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Meeting Minutes

By Ryan Kopf - Dec. 06, 2008

Open Source University Meetup
IMU River Room #1
6 Attendees (Ryan, Elsie, Mike, David, Sachet, John)
The first meeting of OSUM at Iowa was held in the IMU from roughly 1pm to 3pm on Saturday, December 6th.

  • Meeting opens.
  • Brief discussion of the OSUM vision and purpose as described in the bylaws.
  • OSUM Constitution is reviewed and ratified by a unanimous vote.
  • OSUM Officers are elected:
    • Ryan Kopf is nominated for President and elected by a unanimous vote.
    • Mike Vitale is nominated for Vice President and elected by unanimous vote.
    • John Hughes is nominated for Secretary and elected by a unanimous vote.
  • Discussion of OSUM Goals. The group agreed on the following goals:
    • Every member of OSUM to have one Sun Certification by the end of next year.
    • At least one meeting, in coordination with one tech talk, every month.
    • To work with campus ITS to have GIMP, OpenOffice, NetBeans or Sun Studio installed on at least 10 University PCs.
    • To add 20 new meetup members every semester.
    • To have every member complete at least one learning module (Sun Website) every month.
  • Longer-term goals we discussed:
    • Development of team or individual development projects such as implementation of features for current open source software or development of new software.
    • Soliciting a hardware, software of monetary commitment from the University, Sun or other sources in support of the group goals.
  • Discussion on general interests and topics we’d like to explore further
    • Java
    • Game Design
    • Web Design
    • Web Application Development
    • Application Development
    • Open Source Solutions and Software we found useful
    • Assistive devices (e.g. screen readers for people with limited or no vision)
  • Discussion of our current skill level and topics where we could share information
    • Ryan: Ruby on Rails
    • Elsie: Dreamweaver and Frontpage
    • John: CSS, HTML/XHTML, Accessible Web Design
  • Scheduling Future Meetings
    • We will be having a meeting December 13th somewhere in the IMU. Watch for details.
  • OpenSolaris Installation session and T-Shirt Raffle
    • Mike and David won Sun t-shirts.
    • Ryan guided participants through the installation while delivering a presentation on OpenSolaris features.
  • Participated enjoyed Pizza!
  • Meeting Closed

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