Directors' Notes
Directors' Notes
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A Regular Meeting of the DACS Board of Directors was held at the Resource Center on Monday, August 7. Present were Messrs. Bovaird, Buoy, Cohen, David, Gingras, Ostergren and Preston. Also present was James Ragsdale. Chairman Wally David presided, Secretary Larry Buoy kept the records. Minutes of the meeting held July 10 were approved. Treasurer Charlie Bovaird reported current cash and bank accounts of $19,468.14, plus postage on hand of $140.59, less prepaid dues of $8,990.00, for a net of $10,618.73. He also reported current membership of 536 and no definitive action regarding the lease of the Resource Center. Charlie Bovaird reported on the PC donation project, with 92 delivered, 47 in storage and ready for delivery, 11 units delegated to scrap. Praxair has donated twenty monitors and thirty PS2 keyboards to relieve shortages in those categories, and some mice were purchased.Charlie also commented that there had been no new contact regarding the status of the CD-ROMs ordered from APCUG and President Ostergren advised that he was still trying to reach Gartner about possible joint efforts. Bruce Preston reminded the Board that we had committed ourselves to participate in CARA’s Hamfest to be held September 17 in Newtown and that volunteers to man a DACS table(s) should be sought. A discussion followed on presentations at the General Meetings. Jeff Setaro said that vendors were scaling back on such activities and were becoming increasingly selective based on anticipated attendance, etc. As an alternative, more internally generated programs were suggested, including building of fire walls, home networking, Web pages and eBay use. The desirability of upgrading or replacing the Resource Center computer to enhance the work of the newsletter staff, the Web page and the various SIGs was broached. Further consideration was tabled pending cost analysis. President Ostergren stated that production of the newsletter was suffering from volunteer burnout. He proposed an active campaign to recruit volunteers or, alternatively, the scaling back of the newsletter itself. Further consideration of alternative actions were encouraged within the Board at future meetings and solicited from the general membership. A true record. ATTEST:
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