Sept 6 2000 Nat Minutes
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Date Wednesday, September 6th, 2000 Kylie had some suggested hall dates to arrange with John Schuller of Parks Victoria; however, these are not relevant owing to the news we received at this meeting regarding Hall availability. For further information, see below. New Committee Roles Kylie told the meeting that she wishes to take more of a background role, and that as the new Vice-President, Grant will be taking up many of the day-to-day organisational tasks. She will stay involved in the Trivia Night organisation, and will concentrate more on policy and documentation. Patricia as Secretary will take on management and maintenance of the CBV website; she will also follw up on the development of secure areas for file sharing between committee members. She will also handle the processing of applications for computers and liaise with the Technical Co-ordinator regarding supply. Grant as VP will work closely with David Hatton in his role as Technical Co-ordinator in the development of a set of standard configurations for end-user installations, and this set of tasks is to be completed by Mid-October. Patricia will work with the tech team to have the User Tutorials completed at the same time. Jason Rolston as Volunteer Co-ordinator has a volunteer database, with volunteers divided into two groups - hardware and software - by skill and preference. He will seek out more general volunteers for sorting, pickup and delivery, admin, documentation, equipment cleaning &c. Peter Eckersley as Marketing Co-ordinator covers both the publicity and fundraising areas. More discussion on what we want this to cover is needed. Individuals waiting for computers: We currently have 26 individuals and one group awaiting computers, some of whom have not been through the whole application process. Since the standardisation process really needs to take place before we ship any more units, we will plan to supply these people by the end of October. Inventory documentation David Hatton has put together a flowchart for test and installation procedures, and will work up an inventory system to go with this. We discussed the possibilty of having the Hall open on a weekday, and at present it seems that Monday is the most suitable day. However, developments regarding the availability of the Hall may change this, see below. An interested person, Stephen Williams, has contacted CBV and may be able to arrange a pro bono auditor for the accounts. Patricia spoke to the group about the World Blind Union requirements for a loan of 6 486 computers and 4 modems, and will contact David Hatton about getting these machines to the WBU by mid- to late September. The next To-Do day is to be held on September 23rd. This will have a hardware focus, with the unusable equipment packed up and sent to Recruitnet for recycling, and the catalogue/inventory set up. Computerbank featured on the dotcomtv programme on Channel 9, and unfortunately the website went down immediately afterwards because of a hardware fault at Linux Australia. The site is now up again, but one or two files are still missing. Patricia will get updated copies of all forms from Kylie, and will make sure all new applicants receive the information sheet and CBV brochure as well as the application form. The meeting reiterated that Computerbank nodes (regional and rural groups operating under CBV auspices and using the Computerbank name) are not to stray from the stated Computerbank principles, particularly as regards the use of GNU/Linux. During the meeting we were visited by representatives of the Geranium and Pelargonium Society, who also use the Hall, and advised that Horticultural Hall will be unavailable to any of the current tenants after Octiber 9th, We therefore require new premises in a hurry; Patricia will contact Bruce McCubbery and begin work on searching out a new home. Next Meeting: October 2nd, Horticultural Hall, 7pm (unless advised otherwise: please watch the mailing list.) |
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