Minutes for November 2004

Website * We should reach out to a volunteer to do the design elements * There are some theme repositories; we should pick a theme, load it and go. * We'll go ahead with the drupal site but with some color. Assign Ownership of Sections to Steering Committee Members * Manage Cafe volunteers with Event Management and Contacts (did that PHP app get moved over?) * Sign up app should be moved. * Database should get moved -- Amanda will move it * Volunteer Sign Up * this is a bigger question; we need to use the volunteers who sign up * For now it should forward to the steering committee list. * Should the wiki move or should the wiki content be more integrated with the site * FAQ section * Example Database * How could it be promoted or made worthwhile? It was Jamie's pet, but what were its purposes & goals, what do we need it for. Beyond giving people a sense that groups are using open source software, what was it for. * Evolution from the primer to the source book -- this is an option that is out there --> how do we help people make informed decisions about what to use. * We should take it off line until it can be reworked. How do you get to using it? Dividing content areas among steering committee members. * Front Page (John -- he may need to ask Amanda for Help) * enabling events tracking & news items on the front page * About NOSI governance (Amanda) steering committee (Amanda) get involved (John or Rich) discussion lists (Rich) help with this site financial support pieces (Reuben) * Current Projects (Amanda will change to Projects) Open Source Primer --> Reuben CAFE --> Steve Directory of Users --> Off TCO --> off Future Projects -> Arif will move from Wiki into Drupal New Steering Committee Members * Current steering committee is six, What do we need on the steering committee. Suggestions/ Brainstorm: more non-profit /grassroots organizing; John is connected to a nonprofit with 30 employees; Katrin -- brings a sense of vision and thinks about fundraising; someone who thinks about fundraising and is good at it; people who can be potentially involved in the development of NOSI, setting agendas for meetings, providing drive; people who are prepared to put in time and are dedicated; open source projects -- representatives of projects or users; more of the same -- folks working directly in helping non-profits adopt open source so that as NOSI is creating resources the steering committee is made up of people who are going to use those resources; geographical diversity; people who want to use NOSI as a shared resource for their own work; What is our cap for steering committee size? If we are planning to transition to a 501c3 we need a funder or a person of wealth or a person with connections to people of wealth who can open doors to people or foundations: (this may be 6 months down the road) Who do we know who we can recruit in 18 months. Names that came up: Katrin, Greg Heller, David Guilhulfe, Mark Osten(?), Rob Stuart, Marc Surman, Call time preference: 11 am (which is 8 am for John) from now on. Agenda for the next call: Which SC criteria are right? Who fits that criteria What is John's job description