Minutes for March 2010 online Board meeting

March 2010 online board meeting considered the following
six items and eleven resolutions.

Item #1- approval of the minutes of November 2009 meeting.
Approval unanimously.

Item #2- Report from outstanding author award committee report and discussion:
No committee meeting. Terms of references will be circulated.

Item #3- Report from partnership committee and discussion:
No committee meeting. Lack of participation noted.

Item #4- Report from fund raising committee and discussion:
No committee meeting. Scope of responsibilities not clear.

Item #5- appointment of new board members:

Yes No Abs Resolution proposal

9 0 2 2009-11 # 1 appointment of Marisa Barcia Guaraldo Choguill as board member
9 1 1 2009-11 # 2 appointment of Soo-May Cheng as board member
9 1 1 2009-11 # 3 appointment of Robert Murray as board member

Item #6- removal of board members:

3 3 5 2009-11 # 5 removal of Cauvery Sachdeva Handa as board member
3 1 7 2009-11 # 6 removal of PASCHAL IWUH as board member
3 1 7 2009-11 # 7 removal of Priyadarshi Sinha as board member

Results: appointed to board are

1- Marisa Barcia Guaraldo Choguill
2- Soo-May Cheng
3- Robert Murray

Present, participating and voting in March 2010 online board meeting:
1- Anuraag Awasthi (board #4728)
2- Kenneth Barden (board #5)
3- Gina Bennett (board #4726)
4- Mihai Caramihai (board #23)
5- Stefan Kirchner (board #2461)
6- AYSE KOK (board 2657)
7- Steve Madojemu (board #3266)
8- DAMODAR MISHRA
9- Michael Palmer (board #38)
10- John Petroff (board #8)
11- Zhongguang Qin
12- Minh Vo (board #51)

Absent from board discussion
1- sorab mistry

Removed
1- PASCHAL IWUH
2- Priyadarshi Sinha

Resigned
1- Cauvery Sachdeva Handa
2- Steve Madojemu

Vote bulletins were sent to:
Board member list of 19 members as of November 1 2009
1- Anuraag Awasthi
2- Kenneth Barden
3- Gina Bennett
4- Mihai D Caramihai
5- Vasco Castro
6- Cauvery Sachdeva Handa
7- PASCHAL IWUH
8- Stefan Kirchner
9- AYSE KOK
10- Steve Madojemu
11- DAMODAR MISHRA
12- sorab mistry
13- Michael Palmer
14- John Petroff
15- Priyadarshi Sinha
16- Zhongguang Qin
17- Minh Vo

Remaining board members are appointed to following committees.

Outstanding author award committee:
1- Minh Vo, nominated chairperson
2- Mihai Caramihai
4- Ayse Kok

Partnership committee:
1- Stefan Kirchner, nominated chairperson
2- James Barden

Fund raising committee:
1- Michael Palmer
3- Anuraag Awasthi
4- Gina Bennett