<div dir="auto">Hi everyone,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Just a gentle reminder given the board meeting is fast approaching. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Ed</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, 5 Jan 2021, 16:53 Edoardo Neerhut, <<a href="mailto:eneerhut@gmail.com">eneerhut@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi everyone,<div><br></div><div>Happy New Year!</div><div>I hope you all had a decent break with friends and family.</div><div><br></div><div>My break was spent between family in Point Lonsdale and catching up with friends in Melbourne. Currently at a quiet Sydney airport en-route to California where I'll be based going forward.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Upcoming board meeting</b></div><div>We have our next board meeting on the 15th of January. Not everyone has accepted the invite yet, so please do if you're available. The <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/16cdRvXIiHRePHnu1gsrS2CggBbR3Kq0AW974Pi7NPNU/edit#" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">agenda is here</a> and anyone is welcome to add to it.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Action items & 2021 conference</b></div><div>There are a number of action items we all need to complete before the next meeting. These were <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tyWu536RFHCZBy5B1T5wYtMkPA6D1BtTGNGuxF-JCKo/edit" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">listed here</a> in our December meeting. I believe the most important action item is the call for proposals for the 2021 conference. We need to act fast if this conference is to go ahead.</div><div><br></div><div>Jonah, Greg, and Emma, can you let us know how you're going with this? Do we need to schedule a separate meeting to discuss? </div><div><br></div><div>If we're able to secure some conference host proposals by mid Feb, we can make a decision at the next board meeting. This will hopefully allow the chosen conference committee enough time to prepare for a November, 2021 event.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>Ed</div></div>
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