Board of Directors Minutes 2/14/2007

Present:  Jim Boynton, Frank Bucca, Dave Dockery, Vern Goheen, Carol King, & Howard Smith

Absent: Donald Flinton, Millie Jones, & Lynne Robertson

Members/Others: Phil Del Greco, Bill De Lucia, Rod Gulsvig, &  Dennis Schulman

I. Open

1. Approved Minutes of January meeting - Yes=6, No=0
2. Treasurer's Report:
   Oct:  $28,844
   Nov: $27,687
   Dec: $28,235
   Jan: $30,190
3. Membership Report:
   Oct:  ??? + ???  Associates = ???  -  database problems
   Nov: 850 + 151  Associates = 1,001
   Dec: 848 + 152  Associates = 1,000
   Jan: 869 + 162  Associates = 1,031

II. Speakers

III. Old Business

1. Resource Center: Air conditioning, front door, & light outside clinic door are still undone.  Chuck Vroman had contacted landlord once again.  Landlord promised to take care of door soon.
2. Committees: Looking for: Publicity Chairman - Doc has someone else to ask.
3. Seminars: Photoshop, eBay, Online Business, Backup, Digital Camera, Picasa, CD Burning, Photo Story 3, & Microsoft Movie Maker.  Lots of training going on at the moment.
4. Website Updates: Tom Lembke has volunteered to take a turn as Webmaster.
5. Speaker System & Lectern: Lectern with built in speaker system has been ordered.
6. Open House: We had a turnout of 150+ people, signed up several new members, and had a smashing good time.
7. RAK: Thursday, February 15th at the Palm Harbor Library is ready to go.  Registrations are closed.
8. FACUG Conference: Ron Kalmin, Carol King, Jim Boynton, & Dave Dockery are going.  Both Jim and Doc will be leading roundtables there.

1. Donald Flinton resigned from the Board.  We voted to accept:  Yes=6, No=0
   His resignation (and a photo of his new son) appear below.
2. Moving some of our money to higher interest accounts (Lynne): We discussed putting some of our money in higher interest accounts.  We're going to task Millie with providing some options.
3. Purchase an external CD/DVD burner with a USB port (Doc): The Digital Video SIG could find this very useful.  We voted to provide up to $200 to purchase one:  Yes=6, No=0  Dennis Schulman wanted the opportunity to solicit a free one.
4. Alternative uses of the Resource Center (Doc): Doc discussed the possibility of promoting some community type events to take place at our center (like a philosophical discussion group: Socrate's Cafe or even a movie night).  We are getting a LOT of usage out of our center.  These events would not only keep it open even more often, but also attract other potential club members, and help to foster a sense of community spirit.
5. Changing our monthly raffles (Dennis Schulman): Dennis started a discussion about changing the nature of our raffles, but it was quickly clear that the Board would favor minimizing our raffle efforts if anything.
6. Get a MySpace account (Doc): Doc asked for $100 to get someone to build a MySpace account for us.  We're hoping to use it to promote our events to the local community.  Approved: Yes=6, No=0

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Donald Flinton's resignation:

To the TBCS Board of Directors:

I have given my resignation from the board as some of you know. I thought maybe I would have some time to devote but I have changed my shift again so that between Momma and Poppa we are with the baby as much as possible. So working a 2:30 - 11:30 shift I have the AM shift with the baby and not much extra time. We are doing great little Donald Jordan, Sophie and I getting to know each other and spending as much time together as we can.

I enjoyed my time on the board and hope I might get to contribute in a director seat again in the future. I am not going anywhere and am able to steal a few minutes at home or at work to be at the pc and hope that I will be able to contribute to TBCS in some useful way. If anyone would like to contact me, I am still at the gmail  account.  Thank you.