Agenda:
0. Call to order
1. Approval of agenda
2. Disposal of motion to reconsider membership fees
3. Recission of membership fees
4. Addition of members
5. Adjournment
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whiz called the meeting to order at 14h00 MDT, 18 August 2004.
JS MOVED that the agenda as distributed by whiz be approved. After some
general and heated discussion concerning the propriety of the agenda
contents and what the correct contents of the agenda ought to be,
Maxamillian SECONDED the motion at 14h11.
Lao-Tzu MOVED and Cecil SECONDED that items 2 and 4 be removed
from the agenda. After some discussion as to the propriety of removing
item 2 given its consequence as an automatic motion due to the motion to
reconsider and enter on the minutes at a previous meeting, it was noted
that any error in the implementation of such a motion was a matter for the
Chair at the previous meeting to have determined during the previous
meeting. The Chair, after referring to the rules of order, DETERMINED
that item 2 need not be dealt with at this meeting and thus was
removeable, and the agenda was AMENDED by removing items 2 and 4 from it
[Lao-Tzu, JS, Cecil, Catspaw, Maxamillian in favour; none opposed; no
votes recorded from Dax or whiz].
JS NOTED the absence of an item regarding manner of implemention
of a membership fee and attempted to move its addition, but withdrew the
motion.
The agenda was then put to a vote and APPROVED as amended [Lao-Tzu, JS,
Maxamillian, Cecil in favour; none opposed; no votes recorded from Dax or
whiz].
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The Chair then moved to item 3, recission of membership fees, whereupon JS
noted that as the item was now moot, JS begged leave to withdraw it from
the order paper. The Chair agreed that it was moot, granted leave, and
withdrew the item from the order paper.
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There being no other scheduled business before the directors, JS MOVED
that the board resolve itself into committee of the whole house for the
purpose of discussing plans brought forth by Dax for the revitalization of
the MOO, and for the reduction of acrimony among the members of the
corporation. Lao-Tzu SECONDED the motion, whereupon the Chair, seeing no
dissent, resolved the assembly into a committee of the whole house.
Dax brought forth several points concerning his future plans with
the MOO, intending to rebuild the MOO into a world-class environment
during 2005, and to commence work on an unspecified project in 2006. Dax
indicated that there were three prerequisites that required meeting prior
to this to occur, with the one most relevant to this body being the
stability of the corporation and most particularly, the MOO.CA domain
name. He noted that it was essential for his purposes that the domain
name not be jeopardized in any manner, for that purpose, the membership of
the corporation ought to be minimized. Accordingly, he had previously
brought forward a motion to set membership fees in the corporation at
$2000.
The directors then engaged in a lengthy discussion of the merits
and demerits of Dax's proposal. Further discussion ensued with regards to
the MOO.CA domain name, the MOO's database, the community of users of said
database, and how they inter-related.
The directors AGREED, by unanimous consent, to return to the
assembly from the committee of the whole, and AGREED to adjourn sine die.
The meeting terminated at 14h57 MDT. A lengthy informal discussion
ensued.
