2019-02-24 AllStarLink Board Meeting Minutes

Meeting Minutes of ASL Board Meeting

2/24/2019 – by Dave Shaw

Meeting called to order @ 8:08 AM

Meeting adjourned @ 9:28 AM

Board members present:

Pete Elke PE

Tim Sawyer TS

Kevin Custer KC

Dave Shaw DS

Mike Wolthuis MW

Absent:Todd Lesser

1. Official Actions
   1. Adoption of 2/17 Minutes with minor change

1. Admin meeting discussion (MW)
   1. SEAL migration progressing well.
   2. Active topics in slack from last week’s admin meeting
      1. “CM119B” chip set
   3. New Build needed, Kevin to approach Steve Z to help with new package (need confirmation).
      1. Once new package complete, need an announcement
      2. Download location to move
      3. Mike will have an update on plan on 2019.03.03
   4. Seal migration (Goal set for 3/1/19)

1. Newsletter update (MW (from earlier discussion with TL))
   1. Todd has collect a significant amount of content.
   2. Timing discussion based on non-profit status (do not have update).
   3. Still coordinating with Mike and admin team for additional content 1 article pending
   4. History discussion of Asterisk

1. SEAL technical items (MW)
   1. Still on track for 2019.03.01 retirement
2. Allstar Community (TS)
   1. TS: The admin team has accepted the concept of replacing list-serv with Community mailing list function.
   2. Tim and Mike will have an update proposing a rollout schedule for Community at 2019.03.03 meeting.

1. Hosting resources cost
   1. MW continues with effort to compile value estimate of CPU/Memory/Storage/Bandwidth cost (MW)
   2. Still hunting for Western States hosting locations

1. Phone Portal (MW)
   1. Should be resolved this week.

1. Paying for SLACK.com environment (TS)
   1. Issue, SLACK Admin team lost access to historical information once message count went beyond 10,000 message in Free mode.
   2. To keep SLACK going (view of historical messages) Stacy volunteered to pay for SLACK (until 501c3 comes through and we can convert our environment to non-profit).
   3. The board agreed to (reimburse) for costs of SLACK until ASL becomes a non-profit.

1. Club Call (TS)
   1. New club call is KM6ZVT (processed by ARRL/FCC)
2. Issuing new Node numbers (TS)
   1. Ongoing discussion on approach for a new numbering scheme to accommodate future growth.

1. Treasurer's report (DS)
   1. Paypal has $3494.20
   2. Bank acct: $524.96

1. Trademark (TS, MW)
   1. The board agreed it is important to continue to pursue remaining allowed trademark options still available to ASL.
   2. PE requested that the board read through the documents presented and be prepared to discuss at 3-Mar-2019 board meeting.
2. Meeting adjourned