Board of Directors meeting Oct 16, 2012 7:38 Held at Hearst Gym, Conference Room 2C
Directors in attendance: Nolan Kenny Timothy Nader Erica Raphael Sanjay Paulina Nicole Brandon Loren Dara Felix Minyoon
== Real Name Policy ==
Nader - Want to be able to run account approvals regularly
Sanjay - 2/3 times a week?
Dara - Delay discussion until after BoD since more of philosophical discussion
Sanjay - Could recommend ocf suggested name, and approve those more regularly.
Sanjay - Could also use edit distance to vet names
== GM Updates ==
Dara - Power strips, all things purchased except Raspberry Pis have arrived.
== Policy concerning laptop Users ==
Erica - Can we move people using laptops sitting in front of desktop?
Dara - Yes
== Google Talk ==
Dara - At unit 2 tomorrow, for rescomp and ocf. For sysadmins.
Erica - Looking for ops sysadmins
Dara - It is at 7:15. Let me know if you are coming. Will only go if others go.
Kenny - I am going
Dara - Yay lets go
== Move from Eshelman ==
Dara - Move everything Sat afternoon or Mon after finals. This is 15th Need to coincide with movers. Can plan social retreat at same time and go somewhere.
Dara - Basically ocf vacation, could go near (karaoke) or far (las vegas). Yosemite works too.
Dara - Can talk about later, but just giving heads up.
== Blackhole vhost request ==
Dara - Astronomy wants to use blackhole.ocf.berkeley.edu, but that is currently mail storage. Need to make clear that it is being used. Should we grant them blackhole.berkeley.edu?
Sanjay - This is department, should grant but let them know that it will be a bit of work.
== Power monitoring ==
Dara - Kill-a-watt is a tool to monitor usage from power outlets. It is $22. Can estimate desktop usage and how much we save by suspending computers at night. Can then publish this.
Loren - Does ASUC care about how much we use?
Dara - There are grants available for being environmentally friendly. However, it does come with many restrictions.
Dara - It is an additional feature that can be useful, not very expensive.
Sanjay - I think it is OK to buy it since it is cheap, but concerned about how useful it will be.
== SM Updates ==
Dara - Timothy created online printer paper/toner tracker @ http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~tzhu/printer_oracle/ and @ http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~tzhu/printer_historacle/
Meeting unanimously adjourned at 8:13