2005.01.17 Meeting Notes

News

• It's LUGOD's 6th anniversary meeting!
• The Voting Systems and Procedure Panel will be meeting at the downtown Sac Secretary of State's office, Jan 20 at 1:00pm. ss.ca.gov

Project Reports

• Demo - Hoping to schedule one in the next 3-4 weeks.

• Installfests - The next will be on Sat. Jan. 22, 2005. We'll need warm bodies to help hold some hands. 1/2 dozen RSVPs; will probably double by Saturday. It's the closest you can get to a 'hack-fest', so it's fun! 10am-6pm @ 1131 Kemper Hall, UC Davis.

• LERT - Anyone interested in volunteering? There have been recent calls - we use the vox-outreach mailing list for them. Should we promote LERT at Installfests? Chris suggested we promote LERT through flyers - use sufficiently specific language about what an 'emergency' is.

• Library - Popularity of the Library has dwindled lately. The library index is up to date, though!

Other Business

• Financial Report - $18.55 in voluntary dues were collected.

Presentation

• Scott Ritche, Exectuive Director of the Open Vote Foundation discussed the OVF.

  Also, Jim March, Board of Directors of BlackBoxVoting.org (and plaintiff against Diebold in Alameda County) briefly discussed 'how not to do electronic voting.'

  (Sadly, no slides were used, so no notes are available!)

Attendance

• Lee Welter
• Henry House
• Mike Simons
• Daphne Pareas
• Dick Ely
• Joseph Arruda
• Jim March
• Jason Li
• ChR1570P}{312 MC|<N2|3 (Christopher McKenzie)
• Dan Densey
• Ken Bloom
• Bill Kendrick
• Wilson Shealy
• Dave Nelson
• Jason ?????
• Chris Jerdonek
• David ?????
• Guy Incognito (Dimitry N. Disguise)
• Hans Uhlig
• Larry ??????
• Seth Nagano
• ... And 10 others ...