SPARC Committee Meeting Minutes - August 2002

Purpose:

Summary of decisions, discussions, and action items:

1. The July meeting covering Solaris 9 had approx. 25 attendees. Almost half of those people who RSVPd did not attend, but there were several first time attendees.
2. Wayne reported that there has been nearly 75% turnover in attendees in the past year. This shows the viability of the group to solicit new members.
3. There were some logistical issues with the meeting location, but it seemed to be an internal GEFA communications issue and hightened security at GEFA. Steve will ask Jay to see what we can do for future meetings to alieviate his running a shuttle to the lobby.
4. Going forward, all meetings held at GEFA require the GEFA contractor to provide refreshments. The cost is very reasonable ($2.50/person) and the benefits include not having to shop for and carry food and drinks to the facility. We will commit to 30 people per meeting at a cost of $75 to be paid by the sponsor.
5. The topic for the September 5th meeting will be disaster recovery. StorNet from Williamsburg will be providing a speaker, and will sponsor the meeting. Charles referred the company; Steve will coordinate with StorNet.
6. Suggestions for future meetings from the evaluation forms included server consolidation, upgrades, disaster recovery and remote management. Many of these have been recently covered. We should repeat topics no more than annually unless technology has sufficiently changed. These topics will all be visited or revisited soon.
7. After the reduced summer schedule, the general membership meetings are back to the first Thursday of each month starting September 5th, followed in one week by the Steering Committee meetings at the Sun office.
8. Steve will post these minutes on the web site.

Regards,
Steve

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