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: Gorman C.
Visitors present: none
The meeting was called to order at 9:02 pm central time.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of the meeting
of
May 15, 2000. The motion carried.
Reports of Officers
The President, Eric Anderson, reported that he had received forms from
the
State of Missouri for filing ASFAR's annual report.
The Vice-President, Justin Mallone, gave no official report.
The Secretary, Susan Wishnetsky, gave no official report, but mentioned
that
she had met with another Illinois member to write bylaws for the Illinois
chapter.
The Treasurer, Eric Anderson, reported a filing fee of $15 to accompany
ASFAR's annual report.
The 'Zine Committee reported that only one article, other than a book
review,
had been committed by a member.
Old Business.
Candidates for the vacancy in the Board of Directors were briefly discussed
and the motion was tabled.
Susan Wishnetsky reported that she had been working on improving the
clarity
of the ASFAR button approved at the previous meeting and would be ready
to
send them out soon.
New Business
Rules regarding chapter formation were discussed. A suggestion
was raised
was to require chapters to observe the same privacy policy with regard
to
their membership list as specified in the national bylaws, and another
to
prohibit sexual contact between chapter officers and other chapter
members.
No motion was made.
There was discussion of the possibility of members who might embarrass
or
discredit ASFAR because of past or present criminal activity, which
might be
discovered by the media or people opposed to ASFAR and used against
us. A
portion of this discussion was held in a closed session, to protect
the
privacy of ASFAR members. No motion was made.
Eric Anderson moved to authorize the expenditure for the annual report's
$15
filing fee. The motion was seconded and carried.
The meeting adjourned at 10:54 pm central time.