Sept 25 2000 Nat Minutes
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Date Monday 25th September 2000 BP offer of support Steve Williams, who contracts for BP, attended the meeting to advise CBV that BP wishes to offer us a substantial portion of their surplus computers, since they are currently rolling out new equipment. Steve reports that BP is very aware of the need for good corporate citizenship, and that they want to see their recycled computers put to good use. Steve has been given the task of seeing that this happens, and thinks that CBV is a good organisation and would od the job well. Some issues Steve thinks BP may have, which he hopes CBV can address, are our use of Linux (since BP management don't know anything about it), our future directions, and our organisational capacity. The next phase involves CBV representatives meeting with BP managers; Steve will let us know what they would like to see. Ideas floated during the discussion include budgets; premises; possibly a sliding scale of support options. Patricia will work with Steve on setting up a presentation. Constraints can be discussed during this process. Communication regarding this proposal will be kept to the Committee only for the time being. Premises Patricia reported on the work she and Bruce McCubbery have done to date on searching for new premises; the only piece of luck to date has been the offer of storage space from Trades Hall, which will tide us over until we have proper premises. Treasurer's report David Totterdell submitted his report in absentia, via Patricia. He has advised Patricia that we have received a cheque for $110 from Kingswood College, raised by the Year 12 students at their recent fancy dress day. Patricia is to write a letter of thanks to the school. Receipts to date total $519.95, with a payment of $100 made to Parks Victoria for Hall rental. Cash at the bank is now $420.30. David is drafting suggested changes to the Constitution, since our current Statement of Purposes requires more weight in the "charity" area before it will be accepted by the ATO in order to register us as a Charity. He will post the draft to the list. The meeting discussed this in the light of our recent list-based discussions about the Computerbank name, and the national direction of the organisation overall. It was felt that this was timely, and David should be asked to draft his suggested changes quickly so the process could begin. Grant Diffey moved that the name change from Computerbank Victoria to Computerbank Australia be put to a Special General Meeting, seconded Robert Mead, carried. Robert Mead moved that the Statement of Purposes additions or changes be put to the same Special General Meeting. Seconded Rodney Brown, carried. Trivia Night Peter Eckersley has the questions begun, prize collection is underway. Moving Patricia is visiting Trades Hall during the week to check out the space being made available, and will then be able to report to the list whether we can move the computers at the weekend. If weekend access to Trades Hall is possible, moving day will be October 7th. Catalogue / Inventory David Hatton and others will come to the Hall during the week to catalogue as much stock as possible prior to the move. System installation design David expects this to be ready with in a week, to fit in with the end-October deadline. Next Meeting: To be advised. |
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