Minutes of ASFAR Board Meeting of August 15, 2001

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

Board members present: Joshua Freeman, Justin Mallone, Larissa Price, David Schneider-Joseph, Oliver Traldi, Susan Wishnetsky
Members present: Daniel M, Pat T, Luke W
Visitors present: none

The meeting was called to order at 9:30 eastern time.

Approval of Minutes

The minutes of the July 18th meeting were approved without objection.

Reports of Officers

The President, Justin Mallone, had no official report.

The Vice President, Larissa Price, had no official report.

The Secretary, Oliver Traldi, had no official report.

The Treasurer, Susan Wishnetsky, reported that the ASFAR bank account now totaled $506.

The Webmaster, David Schneider-Joseph, reported that ASFAR's amazon.com account had reached $11.25 and that Commission Junction was sending ASFAR a check for $40. He also mentioned that he hadn't heard from Paul Adam, a prospective web designer who had expressed interest in redesigning ASFAR's website, in three weeks.

Reports of Committees

The zine committee reported that PDFs had been made of previous Youth Truth mailings. It was also reported that a few submissions for the next issue had been received.

Old Business

David SJ reported that the construction of a web-based voting system for board members was finished. There was a motion to empower decisions made on the web-based board in the following manner: If there are four votes of Aye within 48 hours of posting and no opposing votes, the motion passes. Otherwise passage should be delayed until a week has elapsed. The motion was seconded and passed.

New Business

There was some talk of a Demonstrations Committee to coordinate ASFAR's protests and demonstrations. Eventually it was decided that after volunteers for the it had been found, the committee could be approved or voted down at the following board meeting.

There was a motion to hold a general meeting on Wednesday, September 19th at 9:00 PM eastern time. The motion was seconded and passed. A related motion was made to lower the quorom at the general meeting to 10 people. The motion was seconded and passed.

There was a motion to drop ASFAR's boycott against Wal-Mart. The motion was seconded and passed.

There was a motion to integrate the Discrimination Files into ASFAR's web-based discussion forum. The motion was seconded and passed.

The next board meeting was scheduled for August 5, 2001, at 9:15 pm
eastern time.

The meeting adjourned at 11:35 pm eastern time.

Respectfully submitted,

Oliver Traldi
Secretary, ASFAR