Meeting Minutes 6/22/04

Presiding, Chairmen Pro Tem: Carol Tutzauer

VP of Networking Pro Tem: Henry Sontag

Secretary Pro Tem: Alex Murphy

Call to Order

• Sign In
• Seating
• Roll Call, 7:15, In attendance: Clara Miller, Rita Gallagher, Carol Tutzauer, Jim Albert, Henry Sontag, Kim Folger, Suzanne Laba, Danielle Pepper, Pamela Rose, Tracy Doldan, Rose LaJudice, Jaimie Fricano, Kathy Billiteri

Business Transacted

• Reading of Minutes from 6.15.04 by Alex Murphy;
• Motion to vote Minutes into record by Carol Tuztauer, unanimously supported;
• Presentation of Merged By-Laws: Presented before the assembly by Clara Miller, representative of By-Law Reconciliation Committee;
• Floor Opened for Comments.
• Comments Summarized: Only minor changes need be made. Determined that Treasurer should not sit on Audit committee and various topic numbers need to be re-referenced;
• Vote on By-laws: Motion to vote on adoption of by-laws presented by By-Law Reconciliation Committee made by Danielle Pepper, seconded by Suzanne Laba. By-Laws accepted unanimously.
• Motion presented by Carol Tutzauer, seconded by Alex Murphy to designate a Board of Director (BOD) Election Nomination Committee. This committee will oversee the election of board members. BOD Election Nomination committee will be comprised of Suzanne Laba, Kim Folger and Henry Sontag. Voted on and approved unanimously. This committee will not be comprised of any individual seeking a position on the board. The committee will be accepting platforms from potential candidates and shall develop voting procedures. They will present the candidates for election at a general assembly meeting, and then over-see the voting process. The committee will review election procedures under Robert’s Rules and determine the best voting method to employ. All efforts will be made to contact and open the nomination process to people outside of the SOSBuff email subscriber-ship;
• Motion to set date and time for next meeting submitted by Alex Murphy. The next meeting will be a large general assembly for the purpose of presenting By-Laws, holding elections, and presenting progress report (to include the result of the fund raising efforts to take place in the interim). Meeting set for July 12, 2004 at 7:00PM, location to be determined in interim. Henry Sontag will attempt to procure meeting place of original large gathering.

Meeting Adjourned

· Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM

· Next meeting scheduled for 7/12/04, at 7:00PM, location TBD.