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From: sjackson@tic.com (Steve Jackson)
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To: eff-abod@tic.com
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Subject: Minutes of June Meeting, Finally
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MINUTES OF AUSTIN EFF DIRECTORS' MEETING - June 9, 1992
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Prepared by Steve Jackson.
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Board members present: John Quarterman, Matt Lawrence, Steve
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Jackson, Ed Cavazos. Observing: Bruce Sterling, Dick Anderson, Dave
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Smith.
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The minutes of the last meeting were approved.
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OFFICERS' REPORTS
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PRESIDENT
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VP - Office vacant, Jon Lebkowsky having resigned. He has said
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that he will reconsider . . . but it's up in the air.
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SECRETARY - "I'm doing agendas and minutes. I have turned the
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finance notes and $ over to Smoot. What else should I be doing?"
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TREASURER - We still do not have a Texas CPA.
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CHARTER, BYLAWS, INCORPORATION
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The Board discussed the "status" question at great length. It was
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decided that Steve Jackson would write a letter to Mitch Kapor,
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covering the various points that were raised during the meeting and
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expressing our great perceived need for a final decision about our
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status. (Late note: Due to illness, SJ was unable to finish work
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on the letter, but it was written and sent.)
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In the meantime, Steve Ryan, in Houston, is preparing recommenda-
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tions for a corporate charter. He strongly advises that the charter
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be entirely separate from the bylaws.
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CYBERTEX
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After lengthy discussion, the following decisions were made:
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(1) Cybertex is not dead. The Board remains committed to organizing
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a convention for the residents of cyberspace.
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(2) However, the April 1992 date is no longer reasonable. Rather than
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set a date now, we will take as much time as is necessary for study and
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set a new date when we're confident of it.
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(3) The first step is to rebuild the committee structure, from the
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top down. Ed Cavazos will continue to ponder the problem.
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COMMITTEE REPORTS
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Incorporation Committee - Steve Jackson, Ed Cavazos, Frank Kurzawa.
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On hold until we have a decision from National.
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Police Liaison Committee - Bruce Sterling, Dick Anderson and, subject
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to his acceptance, Smoot Carl-Mitchell. No report.
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BBS Study Committee: Dave Smith, Matt Lawrence, Loyd Blankenship.
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Nothing new.
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SPA Committee - Dave Smith, Bruce Sterling. Bruce reported that,
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though rumors of a SPA presence are rife at UT, it seems to be an
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urban legend. There is no sign that the SPA is really conducting raids,
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investigations or anything else in Austin.
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Program Committee - Ad-hoc committees for each upcoming meeting
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are still needed.
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June Cyberdawg: Will be held Monday the 22nd at High Time, 3rd
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and Congress, 7:30pm. Bruce to supply videos, Susan to publicize.
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July: Ed Cavazos, Dick Anderson - panel on sysop issues. Date not set.
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August Cyberdawg: Volunteers still needed to run it. Date not set.
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September meeting: JSQ - program on networks. Date not set.
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October Cyberdawg: Volunteers still needed to run it. Date not set.
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November meeting: Bruce Sterling will speak on "The Hacker Crackdown."
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Volunteers still needed to run it. Date not set.
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COMMUNICATION
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An ASCII version of our membership form has been posted to eff-a.
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LOCAL ACTIVITY SINCE LAST MEETING
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SJ was on Brian Lynch's "Frontiers" TV show. It will be shown
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9:30pm Saturday, June 13 and 5:30 Monday, June 15 on cable channel 10.
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Rita has requested a copy for the Cambridge archives - SJ will get it.
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NEW BUSINESS . . .
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Dick Anderson discussed his ideas for a school program.
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Loyd Blankenship is interested in doing multimedia work to
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support/publicize EFF. The Board agreed to let him head a
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Multimedia Committee, with the understanding that nothing would
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be released without showing it to the Board.
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