Board of Governors Meeting Minutes for 5 August 2001

Meeting called to order at 7:20 P.M. EDT by Harvey Stein.

Present:

Harvey Stein

George Barney

Max Mejias

Roland Collins

Mike Hayden – Departed at 8:01 EDT. Gave proxy vote to Mr. Stein.

Joel Lesser

Jon Reid – Arrives 945 EDT

Amy Gilbert – Arrives 945 EDT

Observers:

Ron Lemke

Matt Gunter - Secretary

Jim Davis

Tom Schroeder – Representing Mr. Jenkins with comments however not with a proxy    vote.

Mr. Stein enters this discussion into executive session with no objections from the board.

The board then exists executive session to vote on this issue.

Call signs *** see below

There was a discussion about how to differentiate between a founder’s call sign and a person who sits on the Board of Governors but is not a founder.

VATSIM<# on founders certificate> designation will denote a founder. The login VATGOV<# on the BOG> would be used for Board of Governor members.

Dr. Mejias moves to accept the proposal that founders log in with a VATSIM<# on founders certificate> and Board of Governor positions are assigned a permanent number and a person on the Board of Governors would log in with VATBOG<# of the position>.

Motion fails due to no second.

VATSIM Memorabilia Offer

Prior to the meeting, Mr. Stein forwarded all of the Board of Governor members an offer from a group to print merchandise with the VATSIM logo on it. After a good deal of discussion, it was decided the offer would be sent to the developers group prior to any action being taken.

Supervisors

Some discussion took place on who should receive a supervisor rating. It was decided that a supervisor rating should not be given based on a position but on the person. The list of supervisors below was voted to receive a rating of supervisor (11).

The chair enters this discussion into executive session.

The board came out of executive session and the previous vote made all of the following persons supervisors.

The list of supervisors is as follows:

Wills Damasio
Carlos Strauch
Guillermo Martinez
Luiz Eduardo Blanski
Antonio Guzzo

Naruhito Obara
Kenji Kobayashi
Takafumi Sakamoto
Kotaro Takuma
Masafumi Teshiba
Takeo Saito
Elmer Jr. Guillermo
Emmanuel Jr. Aquino
Peter Binamira
Napoleon Jr. Justo
Shigeo Makioka

Andrew Henry
Colin Tozer
Mark Wilson

Alex Milojevic

Dan Pergau
Rick Neill

Rick Young

Bill Van Caulart
Lloyd McFadden   
Mike Williams  
Richard Critz    

Brian LaPlante   

Votes

Mr. Barney moves to accept the meeting minutes from the 7-26 Meeting amending the names on the supervisor list to reflect the proper names. Mr. Lesser seconds.

Mr. Stein - Y

Mr. Barney – Y

Dr. Mejias – Y

Mr. Collins – Y

Mr. Hayden – Y

Mr. Lesser – Y

6 yes, 0 no, motion carries

Dr. Mejias moves to ask Mr. Bazzano to offer Mr. Kees Leune the position of Deputy under Mr. Bazzano. Seconded by Mr. Hayden.

Mr. Stein – Y

Mr. Barney – Y

Dr. Mejias – Y

Mr. Collins – Y

Mr. Hayden – Y

Mr. Lesser – Y

6 yes, 0 no, motion carries

Mr. Collins moves to respond the Mr. Chong with a positive response on the grounds that the BOG receives a copy of the chapter to be published before it is published for approval and request Mr. Chong’s help with getting development support from Microsoft. Mr. Barney seconds.

Mr. Stein – Y

Mr. Barney – Y

Dr. Mejias – Y

Mr. Collins – Y

Mr. Hayden via Proxy – Y

Mr. Lesser – Y

6 yes, 0 no, motion carries

Dr. Mejias moves that founders log in with a VATSIM<# on founders certificate> and Board of Governor positions are assigned a permanent number and a person on the Board of Governors would log in with VATGOV<# of the position>. Mr. Collins seconds.

Mr. Stein – Y

Mr. Barney – Y

Dr. Mejias – Y

Mr. Collins – Y

Mr. Hayden via Proxy – Y

Mr. Lesser – Y

6 yes, 0 no, motion carries

Mr. Barney moves to decline the offer of having VATSIM memorabilia made. Mr. Collins seconds.

Mr. Stein –

Mr. Barney –

Dr. Mejias –

Mr. Collins -

Mr. Hayden via Proxy –

Mr. Lesser –

Motion withdrawn.

Mr. Barney moves to forward this offer to the developer’s group to be looked over before any further action is taken. Seconded by Mr. Collins.

Mr. Stein – Y

Mr. Barney – Y

Dr. Mejias – Y

Mr. Collins – Y

Mr. Hayden via Proxy – Y

Mr. Lesser – Y

6 yes, 0 no, motion carries

Dr. Mejias moves to retain the rating of supervisor as a privilege based on the individual and not given based on a title. Mr. Collins seconds.

Mr. Stein – Y

Mr. Barney – Y

Dr. Mejias – Y

Mr. Collins – Y

Mr. Hayden via Proxy – Y

Mr. Lesser – Y

6 yes, 0 no, motion carries

Mr. Collins moves to have the supervisor list read out, any objections raised, and the final approved list be checked against the current list and those not already supervisor be promoted to supervisor. Mr. Barney seconds.

Mr. Stein – Y

Mr. Barney – Y

Dr. Mejias – Y

Mr. Collins – Y

Mr. Hayden via Proxy – Y

Mr. Lesser – Y

6 yes, 0 no, motion carries

Mr. Stein adjourns the meeting at 11:15 EDT.

*** supplement Email to BoG and Founder Members

Sent August 6, 2001

From the BOG meeting last night I have assigned a
number to a VP position.  These will not change when/if  personnel
changes. These will be permanent  VATGOV   logins now and in the future for
whoever may hold the position.

President                                 VATGOV1               and a reserve callsign of  PEPSI5   <VBG>
VP Operations                        VATGOV2
VP Network Systems              VATGOV3
VP Regions                             VATGOV4
VP Program Development        VATGOV5
VP Docs Archives                   VATGOV6
VP Communications                 VATGOV7
VP Conflict Resolution             VATGOV8
VP Special Operations             VATGOV9
VP Training-ATC                    VATGOV10
VP Supervision                        VATGOV11
VP Membership                      VATGOV12
VP At Large (named later)      VATGOV14.

  Founders who are not on the BOG can always log in with their Founders
Ident. These Logins will never change as a "perk" to Founders.  If and when any
BOG who is a Founder has left the position then their  Founder login will be their permanent
Login. Example When I get replaced at  Pres.,  I will then always Login as  VATSIM5.
That will be my login for life. Founders as BOG's can use either login.

 VATSIM  Login will never be used by anyone except a Founder.

Harv  Stein                                           VATSIM5
George Marinakis                                  VATSIM6
Jon Reid                                                VATSIM7
Joel Lesser                                            VATSIM8
George "Pook" Barney                           VATSIM9
Mike Hayden                                         VATSIM10
Tom Schroeder                                      VATSIM11
Richard Jenkins                                      VATSIM12
James Willan                                          VATSIM14
Ron Lemke                                            VATSIM15
Jim Davis                                               VATSIM16
Matt Gunter                                           VATSIM17
Bruce Benaway                                     VATSIM18
Amy Gilbert                                           VATSIM19
Joe Jurecka                                           VATSIM20
Jason Grooms                                        VATSIM21
Lefteris Kalamaris                                  VATSIM22
Roland Collins                                         VATSIM23
Marty Bochane                                       VATSIM24

If I have made any errors or added or omitted anyone please let me know
and I can change it.

Thanks to all.     Harv.


Harv Stein
Board of Governors  VATSIM
Chief Pilot  Falcon Airways
London, Ontario  Canada.