To: eff-austin@tic.com Reply-To: eff-austin@tic.com Subject: minutes of EFF-Austin board of directors meeting of 14 July 1992 Date: Fri, 24 Jul 92 10:37:28 -0500 From: jsq@tic.com MINUTES OF EFF-AUSTIN DIRECTORS' MEETING - July 14, 1992 Prepared by Ed Cavazos. Board members present: John Quarterman, Ed Cavazos, Smoot Carl-Mitchell Observing: Bruce Sterling, Susan Cisco, Dave Smith. - --- Meeting convened @ 8:08 DISCUSSION OF INCORPORATION, CHARTER & BY-LAWS In light of Mitch Kapor's encouraging news concerning the future of EFF chapters, Ed Cavazos moved to proceed with with incorporation as soon as possible. The motion was seconded by John Quarterman, and unamnimously approved. The final blanks on the Articles (version 1.01) were filled in with the proper names and addresses. The official name of the organization will be: "EFF-Austin." The current by-laws (version 1.00) will be reviewed by Ed Cavazos and revised/updated to reflect any recent Board decisions. The by-laws shall refer to the organization as "The Electronic Frontier Foundation, Austin Chapter." They will be presented at the next meeting for approval by the board and formal adoption. Incorporation papers should be filed the week of July 20-27. CYBERTEX It was decided that the board is still very interested in the Cybertex idea, though no formal proposal has been received in response to a request for Cybertex proposals distributed last month. There has been some interest expressed by various individuals, and discussions with them should continue. MAILING LISTS/NEWGROUPS New names for the mailing lists were discussed. In order to clarify the mailing list names for those who might be confused by them, new names (which will work as well as the old were) were decided upon. The "eff-a@tic.com" mailing list, which is the general discussion and announcement list for EFF-Austin, has been renamed to "eff-austin@tic.com". "Eff-abod@tic.com" which was the mailing list for the board of directors and those working closely with them has also been renamed to "Eff-Austin-Directors@tic.com." The previous names of the mailing lists will still work. Prentiss Riddle will be offered the job of newsgroup moderator. Prentiss volunteered to take on this task, and seems to be dedicated and qualified. OFFICERS/DIRECTORS Ed Cavazos was elected to serve as Vice President, the poisition left vacant when Jon Lebkowsky left the board. The Board will consider new board members in the coming weeks. UPCOMING MEETINGS/EVENTS The previously discussed "Sysop Issues" meeting will be held at a date in late July. A location is still needed, but an effort to find a suitable meeting place soon will be undertaken. Bruce Sterling will be contacting law enforcement officials about possibly attending/participating in the meeting. Dave Smith will organize the August Cyberdawg, preferrably on a weekend to facilitate some out of town attendance. John Quarterman will organize and conduct the September 29th meeting on the Matrix and accessing the net, as was previously decided. Susan Cisco will be organizing the October meeting, which will be a book release/discussion of Hacker Crackdown by Bruce Sterling. The date for this meeting will be picked in September. MISCELLANEOUS OTHER NOTES In late 1992 or early 1993, The Review of Litigation will publish a law review article by Ed Cavazos on Sysop Liability for defamation posted on BBS's. The article argues for limited liability based on the inherent right of reply which exists in the BBS medium. Steve Jackson was unable to be at the meeting as he was attending DoverCon in Dover, NH. - --- The meeting was adjourned at 9:40. The next meeting will take place on August 11, 1992.