09.30.93

     Open Computing Facility Board of Directors Meeting
        Thursday, September 30, 1993

Present at this meeting: (BoD Members denoted by a *):

Keir Morgan (kmorgan@ocf) Lars Nathan Smith (lars@ocf) David Shy (shyguy@ocf) Rune Stromsness (runes@ocf) Chris L. Williams (clw@ocf) Johnathan W. Lin (jwlin@ocf) Partha S. Banerjee (psb@ocf)

A quorum of 6 BoD members was made at approximately 7:30 when David Shy arrived.

Since the last meeting, Peter Norby (norby@ocf) had resigned from the BoD. Steve Huntsberry (steveh@ocf) had been dropped after not attending the attempted meeting on September 23, 1993.

Before quorum was achieved, there were discussions regarding:

  • Reregistration for next semester: The possibilities of doing reregistration electronically with or without obtaining a database of SID's and names were discussed.

  • Guest accounts: The members discussed the idea of creating an official policy to allow "Guest" accounts. These would be for people who would otherwise be inelligible for OCF accounts but who the BoD feels should have an account due to some benefit the person is providing the OCF.

  • Help Sessions Keir Morgan gave a short status report on the help sessions so far, and gave a list of possible topics for the future.

  • Site Manager report Lars Smith reported that there has been a cracked account discovered recently, that there are still lots of accounts being created, that the ASUC Office of the President now has a group account and mail alias, and that 8 new people have asked to join the staff recently.

At this point quorum was achieved and the meeting was called to order by Keir Morgan at approximately 7:30.

It was decided to postpone DMB elections another week in hopes of getting people interested in the position to apply.

The board discussed the WEB survey that is being conducted by IST. The idea of having an OCF survey to get user feedback on the OCF was discussed but not decided. The board agreed that we should request the results from the IST survey.

The board then discussed the current status of the IST proposals. There was not any money allocated by the Chancellor for student computing out of the Chancellor's Initiatives this year. Keir and Rune will attempt to find out the status of our requests that IST is currently reviewing.

There was then a discussion regarding the use of the money received in the donation drive last semester. Some members felt that we should buy a tape drive, others a new printer, and others felt that we should wait for the possible donation of equipment in a few months before spending the money. No decision was made, and it was suggested that any decision be put before the general membership for approval when it is made.

The meeting was then adjourned at 8:25 p.m.

The next regular meeting is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Thursday, October 7 in 120C Bechtel.