Open Computing Facility General Meeting 31 January 2000
In attendance: Elaine Chao (chaos) Bem Jones-Bey (ajani) Jason Castello (castello) Eugene Chan (ceugene) Jeff Emrich (jeffe) Devin Jones (jones) Wayne Kao (kaow) Steve Martinot (marto) Stephen McCamant (smcc) Ken Ott (kenao) Akop Pogosion (akopps) Katrina Templeton (katster)
The meeting was opened at 7:08pm
I. Reports
General Manager
Ken and Devin gave the GM's report. They've been finalizing the
details with the February 2 startup fair and getting more
companies to come. OCF staff volunteered to put up flyers
advertising the event in different campus buildings including Soda
and Cory, and volunteered to help staff the fair itself. Devin
noted the OCF has made four times the money this year than from
the last startup fair. All that's left to do is to finish the
handout that will be handed out at the fair.
Site Manager
Akop wants to have a new staff orientation soon. He reminded
everyone that almost no one has scheduled staff hours but that now
is the time to do so since class schedules are finalized. The lab
computers have been upgraded to Solaris 7 and there will be a
service interruption later this week to install some patches.
Alan Coopersmith still has the key to Barrows but Ken said he
could get it from him. Stephen McCamant reported the installation
of 3D graphics libraries.
II. Elections
General Manager
Ken Ott read off the duties of the GM from the constitution.
Elaine Chao noted two additional GM duties, to do budget
allocations and do the midterm report. Devin and Ken said they
would finish the projects they had started including the new
Heller Lounge lab.
Stephen McCamant and !psb were nominated. Devin Jones and Ken Ott
were also nominated but declined. Stephen McCamant is elected.
Site Manager
Akop Pogosion and !psb were nominated. Ken Ott was nominated but
had left the meeting so was not present to accept the nomination.
Akop was elected unanimously.
Board of Directors
Bem Jones-Bey, Jason Castello, Eugene Chan, Jeff Emrich, Wayne
Kao, and Katrina Templeton are elected to the BoD. Stephen
McCamant and Akop Pogosion are part of the BoD by default because
they are the GM and SM.
Faculty Advisor
Brian Harvey was nominated and elected as advisor.
Disk Usage Management Board (DMB)
Stephen McCamant proposed that the BoD make quota decisions since
the DMB was ineffective during the fall semester, but Elaine
Chao said that this was not wise because the BoD was there to
appeal decisions made by the DMB in case the DMB made a bad
decision.
Katrina Templeton was nominated and elected to the BoD.
Other positions
Decisions about these positions were postoned to be decided at a
future meeting.
III. Old Business
There was no old business.
IV. New Business
Quotas
At the last general meeting, members voted on new quotas due to
increased disk space. Because of how the constitution reads, by
doing this, the BoD can no longer change quotas. Bem motioned
that the BoD be allowed to once again set quotas and the motion
carried.
Constitutional Amendment
Stephen McCamant presented the board with a proposal for an
amendment to update the constitution's non-discrimination
clause. It was presented to the BoD at the last Board of
Directors meeting as required by the constitution:
Current language:
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7.1 Nondiscrimination
The OCF shall not discriminate in any way against any person
by race, color, religion, marital status, national origin,
sex, age, sexual orientation, handicap, college major or
political activity.
Proposed new language:
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7.1 Non-discrimination
7.1.1 In Accord with Berkeley Campus Regulations
The OCF shall not restrict membership or otherwise
discriminate in any way against any person or group on the
basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex,
physical or mental disability, medical condition
(cancer-related or genetic characteristics), ancestry,
marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship or
status as a covered veteran (special disabled veteran,
Vietnam-era veteran or any other veteran who served on
active duty during a war or in a campaign or expedition for
which a campaign badge has been authorized).
7.1.2 Fields of Study
The OCF shall not restrict membership or otherwise
discriminate in any way against any person or group on the
basis of college major or field of study. However, this
section shall not be construed as restricting the OCF from
providing separate facilities for different uses, as long as
the availability of such facilities is proportionate to
demand among the OCF's current and potential users.
7.1.3 Political Activity
The OCF shall not restrict membership or otherwise
discriminate in any way against any person or group on the
basis of political activity.
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Steve noted that there had been concerns that the amendment had
not been available to the general public for a week as required by
the constitution and that perhaps another general meeting should
be held to vote on the issue after the amendment could be reviewed
a full week by the public. Steve Martinot suggested that having
another general meeting, like one during the February 2 startup
fair, could allow more of the general membership to participate in
a general meeting, but if not, it should be voted on right away
instead of wasting time on a technicality. Elaine Chao said that
the constitution should be followed even if it is inconvenient to.
Next meeting
Kat motioned to have a general meeting next week on Tuesday
February 8 at 5:30 pm, probably in Dwinelle. Bem seconded the
motion.
VII. Announcements There were no announcements.
The meeting was closed at 8:30pm.
Recorded by Wayne Kao (kaow).