Board of Directors Minutes -3/11/2009

Present: Stan Ashbrook, Frank Bucca, Jim Cook, Jacinthe Dixon, Dave Dockery, Ed Mehew, Lynne Robertson, Howard Smith and Chuck Vroman

Absent:

Members/Others:4 guests

I. Open

A. Approved Minutes of January meeting - Yes= 9, No= 0. No meeting was held in February.

B. Treasurer's Report:
Oct: $23,801
Nov: $24,212
Dec: $23,988
Jan: $26,403
Feb: $25,369

C. Membership Report:
Oct: 921 + 184 Associates = 1,105
Nov: 921 + 179 Associates = 1,100
Dec: 917 + 178 Associates = 1,095
Jan: 924 + 186 Associates = 1,110
Feb: 936 + 189 Associates = 1,125

II. Speakers
Mar: Troubleshooting Panel
Apr:
May:
June:
July:

III. Old Business:

A. Resource Center: Harley Woodburn will make contact with BrightHouse to pay $102/mo to get 5 separate IP addresses. Yes = 9, No = 0.
B. Monthly Meeting: Date changed to March 16 for one time only.
C. Publicity Committee: No report.
D. Seminars: Doc’s Place will be live in the future with improved mechanism.
E. Website Updates: Joel Mikesell will take over publishing e-mail addresses on the web. Tom Lembke will do the updates on the website. Tom Kiehl will work out a way to take info from several contributors and send out bulletin via email using HTML.
F. Alternative uses of Center: Doc’s Café & 2600 Club continue.
G. Social Networking Initiative: Tom Kiehl will search for a paid site that will send a better signal.
H. A/V Lab: We are looking for someone to speak to High School counselors to find students who would like to assist members as part of their community service hours.
I. SIG stuff: Virginia Chilcote will be the SIG leader for a Mac group.
J. Classes: Jan McNulty and Doc will have classes in April.
K. Financial audit committee: Chuck Vroman, Chm.
L. SmugMug: Stan Ashbrook will handle the payment and the website.
M. Secretary Job Description: Accepted. Y = 9 N = 0
N. Ed Mehew will investigate reinvestment of CD. He will invest $15,000.
O. Jacinthe Dixon resigned from A/V Studio effective May 1 and as a director immediately.

IV. New Business:

A. Meet Up
B. Elect a new director.

Meeting adjourned.

Respectfully Submitted,
Lynne Robertson, Secretary