Location: IRC server pnwx.com, channel #asfar
Time: 8:30 pm central time

Board members present: Eric Anderson, Matthew Havens, Justin Mallone, Daniel
McGuire, Larissa Price, Susan Wishnetsky
Members present: David C, Alex K.P., David S.J.
Visitors present: none

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

Approval of Minutes

A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes. Daniel McGuire moved
to amend the minutes to include a tally of all votes. The amendment was
seconded and carried 5-0. Daniel further moved to amend the minutes to
include the reason that a second vote was called to approve the Wisconsin
chapter. The motion was seconded and carried 3-1 with one abstention. Eric
Anderson moved to amend the minutes to note violations of meeting rules; the
motion was not seconded. A vote was called on the minutes as amended; the
motion carried 4-0 with one abstention.

Reports of Officers

The President, Eric Anderson, reported that he had attended the meeting with
NYRA, YouthSpeak, and another group regarding the voting day protest on
September 21. There was discussion of the name of the protest.

The Vice-President, Justin Mallone, had no official report.

The Secretary, Susan Wishnetsky, reported on problems with her printer and
that new members were still joining at a slower pace than earlier in the
year. She mentioned that 135 members were currently on the discussion list.

The Treasurer, Eric Anderson, had no official report.

Reports of Committees.

The 'zine committee reported that due to computer problems the Sept./Oct.
issue had not yet been posted, but that it would be done shortly.
Submissions for the next issue were requested.

Old Business.

The online membership survey was discussed. Eric Anderson reported that he
had not yet coded the survey for placement on the web site, but would do so
as soon as possible.

Susan Wishnetsky moved to adopt a new version of the discussion list rules,
which she had previously submitted to the board. The motion was seconded.
Eric Anderson moved to table the motion, but the motion was not seconded,
and
after some discussion and clarification of the rules revision, Eric withdrew
his motion. A vote was called, and the motion carried 6-0.

Daniel McGuire moved to adopt the other provisions regarding list rules
submitted by Susan, which included specific wording of warnings and a
requirement that one other member be appointed to approve the sending of any
warning. The motion was not seconded, and after some discussion Susan
Wishnetsky moved to approve only the proposed warnings, with the stipulation
that a repeat violation must occur within a week of a previous violation for
the next successive warning to be sent. After discussion and several
proposed changes, Susan moved to table the motion. The motion was seconded
and carried 5-0 with 1 abstention. Eric Anderson offered to submit wording
for the warning messages to address the problems that had been discussed.
The last provision, the appointment of a second member to approve all
warnings, was briefly discussed, but no motion was made.

Susan Wishnetsky moved to rescind the quorum at the annual general meeting;
the motion was not seconded. Eric Anderson moved to set the meeting date
for
Sunday, September 15 at 7:30 pm central time. The motion was seconded and
passed 4-0 with 2 abstentions. Matthew Havens moved to set the quorum of
the
meeting to 10 members; the motion was seconded. After discussion, Eric
Anderson moved to table the motion, and Daniel McGuire moved to amend
Matthew's motion to change the quorum to 13 members. Daniel's amendment was
seconded and carried 3-1 with 1 abstention. A vote was called on the
amended
motion; it carried 4-0 with 1 abstention.

New Business

Eric Anderson moved that repeated violations of meeting rules of order be
noted briefly in future minutes. The motion was discussed, but not
seconded.

Susan Wishnetsky moved to approve a ballot proposal to eliminate the
requirement for new members to read and sign ASFAR's articles of
incorporation. The motion was seconded and carried 3-0 with 2 abstentions.

Daniel McGuire raised two issues, improvement of the web site and the
calling
of votes by e-mail by any board member; no motion was made on either topic.
Daniel then moved to post the logs of open board meetings on the web site.
The motion was discussed, but not seconded.

Other Business

The next board meeting was scheduled for Thursday, October 12, 2000.

The meeting adjourned at 10:56 pm central time.