Directors' Notes
Directors' Notes
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A Regular Meeting of the Board was held at the Resource Center (RC) on May 7, 2001. Present were Messrs. Bovaird, Buoy, Cohen, Greger, Neary, Ostergren, Pearson, Preston and Setaro. President Ostergren presided and Secretary Buoy kept the record. The minutes of the meeting held April 9, 2001 were approved with corrections. Treasurer Charles Bovaird reported combined CDs, checking account and postal account balance of $22,338.13, plus postage on hand of $144.19, for a total of $22,482.32, less prepaid dues of $7,652.00, a net of 14,830.32. Membership is 532. Don Neary and Allan Ostergren reported on the annual InterGalactic Conference held in New York City on April 28. The principal theme of this event was cooperation among the region’s user groups via their web sites and via the NEUGA (North East User Group Association). These include communication for inter-group programs and speaker arrangements as well as vendor presentations. Allan and Don also attended workshops on membership recruitment and SIGs, gaining insight as to the methods and ideas used by other user groups relative to DACS. President Ostergren advised the Board of final arrangements for the special meeting on Assistive Technology at DATAHR on May 9 at 7:30p.m. Bruce Preston and Don Pearson informed the meeting that all hardware for the RC’s new PC had been installed, with dual operating systems (Windows 2000 and Linux) installed. It was also advised that new passwords would be installed and it was agreed that an UPS be purchased of sufficient size to handle both the new PC and the spare PC donated to the RC. The election of officers, deferred from the April meeting to allow communication with all incumbents was held. The following officers were elected or reelected to serve for one year: President - Allan Ostergren; Vice Presidents - Marlene Gaberel, Gene Minasi and Jeff Setaro; Treasurer - Charles Bovaird; Secretary - Lawrence Buoy. Don Neary gave a brief report on his impressions and the feedback he had received during visits to several SIGs, followed by a short discussion of opportunities to expand our member services. A true record. ATTEST:
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