Minutes for the OCF Board of Directors Meeting May 4, 1998

The meeting was called to order at 6:15 PM.

Board members attending:

Luns Tee (tee), Ahilan Anantha (ahilan) (SM), Saar Picker (saarp), Dan Stangel (stangel) Elaine Chao (chaos) (GM), Richard Dunn (dunnthat)

Others attending:

REPORTS

GM: The space request form for Eshleman was filled out. Contacted Sun about new prices for machines. Received an e-mail from IS&T about whether the OCF needs 67a Barrows. Responded that we do, since we have no secure server space in Eshleman.

SM: Staff training meeting held over the weekend. The printer is finally totally fixed. SSH now works on the Apollos.

Treasurer: Nothing to report.

HS: Help sessions are finished for the semester

EJC: Nothing to report.

OLD BUSINESS

Purchases - The OCF has $9679.52 left to spend. Of that, about $200 will go to phone bills. A suggested purchase plan was presented, namely:

3 Ultra/5 upgrades of OCF machines $7200 total 3 64 MB RAM upgrades for machines $1500 Hard drives, paper, toner, etc. rest of total

The board discussed again the merits of Sun vs. PCs, and decided that given time constraints, we should go with the quote we have. Also discussed was the abnormally high price of RAM (about 3 times normal).

MOTION: saarp motioned that we should approve the above pricing plan, with the amendment that $1500 would be spent on RAM, whether at the prices given or lower, and it would be the GM's discretion to spend any extra money on extra RAM.

The motion was seconded, and passed 5-0-1

Bowles server - Based on the recommendation given by the board at the April 20 meeting, the following motion was given:

MOTION: The OCF should deny Brendan Bolles server colocation this summer

The motion was seconded, and passed 5-1-0

The GM will inform Brendan of the boards decision, and suggest some alternatives.

NEW BUSINESS

No new business.

The meeting was closed at 6:50 PM.

Minutes prepared by Richard Dunn (dunnthat)