Minutes for the OCF Board of Directors Meeting April 20, 1998

The meeting was called to order at 6:20 PM.

Board members attending:

Elaine Chao (chaos) (GM), Ahilan Anantha (ahilan) (SM), Richard Dunn (dunnthat)

ITEMS OF IMPORTANCE:

There was not a quorum of BOD members

REPORTS

GM: Sun order was stopped, since we did not receive the expected 30% discount. A more accurate price list is being researched. Excess & Salvage removed most of our old equipment. Insurance issue still being investigated.

SM: Obtained a DEC CD-ROM drive and installed ULTRIX on a few machines. Obtained an Ethernet hub and cables to hook up all the machines. We may not have a problem running ULTRIX after the campus site license expires since each copy can be used for 2 users, which is all the OCF uses it for (root and XDMCP)

Treasurer: Nothing to report

HS: System adminstration session held. Next week is Intro to UNIX, and then repeat sessions.

EJC: Officer elections coming up.

OLD BUSINESS

Bowles server - Postponed until the general meeting

Purchases - Discussion of whether to delay purchase of tape drive until next year to allow for purchase of 3 console machines. Final decision delayed until general meeting

Fire safety policy - The board discussed the creation of an OCF policy in the event of a fire in Barrows or Eshleman. Among the items discussed: Fireproof box for tape backups, extinguishers in each lab, a staff training session on fire safety. The SM will take these suggestions and write a coherent policy.

NEW BUSINESS

The meeting was closed at 6:55 PM.

Minutes prepared by Richard Dunn (dunnthat)