Minutes:2008 BOSC Meeting

Agenda

• Old Business
  1. Approval of minutes from 2007
• New Business
  1. Current Board
     • Confirm past term expirations of those who did not run again for the Board.
     • What to do about the Secretary seat?
     • Some of the items on the agenda here need to a legitimate vote by the Board (with prior notification and quorum satisfied). Should plan for a (presumably virtual) voting Board meeting soon afterwards.
  2. Voting on the board appointments
     • Kam Dalhquist has already served as a major organizer for BOSC and is interested in helping lead the OBF to achieve more outreach and education.
     • Darin London has served as BOSC chair for the past 4 years
     • Strengthen connection with O|B|J
     • Procedure for appointment of additional BOD members
  3. Financial report (Treasurer)
     • Account standing, reserves
     • 501(c)3 accounting and filing status
     • Sponsorship accounting
  4. BOSC
     • Short 2007 report (attendance, talk highlights)
     • BOSC 2008 summary (attendance, talk hightlights)
     • Should BOSC 2009 to be held in conjuction with ISMB2009?
     • Possibilities for including submitted papers for a publication.
  5. OBF Membership accounting and drive to register more members
     • Membership forms physical records
     • Members who are citizens of trade-restricted countries - legal advice, file for exemption?
     • Form doesn't give date, need to amend
  6. OBF future directions
  7. Review of By-Laws (Parliamentarian)
     • 10-days prior notice of Board meeting requirement: need to change or have a standing Board meeting (BoF) on day 1 or 2 of BOSC
     • Not clear who elects officers - members may, but not a requirement, Directors can elect officers too. Leave as is or change?

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