Approved by board, May 18, 2011: What: Toronto Free-Net, board of directors meeting. When: Wednesday, 20/Apr/2011, 20:00 - 21:45. Where: TFN office, 600 Bay St Suite 406. Minute taker: Boyd with assist from Iain. Attendance: 5 board members: aa005 Colin McGregor cfaj Chris F.A. Johnson (by telephone) cx555 Boyd Ramsay dl927 Mike Kaulbach dn097 Iain Calder No other TFN members. Minutes: * Motion to approve minutes of board, Mar. 16, 2011. M/S: Colin/Chris Aye: 4 Nay: 0 Motion carried. Matters arising from the minutes: * Iain reported on the Alterna vote. Reports: * President's report given and discussed. Other business: * Motion to reduce the proof of identity requirements for membership applications: Whereas, the proof of identity (POI) requirement for TFN membership is often a barrier for persons who otherwise support the objects of the Corporation and who legitimately want to access TFN services; and Whereas, POI is necessary to ensure the principle of one member, one vote, especially in online elections; and Whereas, the POI requirement also serves as a necessary barrier against persons who seek free of charge accounts for harmful purposes; Resolved, That TFN's membership registration procedures and the POI requirement be modified as follows: * Member applicants will still be granted membership, as before, upon presenting POI. * Alternatively, member applicants will be granted membership, without POI, unless suspected of being disingenuous or of having harmful intentions, upon either purchasing a TFN service (not merely a physical product) or upon making a donation greater or equal to TFN's dialup setup fee and not less than $5. * Members who have not yet presented POI shall have all the rights and obligations of membership except that they must satisfy the POI requirement prior to exercising their voting rights for the first time; and Resolved, That these new rules be activated after completion of the necessary modifications to software and to documentation, at a date to be set by the TFN president, and that they shall apply to all membership applications, past, present, and future. M/S: Iain/Boyd Aye: 5 Nay: 0 Motion carried. * Moved, That TFN send a representative, in addition to Mike, to the Ubuntu Release Party on Sat. Apr. 30, starting at 20:00, at Alio, 108 Dundas St W. M/S: Mike/Boyd Aye: 5 Nay: 0 Motion carried. * Moved, That TFN canvass the national parties in the current Federal election and find out their positions on issues of critical importance to TFN, such as usage based billing, and that TFN make the results of that canvassing available to the membership. M/S: Colin/Mike Aye: 1 Nay: 2 Motion failed. * Motion to adjourn. M/S: Colin/Mike Aye: 5 Nay: 0 Motion carried. Boyd Ramsay Secretary