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