2011-7-24 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

FSP Board Meeting

July 24, 2011

Attending: Rich Goldman, Jody Underwood, Carla Gericke, Brandon Ross (8:15)

Meeting started around 8pm

Agenda

Treasurer; FreedomFest; website hacking fix; PF, past, future; LF update; Libertopia; LibertyFest NYC

No quorum, so informational meeting.

Treasurer:

·       Two people are currently being considered: Seamas Oscalaidhe and Merav Yaakov.  Jody knows both, Mark Warden recommends Seamas. Merav lives in-state, Seamas doesn’t.

·       Jody will contact both of them.

·       But first: Need a description of responsibilities and skills from Cathleen.

·       Someone mentioned having an in-state person so it’s easier to interact with them.

·       The treasurer does not have to be a board position, especially since we don't know the potential candidates well. Can try a “test run” of some sort.

Freedom Fest

·       Carla wrote a short report on FB in Doers.

·       Thanks to Carla and Mark Warden for doing a great job!

·       Through chip-in, about $1200 was raised, and they’re about $700 in the hole. FSP/Cathleen can reimburse them.

Thiel proposal:

·       Cobb wrote a draft about a platform idea, which Carla pitched to Thiel. 

·       Discussion about the proposal. A question was raised about its likelihood of getting funded. As Carla understands it, Thiel wants to fund "common sense technology" and not just general stuff, so we need to pitch a platform that would be the “kick assest volunteer org ever”.

·       Carla will first follow up with a “hi nice to meetcha” email, where she will ask if he’d be willing to give money to a general fund a la seasteading.  Then follow up with a technical proposal. But first, flesh out Cobb’s idea, Louis will work on it, then Jody, and it will be sent to the rest of the Board.

·       Suggestion to move this discussion to the Org list.

website hacking:

·       There was a spam/bot problem, where people were seeing a blank FSP page

·       It’s fixed according to Louis... and he's keeping an eye on it

PorcFest

·       Carla wants to have Jason and Sharon Osborne take over next year

·       Has already discussed with them and Curtis and it should be okay.

·       Curtis will hopefully have a role to play in marketing

·       They should be able to get the balance of “partying” vs. “normal by comparison” and to do “agora” smarter

·       Rich wanted to reiterate the concern over liability: the less the FSP is responsible for, the better

·       Carla has a file from PF11 along with the final budget that will help with PF12 planning

Liberty Forum

·       Feb 23-26, Chris Lawless heading it up

·       Will be in Nashua, but we don’t have a contract with a hotel yet, and we’re still waiting to hear about Bretton Woods

·       Carla is interested in doing an investment/incubator event in October at Bretton Woods, which would be the third FSP signature event

Libertopia

·       Carla was invited to speak

·       Need to do a chip-in, and we’re looking at other software options

·       Cost: plane tix, hotel, waiting for a quote on a booth

·       Carla prefers having a tag team, and Chris Lawless may be in CA at that time for work anyway… Carla already spoke to him about it.

Libertyfest NYC:

·       Need a person to man a booth

·       Mike Finger can’t make it, will probably ask Tennyson

·       Also need new pamphlets and banner: cost at least $1k

·       Linda Lagana is already working on banners

·       Will ask Erik Voorhees and some other graphic designers to design new pamphlets

·       Jim Babb also may be able to help

·       Carla will put together some specs and then have people compete on FB & G+ to design the coolest one

·       Deadline: event is Sept 10

·       We’re not speaking, so we’re not on their web site.  We’ll hopefully be on the schedule next year.

Next Meeting:

·       Let’s pick a day other than Sunday.

·       Mondays are good for Carla and Jody.

·       Have meetings every other month.

·       Rich will find a date

Adjourned at 9:21pm (minutes submitted by Jody)