth Truth which they were working on was behind schedule as it still had no submissions.

The advertising committee gave no report.

Old Business

David Schneider-Joseph reported that he had contacted Chris Hansen to ask when a brief for the ACLU's lawsuit challenging the Child Internet Protection Act would have to be filed and that he had received no response as of yet. There was some discussion of the manner in which ASFAR should try to combat CIPA.

Matthew Havens reported that he had not received any response from political comparison websites about including youth rights as a candidate issue.

New Business

David Schneider-Joseph moved that the board be allowed to approve via email a letter to be sent to Joshua Gilbert's mother by the board. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Matthew Havens volunteered to write a draft of the letter.

Justin Mallone moved that ASFAR's logo be changed into something more aesthetically pleasing. The motion was seconded and passed. (The new logo is now on our website in place of the old one.)

A motion was made to remove certain slanderous messages in the ASFAR mailing list archive from the indexes of search engines. The motion was seconded and passed.

Other Business

The next board meeting was scheduled for May 16, 2001, at 9:15 pm eastern time.

The meeting adjourned at 11:28 pm eastern time.

Respectfully submitted,

Oliver Traldi
Secretary, ASFAR