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APPROVED
Telephonic Board of Directors Meeting
September 2, 2009
Present
George Gray, Secretary/Treasurer
George E. McGowan, Jr., Chairman of the Board
Catherine Murphy, Director Conference Planning
Marian Ritland, Vice Chairman of the Board
Greg Schweizer, Director User Advocacy
Ed Phillips, Unisys Liaison
Kenn LeFever, Conference Planning Vice Chair
Mary Lou Regan, Chief Operating Officer
Guests
F. Guy Bonney, MGS, Inc.
Tom Renolds, Phoenix Police
Jim Shelton, Global Companies, LLC
Lynn Lovelace, UNITE Business Office
Chairman George E. McGowan, Jr. called the Board of Directors Meeting to order at 2:04 p.m. ET on September 2, 2009.
The Board of Directors reviewed the Minutes of the August 21, 2009 Board of Directors Meeting. George Gray moved to approve the Minutes of the August 21, 2009 Board of Directors Meeting as amended. Seconded by Catherine Murphy. The motion passed unanimously.
The Board reviewed the outstanding action items from previous Board of Directors Meetings. Outstanding action items appeared on the agenda for this meeting or remained on the action list for later action.
Old Business
Greg Schweizer reported on the progress of the source code repository. Greg said a link was put on the UNITE website that connects to the index project which has an index to all of the software from the repository. Greg said he would prepare an e-mail to the UNITE members as soon as he was comfortable with the information posted and the testing had been completed. It was suggested that UNITE periodically (perhaps quarterly) check the site for information of interest to UNITE members and then send an e-mail to the members encouraging them to check the site. The Board agreed.
Greg Schweizer reported that he and Mary Lou Regan continue to work with Ritva Haegeland on scheduling the UNITE 2008 Best of Conference Presentations as webcasts. Mary Lou said she would follow up with Ritva to schedule the webcasts.
Mary Lou Regan informed the Board she confirmed the procedure with the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Hotel for an additional incentive raffle drawing item should UNITE decide to offer it – UNITE to pay room and tax for two nights lodging for a conference attendee who stays at the Hyatt for a minimum of four nights.
Marian Ritland reported she had not yet had an opportunity to prepare an e-mail to the vendors announcing that additional booth points would be awarded to vendors staying at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Hotel and to offer one complimentary internet drop in a vendor’s booth. Mary Lou Regan volunteered to draft an e-mail for Marian’s review.
Mary Lou Regan informed the Board that she was unsuccessful in obtaining a complimentary parking pass at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis Hotel during the 2009 UNITE Conference for the BIS Symposium host, Kenn LeFever, because the Hyatt does not own the parking ramp and it would be an out of pocket expense for them. Mary Lou said the daily parking fee for self parking is $17.00 per day. The Board agreed to reimburse Kenn LeFever $34.00 for two-day’s parking at the Hyatt Hotel.
Chairman McGowan called for additional new business items.
New Business
The Board reviewed the membership list for approval. Greg Schweizer moved that the Board approve the membership list dated September 2, 2009 for those members designated as renew or new as submitted by the Chief Operating Officer. Seconded by George Gray. The motion passed unanimously.
Ed Phillips briefed the Board on some Unisys organizational changes. The new Unisys organization is now called Technology Consulting & Integration Solutions (TCIS). Systems & Technology (S&T) and Global Industries (GI) have been combined. The services and sales organizations are together under Rich Marcello. Ed said this was a very positive change that would benefit all Unisys customers – especially in his view ClearPath customers. This change was made to better leverage the collective strengths, complementary skill sets and combined portfolios of Global Industries and Systems & Technology to create stronger client value propositions and make Unisys more competitive in the marketplace.
Chairman McGowan suggested a specific format for discussing the UNITE Future Business Models. The authors of the models would make their presentations followed by two discussions – one on the overall feasibility of the particular models and secondly a discussion on what the Board wants each Board Member to do or not to do in terms of their presentation format. Following each presentation questions will be addressed.
George E. McGowan, Jr. then presented the Virtual Conference Model. The meeting was opened for discussion. Mary Lou Regan was asked to update the master copy of the UNITE Future Business Models to include the Board’s comments on each of the models. The document would then be used to evaluate the feasibility of the models.
It was suggested that weekly Board meetings be conducted in order to review the Future Business Models in a timely manner. The Board agreed. Chairman McGowan asked everyone to send their availability for the month of September to Mary Lou Regan.
Chairman McGowan called for Good of the Order.
George Gray moved to close the Board of Directors Meeting. Seconded by Greg Schweizer. The motion passed unanimously. There being no further business, Chairman McGowan adjourned the Board of Directors Meeting at 3:06 p.m. ET.
Respectfully submitted by,
Mary Lou Regan
Chief Operating Officer
Attested by,
George Gray
Secretary/Treasurer |
