FHISO Board Meeting held 22 January 2020 at 2130UTC

Present: Luther Tychonievich — Chair; Roger Moffat — Secretary, Treasurer & Membership Coordinator; Richard Smith — Technical Coordinator & Vice-Chair;  and Seth Taplin — Technical Co-coordinator.

Absent: Joel Cannon — Industry Relations Coordinator, David Mann — Director at Large

    1. Minutes of the previous meetings: The minutes of the 11 December 2019 Board Meeting were approved and published.
    2. Sabbatical: David Mann — Director at Large has requested to be placed on Sabbatical (per https://fhiso.org/bylaws/ section 9.15) for personal reasons.
    3. Legal Status: We have been advised by Caritas that they have received confirmation from the IRS of our name change (to correct a mis-spelling).
    4. Finances:
      1. PayPal Balance at 22 January 2020 = $223.51
      2. Bank of America Balance at 22 January 2020 = $183.60
      3. We paid $59.61 to GoDaddy.com for renewal of fhiso.org, fhiso.net, and fhiso.com domain names for one year
    5. Website: Banner still looks odd on narrow screens. Theme reverted to the previous theme to line up with tech.fhiso.org, but it all needs updating eventually.
    6. Technical Work:
      1. No progress to report.
    7. Industry Outreach:
      1. Luther will be going to RootsTech in Salt Lake City from 26 to 29 February and will meet with various FamilySearch people.
      2. Luther and Joel have continued to meet weekly with a group organised by Gordon Clarke at FamilySearch
    8. Annual Report to Members for 2019: Needs to be drafted.

Next Meeting: Thursday March 5, 2020 at 2130 UTC