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Board of Directors Minutes 1/9/2008
Present: Stan Ashbrook, Frank Bucca, Dave Dockery, Jacinthe Dixon, Ed Mehew, Lynne Robertson, Mike Rosenthal, Howard Smith, Chuck Vroman
Absent:
Members/Others: 12 guests
I. Open
A. Approved Minutes of December meeting - Yes=8, No=0
B. Treasurer's Report: Aug: $26,044 Sep: $24,278 Oct: $24,534 Nov: $24,625 Dec: $25,785
C. Membership Report: Aug: 892 + 178 Associates = 1,070 Sep: 890 + 182 Associates = 1,072 Oct: 911 + 183 Associates = 1,094 Nov: 924 + 182 Associates = 1,106 Dec: 927 + 181 Associates = 1,108
II. Speakers Jan: Dave Gussow & John Torro Feb: Gary Manche - Ocean Optics Mar: Gene Barlow Apr: Weather People - Tentative
III. Old Business A. Resource Center: Need new light in parking lot, and handicapped spots (Lynne will call). Need Trashy volunteers – Town meeting Wed. Jan 23rd. Lynne will handle making all trash cans match. B. Monthly Meetings: Sound is a problem C. Committees: Publicity Committee: nothing new. D. Seminars: Jan McNulty, Jim Boynton, & Phil Sullivan all have new entries. June Hollister will start up again soon. Stan Ashbrook is scheduling. E. Website Updates: Tom will sign us up for photo website www.smugmug.com . F. Alternative uses of Center: Socrates Café will continue - unanimous. G. Basics & Web 2.0 Initiative: We're exploring the possibility to hosting a Web 2.0 application. H. Fun Stuff CD: Chuck Vroman will burn CDs. Jacinthe Dixon will design logo. I. Open House (Mar 15): We selected another Saturday for our next Open House & RAK. We authorized $200 – unanimous. J. FACUG Fall Conference 2008: Venue is reserved for October 25th for $125. Found a caterer also. K. A/V Lab: Lynne got a filing cab. Frank put in more memory & a DVD burner in the audio computer. Jim Cook donated a USB 2.0 card. We voted unanimously to drop the $2.50 charge. L. Auditing Committee: Chuck Vroman will chair this committee. M. 2600 Club: Unanimous vote to begin this group.
IV. New Business A. Millie: We can upgrade to QuickBooks Pro 2008 for $179 (after rebates). Unanimous. B. Rudy Crawford showed us some customized key chains (at November meeting) for fund raisers. We tabled this issue until next month. C. FACUG Spring Conference – unanimously $500 for up to 10 of our members to attend.
Meeting adjourned. |