July 2007 online board meeting considered the following
five items and seven resolutions, and the following voting
resulted:

Item #1- approval of the minutes of July 2006 meeting.
Unanimous approval.

Item #2- outstanding open education course author award:
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Romina Sengara:
I would be interested in participating on this committee.
what is the deadline to come up with the criteria though as
I will be away for a month.
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Joseph Varghese:
I am busy currently with a move from PA to NY and so am not
sure how much spare time I will have in the next fe months,
but will try to make a decision on this soon.
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Minh Vo:
I can serve as a back-up member as needed.
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Mihai Caramihai:
I’ve already pointed out my interest in the field
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Michael Palmer:
Happy to support the committee concept and will indicate this
via my vote. If I am needed as one of the three - happy to consider
particpation on the committee.
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Item #3- criteria for completeness of online open education course:
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Romina Sengara:
When time prevails I will keep searching for funding for this
award as well.
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Johannes Glas:
I would agree that a financial incentive will be the most motivating
for the authors...
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Thirumagal Kanagasabai:
How about we approach companies such as Procter and Gamble, Rexel,
Eli Lilly, Novartis, Credit Card companies, Fortune 500 companies, etc.?
Very large companies have very large money, but we need to develop
relationships with them and educate them about PEOI before they"ll
give us funds continuously, which would be best in the long-term.
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Joseph Varghese:
Many comments seem to suggest that monetary awards would be the
"most" motivating factor, however, I would like to disagree, because,
judging by the few resumes I went through, most people here have
excellent qualifications, and many seem to hold good jobs and are
here at PEOI on a strictly volunteer basis. I"m not sure how
feasible it would be, but how about letting the recipient decide
what (s)he would like? So, instead of trying to raise substantial
amounts just for the sake of "rewards" it could be put back to
developing infrastructure. A recommendation letter / commendation
certificate will, in my opinion, carry a lot more worth.
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Minh Vo:
Before we can do fundraising, it would be important to provide
the donors information of what the organization has done and
how the work has impacted the target audience.
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Mihai Caramihai:
I agree with the #637 opinion: "A recommendation letter / commendation
certificate will, in my opinion, carry a lot more worth."
Of course, different sponsors can award PEOI volunteers if
their work is linked to a PEOI (specific) course – but I
think that must be a particular aspect. Otherwise, we must
develop a specific procedure in order to estimate the impact
indicators of each course on different target people…
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Michael Palmer:
Not sure monetary awards are required but a recognition programme
should offer some tangible element to award recipients -- plaque,
cut-glass, etc --- which would require funding.
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John Petroff:
Michael, Mihai and Joseph, you are right that money is not
what brought us to PEOI. The idea of money award is not to
"pay" any of us, or any of the currently contributing authors.
There is already a process of recognition of outstanding
work in place: certificates have already been award, and more
will be done. The purpose of a money award is to attract
a new group of contributors because PEOI is just not attracting
the number and caliber of authors that is needed.
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Item #4: Appointments of new members

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12 - 2 2007-07 # 2 appointment of Mara Jevera Fulmer as board member
9 2 3 2007-07 # 3 appointment of russanne low as board member
7 2 5 2007-07 # 4 appointment of Rollins, Jack D. as board member
11 - 3 2007-07 # 5 appointment of Marjan Etemadi-Shad as board member
12 - 2 2007-07 # 6 appointment of prasanth kumar as board member
11 - 3 2007-07 # 7 appointment of CJ Kalin as board member

The following three individuals are new members of the board of directors:
- Mara Jevera Fulmer
- russanne low
- Rollins, Jack D.
- Marjan Etemadi-Shad
- prasanth kumar
- CJ Kalin

Item #5- removal of non-participating board members:
Resolution not posted, and will be carried over to November meeting.

Present, participating and voting in November online board meeting:

1- Kenneth Barden (board #5)
2- Mihai Caramihai (board #23)
3- Johannes Glas (board #27)
4- Thirumagal Kanagasabai (board #47)
5- Kimberly Louis (board #40)
6- Poi Kee Low (board #17)
7- Lynley Mackay (board #54)
8- Anupam Palit (board #2454)
9- Michael Palmer (board #38)
10- John Petroff (board #8)
11- Krishna Seeburn (board #669)
12- Romina Sengara (board #10)
13- Joseph Varghese (board #1939)
14- Minh Vo (board #51)

Present and abstaining in July online board meeting:

1- Carol Law

Absent from meeting:

1- Rinku Bhattacharya, second absence
2- sean chen, second absence
3- edna eufemio, first absence
4- Frank Geerling, second absence
5- Kavery Sachdeva Handa, first absence
6- Jeanne M. Henry, first absence
7- Olaf Noetzold, first absence
8- Shahid Ali Panhwer, first absence
9- Allison Raymond, second absence
10- Patsy Wilcher, first absence

Absent from board:

11- Simon Rosin, third absence

Vote bulletins were sent to:

Board member list as of July 1 2007
1- Kenneth Barden
2- Rinku Bhattacharya
3- Mihai D Caramihai
4- sean chen
5- edna eufemio
6- Frank Geerling
7- Johannes M. Glas
8- Cauvery Sachdeva Handa
9- Jeanne M. Henry
10- Thirumagal Kanagasabai
11- Carol Law
12- Kimberly Louis
13- Poi Kee (Frederick) Low
14- Lynley Mackay
15- Olaf Noetzold
16- Anupam Palit
17- Michael Palmer
18- Shahid Ali Panhwer
19- John Petroff
20- Allison Raymond
21- Simon Rosin
22- Krishna Seeburn
23- Romina Sengara
24- Joseph Varghese
25- Minh Vo
26- Patsy Wilcher