Minutes of the Friends of IAGenWeb

Board of Directors Emergency Meeting
March 23, 2018 – March 25, 2018

Agenda

1. Welcome, Roll Call and Announcements

2. New Business

a. Waiver of two week advance notice

b. Approval of new server funding

3. Closing

1. Welcome, Roll Call, Announcements

The Chair, Lynn McCleary, called the Emergency Meeting to order on March 23, 2018. There is an urgent need to obtain funding to move to a new server. The IAGenWeb LT has approved the move to InMotion Hosting.

All current Board Members were present:

Executive Board:

Lynn McCleary –President:

Paul Nagy-Vice President

Janelle Graham Martin-Secretary

Mark Christian-Treasurer

 

Directors:

Cheryl Siebrass

Karen De Groote

William Haloupek

Conni McDaniel-Hall

Steve Williams

Ralph Leonard

Linda Ziemann

Constance Diamond

Barbara Hug

Sharyl Ferrall

Gail Kilgore Meyer

Director At Large-Nettie Mae Lucas

A quorum was present. There were nine guest requests added to the e-mail meeting.

5. New Business

a. Authorization to waive two week notice

A motion was made by Karen De Groote to waive the two week advance notice of the meeting. It was seconded by Cheryl Siebrass.   Members approving the waiver: Lynn McCleary, Janelle Martin, Cheryl Siebrass, Conni MacDaniel-Hall, Bill Haloupek, Linda Ziemann, Karen De Groote, Mark Christian, Steve Williams, Gail Kilgore Meyer, Paul Nagy, Nettie Mae Lucas, Barbara Hug, Ralph Leonard, Constance Diamond. Chair, Lynn McCleary declared the waiver approved.

b.  Authorization of funding

Treasurer Mark Christian reported that the service provider for iagenweb.org, PowerVPS, is ending operations on April 15, 2018.  The IAGenWeb leadership team has approved the selection of InMotion Hosting for our new provider.

 

The new provider will cost substantially less and provide more room for growth.  If we sign a one-year agreement and pay for it in advance the cost is $29.99/month ($359.88 up front) vs the $65.95 per month we are paying now. The cost may go up after the first year but will still be lower than our current cost.

 

Conni McDaniel Hall made a revised motion that Friends of IAGenWeb allocate $359.88 to InMotion Hosting for the first year of providing the server hosting for iagenweb.org, and provide an additional $75 for unseen expenses. The revised motion was seconded by Steve Williams.

 

Chair, Lynn McCleary asked for open discussion until 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, 2018. As there were no objections, Chair Lynn McCleary called for a vote on the motion that Friends of IAGenWeb allocate $359.88 to InMotion Hosting for the first year of providing the server hosting for iagenweb.org, and provide an additional $75 for unseen expenses.

Confirming: Lynn McCleary, Conni MacDaniel-Hall, Barbara Hug, Steve Williams, Linda Ziemann, Ralph Leonard, Mark Christian, Sharyl Farrell, Janelle Martin, Karen De Groote, Cheryl Siebrass, Paul Nagy, Constance Diamond and Gail Kilgore Meyer

With no objections, the motion was approved.

 

6.      Closing Comments and Adjournment

There was no further new business. President Lynn McCleary declared the meeting adjourned on March 25, 2018.

 

Janelle Martin

Secretary, Friends of IAGenWeb 2017-2018