Agenda:

1.  Election of a temporary secretary to record the meeting minutes.

2.  Reading and approval of minutes from the March 20, 2004, meeting.

3.  Election of the office of president. The TACLUG Board has
nominated Francois Caen for a second term; members may vote for or
against his election. The members may decide whether to vote by voice
or by ballot.

4.  The TACLUG Board has adopted the following resolution to amend the
Articles of Incorporation.  The resolution must be ratified by a 2/3
vote of the general members at a meeting.  (See 
www.taclug.org/membership.php for the current bylaws and articles of
incorporation.)

RESOLVED, That Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation of the
Tacoma Linux User Group be amended to add a new Section 5 to read as
follows:

Section 5.  Amendments to the bylaws of TACLUG shall be adopted by a
two-thirds vote at a meeting of the Board of Directors and by a
majority vote at a meeting of the general members, provided that the
text of the amendment shall have been included in the notice of each
meeting.

Notes:

TACLUG Minutes 16 Oct 2004

Called to order at 1330, 16 October 2004 at Xavier Hall, Pacific Lutheran University.

No old business
New business
    Approve last membership business minutes
    Membership Presidential Election
    Articles of Incorporation Amendment Proposal

Minutes from the membership business meeting on 20 March 2004, held at
Wheelock Library were unanimously approved.

Membership Presidential Election
    One name on the ballot - Francois Caen
    
    Motion for Secret Ballot vote:
        11 for
        3 against
    
    Francois debated his eligibility as president.
    
    Discussion held on delaying vote for presidency in an attempt to find more 
    candidates.
    
Recess from 1427 until 1435

    Motion for adjournment of meeting - the board to find more candidates
        Moved by Dave Hawkins.
        Further discussion regarding the election prompts the motion to be
        withdrawn by Dave Hawkins.

    Ballots cast for President
        5 Votes for Francois
        5 Against
        12 Abstain

    Francois is not elected President.

Discussion of Articles of Incorporation amendment resolution:
    RESOLVED, That Article IV of the Articles of Incorporation of the Tacoma Linux
    User Group be amended to add a new Section 5 to read as follows:

    Section 5.  Amendments to the bylaws of TACLUG shall be adopted by a two-thirds
    vote at a meeting of the Board of Directors and by a majority vote at a meeting
    of the general members, provided that the text of the amendment shall have been
    included in the notice of each meeting.

Ballot vote on the resolution:
    Votes cast:
        21 in favor
        1 in opposition

    Results: 2/3 required to pass amendment, amendment passed.

Motion to adjourn business meeting.
Meeting concluded at 15:16.