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Online Policy Group Board Meeting of June 2, 2001

Open to the public, San Francisco, 12:00 PM Pacific Time, June 2, 2001

Please email board@onlinepolicy.org for specific location if you wish to attend.

Board Meeting Agenda

1. Welcome and board responsibilities discussion

2. Exemptions discussion

3. Financial report:

- Status

- Forecast

- Bank and brokerage account

- Compensation of officers

- Email solicitation results

- Direct mail campaign

- Foundation proposals

- Fundraising strategy brainstorm

- Board fundraising commitments

4. Web and Email Hosting Services:

- Message board / BBS proposal

- Web pages for services training

- Planned services: web usage stats, others?

- Downtime procedure

5. Research

- Overall: need to recruit volunteers/interns and prioritize projects

- OSPA: progress report

- School & library research project

- Online oddities & atrocities museum: more to add, graphic treatment before release

- Search engines: report updated on daily basis

- Research corpus: volunteers interested, need someone to coordinate

6. Outreach

- OPG ENEWS

- Blocking and content rating reports

- Web site status: 4640+ unique hits, 482 pages, listed in 67% (19/28) of target search engines

- Logo design, web site design, business cards, letterhead, brochure, reply card

7. Action

- Legislative updates: Internet blocking in US Congress

8. Network:

- Online policy org survey

- Free Expression Network, GILC, and IFEA membership

- Application NCAC not yet accepted

- Networking brainstorm

9. Media:

- Media coverage

- Developing media professional database

10. Office space:

- Status

11. Human Resources:

- Hiring executive director

- Board, advisory board, and committee recruitment

- Volunteer recruitment

- Intern recruitment

12. Vacation and travel schedules

13. Public Comment Period

14. Next meeting(s):

- 12 noon, Saturday, September 1, 2001

- 12 noon, Saturday, December 1, 2001

Board Meeting Minutes

MINUTES OF MEETING OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
OF
ONLINE POLICY GROUP, INC.
a California Nonprofit PUBLIC BENEFIT Corporation

The Board of Directors of Online Policy Group, Inc., held its regular meeting on June 2, 2001, at 304 Winfield Street, San Francisco, California. Multiple notices of the meeting were provided in person, by phone, and by email starting with notice provided at the last board meeting of March 3, at which all directors were present.

The following directors, constituting a quorum of the full board, were present at the June 2, 2001, board meeting:

  • Will Doherty
  • David Gudelunas (by conference phone)
  • Roger Klorese

There were absent:

  • n.a.

1. Welcome and board responsibilities discussion

2. Exemptions discussion
OPG was granted 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service as of January 30, 2001. The status is retroactive to the incorporation of the Online Policy Group on September 14, 2000.

3. Financial report:
- Status
Target revenue through June 2001: $70,100
Actual revenue through June 2001: $31,298
Variance: $38,802
Target expenses through Feb 2001: $67,461
Est. actual expenses through Feb 2001: $15,410 (not including non-forecast June expenses)
Balance per books: $15,888

Individual contributors - $6,413
Major donors - $24,885
Source: QueerNet: $18,834
OPG: $11,097
Undesignated: $1,368
Action item - order QuickBooks checks - Will
Fill out 990 after June 30 - Will
Revised draft budget for next meeting - Will

- Forecast
Run rate currently approx. $3,000 per month
Big items: intern stipend ($3,000 by May 2001), QueerNet ($1,013/month), rent ($167/month), insurance ($107/month)
- Bank and brokerage account
Brokerage is doing backup withholding - need to correct
- Compensation of officers
None at present
EFF has at least 2-3 months or more work for Will

- Email solicitation results
QueerNet email appeal since April 16 resulted in:
§ April: $1,240 + $703 undesignated
§ May: $1,060 + $665 undesignated

- Direct mail campaign
Direct mail appeal needs to be scheduled

- Foundation proposals
o Proposal submitted to Bohnett Foundation, declined
o David believes Cynthia Cooper would be interested in chairing conference, including the responsibility of writing grant proposals

- Board fundraising commitments
o Roger sent appeal to QueerNet list-owners
o Need new board members who can raise funds
o Roger to find Folsom Street Fair volunteer info

4. QueerNet/PLUSnet:

- Message board/BBS proposal:
WebCrossing trial
Roger to solicit proposals for authentication extensions on support board
Roger to buy server
QueerNet/PLUSnet web pages
Will to update QueerNet/PLUSnet pages so subscription functions are more prominent
Interns needed:
Roger to write job descriptions for tech support/training/web integration, WebX

- Downtime procedure
Roger to get Will authorized for QueerNet/PLUSnet server reboot access

- Domain registration:
o Roger to compete domain registrar signup

5. Research

- Overall: need to recruit volunteers/interns and prioritize projects

- OSPA: progress report
Alex: finished internship - turned in thesis, not finishing intercoder reliability
Volunteers recruited and underway - still need statistical analysis
David to help with analysis, determine if can be done with SPSS
Will to send David current analysis

- School & library:
EFF would like to do as co-venture, help with volunteers
Suggested that state-mandated curricula be tested for likely blocks
Volunteers in CA and IL testing curricula by topic

- Online oddities & atrocities museum
Need graphic artist
Note to Will: Elizabeth Gwinner for this treatment

- Search engines
No longer updated on near-daily basis

- Research corpus
Progress: Software utilities to automate gathering of corpuses developed, now need volunteers to gather corpuses
Interesting indicators: name-calling of the other side is strong predictor of pro- or anti-LGBT sites
Need to apply frequency analysis tools

6. Outreach

- OPG ENEWS
On publishing hiatus - Will will try to resume publication

- Blocking and content rating reports
“Why Content Rating Can’t Work” needed

- Web site status:
4640 unique hits, 482 pages, listed in 67% of target search engines
§ Need to add QueerNet/PLUSnet stats

- Logo design, web site design, business cards, letterhead, brochure, reply card
§ Will to order business cards
§ MediaLink class to work on design
§ Will to get them to integrate QueerNet/PLUSnet site design, QN/PN logos, design Oddities

7. Action

- Action alert updates
AB151: sent to SF Bay Area, defeated AB151

- Legislative updates
CHIPA still proceeding
Grucci bill to deny funding to schools and libraries that permit use on anonymizing services

8. Network:
- CCCR, Free Expression Network, GILC, IFEA membership granted
- Application to NCAC not yet accepted
- Web and email list hosting excellent way to expand networking
o Roger to put together website-owner list

9. Media:
- Media coverage
o None except as footnotes to Will’s EFF press contacts

10. Office space:
- Free office space at EFF
- Small space at the Center in October

11. Human Resources:
- David is moving
- Still not hiring executive
- Board, advisory board, and committee recruitment
o Will proposes Cynthia for board, David thinks she may be too busy on sabbatical and not sure she would accept - if she’s interested, Roger to do phone interview
o David and Cynthia discussed conference committee; David to ask Larry
o Structure

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