Location: IRC server irc.chatnet.org, channel #asfar
Time: 7:30 P.M. CST

Board Members Present: Eric Anderson, Jason Gerber, Justin Mallone, Susan Wishnetsky
Members Present: Matthew Havens, Avi Hein, Alex Koroknay-Palicz, Daniel McGuire, Brad Wilson, Nickolai Zeldovich
Visitors Present: One

The meeting was not called to order until 7:58 pm central time, and only new business was discussed.

New Business

A proposal was made that the Board appoint coordinators for "action groups", each of which would pursue a different issue. Alex Koroknay-Palicz and Matthew Havens each volunteered to head one of these groups. Questions of how such groups would be governed internally and by ASFAR were discussed.

ASFAR's web site administrator, Nickolai Zeldovich, reported that the internet service providers for zepa.net had requested wording to be added to ASFAR's Declaration of Principles stating that ASFAR members would not engage in violent activity or break any existing state or federal laws, and would honor the framework of the existing U.S. government in its activity. The implications of this request by the service providers were discussed. It was generally agreed that ASFAR would not agree to any wording that entirely ruled out non-violent civil disobedience as a means of protest. It was reported that back-ups of ASFAR's entire web site have been done regularly, and that alternative placements for the site are available, if a move should become necessary. Nickolai stated that he would relay the comments made at the meeting to the service providers of zepa.net and report back when he had further information. Eric Anderson proposed that a board meeting be called in one week to update the board on the situation.

Daniel McGuire proposed new wording for Section 6 of ASFAR's Declaration of Principles was proposed to address the issue of government interference in the running of businesses. After some refinement of wording by Eric Anderson, a motion was made that to place the new language on a new ballot as a proposal. The motion carried unanimously.

A malfunction in ASFAR's web site was discussed. Daniel McGuire offered to assist the Secretary by taking on the job of signing up new members. No motions were made in this discussion.

The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 pm central time.