FHISO Board Meeting held 24 January 2019 at 2030 UTC

The meeting was held by private Google Hangout. Started at 2030 UTC

Present:  Luther Tychonievich — Technical Coordinator & Acting Chair; Roger Moffat — Secretary & Acting Treasurer; Andrew Hatchett — Membership Coordinator; Richard Smith — Technical Co-Coordinator

Absent: Drew Smith — Chair; Brett McPhee — Membership Coordinator; Greg Lamberson — Treasurer; Tony Proctor — Vice Chair

  1. Minutes of the previous meeting. The minutes of the previous meeting were accepted as agreed, and published as Draft on 13 December 2018.
  2. Finances
    1. PayPal Balance at 24 January 2019 = $33.40
    2. Bank of America Balance at 24 January 2019 = $518.11
  3. Technical Work. The proposal for ELF Dates was released for public comment. Initial feedback on the TSC-Public mailing list had been positive. There is progress on ELF serialisation.
  4. Objectives for 2019: After some discussion, the board agreed to goals including:
    1. the solicitation of membership renewals;
    2. the release of a full ELF draft;
    3. the holding of our first board elections, potentially including all officers not just those normally elected in odd years as elections were not held last year;
    4. make progress towards an 501(c)(3) application.
  5. Other Business.
    1. Preparation of an Annual Report for Members is underway by Richard for the Report for Members and Roger for the finances.
    2. The annual report required by the Arizona Corporation Commission is due at 5 March.
  6. Next Meeting. The next meeting will be on 5 March 2019 at 20:30 UTC.

The meeting closed at 21:25 UTC (4:25pm EST)