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Minutes of the TLDA Board Meeting
Held via Internet Relay Chat (IRC)
on December 12, 2001 at 23:00 EDT. Board Members Present: Leah Gallegos
Karl Peters
Marc Brittan
Marc Schneider's
John Palmer
Bradley Thornton The Secretary and Chairman of The Board, John Palmer, called the meeting to order and calling the roll. Note that not all members listed above were present at the time that the meeting was called to order but joined later. John Palmer made motions regarding the approval of the minutes of the November 14, 2001 meeting MOTION 1 BY JOHN PALMER That the reading of the minutes of the November 14, 2001 meeting be dispensed with and that
they be approved by the Board. SECONDED BY MARC BRITTAN VOTE: YES: John Palmer, Leah Gallegos, Marc Brittan, Karl Peters, Marc Schneiders
TOTAL: 5 YES. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO The board next heard reports from officers and committees. Leah Gallegos reported that the Compliance Committee met and determined that they needed a list of TLDs from the Taproot committee to work with. The Compliance committee is also working on a list of criteria for rating root server networks, registries, registrars and TLDs. John Palmer, as Secretary again made the offer to provide space on the TLDA website for committees to post information. Marc Brittan, Treasurer, reported that we have two upcoming expenses: Board Errors and Omissions insurance which should be about $1000, and the fee to prepare our 1024 tax return, which should cost about $500. A discussion about the legal status of the TLDA ensued. Main points were regarding the Delaware corporate filing that Gene Marsh did in March 2001. How does this complicate our plans to file in Georgia and how does it complicate Board Insurance? John Palmer made motions regarding the Board Insurance, the Incorporation, dues, etc: MOTION 2 BY JOHN PALMER That a discussion of the timing of expenses and dues be carried out on the Board Mailing List and that we resolve them by 1/15/2002. The Ways and Means Committee will be asked to assist in the preparation of the budget. Also, a discussion of dues will be initiated on the Members mailing list. SECONDED BY MARC BRITTAN VOTE: YES: John Palmer, Leah Gallegos, Marc Brittan, Karl Peters, Marc Schneiders, Bradley Thornton
TOTAL: 6 YES. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO The Board moved on to the next item of business - Karl forgot to put the check in the envelope when he sent in the Georgia incorporation papers and they sent the application back. Now that we have a question about clashing with the Delaware incorporation done by Gene Marsh last year, do we want to wait to re-send the application? John Palmer made a motion MOTION 3 BY JOHN PALMER That the Board postpone incorporation in Georgia until a vote at the January 9, 2002 Board meeting and that, in the mean time, we seek the assistance of the Legal Advisory Panel regarding this matter.
SECONDED BY BRADLEY THORNTON VOTE: YES John Palmer, Leah Gallegos, Marc Brittan, Karl Peters, Bradley Thornton
TOTAL: 5 YES. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO. The next item on the agenda is the status of the TLDA.ORG domain. In a past meeting, we decided not to wean people off of TLDA.ORG by redirecting them to TLDA.NET with a redirect message. John Palmer said that he has still had no luck getting Gene to transfer the domain. Leah Gallegos made a motion MOTION 4 BY LEAH GALLEGOS Resolve that the current website be moved to TLDA.NET with a notice on the TLDA.ORG website that it has moved. In the meantime, continue efforts to get Gene Marsh to transfer the TLDA.ORG domain to TLDA as he agreed and per the bylaws. SECONDED BY JOHN PALMER VOTE: YES: John Palmer, Leah Gallegos, Bradley Thornton, Marc Brittan, Karl Peters.
ABSTAIN: Marc Schneiders
TOTAL: 5 YES, 1 ABSTAIN. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO. The next agenda item considered was the topic a president for the TLDA. Page Howe has not responded to Leah's e-mail regarding offering him the post. John Palmer made a motion: MOTION 5 BY JOHN PALMER SECONDED BY LEAH GALLEGOS That the matter of who to nominate for president be discussed on the Board e-mail list and that we vote on the matter at the January 9, 2002 Board meeting.
VOTE: YES: John Palmer, Leah Gallegos, Bradley Thornton, Marc Brittan, Karl Peters, Marc Schneiders
TOTAL 6 YES. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO. The next item considered was the new office space and when we should issue a press release to announce the office to the general public. It was generally decided that we don't have much to show the world yet, and that in addition to getting the office up and running, we need to have something else to show the public. John Palmer made a motion: MOTION 6 BY JOHN PALMER That the matter of issuing a press release to announce our new office be discussed on the Board mailing list and that all board members are encouraged to discuss the matter there. SECONDED BY: LEAH GALLEGOS VOTE: YES: John Palmer, Leah Gallegos, Bradley Thornton, Marc Schneiders, Karl Peters, Marc Brittan
VOTE: 6 YES. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO. There being no further business, Chairman Palmer made the following motion: MOTION 7 BY JOHN PALMER Motion to Adjourn. SECONDED BY MARC BRITTAN
VOTE: YES: John Palmer, Leah Gallegos, Bradley Thornton, Karl Peters, Marc Schneiders, Marc Brittan
TOTAL: 6 YES. THE MOTION IS AGREED TO. The meeting was adjourned at 1:26am EDT, December 13, 2001
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