2005-03-22

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Take yearbook photo
OK, the Friday dinner attempt at a yearbook photo was pathetic. Can we get more than 7 people at this meeting?

Spring Budgeting
What needs to happen for us to get money from Student Government?

Response to Grokster
OK, let's assume a candlelight vigil is a dumb idea. What else can we do that is useful? Let's please do something, this is an important case that is getting a lot of media attention. Our other chapters are holding student panels, public discussions, etc.

Open Access Campaign
What, if anything, is happening with open access? When is our next meeting with the librarians? When is the speaker coming to campus?

Activities Fair / Ride the Tide
When is Ride the Tide? When is the Activities Fair? What do we have to do to get a booth there?

Swarthmore Charity Fun Fair
How do we get a booth there? How can we get Ville people to give us money? "Sell" (as in give away for suggested donation amounts) CDs of free software and appropriately licensed music, such as that at OpSound.

http://swarthmorefair.org/

LAN Party / FC.o's b-day
What do we do to get SAC funding? Have we reserved the space? What are we going to do for the party?

Minutes
Attendance: Nelson Pavlosky '06, Ben Blonder '08, Nathan La Porte '08, Anthony Manfredi '08, Andrew Lacey '05, David Chudzicki '07, Alex Benn '08, Luke Smith '06, David German '08, Lisa Benson '08

Spring Budgeting


 * David C. will be our new treasurer
 * will make some guesses at how much money we can reasonably request
 * to be sent to scdc-core before submitted to SBC

[Note - FCS is now officially chartered! - DG]

MGM v. Grokster response


 * About filesharing and movies, on the surface
 * Legal issues are secondary liability and Sony-Betamax
 * Headed to the Supreme Court next week, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled for *Grokster
 * Ben and Nathan will infiltrate Daily Gazette to get a "world news roundup" item about it Friday
 * Prop meeting will advertise a discussion of the case for Friday's dinner meeting
 * EFF has made a list of devices in jeopardy if Sony-Betamax overturned

Open Access


 * This campaign is stagnating
 * Peter Suber isn't available for Budapest signing event, Rick Johnson hasn't been contactable
 * We need to vitalize mailing list
 * get professors to engage in survey project, for starters
 * the list is to keep people informed about our efforts on OA, invite them to help

Activities Fair @ Ride the Tide:

We want to distribute
 * Knoppix
 * OpenCD
 * Wired CD
 * Grey Album
 * CC Tattoos
 * Leaflets

Charity Fair @ The Ville: April 17


 * Do we want to do this at all?
 * If so, what are we going to sell/promote?
 * No one knows, and no one is interested in spearheading it, but...
 * David B. will try to figure out what the Fair is and why Swarthmore student groups participate

LAN Party


 * Room 199, April 23, 5pm - 2am
 * We need to start specifically coordinating:
 * Lisa will handle food
 * Andrew will handle transportation
 * Luke and Ben will handle electronics

Wiki


 * Alex Benn has set up our wiki at swatwiki.freeculture.org
 * agenda and minutes will be coordinated and discussed there

Group Photo for Halcyon


 * Say cheese!